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Local Life
A fur-fetched suggestion: here is how to save a life by LEN LEAR One of my first memories as a small child is that of a neighbor telling me that his parents were going to have their beautiful 14-year-old pet Collie "put to sleep." Two days later the friend informed me that his parents had taken the dog to a veterinarian, who gave the friendly but immobile tail-wagger an injection that quickly killed him. For some time after that, I must admit my six-year-old psyche became somewhat traumatized whenever my mother would say at nighttime, "Go up to your room, Lenny, and get ready for bed. I'll be up soon to put you to sleep." (I could not help thinking, "Oh, my God. Is she going to stick a big needle in me? I swear... Recalling David D'Amico, a shear artist in many ways by LEN LEAR St. Thomas Aquinas once said, "What is evident to the wise is not evident to us all." What was evident to David D'Amico, who died of esophageal cancer on June 10 at the age of 62, was a simple but elusive truth: that one should treat all others as one would want to be treated. A lifelong resident of Chestnut Hill, D'Amico, who owned Nicholas & David Hair Artistry at 90 Bethlehem Pike for 39 years, truly put this ages-old philosophy into practice. "His clients adored him," said his daughter, Cynthia, 32, who now... Indian message on Hill: "Protect Mother Earth" by LEN LEAR How could I not like Ellsworth Chytka? This barrel-chested bear of a man walked into a room in a private home in Lower Bucks County (after another speaking session at the Chestnut Hill Methodist Church) wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with the words "Homeland Security: Fighting Terrorism Since 1492." Invited to visit this area by friends in Chestnut Hill, Chytka spoke to several different organizations and in private homes during the last week of May. (As a spiritual healer, he was also invited to pray at the Chestnut Hill home of a man with inoperable cancer.) His message in each case was essentially for progressive... A sunny future predicted for former Hiller's Red Sky by LEN LEAR You might say the family business for three generations of the Stein family, formerly of Chestnut Hill, Oreland and East Oak Lane, has been the restaurant business for 70 years. It was during the Great Depression that Samuel Stein opened the 100 Bar, one of the first in historic Old City, which stayed in the family until 1969. "I grew up in it," said David Stein, 57. "I helped out at the bar on weekends while I was in high school and even in college and graduate school . . . For years my favorite restaurants were Roller's and Under the Blue Moon. I still go... G'twn blues musician awesome at Pastorius Park by MICHAEL CARUSO With showers and thunderstorms racing across the region last Wednesday afternoon and evening, the 2004 season of concerts in Pastorius Park opened with an appearance by the Georgie Bonds Band. From the late arrival of many concertgoers, it was difficult not to assume that both the weather and the change in starting time — from the traditional 8 p.m. to this year's 7:30 p.m. — contributed to the trickling-in character of the audience. Once in place, however, those in attendance heard music-making that memorably cut through the night's heavy humidity. By midpoint during the program's first half, the natural amphitheater in Pastorius was encouragingly filled with a diverse and appreciative audience. The Georgie Bonds Band is a five-member ensemble featuring... |