A Beachy Rocktober
So...junior high...and I sang alto in the chorus.
And our music teacher gave us this song to sing:
Not their finest.
I much prefer these:
It’s all coming back to me now
So you should know that I am not a “shopper”. I live in shopping mall heaven — I’m ten minutes from the Broadway Mall, 15 from Roosevelt Field and 25 from Whitman Shoppes — but I seldom go to the mall. I prefer to shop on line. And when I do venture into a store, I usually know what I want and buy it as quickly as possible. I’m not one to browse through stores just to see what’s for sale. There’s a local chain, Baked By Melissa , that specializes in mini cupcakes. They’re primarily in Manhattan. A few years ago Becca introduced me to their product - delicate little cakes, exquisitely decorated, very tasty. I walk past their shop on 7th Avenue whenever we go to the theater. Well, last week I remembered that they used to have a second shop on 7th, right next to the original shop, but selling gluten-free versions of all their cupcakes. The gluten-free shop closed, but the company continues to make a gluten-free version of their product. So I thought that gluten-free cupcakes wou
I didn't know the Beach Boys did a cover of California Dreaming. Interesting! Love the sax. Kokomo always has me dreaming of an island vacation, somewhere. ☺ It was in the 1988 movie Cocktail, starring Tom Cruise. Thanks for the beachy vibes today!
ReplyDelete"Pet Sounds" left me cold. I bought and listened to it when one of my other Internet friends insisted that it was better than "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band," and I was not impressed.
ReplyDelete"Sloop John B" is an olde folk song. My aunts used to sing it all the time. Drove me nuts...
On a cold day such as today, The Beach Boys sure do make me think warm days at the beach. Sorry to be slow to visit today, I'm just running a bit behind :)
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