do you remember Gilda?

do you remember the 70s?

Paul's Birthday Cake

Chocolate, from the Westside Bakery, in lovely Akron Ohio.

magritte and the day the earth stood still

true, just when I thught things could not get crazier:

and the writing is funny....

http://promotions.mardenkane.com/cbs/cbscares/

Welcome to the CBS Cares Colonoscopy Sweepstakes!

This is an actual sweepstakes and, if you are the grand prize winner, we will fly you and a companion to New York where you will receive a free colonoscopy. You will also be given three nights' accommodation in a suite at the luxurious Loews Regency Hotel, which will include the night before you are "awarded" the colonoscopy.

What should you expect if you are the lucky winner?

The hardest part is the preparation the night before when you drink a laxative. This laxative is well known for declaring itself at the very moment you have called a relative or friend (or room service) to comment that it does not seem to be working. But hang in, because it's important to have a clear colon for the screening and the fun part is about to begin --

The colonoscopy at the Center for Specialty Care will be done by Dr. Paul Miskovitz -- a leading gastro-enterologist in New York City and expert on colorectal cancer. When the colonoscopy is about to begin, you'll be given drugs which will make you feel like you're at Woodstock... only without the music. If you start to believe that you actually are at Woodstock (for example, Dr. Miskovitz starts to look like Jimi Hendrix or you feel inclined to say "far out!" in response to questions), please report the side effect to Dr. Miskovitz or Jimi Hendrix (whomever you see first) immediately.

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We wish you good health, and best of luck with your entry!

The CBS Cares Team

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Spring, I still believe (even if it snowed a tiny bit on friday)

The front door through the eyes of a land fish?


The crocus patch, up close and personal!

ah, the return of color, chattering birds, robins, kids on bikes, windows rolled down, sneakers and jackets.

HAPPY SPRING

could it be, could it be Spring?

Could it be? I looked out my bedroom window and saw a flash of purple color yesterday.

A bright purple, the snow was gone, no one was stuck in the street. It was cold tho 40s.

But sunny...... a flash of purple, and a prelude of things to come!




Thrilling, isn't it? and air no longer has the heavey cold in it, and the birds are chirping at 5:30 a.m. and sun sets well past 7:00 p.m.

ENJOY THE WEEKEND!

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From A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM

[HYSTERIUM]
I'm calm,
I'm calm,
I'm perfectly calm,
I'm utterly under control.
I haven't a worry:
Where others would hurry I stroll.
I'm calm,
I'm cool,
A gibbering fool
Is something I never become.
When thunder is rumbling
And others are crumbling,
I hum.
Hm--hmmm--hmmmmm!!!!!
HMMMMM!!!!
H-M-M-M!!!!

I must think calm comforting things,
Butterfly wings,
Emerald rings,
Or a murmuring brook,
Murmuring, murmuring, murmuring...look,
I'm calm,
I'm calm,
I haven't a qualm,
I'm utterly under control.
Let nothing confuse me
Or faze me-- [yawn] --
Excuse me.
I'm calm.
Oh so calm.
Oh so--

[PSEUDOLUS (offstage):]
Hysterium!

[HYSTERIUM]
I'm calm,
I'm calm,
I'm perfectly calm,
Indifferent to tensions and shocks.
Unruffled and ready,
My nerves are as steady
As rocks.
I'm calm, controlled,
So cool that I'm cold,
Aloofer than any giraffe.
When something's the matter,
Where others would shatter
I laugh. [Laughs hysterically]
I must breathe deep, ever so deep,
Think about sheep
Going to sleep,
Stop and count up to ten, 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8-9...when
You need aplomb
And want to be calm
'Cause life is a horrible dream,
Just count up to ten
Very slowly, and then--

[PSEUDOLUS (offstage):]
Hysterium!

[HYSTERIUM]
[screams]

ripped from a DVD....

...... from A FUNNY THING HAPPENED ON THE WAY TO THE FORUM (the end, funny.....)

a vdeo effect test (vista moviemaker)

Zabar's Purim Basket

Zabar's Purim Basket
Product ID: C1100EC
$89.00
Purim begins on March 9th 2009. It is a joyous holiday that celebrates freedom. We have filled this willow basket with chocolate babka, cinnamon rugelach, hamantashin, Shick's assorted cookies, New York Fortune Cookies and Koppers petit fruits. Now, get out your masks and noise makers...Let's celebrate! Price includes shipping.

as I am not in NYC.....

(((((((( and I can buy hamataschen at the West Side Bakery, here on Akron's WEST SIDE! oy, who knew?))))))))))))))

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Chicago Geography: The VIAGRA TRIANGLE

Whats in a name? 90210 brings things to mind....... Upper West Side triggers flashbacks of Zabars and H & H.... the borscht belt.... the bible belt . . . . the fry-baby-belt . . . (probably suspenders...?)



but this? THIS?

Chicago Sun Times

Viagra Triangle

July 16, 2008

Viagra Triangle / vy AGG ra / try ANG gull / n. / The triangle-shaped Chicago neighborhood where the men are men and their pills are blue. Bounded by Chicago Avenue, Rush Street and State Street on the Near North Side, the "VT" is known for its pricey steaks and cocktails; its rich, older men on the make, and the dolled-up women trying to reel them in. Luxury-car valet parking is available.



