Author Archives: cjaruck

It was the summer of 1971, I had just graduated high school. Back in those days, there were many venues that featured live bands. The Park on the Hill in Neffsville, St Anthony’s Catholic Church, The YWCA Hangout and various others. Practically every community had a swimming pool, many sponsoring “splash parties”, combining swimming, musicContinue reading “The Famous, Chuck and Linda Meeting”

In 1967-68, our Freshman basketball team went undefeated. Our coach, Henry Benner, rewarded the team with a trip to see the Philadelphia76ers at the brand new Spectrum. The game was scheduled for March 27, which happened to be a playoff game against the New York Knicks. Unfortunately, on March 1st, during a windstorm, part ofContinue reading “The Sixers and Sunday Brunch”

Featuring Doc Medich and her Royal Highness, Queen Elizabeth II Memorial Stadium stood on 33rd Street in Northern Baltimore. Built in 1954, it hosted the Baltimore Orioles until 1991 and The Baltimore Colts until 1983. My memories of attending games there are special, but there are a couple that are particularly indelible. In the 1970’s,Continue reading “Memorial Stadium”

As a boy growing up in the sixties, summers meant leaving the house after breakfast, maybe returning for lunch, then back out until sunset or dinner. In the neighborhood of West Lyndon, this usually meant baseball all day. There were some days occupied in some other manner, but baseball was the main activity. This isContinue reading “The West Lyndon Softball Feud, 63 or 64”

I don’t know if the type of snapshots chronicled here are commonplace throughout humanity, or I have a special type of brain setting that enables me to recognize these incidents. Anyway below is a list, in no particular order, of odd things and coincidences that I have seen or have been made aware. My wifeContinue reading “Oddities and Coincidences”

Throughout my posts, there are many references to the Cayamo Cruises that Linda, Jared and I have taken. The Cayamo Cruise, subtitled “A Journey through Song”, is filled with Americana artists. Americana music draws on folk, country, singer-songwriter, bluegrass, blues, gospel and rock. It is a disparate and varied genre. These cruises are organized byContinue reading “Cayamo Stories 1”

(Names have been changed) In my early twenties, I was friends with Jack and his sister Sue. Jack and Sue’s parents were divorced and they lived with their mother, Mrs. Dockerly. Now Mrs. Dockerly was pretty attractive for a mother and was always very friendly whenever I saw her. One fine summer evening Sue hadContinue reading “Mrs. D”

The summer of 1977 found me as a Sous Chef at Landis Valley Motor Inn, at that time one of the busiest restaurants in the county. On any given Saturday night we could do 200+ covers in two separate dining rooms with separate menus, plus banquets up to 400 people. One of the cooks workingContinue reading “Atlantic City and Big Joe”

My son Jared, lived for four years in Nashville, he also accompanied Linda and I on two Cayamo Cruises. The Cayamo Cruise, subtitled “A Journey through Song”, is filled with Americana artists. Americana music draws on folk, singer-songwriter, bluegrass, blues, gospel and rock. It is a disparate and varied genre. While in Nashville and onContinue reading “Jared, Nashville, Cayamo Cruise”

For a few years, when I was covering the BlackRock account for Donnelley, I would be in NYC for two weeks in February for a client in-house session. I would work various hours, usually the afternoon to late at night. The team would consist of the NY CSRs, one or two NY typesetters and usuallyContinue reading “Dakota Roadhouse and Strippers, NYC”