Month: November 2008
PopPop’s Main Street Memories
This time on PopPop’s Adventure Corner, we journey deep into darkest downtown Los Angeles, for a memory trip featuring Indian Joe the VD doctor, beautiful gals in taxi dance halls and our own PopPop’s brief but memorable career as a salesman of Swedish delicacies. Mmmm, we can almost taste those lingonberries.
Ask Grandma Anything #2
It’s that season again, and an anxious young man asks our Bubbe for her secrets to help him get along with family on a visit home.
The Secret of 73 Years of Marriage
They have enjoyed nearly three quarters of a century as lovebirds, so you’d be foolish not to heed The OGs’ advice for how to make a marriage work. Tune in to discover exactly how Barbara and Harry have kept their love alive. Hint: there are two magic words every husband should know.
PopPop Goes Native
The OGs take a trip through the family album and discover a photograph from the rare BBC (before Barbara Cooper) era that sparks memories.
The OGs and the Belly Dancer
The OGs take a trip through the family album and discover a racy photograph that sparks memories.
PopPop and The New iPod
There are few things PopPop loves as much as music, but 96-year-old hands can have trouble opening CDs cases. In this edition of PopPop’s Adventure Corner, he receives a gift of a lime green iPod shuffle, fully loaded with all his favorite music, and marvels at the tiny size and big sound in this 21st Century device.
PopPop on Time Travel
Today in PopPop’s Adventure Corner, we explore the notion of Time Travel, and PopPop recalls a few wonderful times and places he would like to revisit.
Poppop on Fine Art
Walking down the halls of Hollenbeck, Poppop sees many beautiful paintings: landscapes, seascapes, still lives and architectural studies. But some works of art possess hidden secrets. What strange mysteries lurk in the image of an old horse on a cobbled street? Join Poppop for the surprising answers.
Live from Boyle Heights
The OGs introduce themselves, and get a wee bit hung up on the nomenclature.