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Collingdale Florist ~ The End of an Era

Posted by: Leese on: September 22, 2008

I’m still trying to digest this.. I just can’t wrap my head around this reality.
Yesterday I found out that Phyllis Grillo, the woman who has owned and operated Collingdale Florist on MacDade and WoodLawn Ave passed away. She :: thankfully :: passed in her sleep and was found by her son on Saturday morning.
I was [...]

Mobile Auto Care

Posted by: Leese on: September 7, 2008

In February 2008, I bought a 1997 Mercury Sable Station Wagon. Long story short… I needed another car.. and since my husband’s statio wagon :: affectionately called THE CHUGGER :: had died around the same time, I got a wagon.
I’m SO not the “soccer mom” type but with three boys, the middle one already hitting [...]

Surburban Armory Update ~ No. 2

Posted by: Leese on: August 28, 2008

Had to chuckle at this one…
The 11 year old Philly boy that part of this band of idiots will be released from the Juvenile Detention Center in Lima and will be monitored at home. Considering that his mother thought that he was HOME IN BED during the time he was boosting a gun shop, how [...]

Suburban Armory Update

Posted by: Leese on: August 25, 2008

One has to wonder just how hard it is to own a gun shot these days… it seems to be a no win situation.
The guy who owns Suburban Armory on MacDade is a hell of a nice guy… I’ve talked to him a number of times and he’s just passionate about guns. Not in a [...]

Introduction

Posted by: Leese on: August 21, 2008

I moved to Collingdale after spending 42 years in Philadelphia because I met not one of the greatest guys in the world… but THE greatest guy in the world. He’s awesome.
Seriously.
He is.
But anyway… I did have ties to Delco growing up and to Collingdale specifically. My aunt and uncle lived on Blunston… my cousin and [...]