tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907402354452907168.post5744208725549812832..comments2024-03-03T23:11:46.016-05:00Comments on hibernian homme: A wolf without a foot!DMhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15435206223622005832noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907402354452907168.post-87778713949365627622009-11-07T10:27:16.706-05:002009-11-07T10:27:16.706-05:00Awesome pictures. I think I need to go sit and pag...Awesome pictures. I think I need to go sit and page through my families old albums again next time I'm home.Bordeauxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07262380418567703334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907402354452907168.post-43281849751113848662009-11-02T17:40:23.977-05:002009-11-02T17:40:23.977-05:00My grandfather grew up in Williamsburg, too, thoug...My grandfather grew up in Williamsburg, too, though closer to the Navy Yards where his father worked.jezebelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05509325518752000772noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907402354452907168.post-75973714877725028612009-10-29T21:13:32.245-04:002009-10-29T21:13:32.245-04:00I don't have anything that amazing to share, b...I don't have anything that amazing to share, but I LOVE these pictures. At least the family butcher block remains...Jenna Scholdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09215283422710258532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907402354452907168.post-22976390543257102832009-10-29T16:59:10.010-04:002009-10-29T16:59:10.010-04:00i want to go there now, dressed in a black cloak, ...i want to go there now, dressed in a black cloak, and tell present residents about the blood shed on their doorstep...DMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15435206223622005832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907402354452907168.post-26959137679805239052009-10-28T23:34:47.551-04:002009-10-28T23:34:47.551-04:00Wow, seriously? You mean MY carriage house at 154?...Wow, seriously? You mean MY carriage house at 154? If so, that's creepy... I loved living there but it had a definite ghostly aspect to it. Of course, it was an old house, but sometimes at night I would hear creaks coming all the way up the stairs to my bedroom and I would lie there frozen in fear for like, hours (I swear -- I'm a timid li'l thing). The basement was earth even when we were there and I always felt that if we were brave enough to hoist a shovel and start digging, who knows what we'd find. Very, very, very cool, Daniel! xxLisa Borgnes Giramontihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08708026781435832810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907402354452907168.post-52371553914044135852009-10-28T17:05:08.712-04:002009-10-28T17:05:08.712-04:00I want to die!! My family did not own that buildi...I want to die!! My family did not own that building...BUT:<br /><br />Carmine Monteforte was a great-great uncle (my great grandfathers brother) and VERY successful in the moonshine business. So successful that when he came to America, he one by one, paid for his 10 brothers and sisters and parents to come over too. <br />During the Prohibition times, the NYPD were on his trail. One night, four policemen followed him and shot him, where else, but in front of the carriage house on North 9th!! I just found out this story this summer from my great uncle Frank. <br /><br />I'm ecstatic! You have no idea how much these kind of connections thrill me!DMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15435206223622005832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907402354452907168.post-68843528958072511212009-10-28T12:32:12.561-04:002009-10-28T12:32:12.561-04:00Those photos slay me. But even more than that is a...Those photos slay me. But even more than that is a possible connection...I used to live at 154 North 9th Street in the Civil War carriage house in the back of the building. (You have to pass through the ground floor hallway to access it...it's hidden from the street.) Did your relatives own that? How funny if they did... I wrote about it in Mr. Peacock's profile of me a while back...here it is if you're interested (it's about halfway into the interview):<br /><br />http://mrpeacockstyle.blogspot.com/2009/02/lady-with-panachelisa-borgnes-giramonti.html<br /><br />Loving your blog...have to say it again... xxLisa Borgnes Giramontihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08708026781435832810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907402354452907168.post-25052626924456451242009-10-27T23:01:58.607-04:002009-10-27T23:01:58.607-04:00seriously...
to think 'what if'seriously...<br /><br />to think 'what if'DMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15435206223622005832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6907402354452907168.post-77238957479725241862009-10-27T22:39:28.925-04:002009-10-27T22:39:28.925-04:0016 houses in Williamsburg! Tiny tuxes and sailor s...16 houses in Williamsburg! Tiny tuxes and sailor suits! A pony!!! I think you were born two generations too soon!Jayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08666715171046408745noreply@blogger.com