Chris Sciacco, who is wearing a grey sweater and a big smile, throws open the doors to Kaiya’s Pallets.
Chris is the owner of Kaiya’s Pallets.
This is week No. 5 of the wholesale/discount store’s existence, and he’s really pumped.
Come on in! We have deals you can’t pass up!
Water is 10 cents a bottle.
Gatorade is 50 cents a bottle.
Diapers are on sale for $10 a pack.
Kaiya’s Pallets is at 36-37 31st St.
And brand-name cereals are $3 to $5 for a two-pack.
Come…
It’s not the first time that someone has thrown something on my roof.
A while ago, a shiny silver ladder fell from the sky like a hammer and landed, splat, on the shingles.
Jimmy doesn’t have perfect pitch.
This time, it’s a black plastic shopping bag.
My friend Jimmy Ruchalski hurled it there.
This throwing of things, it seems to be a tradition in Astoria, one that I was initiated into on Day One of my residency.
Seventeen years ago, when I moved into my house, a stranger…