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...uncle Sid gives a run-down of the history of the twenties, concluding with; "and then there was the so-called Stock Market Crash...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: NOTES ON A CELEBRATIONMoon Over Miami | 12/9/1970 | See Source »

...want to read a few telegrams . . ." Sid went...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: NOTES ON A CELEBRATIONMoon Over Miami | 12/9/1970 | See Source »

There are a bunch of "joke" gifts, those somewhat obscene things one finds at novelty shops. Sid has to present them, for the friends of my grandparents who put them together wished to remain anonymous. It is difficult to hold the crowd. One of the gifts involves, a prophylactic. Lil points to her husband, who has not been following the presentation, and yells, "He doesn't even know what one of those looks like...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: NOTES ON A CELEBRATIONMoon Over Miami | 12/9/1970 | See Source »

...mother, cousin, aunts and uncles were all outside now. Sid Lotenberg, in shiny tuxedo, and my mother, in a long dress, danced around the pool. He sang an old Rodgers and Hart song, "Isn't it Romantic?," as they performed what seemed a fine imitatation of Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: NOTES ON A CELEBRATIONMoon Over Miami | 12/9/1970 | See Source »

...getting late. Sid and my mother stopped dancing. Aside from the family, few guests remained. My mother looked around and said, "Why don't we all go and walk on the beach...

Author: By Frank Rich, | Title: NOTES ON A CELEBRATIONMoon Over Miami | 12/9/1970 | See Source »

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