April 29, 2025 • 11 mins
We're together in person for this impromptu episode during our busy "Gala Week." Despite exhaustion, we're sharing updates as we prepare for our upcoming 45th Reunion from Brooklyn Technical High School.
- Brooklyn Tech is the largest high school in the United States
- Brooklyn Tech has produced six Nobel laureates and numerous distinguished graduates
- Our high school friendships have endured for nearly five decades
- We’re grateful for listener support that keeps us motivated to show up weekly
Stay tuned for next week's episode where we'll bring you the joy and memories from our Class of 1980 reunion celebrations!
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Speaker 1 (00:02):
Hey Ange, hey Leslie, I can touch her, we're together
.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Listen, why is only one of us wearing headphones?
Speaker 1 (00:13):
Oh, I didn't think I needed one.
I think you do.
You told me I didn't need one.
I'm going to blame you.
I think you do.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Oh, okay, just this one.
You know, I was really happythat she's sitting next to me.
Look at this In real IRL thebesties together.
We can put our heads togetherLook.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
So I flew up to North Carolina.
No, I didn't.
This is what I've had tonight.
Okay, I won't tell you what wasin it.
It was full with lemonade, thatcool refreshing drink.
(00:59):
Morning really tired, didn'tsleep very much and Leslie had a
great idea, but now I'm reallybeat.
That's why I look this way.
I'm tired.
We just went to a whole gala,not our big gala, but a gala for
New Jersey Medical AssociationRight their annual scholarship
(01:26):
gala.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
So we congratulated and gave scholarships out to new
physicians, medical students,fellows, people entering,
graduating from medical schooland their fellowships.
So it was a wonderful evening.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
The next generation physicians it was really
beautiful to see Leslie thereshaking hands, and I'll share
some video because a few folkscame over to her folks who
either just finishedanesthesiology and going into
(02:06):
practice or entering residencyin anesthesiology.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
What she?
Speaker 1 (02:14):
said, but it wasn't a planned event for me, so I
planned to come here and sleep.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
And I roused her up and said look, Ange, wouldn't it
be great if we went?
Actually, the Black BoomerBesties from Brooklyn, we're
sponsors of this event.
We were sponsors, so we should.
How about if?
Speaker 1 (02:36):
you come.
Yes, so I went, but I'm tired.
I'm really tired.
So is Leslie, because sheworked today.
She worked today, and so we aredoing just this.
I don't know what the term is.
Leslie couldn't help me, butwe're just bringing in an
unpolished episode to youtonight, because we obviously
(03:01):
did not want to miss a week,because we obviously did not
want to miss a week, but I wasjust like listen, let's get
something out, so they know whatwe're up to, that we're
thinking about them, but I'm tootired to just do a lot of deep
thinking right now.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
So I'd like to say welcome to another episode of
Black Boomer Besties fromBrooklyn.
I'm Leslie, that's Angela,that's my bestie of nearly 50
years.
And back to what we were saying.
So this is like Gala Week forus.
(03:37):
Yeah, this is Gala.
I say Gala, you say Gala.
This is Gala Week for us.
Tomatoes and tomato.
You all are already aware thatwe are embarking three more days
to our 45th high school reunionBrooklyn Technical High School,
yep, class of 80.
(03:57):
Class of 80.
And we are part of the planningcommittee and we have been
since we graduated in 1980.
And the energy is high.
People are buying tickets andasking if there's more available
.
We're down to over 120 tickets.
(04:19):
We have about six slots left.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Well, we have four.
Leslie isn't aware, but we gota few purchases in.
The money comes in to me, soI'm always.
I know we have four ticketsleft for sale, and so it's
really exciting, and there arepeople coming from all over to
(04:45):
get together.
You know tomorrow's notpromised.
I know we all know that.
To get together, you knowtomorrow's not promised.
I know we all know that.
But each time we plan thesereunions, and we plan these big
ones every five years, there'sso many names that we have to
add to the list of classmateswho have died, and so it's just
really exciting for us, and soit's just really exciting for us
(05:07):
and it's a labor of love, as wesaid before.
And I can't believe it's herealready.
I'm just really tired.
It's been like six months inthe making.
I'm just really tired and Idon't want to be tired on the
night.
So I am going to get a goodnight's sleep tonight, right.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
I don't know.
I have plans for you Actually.
No, you are going to get a goodnight's sleep tonight, so we
have to hit the ground runningin the morning, because there
are things that we need to do.
