Rocktober on the river Styx
More music from my college days:
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
Thanks for the wonderful blast from the past! I love Styx. In fact, I had a coaster set made out of the Paradise album . . . until my puppy got ahold of them.
ReplyDeleteThey're a Chicago-area band. Mary said they played a school dance for them when she was in high school and before they called themselves Styx.
ReplyDeleteAs much as I enjoyed Styx in the 70's, my favorite Styx song is "Mr. Roboto, which is not exactly their normal style. But I love it nevertheless. Alana ramblinwitham.blogspot.com
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