Chess Talk
NYSCAsec stands for this.
What is New York State Chess Association secretary?
Her favorite food to order at Cooky's Steak Pub.
What is duck or duck l'orange?
Pre-corona virus, you'd find her here on Sunday mornings.
What is the flea market?
Her pet name for Jared's when he was a baby.
What is the bundle?
She asks for this when the waiter takes her drink order.
What are lemon slices?
It's what she wears to every tournament, sometimes as many as 13 at once.
What is chess jewelry?
The names of her first pet ducks.
What are Daffy and Marmalade? (Daffy-pooh is also acceptable)
She does this with strangers on her phone - and it's not chess.
What is play scrabble?
Her pet name for Jonah's as a baby.
What is punim?
The pink packets (although she recently gave this up).
What is sweet n low?
It's what she always carried in her pocketbook.
What are chess clippings about Joel?
This was sold at Babies R Us but she used it for her ducks.
What is a play yard?
It's where she goes swimming.
What is the Kingsbay Y?
Her pet name for Joel growing up.
What is tatellah?
Her favorite diner.
What is Perry's?
The school where her husband was the chess coach.
What is James Madison High School?
From a different bird, this was her mother's trademark soup.
What is chicken soup?
Her sister is not the only artist in the family. She took classes in this artistic medium.
What is painting?
Her pet name for Rochelle as a child.
What is wom-wom?
She does this to her food before she tastes it.
What is salts it?
The school where she was the chess coach.
What is P.S. 222?
This brutally attacked her duck.
What is a raccoon?
Set in Salem, she has watched this for over 50 years.
What is Days of Our Lives?
Alan's pet name for her.
What is Phyzz?
Two of her favorites: The special occasion restaurant in Great Neck and her favorite restaurant with a view in Brooklyn.
What is Peter Luger and Giando on the Water?