Sunday, November 16, 2014

John's 12th Street The Movie

 
 
JOHN'S of 12th STREET
The MOVIE
WORLD PREMIER
SPECTACLE THEATER
Williamsburg, Brooklyn
New York
JOHN'S
East 12th Street
New York, NY
John's is one of the last of a dying breed of Old School Italian Red Sauce Joints .. John's has been a beloved East Village Italian New York Instituion since 1908, making it one of 
New York's oldest Italian Restaurants of which only a few of many remain. John's is one of them.
John's serves classic Old School Italian American food, including classics like; Clams Posillipo, Baked Clams Oreganata, Lasagna, Spaghetti & Meatballs, Manicotti, and more, including now rare items such as Speedino alla Romano and Veal Sweetbreads.
The wonderful Turn of The Century decor of John's has been lovenly and painstakingly preserved with its 1908 decor still intact. John's is lively and the old school waiters help round out the total picture of Italian Food with great old 1908 decor and animated service from the Black Bowtied Waiters.
Over the years John's has seen the like of; John Lennon, Joe Jackson, Ray Davies, Carol Burnett, Montgomery Clift, Ron Silver, Rockets Redglare, Tom Crruise, Mimi Rodgers, and many other celebrites pass through its doors. Why don't you pass through too? It's great old Italian New York experience.
 
 
LUCKY LUCIANO
LUCKY LUCIANO
 
SUNDAY SAUCE
by Daniel Bellino-Zwicke
SECRET ITALIAN RECIPES
SEGRETO ITALIANO
 
 
JOE MASSERIA HITS VALENTI
 
LUCKY LUCINIO Does The DIRTY WORK 
Outside JOHN'S of 12th STREET
Smarting over the recent attempt on his life, which had left two bullet holes through his hat and another two holes through his coat, Joe Masseria plotted bloody revenge in epic Italian Renaissance fashion.
Chief Assassin
The target of his wrath was Umberto Valenti, a seriously wily character who had blasted those bullet holes through Masseria’s hat and coat. According to the New York Times in 1915, Valenti was:
A former Black Hand extortionist, it was rumored that Valenti had killed over 20 men, a number of whom had been Masseria’s closest advisors. The thirty four year old Valenti was the chief assassin of Salvatore “Toto” D’Aquila, the New York Mafia’s supreme ruler, a Mafioso who was locked in vicious mob war with Masseria and his chief strategist Giuseppe “the Clutch Hand” Morello.
However, Masseria’s seemingly supernatural bullet dodging powers had given the hard noised, but superstitious, Valenti second thoughts. Second thoughts that had him suing for peace and walking into an ambush in one of New York’s most storied Italian restaurants, John’s of 12th Street, on August 11, 1922, a restaurant that has been used as a set on Boardwalk Empire and the Sopranos.
Well Dressed Gunmen 
Whether or not Valenti sampled the chicken parmigiana before being croaked has been lost to the winds of history. However, some time around noon, Valenti and six laughing companions emerged from their luncheon. Walking eastward, smiles turned into frowns. Suddenly, Valenti spooked and bolted towards Second Avenue as two slick, well-dressed gunmen whipped out revolvers and fired. Gangland legend holds that one of the shooters was none other than Charley “Lucky” Luciano, Masseria’s newest protégé (the other shooter was probably Vito Genovese).
 
The FEAST of The 7 FISH
Italian Christmas
 
Pandemonium on 12thStreet
As the shots flew, pandemonium broke loose on 12th Street. Whirling around, the feared assassin drew a revolver just as a bullet flew through his chest.
A teenage witness told the New York Times:
Luciano’s Escape
Despite Valenti’s death, the friendly Luciano and his pals weren’t done yet. A crowd formed to block the gunmen’s escape so the mobsters opened fire, hitting a street sweeper and a little girl visiting from New Haven Connecticut. The shots dispersed the crowd, and the hitmen disappeared into a nearby tenement.
Should I Bring Pajamas? 
Masseria was arrested for the murder.  During his arrest, he supposedly grinned and asked the police:
… whether he would need a nightshirt remarking, that the last time he slept in the station house they forgot to give him a pillow or pajamas.
For a job well done, Joe Masseria elevated Luciano to a leadership position at his headquarters in the Hotel Pennsylvania. All murder charges were eventually dropped, and Masseria, on his way to becoming Joe the Boss, set his sights on Valenti’s overlord, Toto De Aquila, New York’s boss of bosses.
However, John’s of 12th had another infamous last meal lined up twenty years later. The victim would be Carlo Tresca.
 
 
 
 
 
BASTA la PASTA !!!!
 
