NAIWE | Robert Iulo | Activity https://naiwe.org/members/robertiulo/activity/ Activity feed for Robert Iulo. Tue, 28 Apr 2026 20:24:03 -0400 https://buddypress.org/?v= en-US 30 hourly 2 104828e9492c99d5f711860847bb8f0c Robert Iulo wrote a new post on the site Robert Iulo's Blog https://robertiulo.naiwe.org/?p=1451 Mon, 18 Aug 2025 17:30:20 -0400 Ash Cans   Ash Cans There was a nighttime summer sound that everyone heard but no one paid much attention to. Some buildings had incinerators. What a […]

]]> 045855d8d3ec5e182aa13942254c95fd Robert Iulo wrote a new post on the site Robert Iulo's Blog http://robertiulo.naiwe.com/?p=1430 Tue, 18 Mar 2025 15:26:18 -0400 Ellis Island

In October 2012 Superstorm Sandy devastated the coasts of New York and New Jersey.  Ellis Island was right in the middle of it, with parts of the island divided between each state. Just a few […]

]]> ca9e404c96836899ff24b15fc595ba68 Robert Iulo wrote a new post on the site Robert Iulo's Blog http://robertiulo.naiwe.com/?p=1408 Wed, 04 Dec 2024 17:13:58 -0500 Live Theatre

Being a Hitchcock fan, I was eager to see Patrick Barlow’s Broadway production of The Thirty-Nine Steps a few years back. It was quite a show, with only four actors playing every role. Two d […]

]]> 1a95f455f13711b90108603570b9ffb2 Robert Iulo wrote a new post on the site Robert Iulo's Blog http://robertiulo.naiwe.com/?p=1397 Wed, 20 Nov 2024 18:35:00 -0500  

 

 

Massage Parlors

Joe the Cop walked into the Tech Room and, grumpy as usual said, “We’ve got two massage parlors to start the day.”

That brought groans and curses from the rest of the team […]

]]> 83f5539cdb5ea6b1b7cab6bdf2aa2c95 Robert Iulo wrote a new post on the site Robert Iulo's Blog https://robertiulo.naiwe.org/?p=1387 Thu, 18 Jul 2024 17:32:05 -0400 A Cheetah Named Lily A Cheetah Named Lily She was sitting on an antique wing chair wearing a blue and red silk robe. Her hair was down. And I’ll be dammed, if there w […]

]]> cc9a2734e5e1b7894666fe4d43a45871 Robert Iulo wrote a new post on the site Robert Iulo's Blog https://robertiulo.naiwe.org/?p=1375 Fri, 12 Apr 2024 15:57:30 -0400 A First Taste of Grappa A First Taste of Grappa I was at an outdoor family event on a sunny afternoon. There were lots of people there I didn’t know, but they all seemed to […]

]]> 6c1193b121eb682db8763990cb545935 Robert Iulo wrote a new post on the site Robert Iulo's Blog http://robertiulo.naiwe.com/?p=1367 Wed, 04 Oct 2023 15:24:13 -0400 Dragon Boat Dinners

“Harder.”

Boom.

“Deeper.”

Boom.

“Gimme more.”

Boom…boom…boom.

Kay Yee is the best drummer any dragon boat team has ever had. Her job is to keep the paddlers working at […]

]]> 54985aa673dc8387c84e10d2a1ede728 Robert Iulo wrote a new post on the site Robert Iulo's Blog http://robertiulo.naiwe.com/?p=1356 Sun, 27 Aug 2023 21:40:46 -0400  

Sparrows and Baguettes

“Breadcrumbs. They told us what they like to eat and its breadcrumbs, especially the ones from day-old baguettes. We used to give them thistle seed and they weren’t too enth […]

]]> d3c892a538ad8bc8aac2df87a75a7948 Robert Iulo wrote a new post on the site Robert Iulo's Blog http://robertiulo.naiwe.com/?p=1344 Mon, 24 Jul 2023 18:22:46 -0400 It’s Still Art
Dan is an artist. He works in different media types, but I think of him primarily as a sculptor. His pieces vary in size, and he needs help with their on-site assembly when they’re very large. I […]

]]> 199bcda98f6eaa89c429254f2a5b4154 Robert Iulo wrote a new post on the site Robert Iulo's Blog http://robertiulo.naiwe.com/?p=1334 Mon, 05 Jun 2023 18:05:24 -0400 The Village of Terranova
We hired a car and driver to take us to the village where my grandmother Nicolina’s family had lived and where she was born. Simone, our driver, showed up at our hotel in a new black M […]

]]> 321d10f06eea8720a80bf1adb92573fc Robert Iulo wrote a new post on the site Robert Iulo's Blog http://robertiulo.naiwe.com/?p=1313 Mon, 13 Mar 2023 17:39:43 -0400  

 
New York City Diners
 
There are some places that want to be perceived as diners and others that are intrinsically and naturally diners. The latter, which are usually family run, can be recognized by […]

]]> c0d090124868a623a5a0f1167d25bfb3 Robert Iulo's profile was updated https://naiwe.org/activity/p/7935/ Tue, 28 Feb 2023 14:08:15 -0500 0 04f9f486c1f8e6cd7d54f25dde0dcb0b Robert Iulo changed their profile picture https://naiwe.org/activity/p/7928/ Sat, 25 Feb 2023 18:57:52 -0500 0 a95267c92165c815c922030127c2a22f Robert Iulo's profile was updated https://naiwe.org/activity/p/7927/ Sat, 25 Feb 2023 18:54:39 -0500 0 5d662dea33b34406ab50dc8e9eb67c3f Robert Iulo wrote a new post on the site Robert Iulo's Blog http://robertiulo.naiwe.com/?p=1249 Mon, 06 Feb 2023 14:27:39 -0500 Play
 
