I was a bicentennial baby, so it can be said I was patriotic from birth. Born in 1976 in the city that never sleeps, with formative years at...

I received my very first official Barbie doll on my 6th birthday. It just wasn't Barbie. It was Skipper, her little sister, but I did...

The 1980's was a great time to be a little girl. The selection of girl toys with cartoon tie ins seem to be never ending. You had Straw...

1986 was a great year to be a New Yorker. The Statue of Liberty was turning 100 years old and that Fourth of July was set to be the best eve...

When I started kindergarten, my lack of understanding the English language, and my status of only child made my socializing with the other c...

As I have mentioned before, I was generally my mother's sidekick until I began school. My mom was never one to shirk responsibilities, a...

Before I was legitimately old enough to understand the true economic state of my family, I knew we were in no way rich. I knew by comparin...

[Preface: In previous posts I have alluded to an incident involving a set of Magnetic Batman and Robin figures. At times I come across as bi...

This is what I generally refer to as the  Saga of Decker . I obtained my Mego Decker action figure one chilly morning during one of my man...

When I was a child, my choices of after school TV viewing were pretty limited. Sure, you had GI Joe, Transformers, Voltron and Thundercats, ...

I started kindergarten at the ripe old age of 6. It was my first lone venture into the world. Okay, maybe not so lone. My mommy came along...

I was 4 yrs old when The Empire Strikes Back first hit the silver screen. At that time, my family lived in a small first floor apartment in ...