"…we're talking about summers in Rockaway when I was, I guess eight and nine…we lived in the bungalow colony…very small and close together, the rooms are really tiny. We were able to rent it for the summer for 250-300 dollars for the whole summer…it was during the war years, and a lot of families had sons and daughters who were serving in the military. You'd wake up in the morning…and you'd have the smell of food coming from each house and there were almost distinct smells and odors, so you'd know who was cooking what and of course you would want to get up and that would make your mouth water and you were hungry too, you got some bread and maybe milk or orange juice and you were out of the house before you knew it."

Larry Raisfeld