Fred Cicco

Years ago I used to do some writing before blogs were popular. I would write about food, travel, general observations and whatever else popped into my head. I’m going to try it again. I’m not sure what I’m going to write about.Sometimes I might reprint …

I have experienced court. It’s happened to a lot of people. I was going to the airport on a beautiful Sunday afternoon in June. My wife had flown out to her niece’s graduation and I was going to pick her up. I was early so I decided to get off the …

This is an easy one to guess. Where you can you go for a honeymoon and marriage spot all wrapped up in one? That’s right. One of my favorite places on earth is Las Vegas, or as my baggage tag says, “LAS”. Of course, that really doesn’t …

The other day I reached in my pocket looking for my pen and I couldn’t find it anywhere. I am terrible at hanging on to writing instruments. That is why I have about 14 different pen and pencil sets in my desk drawer. I don’t want to use them because …

My best friend, David Szentesy, or as we call him Crazy David, has worked for Oscar Meyer/Kraft for 38 years. His wife Carol is a high school classmate of mine and has kept him in line for years. David was a year ahead of Carol and I in high school. They got …

Did you ever notice the apprehension in the hearts of people as the expiration date on something nears. It scares the snot out of people that something is going to start growing out of the milk bottle. Of course, I think we are all guilty to some extent of …

As I explained before about our trip, the 4 rookies were counting on me to show them a good time. After arriving in town, eating, resting, and hitting the links, we were looking forward to eating again. I decided to surprise them and I took them to dinner at …

At the end of my last blog, we had arrived in Vegas and proceeded to go eat at 3 different places and we were so full we decided to rest to get ready to play golf. Marc got up early in the morning and went out to a donut shop to get coffee and rolls. &hellip …

In the mid 90’s, I was writing a similar column to what is now called a blog in the Vidette. The paper was sold to the Times corporation and the guys from the Vidette were now going to be Times employees. A bunch of us were sitting around talking one day …

I joined the Lew Wallace Cross country team in the fall of 1965. I was entering my sophomore year of high school. This was my first year at Lew Wallace. I had attended Horace Mann from 7th – 9th grade. I am writing this to prove to our Saturday morning …