Once upon a time, specifically, in the 1930s, on the upper west side of Manhattan, there was a candy store.

It was your basic soda fountain/candy store of the day – egg creams, malts, ice cream sodas, newspapers, chic-o-stick, chunky, milky way, and an assortment of other confections of the day.

A young couple owned the store – she a hard-working, petite, nervous woman always on the move; he a quiet, man of easy temperament.
Already their family include one little boy, and girl was on the way.

Bugsy bought his paper at this particular candy store. Every day, like clockwork.

To be continued…
a little billiards, a little shopping, and a connection to the mob