Grandson Frankie Davi poses with a custom shirt marking Rosalie Davi’s 100th birthday.
BY JOE HITI
In 1919, the United States
banned the sale of alcohol, the
Chicago White Sox threw the
World Series, women gained
the right to vote, and Brooklyn’s
own Rosalie Davi entered
the world.
100 years later, Davi celebrated
her admission into the
centennial club with friends,
family, and a beer during an
uproarious birthday bash at
Gargiulo’s in Coney Island on
Sunday!
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birthday celebration
was one for the history books,
according to her grandson,
who said the evening featured
a disk jockey, a Frank Sinatra
impersonator, and custom
made hats and mugs featuring
a cartoon version of his
beloved grandma.
“We did an Italian dance
with her where she was in
the middle and was spinning
around in her wheel chair,”
said Dominick Davi. “It was
awesome — massive amounts
of fun.”
The last century has seen
plenty of changes, and the
mother of two and grandmother
of nine described an
old-timey Brooklyn fi lled
with fond memories.
For one thing, the streets
were nice and empty, and Davi
recounted care-free days riding
her horse Julie through
dusty roads, back before cars
took over the borough.
And stuff used to be dirt
cheap, according to Davi, who
recalled how a single dollar
would buy a day’s worth of fun
Rosalie Davi dons a pair of novelty glasses for her 100th birthday.
Photos by Derrick Watterson
at the People’s Playground.
“We would pay ten cents to
ride it the fi rst time and fi ve
cents for the second time,”
Davi said.
These days, family members
try to discourage the
beloved Sheepshead Bay gal
from spending too much time
watching local news, saying
anytime Mayor Bill de Blasio
pops up on the screen means
trouble.
“I can’t stand him,” Davi
said of De Blasio. “He’s the
biggest jerk!”
And the birthday girl still
loves a drink, saying that neither
age, nor her auspicious
birth amid the heyday of Prohibition
have curbed her appetite
for a cold beer, which
she described as her favorite
beverage.
With 100 years behind her,
Davi doesn’t attribute her old
age and high spirits to anything
like diet and exercise,
instead giving all credit to
the man upstairs.
“I walk with god,” she
said.
Brooklyn woman celebrates 100th birthday
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