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What have I, a 93-year-old lox slicer, done to deserve all this?

JL;DR SUMMARY Len Berk, the 93-year-old lox slicer from Zabars, shares the delightful experience of being invited to a cabaret show titled 'Retire? Who's Got Time!?!' by performer Janie Press. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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RetirementFriendshipNew YorkBroadwayCabaretZabarsLen BerkLox SlicerJanie PressActive Aging

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New York, United States
"My wife Llewellyn, who was at one time an aspiring actress, having graduated from New Yorks prestigious High School of Performing Arts, was eager to see the show, as was I."
Westchester, New York, United States
"But I didnt relish the thought of driving from Westchester to midtown Manhattan and back at night amid all the traffic."
New Jersey, United States
"The traffic going north was a carpet of headlights and the Jersey shoreline on the west side of the Hudson was all lit up."

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