July 5, 2025 – Puzzle Discussion


COUSINS THAT LIVE/HAVE LIVED ON WALNUT STREET

ISAAC, CATHERINE, RICK, FOURTH

It’s true, ISAAC, CATHERINE, and RICK either currently live on or have lived on a street with “Walnut” as part of its name. Isaac in Nevada, Catherine in Vermont, and Rick in New Jersey. Anyone else? Is there an actual “fourth” I don’t know about?

“NUMBER ONE” IN 2024 YANKEE SWAP

JIM, PIPER?, CECIL’S GRANDFATHER, TRAIN ENGINEER AT THE 461

It was only six months ago, did anyone remember who was “number one” in the family 2024 Christmas Yankee Swap?

It was in fact JIM, but he handed off the much-sought ticket/number to PIPER. Below is a photo of Piper from that day. I looked but I don’t have any of Jim (AKA, CECIL’S GRANDFATHER, TRAIN ENGINEER AT THE 461) from the event but I’ve included a photo of some of the trains running in the cabana at The 461.

ROLES PLAYED BY LOU IN CvS PRODUCTIONS

NED, JOE? TONY?, OLD MAN SHELBY, RALPH

Lou played NED Flores, a Physician Assistant in Chickens vs Sputnik’s November 2020 musical production COVID Blues.

In 2019 Lou portrayed OLD MAN SHELBY in the CvS production Countdown to Destiny.

Lou either played JOE or TONY, crooks planning a heist in the Chicken vs Sputnik 2022 production The Yegg. I honestly don’t know which one he was.

In February 2021, for one of the many pandemic CVS productions, Lou played RALPH Higginbotham, the extremely hearing-challenged husband of Regina Higginbotham in Ralph Higginbotham Doesn’t Hear So Well.

WORKS IN RSTRNT/FOOD SERVICE

JAKE, JENNIFER, JOE, LEANNE

I’m not sure that I can name the establishments JAKE and LEANNE work at but last I knew they were both working in food service. JENNIFER has been working at Belmont Market in Wakefield for many years in the bakery department and JOE (as far as I know) is a waiter at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse. The photo immediately below was swiped from a recent social media post by Belmont Market promoting all the delicious bakery items Jennifer and her team were working on for the holiday weekend.

Below is a photo of Michaela, Joe, and I from November 2017 when Joe was working at a resturant on Hope Streeet in Providence.


2 responses to “July 5, 2025 – Puzzle Discussion”

  1. After many, many tries I finally got it. I knew 3 of the ones about Jim. Had trouble with the Piper connection! I forgot about Fourth being a full in. That threw me for awhile. Great pictures this week!