Wednesday, June 22, 2005

Big Russ & Me

Well not Big Russ & me. Because I don't remember Big Russ. I did live upstairs from his brother Francis in a double at the end of a deadend street in South Buffalo for quite a number of years. But I don't remember Big Russ, or Tim.

I do remember relievio. A game from a simpler time. I don't think our neighborhood actually played relievio per se. But we played Block Chase, a game similar in concept. Sometimes thirty kids playing team chase confined to a city block, with the church stairs serving as the "prison."

Capture the entire other team and your team wins. However, any free teamate could set all his comrades free by setting one foot on the church steps. Providing they could do so untouched by the guards.

There is no way I could ever give an unbiased review of this book so I won't even try. All I can say is that if you grew up in Buffalo, especially South Buffalo, in the same era you will idendtify with this book.

...all you had to do was show up on someboy's porch and sing out his name: "Oh Mike-y. Can Mike-y come out and play?"

Relievio. Childhood games. PSP - Not!

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