“He is hardworking, and we work well together,” Yolanda said of Joe. “No matter what we had to do, so long as we did it together, there was never a problem."
“He is hardworking, and we work well together,” Yolanda said of Joe. “No matter what we had to do, so long as we did it together, there was never a problem."
The two met as toddlers in 1939, shortly after Brandt’s parents bought a house four down from the Krumines. The girls’ nannies would take 2-year-old Jane and 3-year-old Susy on walks.
The two met as toddlers in 1939, shortly after Brandt’s parents bought a house four down from the Krumines. The girls’ nannies would take 2-year-old Jane and 3-year-old Susy on walks.
Bonding over a shared love of modern rock and indie folk and excitement about working with young people and exploring Philadelphia, they were friends when the night ended.
They stopped hosting Memorial Day in 2018, after the 40th annual bash, but every birthday and holiday becomes an instant party when you have six children and a growing gaggle of grandchildren.
Asking about social distancing particulars can feel uncomfortable when you’ve met only through Zoom. But do you really want to risk getting COVID-19 from someone you might never see again?
Maurice Small, 32, proposed to Tanesha Pennington, his girlfriend of 8 years, in the intersection of 52nd and Chestnut, as a line of police officers with riot shields looked on.
“But after we were together, we gravitated toward adoption,” Nathan says. “We wanted to be on equal footing, without the idea that one of us was the ‘real’ father.”