 
 

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

Coppola RUMBLE FISH

RUMBLE FISH
 
 
 
 
RUSTY JAMES
 
Matt Dillon
 
 
 
 
MOTORCYLE BOY
 
 
MICKEY ROURKE
 
 
 
DENNIS HOPPER
 
 
R.I.P.
Matt Dillon
And The Gorgeous Diane Lane
 
 
 
 
The DIRECTOR
 
FRANCIS FORD COPPOLA
 
 
 
 
 
 
Coppola's Nephew
 
 
Nicholas Cage
 
wth Matt Dillon
 
 
 
Three ACTORS
 
 
Mickey Rourke,  Dennis Hopper,  & Matt Dillon
 
 
 
BROTHERS
 
RUSTY JAMES & MOTORCYCLE BOY
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
SUNDAY SAUCE
 
by Daniel Bellino-Zwicke
 
 
 
 
GOT ANY KAHLUA?
 
 
 
The BIG LEBOWSKI COOKBOOK
 
 
by Daniel Zwicke
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Sunday, November 2, 2014

Love Is a Losing Game Amy Winehouse

AMY WINEHOUSE
LOVE Is a LOSING GAME
 
Video
 
 
 
 
AMY WINEHOUSE
 
R.I.P.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Friday, October 31, 2014

GREENWICH VILLAGE HALLOWEEN



HAPPY HALLOWEEN

JACK O LANTERNS

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Greenwich Village


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Jefferson Market Library

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GRAND MARSHAL 2014




MONA LISA




SCARY

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PARIS HILTON


PARIS BUNNY


Paris Hilton

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MILA KUNIS


MILA

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HALLOWEEN PUMKINS

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MILA KUNIS as a WICKED WITCH

"Yes Tha's Our SEXY MILA in There"

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JACK O LANTERNS

DaSivano Restorante

GREENWICH VILLAGE NEW YORK
THE BIG LEBOWSKI COOKBOOK
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Salvador Dali
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Tuesday, October 21, 2014

Once Upon tart to ReOpen

The TART Is ReOpening !!!  "Oh HAPPY DAY"


I recievied this eMail form Jerome Audureau, stating, "Good news after 2 months closed           ONCE UPON a TART ...  will be re opening November 7th . Jerome Audureau jerome@onceuponatart.com  


ONCE UPON a TART sadly closed this past Summer (2014). For those of us who truly loved this quaint little bakery / cafe, the closing was quite a blow, akin to losing a very close friend .. The TART as the regulars like myself call it, had operated in its wonderful Old New York Storefront for some 23 years. The storefront of the tart is more or less the same as it was some 100 years ago when it operated as a bakery in this Italian immagrant dominated neighborhood of the Sout Village (Greenwich Village). Yes, technically this part of Sullivan Street (block between W. Houston & Prince Street) is considered Soho .. Well if you're an old-timer and especially of Italian descent and grew up in the neighborhood, this "Is Not Soho," but The Village ... Basta!
Anyway, Once Upon a Tart is a much loved little Cafe .. For many, like me, it is a second home we we go to get our daily coffee, muffins, and tarts to start our day just right. Yes we get our coffee, muffins, soups, and sandwiches at The Tart, but it not just that. At The Tart we get so much more .. Everyday I get up and out of my Greenwich Village apartment and my first stop of the day is to my beloved Tart .. I go for my daily morning coffee, which like any great coffee lover, I do love dearly. I go for my coffee and my bonus of seeing the lovely Cleo, Anna. Samina or anyone of the wonderful counter-girls who work at the Tart .. These women are lovely and it is for me one of the simple pleasures of life just to go and get my coffee and be greeted so warmly each and every morning by someone as lovely as Cleo, Kanai, or one of the other girls who work at The Tart. When I say that Kanai Cleo Jerome and all the girls who work there are "like Family," this is not just Cliche but something tangible and oh so true and my favorite thing about my Tart ...
The atomosphere is homey, welcoming, serene, and oh so lovely. Yes, as I've said, the Tart is a second home to many of us. It's a meeting place and a sactuary. It's sanctuary to us regulars as well as so many thousands upon thousands of tourists who've either stumbled upon this lovely little gem or read about it and seeked it out for one of their famous Chocolate Pear Tarts, Madelines, or other tasty treat. They stop in for a little refuge, coffee, tea, a place to sit and get a tasty little treat. It's a place so special and a welcome repreive.
Once Upon a Tart to reopen? Please Lord let this be true, we miss it and want it back, and of this, there is not much more to say. Basta!



Daniel Bellino-Zwicke


CLEO

The Lovliest Lady You Could
Ever Wish to Great You With Her Sweet Smile
and Your Daily Morning Coffee

"We MISS YOU & EVERYONE"



New York Writers Daniel Bellino-Zwicke 
Jerome The TARTS Owner
Chris Nominee & John Kenney
from left to right





My Dads Pickup Truck




SUNDAY SAUCE

by Daniel Bellino-Zwicke






La TAVOLA is NEW YORK ITALIAN







POPEYE

"Just Because"



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The BIG LEBOWSKI COOKBOOK









COFFEEE


BEER



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Ballatine Ale Can





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