Learning to Drive
Dad in his role as a teacher acted as a driving ed instructor for both myself and Ken. He actually let me drive the car to Seton Hall Prep on my permit, progressing from the side roads, to actually driving on
Route 22. I think he developed more gray hai...
Eugene Kulaga
2015-03-30 22:49:13
Always Be Good to Your Mother and Your Father
"Always be good to your mother and your father," my Grandpa Stanley told me multiple times as I was growing up.
"Always be good to your mother and father," he said, standing with my dad, prodding the barbecue fork in my direction for emphasis as the g...
Greg Kulaga
2015-03-30 10:00:20
Things He Loved...
It is pretty save to say there are a few things that passed his love for down...
* The love of sports especially baseball and football (his teams were the NY Yankees and NY Giants)
*The love of animals throughout his lifetime they had 3 poodles and ...
Katie Kulaga
2015-03-29 07:50:45
Christmas
Christmas season to my Dad started on Thanksgiving evening when the family would gather after dinner to watch the movie "Christmas Vacation" with Chevy Chase. He, Eugene and I all love those Vacation movies with Chevy Chase. I guess that's because there's...
Ken Kulaga
2015-03-29 05:29:00
Holiday Carving
Whether it was Easter and Grandpa was craving the ham or Thanksgiving and Grandpa was craving the turkey, it was always the same routine over the years. The dogs (which ever ones were around Susie, Ginger, Sandy, Snuggles, Winston, Teddy, or Sophie) would...
Katie Kulaga
2015-03-28 08:49:27
Baseball
Dad would always tell us the story of how he used to scale the wall of Bears Stadium to get into see the
Newark Bears play at Ruppert Stadium in Newark. I think in heaven he will be allowed right out onto
field and be in awe of what he sees.
He bou...
Eugene Kulaga
2015-03-27 13:53:44
Stanley loved his pets
A black cat came to visit us at our home in Green Brook. Dad's response upon returning from
work was, " this cat can not stay". As the dark storm clouds rolled in, dad could not be found.
He was outside building a shelter to protect the cat from the e...
Eugene Kulaga
2015-03-27 13:22:50