Good heavens. Not another new phone? This episode of the Staten Island Restaurant Tour is the first to use my third new phone of the year, the Google Pixel 7a, and features side-by-side food shots with another of my many phones, the Samsung Galaxy A14. We’ll get to those in a moment. First, welcome to Annadale, the seventh-from-last stop on the Staten Island Railway. Annadale has historical ties to Anna Seguine, a descendant of French Huguenot Protestants, linking it to previous episodes of the tour via stations at Huguenot (named for the Huguenots) and Prince’s Bay (with the Seguine Mansion). This was the second rail stop so far to feature a brick-facade station house atop the platforms, rebuilt in 1939 though its predecessors date back to 1910 and 1860.
We Seceded Where Others Failed
I did not partake in the secession. I was too young and on the opposite side of the globe. It is a minor regret…