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Category Archives: Immigrants

Taverns and Tabernacles

Simply Romance Posted on November 19, 2013 by Alina K. FieldNovember 17, 2013

This past week brought an emergency family trip to Chicago. As always, we paid a visit to my husband’s old neighborhood of Pilsen.   The houses in this lower west side neighborhood sit in sunken lots with garden apartments below street level because the sewers went in after the houses were … Continue reading →

Posted in Chicago, Immigrants, Pilsen, St. Paul's, Uncategorized | Tagged Chicago, Pilsen, St. Paul's

The Immigrant’s Holiday

Simply Romance Posted on October 8, 2013 by Alina K. FieldOctober 6, 2013

Subtitle: The National Holiday Which Shall not be Named I am speaking, of course, of Columbus Day, which theoretically commemorates the October 12, 1492 arrival of Christopher Columbus in the Americas. In my state, local schools do not observe this holiday–no … Continue reading →

Posted in bigotry, Columbus Day, Immigrants, The Sopranos, Uncategorized | Tagged bigotry, Columbus Day, immigration, St. Louis, The Sopranos
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