Excerpts from my recently published personal essay, “The Pit,” in the Outrider Press PLAY anthology. 
. . . Carlo slipped about halfway across and fell off the beam. He landed face down on a pile of […]

]]> a4b153c5c1591884e2505fac22553f77 Robert Iulo wrote a new post on the site Robert Iulo's Blog https://robertiulo.naiwe.org/?p=1239 Sat, 24 Dec 2022 13:38:35 -0500 A New York Christmas Story   A New York Christmas Story   ‘Twas the night before the night before Christmas, and I was feeling very content. Our shopping was finished, my w […]

]]> 24856419a50fc112da838074c0c218e1 Robert Iulo wrote a new post on the site Robert Iulo's Blog http://robertiulo.naiwe.com/?p=1215 Mon, 26 Sep 2022 22:39:07 -0400  

Last Night at the Plaza
I’m a native Manhattanite and sorry that I’d only been to the old Oak Bar in the Plaza Hotel a handful of times. I’m pretty sure that I first heard of it in Hitchcock’s North by […]

]]> 6362080e74e0ef33c7364e5322c19909 Robert Iulo wrote a new post on the site Robert Iulo's Blog http://robertiulo.naiwe.com/?p=1201 Wed, 11 May 2022 20:48:42 -0400 RUDY GIULIANI wanted to clean up Times Square. Some thought this was because it needed cleaning, others because Disney said,
“If you clean it, we will come.”
 
” . . . During a break in one of the first […]

]]> 4ff7e9e5b26027b9ec968cdb735b84e1 Robert Iulo wrote a new post on the site Robert Iulo's Blog http://robertiulo.naiwe.com/?p=1179 Sun, 10 Apr 2022 15:08:59 -0400 Wordsmithing Wordsmithing According to the Global Language Monitor, the English language has over a million words. The million mark was hit in June 2009. With so […]

]]> dae1aa416989962ddb3a3774dbf64224 Robert Iulo wrote a new post on the site Robert Iulo's Blog http://robertiulo.naiwe.com/?p=1163 Wed, 29 Dec 2021 19:21:02 -0500 The Ham Sandwich

Rushing home to get on my computer for a one pm meeting, I still had time to stop at the deli and get something to go. I’d mute my mic while I ate and no one would ever know the difference. G […]

]]> 0175c655706539ec55c79e5fa6c40e53 Robert Iulo wrote a new post on the site Robert Iulo's Blog http://robertiulo.naiwe.com/?p=1134 Wed, 03 Nov 2021 22:45:54 -0400 AN ITALIAN-AMERICAN’S THANKSGIVING
I grew up wanting a Norman Rockwell Thanksgiving. I wanted friends and relatives to come and visit our house with its pumpkins on the porch and autumn leaves on the lawn a […]

]]> 97a0afaff591f9ed846246f2824af7a1 Robert Iulo wrote a new post on the site Robert Iulo's Blog http://robertiulo.naiwe.com/?p=1138 Sun, 10 Oct 2021 15:46:17 -0400 Autumn on the Lower East Side

My essay, Autumn on the Lower East Side, published in Artascent.
 

There are many street trees on the Lower East Side of Manhattan today, but when I was growing up there in […]

]]> 14f12990c2ad2fb23090ca2df93a6ec0 Robert Iulo wrote a new post on the site Robert Iulo's Blog http://robertiulo.naiwe.com/?p=1091 Thu, 23 Sep 2021 19:55:05 -0400 The Neighborhood

 
My personal essay The Neighborhood was recently published in BEING HOME, an anthology of essays about the “spirt of place.”
” . . .  As I walked to my car, I passed a store selling ele […]

]]> b75aec38b4ec54e1d1f02e751a0ac50c Robert Iulo wrote a new post on the site Robert Iulo's Blog http://robertiulo.naiwe.com/?p=1081 Tue, 31 Aug 2021 21:53:24 -0400 A Sunday Afternoon
As usual on a Sunday, my mother sent me to mass. Instead of going to Saint Patrick’s I found my best friend Joe in Dom’s candy store having an egg cream and pretzel for a late bre […]

]]> 3cf40fc562f26cc72391557a645e9140 Robert Iulo wrote a new post on the site Robert Iulo's Blog http://robertiulo.naiwe.com/?p=1063 Thu, 08 Jul 2021 13:09:57 -0400 Talking About the Movies
They speak about hardware, software, LANs, WANs and USBs. These are the usual topics of conversation whenever I join my wife, Bridget at a business dinner. She’s in information t […]

]]> 5cb5947381c22188bc963e1cddf7edff Robert Iulo wrote a new post on the site Robert Iulo's Blog http://robertiulo.naiwe.com/?p=1043 Wed, 16 Jun 2021 12:15:45 -0400 Patty’s Wife

My short personal essay Patty’s Wife was recently published in GROWING UP, (I love that cover photo) an anthology of stories and poems about, what else, growing up.

 
Patty’s Wife
All the […]

]]> d4fe6e02527ab020d4f928c7fa16d967 Robert Iulo wrote a new post on the site Robert Iulo's Blog http://robertiulo.naiwe.com/?p=1021 Tue, 16 Mar 2021 18:14:59 -0400  

Everybody ought to have a Lower East Side in their life.  – Irving Berlin 

Robert Iulo has a Master’s Degree in Urban Planning from New York University. After retiring from a career with the City of N […]

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