Author: gtermini

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…

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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…

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