What’s Special About Morningside?

WITH APOLOGIES TO JEFF FOXWORTHY and DAVID LETTERMEN,

HERE IS MY 10 QUESTION TEST TO HELP YOU ANSWER THE QUESTION:

AM I FROM MORNINGSIDE?

1. IF YOU HAVE EVER GONE TO THE MORNINGSIDE PICNIC AND HAD JUST ONE MORE HOTDOG THAN USUAL BECAUSE THEY SEEM TO TASTE BETTER WHEN COOKED ON THE REC FIELD, THEN YOU JUST MIGHT JUST BE FROM MORNINGSIDE.

2. IF YOU HAVE EVER GONE SLEDDING ON THE RECREATION FIELD HILL AFTER A SNOW STORM, AND LIVED TO TALK ABOUT IT, THEN YOU MIGHT JUST BE FROM MORNINGSIDE.

3. IF YOU HAVE EVER LOOKED OUT OVER LONG ISLAND SOUND FIRST THING IN THE MORNING AND SEEN CENTER ROCK WITH THE SUN RISING OVER LIGHTHOUSE POINT, AND SMILED, THEN YOU JUST MIGHT JUST BE FROM MORNINGSIDE.

4. IF YOU HAVE EVER WALKED DOWN RIDGEWOOD DRIVE AND WONDERED WHAT ANIMALS REALLY LIVE IN DOCTOR KERIN’S BACKYARD, THEN YOU MIGHT JUST BE FROM MORNINGSIDE.

5. IF YOU HAVE EVER PARTICIPATED IN THE JULY 4TH EGG TOSS AND NOT MADE THE FINALS BUT HAD FUN DOING IT, THEN YOU MIGHT JUST BE FROM MORNINGSIDE.

6. IF YOU HAVE EVER THOUGHT WHILE WALKING AROUND THE NEIGHBORHOOD, HOW COULD THEY EVER POSSIBLY SQUEEZE ANOTHER HOUSE ONTO THIS STREET OR THAT, THEN YOU MIGHT JUST BE FROM MORNINGSIDE.

7. IF YOU HAVE EVER GONE DOWN TO THE WALL ON A STORMY OCTOBER NIGHT TO WATCH THE WAVES AND HAD YOUR FACE STUNG BY THE DRIVING RAIN, AND STAYED TO WATCH ANYWAY, THEN YOU MIGHT JUST BE FROM MORNINGSIDE.

8. IF YOU HAVE FISHED ON THE ROCKS FOR HOURS, AND THEN BROUGHT HOME THE ONE BLUE THAT YOU DID CATCH FOR DINNER, AND YOU STILL THOUGHT IT WAS A GREAT DAY, THEN YOU JUST MIGHT BE FROM MORNINGSIDE.

9. IF YOU HAVE WALKED TO CENTER BEACH ON A VERY HOT OCTOBER DAY TO GET ONE LAST SWIM IN FOR THE SEASON AND FOUND THE BEACH CROWDED WITH SWIMMERS, THEN YOU MIGHT JUST BE FROM MORNINGSIDE.

10. AND IF YOU HAVE EVER RECEIVED A PHONE CALL AT THE END OF JUNE FROM YOUR SON OR DAUGHTER WHO NOW LIVES OUT OF TOWN, AND BEEN ASKED WHAT TIME THE MORNINGSIDE PICNIC STARTS SO THEY KNOW WHAT TIME TO BE HOME, THEN YOU MIGHT JUST BE FROM MORNINGSIDE.

- by Jeff, long-term resident and official community Flag Raiser for our 4th of July celebration