What I do want to say, thoughand again, we are going to be
brief this week, so forgive usin that regard.
So forgive us in that regard,but I do want to just mention a
(06:07):
little bit about why over 100people have laid out a decent
amount of money to join us inthis celebration of a school
that we graduated from nearlyfive decades ago, and we've
spoken over the years about howspecial Brooklyn Technical High
School is and how special it wasto us, and what it has done for
our entire lives, informing whowe are as people going forward.
The school itself is prettyfamous.
There are six Nobel laureateswho graduated from Brooklyn Tech
(06:31):
.
There are other famous, fromcelebrities to politicians, to
entertainers, so the school hasTo engineers, to architects, to
Physicians attacks to physicians.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
Yeah, it is a very special place and when Leslie
and I attended in the 70s it wasyou know we went through the
school knowing that it was areally special place.
Right, it was this weirdcombination of geekness and and
what we used to call brainiacs.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
Remember.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Brainiacs and just and friendships.
I mean we have many classmateswho got married, still married.
We have many classmates whoremain close, close friends
since then, like Leslie and IMany of our closest friends.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
We've maintained those relationships and we met
at Brooklyn Tech.
Yeah, ange and I met when wewere in the 10th grade.
Where were you when we were inthe 9th grade Hanging out?
Who were you hanging out?
Kim Coles, oh, okay.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
She was my first best friend and she's still a dear
friend, yeah.
But, she went on to be classpresident, like every year, and,
becoming a comedian, she honedher skills.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
She went from clown to class president.
She continued to be class clownNational celebrity.
You know she's a class clownstill.
Speaker 1 (08:07):
But Kim and I lived really close to each other
because I moved into theFlatbush area from Bed-Stuy and
so, yeah, that was freshman yearand then I met this one and
because she could sew, did youguys hear our episode.
But can she sew?
We got to put a link to it theBestie Beginnings the Bestie
(08:28):
Beginnings.
So we'll make sure to put alink to it.
It was prior to being onYouTube, so it will be an audio
only if we can do that, butwe'll make sure we give you a
link to it.
But anyway.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
Wow, that was like our first or second recording.
It was that time when we usedto have to record like 10 takes
in order to get one feed.
That was the time when we wouldforget to press the record
button.
That was a time.
Listen, we've come a long way.
Remember the time when I saidwelcome to another episode of
(09:08):
Black Boomer Besties fromBrooklyn?
I'm Angela.
Speaker 1 (09:14):
She says it like she only did that one time.
Oh my gosh, early days, fundays, but it's always.
You guys are just soencouraging.
I was on a in a.
I'm a part of several kind ofclosed membership groups and the
(09:36):
other day one of the women inone of those groups reached out
to me and said hey, I just sawthat you're a part of this group
and I'm a fan of Black BoomerBesties from Brooklyn and you
guys, I mean that stuff just andyou know, just so encouraging.
Keep doing what you're doing.
(09:57):
You guys have it really does.
It really warms me doing whatyou're doing.
It really does.
It really warms me.
She's moving to Mexico andshe's like, if you guys are ever
in Mexico, come and I'll hostyou guys because of all you've
done for me and so just reallyencouraging.
That's why we're here, eventhough I'm super tired and
(10:17):
Leslie got a second wind,because she was tired early,
because she worked today it'safter midnight and why it's
important nonetheless for us tocome and make sure that you hear
from us at least once a weekand we hope to share some of the
fun that's coming up over thenext few days.
Because there's that Withpictures, yeah, because there's
(10:38):
something going on Friday nightwith all of the classes from
Tech, and then Saturday we'regoing to be at the school and
then Saturday evening we'll behaving our Oogie, oogie, oogie.
We're going to be having ourdances and all the fun at our
gala.
Speaker 2 (10:56):
You say gala, I say gala Anyway.
So no, I don't even know what Isay At midnight.
I say goodnight.
Speaker 1 (11:06):
Goodnight everybody.
Yeah, so anyway, anything elseyou want to share, because I'm
done?
No, I think that's it.
That's it.
Are you done?
Really, I'm done, I'm done.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
Okay, thank you guys.
Speaker 1 (11:19):
Yeah, we'll be back with a regular show next week
and we'll try to share some ofthe joy that we're going to be
having over the next few dayswith you shortly, okay.