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I was looking at a Chicago new REsource, that goes BLOCK BY BLOCK, taking from papers, blogs, tv, ect,



http://chicago.everyblock.com/locations/neighborhoods/viagra-triangle/



and saw VIAGRA TRIANGLE and had to click it, then check it out for the 'really' factor.

even the URBAN dictionary has weighed in,

http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=viagra%20triangle

Viagra Triangle
29 thumbs up
A sub set of the "Rush Street" nightlife district on Chicago's Near North Side. So named for the abundance of mostly-affluent older men who frequent the local bars, and the "triangle" where State and Rush Streets come together (with East Bellevue Street being the base of the triangle, anchored by Gibson's restaurant, the unofficial headquarters).

The gentle ecosystem of the Viagra Triangle could not exist without a fully-stocked pond of anxious, and artificially infertile females. Seven years prior she may have been called a "Trixie" in and around Lincoln Park, but with an East Bank membership, a Platinum card of her own, and several upgrades to the base Lexus, she is looking for more, while her looks and latest Botox treatment hold out).

Though, claimed as fact in other definitions, it is extremely rare to see participants in the Viagra Triangle scene parking their behinds, much less their Flying Spurs and 911s, anywhere south of Oak Street or North of Cedar. The important, and notable exception is when the bars in the triangle close, and he has not yet sealed the deal. In such cases, overtime must be played at The Lodge on Division Street, which is open til every bit of 4AM during the week and 5AM on the weekends ("if three bottles of Cristal have not done the job, maybe a few PBRs will," is the thinking).

Seriously, guy, you're never going to get anywhere with the chicks in the Viagra Triangle, they all require a personal financial statement before sitting down.

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wonder what the realtors do with that one? can u picture the 'around town' feature? how many blocks from Gibson's to Walgreens?

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Chicago Block by Block

http://chicago.everyblock.com/news-articles/filter/streets/chestnut-st/260-298e/8-blocks/

http://chicago.everyblock.com/

find up to date news . . . down to an 8 square block area

Chicago Sun Times

February 26, 2009
BY SANDRA GUY Staff Reporter

Borders will close its store at 830 N. Michigan Ave. in January 2010, saying it fails to meet profit goals.
About 100 employees will be affected.

Borders will close its Michigan Avenue store in Jan. 2010. (Tom Cruze/Sun-Times)
Steve Davis, senior vice president of Borders Group Operations, said the Ann Arbor, Mich.-based Borders maintains its commitment to Chicago, and will continue to operate its 19 other stores in the region.

"In today's economy, no retailer can afford to operate stores that do not produce the kinds of results required to sustain a location," Davis said.

The store has operated on the Magnificent Mile since 1995.

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Lawson's (an Buckeye/Akron area icon) with a MUSIC VIDEO!

a commercial from my childhood, Orange Juice, a chain of little stores -- noted for chipped chopped ham . . . as well as what to Aktonites in Japan seek out? McDonalds or, OR? LAWSON'S?

It was Akron-area dairy owner J.J. Lawson who started the Lawson's Milk Co.
in 1939, when he opened a small store at his dairy on Broad Street in Cuyahoga
Falls.

Over the next 20 years, Lawson's grew into a chain of stores throughout
Ohio. In 1959, Lawson sold his stores to Consolidated Foods, which later was
renamed Sara Lee Corp.

(Akron Beacon Journal, 13jan09, http://www.ohio.com/news/top_stories/37506579.html )


1970s commercial pirated from youtube.com, volume up? click that big play BUTTON

this is a different story than the link above, that story is about Lawson's in Japan (today....)

from the Akron Beacon Journal, the memory spark:

Lisa Abraham:

Lawson's memories roll on
Story about shops still operating in Japan brings back many fond recollections in Akron area

By Lisa Abraham Beacon Journal food writer
POSTED: 11:56 a.m. EST, Feb 24, 2009

Thanks to you, dear readers, I'm still humming the words to ''Roll on, Big O.''

When I decided about a month ago to tell you about Lawson's stores that were still operating in Japan, I could have never imagined the wave of nostalgia that would sweep across the Akron area, into my e-mail box and onto my phone line.

Behold the power of a tub of chip dip.

I didn't have a single message that wasn't full of warm feelings for the store that gave us our chipped chopped ham, ice cream and potato chips, with, of course, Lawson's Chip Dip.

I have to admit to sharing some of the same wistful feelings that so many readers expressed over the long-gone dairy store chain that started in Cuyahoga Falls. I know it's been gone for 25 years, but I still feel a tug on my heart when I see that familiar milk jug sign that used to be a fixture on what seemed like every corner in Northeast Ohio.

My most vivid Lawson's memory was going there with my dad, brother and sister when Lawson's would put its half-gallons of ice cream on sale. My dad would let each of us pick out our own flavor to take home and we'd always bring home butter pecan for my mother.

I am not alone.

''I miss seeing that big old blue sign with the white bottle on it. Those were good, happy, simple days,'' one reader wrote, after detailing the trips she made to the Arlington Road Lawson's with her brothers.

Many of you were quite good at finding old pop bottles to return, particularly when Lawson's was running a special on such things as its frozen ice pops, which sold for essentially the same nickel deposit that you got back on those pop bottles.

I heard from the man whose father painted the original milk jug sign on top of Lawson's Broad Boulevard dairy in Cuyahoga Falls.

One reader chastised me for not pointing out that founder J.J. Lawson, who started the milk company in 1939, was the first person to market milk in a glass gallon jug. Now you all know.

Many readers shared photos of their trips to Japan, where the touristy thing to do (if you are from the Akron area) is to take your picture in front of one of the 8,000 or so Lawson stores that operate there.

I've seen lots of vacation photos, and since you've all checked: No, they do not sell the chip dip at the Japanese Lawson's. It is, however, still sold at local Circle K stores.

And then there's that jingle.

''Roll on, Big O-o-o-o'' — the song that now haunts the corners of my mind.