By PenTales Pundit Elise Nardin, Zurich, Switzerland There are hundreds of questions you can ask your old neighbor, parents or grandparents. It always depends on the situation, the relationship you have with one another. If I put myself in the shoes of a 80 year-old woman, I would want to […]

By PenTales Pundit Elise Nardin Caption: “The Harvest”, featuring, among others, my great grandad Louis, my mother Martine and my uncle Patrick, 1959, Switzerland. This project all started with this old picture. I found it in a photo album at my grandparents’ place while visiting them a few years back. […]

Dear Friends, 2012 is just around the corner. This is the perfect time to reflect on the years behind us and consider those ahead. You know, try to learn from the stupid things we (and others) did last year or the year before, or the year before that… So, in […]

G&S Sporting Goods is a hallmark of New York City’s Lower East Side. Their specialty: Their own line of Boxing Equipment. The small family-run store was opened in 1937 by local boxing champ Izzy Zerling, now 96.  Izzy’s son, Len  took over in 1957 and has managed to keep the […]