Speaker 2 (11:33):
Alright, and this has been another brief episode of
Black Boom.
Besties from Brooklyn, brooklyn.
Hey Ange, hey Leslie, I can touch her, we're together
.
Speaker 2 (00:10):
Listen, why is only one of us wearing headphones?
Speaker 1 (00:13):
Oh, I didn't think I needed one.
I think you do.
You told me I didn't need one.
I'm going to blame you.
I think you do.
Speaker 2 (00:22):
Oh, okay, just this one.
You know, I was really happythat she's sitting next to me.
Look at this In real IRL thebesties together.
We can put our heads togetherLook.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
So I flew up to North Carolina.
No, I didn't.
This is what I've had tonight.
Okay, I won't tell you what wasin it.
It was full with lemonade, thatcool refreshing drink.
(00:59):
Morning really tired, didn'tsleep very much and Leslie had a
great idea, but now I'm reallybeat.
That's why I look this way.
I'm tired.
We just went to a whole gala,not our big gala, but a gala for
New Jersey Medical AssociationRight their annual scholarship
(01:26):
gala.
Speaker 2 (01:26):
So we congratulated and gave scholarships out to new
physicians, medical students,fellows, people entering,
graduating from medical schooland their fellowships.
So it was a wonderful evening.
Speaker 1 (01:46):
The next generation physicians it was really
beautiful to see Leslie thereshaking hands, and I'll share
some video because a few folkscame over to her folks who
either just finishedanesthesiology and going into
(02:06):
practice or entering residencyin anesthesiology.
Speaker 2 (02:14):
What she?
Speaker 1 (02:14):
said, but it wasn't a planned event for me, so I
planned to come here and sleep.
Speaker 2 (02:24):
And I roused her up and said look, Ange, wouldn't it
be great if we went?
Actually, the Black BoomerBesties from Brooklyn, we're
sponsors of this event.
We were sponsors, so we should.
How about if?
Speaker 1 (02:36):
you come.
Yes, so I went, but I'm tired.
I'm really tired.
So is Leslie, because sheworked today.
She worked today, and so we aredoing just this.
I don't know what the term is.
Leslie couldn't help me, butwe're just bringing in an
unpolished episode to youtonight, because we obviously
(03:01):
did not want to miss a week,because we obviously did not
want to miss a week, but I wasjust like listen, let's get
something out, so they know whatwe're up to, that we're
thinking about them, but I'm tootired to just do a lot of deep
thinking right now.
Speaker 2 (03:17):
So I'd like to say welcome to another episode of
Black Boomer Besties fromBrooklyn.
I'm Leslie, that's Angela,that's my bestie of nearly 50
years.
And back to what we were saying.
So this is like Gala Week forus.
(03:37):
Yeah, this is Gala.
I say Gala, you say Gala.
This is Gala Week for us.
Tomatoes and tomato.
You all are already aware thatwe are embarking three more days
to our 45th high school reunionBrooklyn Technical High School,
yep, class of 80.
(03:57):
Class of 80.
And we are part of the planningcommittee and we have been
since we graduated in 1980.
And the energy is high.
People are buying tickets andasking if there's more available
.
We're down to over 120 tickets.
(04:19):
We have about six slots left.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Well, we have four.
Leslie isn't aware, but we gota few purchases in.
The money comes in to me, soI'm always.
I know we have four ticketsleft for sale, and so it's
really exciting, and there arepeople coming from all over to
(04:45):
get together.
You know tomorrow's notpromised.
I know we all know that.
To get together, you knowtomorrow's not promised.
I know we all know that.
But each time we plan thesereunions, and we plan these big
ones every five years, there'sso many names that we have to
add to the list of classmateswho have died, and so it's just
really exciting for us, and soit's just really exciting for us
(05:07):
and it's a labor of love, as wesaid before.
And I can't believe it's herealready.
I'm just really tired.
It's been like six months inthe making.
I'm just really tired and Idon't want to be tired on the
night.
So I am going to get a goodnight's sleep tonight, right.
Speaker 2 (05:31):
I don't know.
I have plans for you Actually.
No, you are going to get a goodnight's sleep tonight, so we
have to hit the ground runningin the morning, because there
are things that we need to do.
What I do want to say, thoughand again, we are going to be
brief this week, so forgive usin that regard.
