My diary -September 30-October 2, 1972
- Susan Fisch Good
- May 23
- 2 min read
Updated: Jun 13
September 30, 1972 Sat.
Dear Flowers:
I went to Giselas. We talked & talked. I ate lunch their. We went (Gisela & I) to the Cinearte to see “Corky” Car Racer. Not to good. Gisela is planning on having a party. Read on “Tippy Locklen.” Read paper. Mom & Dad at Browns & Ortegas.
BYE!!
Gisela Rüegsegger was from Switzerland and I lost contact with her after the earthquake. We always had a lot of fun together. I would love to know how her life turned out.
It was always fun to go to the cinearte even if I thought the movie was a dud.
October 1, 1972 Sun.
Dear Flowers:
Happy October! Lets see we went to church & then to the super. Dad took us out to eat to TipTop. After lunch we went to the Hingst. We played Basketball. Believe it or not!!! I took a bath, washed my hair. I got to finish History! Wish me luck!!
BYE!!
TipTop was one of my favorite restaurants. They had the best chicken but I remember my brother David always ordering cheese pizza.
I was not into sports so it was amazing that I played basketball at the Hingst. Sons David and Doug, along with my siblings and I, had a good time.
October 2, 1972 Mon.
Dear Flowers:
Chiu & Miao are back. We’re playing basketball in P.E. Stayed after for Drama. Its fun. Plays for United Nations Day. Walked Pat half way (came home from bus & dropped off by my house) Typed up part of History. Watched TV. Muchacha Italiana esta para chuparse los dedos. Got to study for English & Science. Wish me luck.
BYE!!
The telenovela Muchacha Italiana was getting really exciting for me to write “Para chuparse los dedos” which means finger licking good! (Literally “suck your fingers”)
Chiu Chuang was in my class and Miao was a few grades ahead of me but had the sweetest voice. We sang together in the glee club.
I'm thinking the word after Muchacha Italiana is "esta" (está)....seems to read better. I've got some memorabilia of my handwriting from that age and it's almost indecipherable. At least nowadays I can blame arthritis.
In Costa Rica we had "La Nación", the mainstream conservative paper. The liberal paper was "La Prensa Libre", then there was the fledgling "Tico Times", for the gringos. In Bogotá the main paper was "El Tiempo" which kept to the government narrative. The occasional "Miami Herald" was a treat. For unbiased news we sometimes tuned in the BBC or VOA on shortwave. Hard for kids today to imagine a world before the internet.
Oh yes, the rotisserie chicken at Tip Top was well worth the trip to Masaya. Never could duplicate it in my kitchen. Glad to know there are more Tip Tops around. If memory serves, back in my day there were horse & buggies in Masaya. Tootsie
Tip Top was always a special treat! Now they’re all over the place, not just close to Masaya.
Once again you are reading the newspaper which would have been—-and still is!——quite unusual for a person that age. Who else in your family read it? Do you remember what newspaper it was?