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August 11th, 2008:

Boilers Bought & Sold – Brooklyn Navy Yard


© Frank H. Jump

Vespa Brooklyn – Vespanomics 101

Andrew Hadjiminas & Crystall Hadjimina

Andrew Hadjiminas & Crystall Hadjimina

Brooklyn Vespa Showroom

Brooklyn Vespa Showroom

© Frank H. Jump

What Is Vespanomics? © Piaggio Group USA

What Is Vespanomics? © Piaggio Group USA

Produits de Pays – Local Products – Briançon, France

Local Products

Local Products

© Frank H. Jump

Isaac Hayes Dies Ten Days Before His 66th Birthday

Frank H. Jump & Isaac Hayes @ Ziegfeld Theatre during He Got Game Premiere - May 1, 1998

© Frank H. Jump

I was so elated to meet Mr. Hayes on the evening of my niece’s (Rosario Dawson) first big premiere. Coincidentally, we were assigned to the same table as Hayes at the afterparty at the Hammerstein Ballroom– which was set up to resemble the Coney Island food strip with Nathans hot dogs and fries vendors. Former Cleveland Browns running back Jim Brown (who was also in the film) was at the table as well. I proceeded to tell Mr. Hayes (who insisted I call him Isaac) how the soundtrack to Shaft still underscores my childhood memories and how I danced in the fifth grade talent show to the title track. Isaac chuckled a bit and thanked me. I said he probably had heard this before and he said he had – but usually from black women. I told him “Just call me Shanequa.”  And so he did for the rest of the evening. “Shanequa! Get me some more fries and ketchup.” Jim Brown, who did not say much, busted a gut.