From the Streets to the Suites

Welcome to my updated Bio page.

From the Street to the Suites (and back again) is an autobiographical work in which , starting from my birth in El Barrio  ("Spanish Harlem") in New York City, I detail the major events that have comprised my odyssey through this adventure called La Vida.  This website will contain excerpts from the larger work which (like my life) is currently a "work in progress").

Table of Contents

(Current as of September 2012)

From the Streets to the Suites

(...and back again) 

• Forward
• Harlem Hospital: It's My Birthday, it's my Birthday...
• El Barrio - La Marqueta: Paradise Revealed
• Pops - Life of the Party
• Moving day: Movin' on up to the Bronx
  
• Growing up in SoBro: “El Gran’ Conco”
• Any Ooooooooold Clothes...
• Mami Ana and the "Amazon Warriors"
• Bronx Street Games: Ringoliveo
• Hello Darkness...The Sounds of Silence
• Piraguas, Egg Creams and Juji Fruits 
• Working Class Heroes: Clemente, the Mick, TP and Cassius Clay
• Los Tios: El Pirata Cofresi and Rubirosa
• Big Bro: Cool Hand Lou
• knock, knock, knockin’ on heaven’s door…Morris–sane–ya Hospital (1)
• Boogaloo Blues, the Panthers and the Rad 60's
• Say it Loud: PortaReekan an’ Proud
• Morris-sane-ya: The Sequel
• Summer in the City
• ...and then came sister: Marisolita a/k/a "Oh Gee" Big Bro, 'Nam and the Tet Offensive
• Woodstock, Los Hippies, La Flamboyan and Summers in Loiza Aldea
• The Big Break: Willie Colon, the Young Lords and White Flight to the ‘burbs
• Un Verano en Nueva York: Orchard Beach, Las Villas, Bear Mountain and Los Siete Lagos
• Hard Times at Clinton High
• Baby Daddy/Daddy Baby: Time to Grow Up (Fast)
• Welcome to the Real World: From High School, to College to Wall Street in 7 Days Flat
• The College Years
• The Road to Hell is Paved With Good Intentions: Well Meaning "Liberals" and The "Affirmative Action" Debacle
• Days of Youthful Exuberance: Student Strikes, Asia No. 7, Cuddeybackville
• New York to New Haven: 75 Miles and a World Apart
• Cerro Maravilla, Vieques 21, CCR, RaBoudin and that Damn Bar Exam
• 50 Rock
• Marriage #1: What’s a Left-Wing Rad Doing in a Country Club Like This
• "Gabo" & "A.J."
• Next Stop: Wall Street
• Reaganomics: Boom to Bust
• Pops: Tears of a Clown
• Independence Day
• Divorce #1
• Flying Solo
• Abuelita tus refranes me hacian reir: Things My Abuela Used to Say (a/k/a "The Knowledge You Don't Get in College")
• Back to el Bronx: Hostos, Pregones & Gibraltar
• Teachin’ & Preachin’
• “El Terror”
• Gitaneando: The Gypsy Life
• A House is not a Home/La Calle Esta Durisima
• The Sunshine State
• 9/12...the Day After
• Marriage #2: No Me Chavez
• Tsunami: The Domino Effect
• My Princess Arrives
• Divorce #2
• O'town
• The Left Coast
• Big Bro Reconnect: Semper Fi to Simplify
• SpiritQuest : ManChild in the Desert Lands – Tubac, Madera Canyon and a Pup Named Spencer
• O'town Once Again
• Takin' it to the Streets
• The Kindness of Strangers
• Hospice Care/ Hostage Care
• Community Service, Redemption and Absolution
• .. and the beat goes on...
• Afterword: ... and miles to go before I sleep...
  

(c) R. Ventura-Rosa, 2010-2012