Brooklyn today: hookah pipes and belly dancers

Who would have thunk 60 years ago that Bensonhurst, an enclave of Italians and Jews, would also be home to so many other cultures and religions today?Who would have thunk that this non-smoking Italian/American boy would be smoking and enjoying a hookah pipe on Bath Avenue?Do you know how many Technicolor movies I watched in my youth with sultry Maria Montez, John Hall, and Sabu in Grandiose Palaces, Bazaars and Cafés where patrons enjoyed smoking their hookah?A hookah should not be confused with hookers, another form of very popular ancient entertainment to be savored, and one of the very oldest professions.