Legendary three-dot journalist Herb Caen dubbed it Baghdad By the Bay.
Spike Lee revived the moniker Sucker Free City.
Whatever you do, don’t call it Frisco.
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Archive for 2008
GOOD FRIDAY
Kathleen O’Rourke/The Advocate
A group of parishioners from St. Benedict’s-Our Lady of Montserrat Church process into the church after a Stations of the cross service in Stamford, Conn, on Good Friday, March 21, 2008.
SPECTATOR SPORT
Kathleen O’Rourke/The Advocate
A group of men watch a soccer game outside on the basketball courts at Lathon Wider Community Center in Stamford, Conn.
SNOW DAY
Kathleen O’Rourke/The Advocate
Students on February break enjoy sledding at Cummings Park, in Stamford, Conn., as the first major snowfall of 2008 drops nearly a foot of snow on the Stamford area.
CHINESE DELEGATION VISITS STAMFORD
Kathleen O’Rourke/The Advocate
Yuxiao Zhao, 17, a senior at Academy of Information Technology in Stamford, Conn., assists a group of delegates and students from Jiangdu, China. The group, from Stamford’s sister city toured AITE on their first day in the United States. Zhao, who speaks fluent Chinese, moved to the United States from Bejing when he was 13.
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MARITAL BLISS…? AISLE NINE
Paul Desmarais/The Advocate
Diana Lenis and Cristian Zapata kiss after they are pronounced man and wife in a ceremony held in the cafe at the West Main St. ShopRite store in Stamford, Conn. on Valentine’s Day. Lenis, an employee at the store, had her 4-year-old brother, Hector Lenis, (front) as ring bearer.
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AT THE WESTMINSTER KENNEL CLUB DOG SHOW…
Behind the scenes at the 132nd Annual Westminster Kennel Club Dog Show at Madison Square Garden:
