Memories of a Catskill Hotelkeeper

About the Book

Gonifs, tumlers, fressers, along with a cast of waiters, busboys, chambermaids, chefs, counselors, gardeners, dishwashers, musicians and even family-Carrie Komito encounters them all in a more than a half century of presiding over a thriving Borscht Belt. In this collection of stories, she shares with readers her memories, often touching and ironic, but always filled with the humor and vitality that characterized that now historic era.

About the Author

Carrie Komito, a 101 year-old New Yorker, inherited the Aladdin Hotel in Woodbourne, New York, from her beloved parents, Ida and Henry Fortgang. With her husband, Abraham Komito, a civil engineer, she operated this beautiful Catskill resort until her 95th year. She has two grandsons, Michael and Kenneth, and five great-grandchildren. Her daughter, Avodah K. Offit, M.D., a writer and psychiatrist, is married to Sidney Offit.