Rosi Cali
85, East Village

     My legs are weak now, but I used to go roller skating, dancing. I used to dance with the band leaders. I used to dance with my husband, he’d turn me around, I’d turn him around. We used to have parties on the street – pizza, soda, coffee, cake. We’d dance out on the street: "Come on baby! Let’s go!" Everybody said: "There’s Rosie! There’s Rosie! Come on Rosie, dance!" And look at me now!
     I feel alright. I have nice aids, Elsa comes every day. Then on the weekends I have two or three people that come. If I have a question that needs to be answered, she’ll tell me. I’m completely satisfied with everything. I’m not that lonely. I have eight children, mostly in New York. My daughter lives in the building. My son bought me this furniture.
     Yesterday, a nurse came from the city. She said that I looked nice and alert, and that I spoke very nice, she was glad to see me. Then I told her my age, she said: "Rose! It isn’t so! Your skin, it’s so nice, so pretty."