So forgive us in that regard,but I do want to just mention a
(06:07):
little bit about why over 100people have laid out a decent
amount of money to join us inthis celebration of a school
that we graduated from nearlyfive decades ago, and we've
spoken over the years about howspecial Brooklyn Technical High
School is and how special it wasto us, and what it has done for
our entire lives, informing whowe are as people going forward.
The school itself is prettyfamous.
There are six Nobel laureateswho graduated from Brooklyn Tech
(06:31):
.
There are other famous, fromcelebrities to politicians, to
entertainers, so the school hasTo engineers, to architects, to
Physicians attacks to physicians.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
Yeah, it is a very special place and when Leslie
and I attended in the 70s it wasyou know we went through the
school knowing that it was areally special place.
Right, it was this weirdcombination of geekness and and
what we used to call brainiacs.
Speaker 2 (07:12):
Remember.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
Brainiacs and just and friendships.
I mean we have many classmateswho got married, still married.
We have many classmates whoremain close, close friends
since then, like Leslie and IMany of our closest friends.
Speaker 2 (07:33):
We've maintained those relationships and we met
at Brooklyn Tech.
Yeah, ange and I met when wewere in the 10th grade.
Where were you when we were inthe 9th grade Hanging out?
Who were you hanging out?
Kim Coles, oh, okay.
Speaker 1 (07:45):
She was my first best friend and she's still a dear
friend, yeah.
But, she went on to be classpresident, like every year, and,
becoming a comedian, she honedher skills.
Speaker 2 (07:59):
She went from clown to class president.
She continued to be class clownNational celebrity.
You know she's a class clownstill.
Speaker 1 (08:07):
But Kim and I lived really close to each other
because I moved into theFlatbush area from Bed-Stuy and
so, yeah, that was freshman yearand then I met this one and
because she could sew, did youguys hear our episode.
But can she sew?
We got to put a link to it theBestie Beginnings the Bestie
(08:28):
Beginnings.
So we'll make sure to put alink to it.
It was prior to being onYouTube, so it will be an audio
only if we can do that, butwe'll make sure we give you a
link to it.
But anyway.
Speaker 2 (08:43):
Wow, that was like our first or second recording.
It was that time when we usedto have to record like 10 takes
in order to get one feed.
That was the time when we wouldforget to press the record
button.
That was a time.
Listen, we've come a long way.
Remember the time when I saidwelcome to another episode of
(09:08):
Black Boomer Besties fromBrooklyn?
I'm Angela.
Speaker 1 (09:14):
She says it like she only did that one time.
Oh my gosh, early days, fundays, but it's always.
You guys are just soencouraging.
I was on a in a.
I'm a part of several kind ofclosed membership groups and the
(09:36):
other day one of the women inone of those groups reached out
to me and said hey, I just sawthat you're a part of this group
and I'm a fan of Black BoomerBesties from Brooklyn and you
guys, I mean that stuff just andyou know, just so encouraging.
Keep doing what you're doing.
(09:57):
You guys have it really does.
It really warms me doing whatyou're doing.
It really does.
It really warms me.
She's moving to Mexico andshe's like, if you guys are ever
in Mexico, come and I'll hostyou guys because of all you've
done for me and so just reallyencouraging.
That's why we're here, eventhough I'm super tired and
(10:17):
Leslie got a second wind,because she was tired early,
because she worked today it'safter midnight and why it's
important nonetheless for us tocome and make sure that you hear
from us at least once a weekand we hope to share some of the
fun that's coming up over thenext few days.
Because there's that Withpictures, yeah, because there's
(10:38):
something going on Friday nightwith all of the classes from
Tech, and then Saturday we'regoing to be at the school and
then Saturday evening we'll behaving our Oogie, oogie, oogie.
We're going to be having ourdances and all the fun at our
gala.
Speaker 2 (10:56):
You say gala, I say gala Anyway.
So no, I don't even know what Isay At midnight.
I say goodnight.
Speaker 1 (11:06):
Goodnight everybody.
Yeah, so anyway, anything elseyou want to share, because I'm
done?
No, I think that's it.
That's it.
Are you done?
Really, I'm done, I'm done.
Speaker 2 (11:17):
Okay, thank you guys.
Speaker 1 (11:19):
Yeah, we'll be back with a regular show next week
and we'll try to share some ofthe joy that we're going to be
having over the next few dayswith you shortly, okay.
Speaker 2 (11:33):
Alright, and this has been another brief episode of
Black Boom.
Besties from Brooklyn, brooklyn.
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