Category Archives: Diamonds

Good German /Bet On Crazy

October 1, 2011 – 6:31 am

The Tri-State TV meteorologists had an easy job during the Spring of 2008. Rain drenched New York day after day throughout April and May. Mushrooms sprouted from the sidewalks and moss covered the trees, as long trough of fronts anchored over the East Coast. The rainfall broke records for each month. Many people blamed the [...]

By Peter | Also posted in 2000s, Bet On Crazy, War, evil, semi-fiction | Tagged | Comments (0)

Glatt Chateau Bacchus / BET ON CRAZY

June 14, 2011 – 8:03 pm

Most people in America have no money. They survive from paycheck to paycheck. Assets are sold to save houses from predatory banks. A single missed payment can earn a long-time big-earner a foreclosure. These are not good times from the Middle Class, because the 21st Century couldn’t be any better for the rich. The Bush [...]

By Peter | Also posted in 2010s, Bet On Crazy, Drinking, NEW YORK | Tagged | Comments (0)

RED HOT RED / Bet On Crazy by Peter Nolan Smith

January 9, 2011 – 5:16 pm

Last night I was sitting with a mystical friend at Frank’s Lounge. We were watching the end of the Jets-Colts playoff game. Rooting for the New York team surprised Wilson. He knew my life-long ties to Boston and I told him. “If the Jets win, we get to beat them again and other than winning [...]

By Peter | Also posted in Bet On Crazy, NEW YORK, brooklyn, semi-fiction | Tagged | Comments (0)

BET ON CRAZY / The Blue Diamond Affair

January 9, 2011 – 11:05 am

Two years ago the Plaza Hotel’s Retail Collection was a disaster. No signs were posted on the entrances of the hotel to inform passers-by about the score of high-end stores in the basement of the landmark hotel and few hotel guests strayed down to the renovated boiler room. Weeks passed without my consummating a sale [...]

By Peter | Also posted in Bet On Crazy, NEW YORK, semi-fiction | Tagged , , , , , | Comments (0)

Merry Stiffmas

December 23, 2010 – 10:56 am

The jewelers on 47th Street were depending on a big holiday season to cover up the losses of 2008 and 2009, however the nation’s zombie economy has exiled the masses from the luxuries of gold and diamonds. Only the rich have money and Richie Boy has more than his share of the upper class. One [...]

By Peter | Also posted in Bet On Crazy, NEW YORK, economy, semi-fiction | Tagged | Comments (0)