A New York Story
When I was 19 years old, I left the small town (pop. 3,000) I grew up in and moved to the big city. A lot of small town girls have done the same, and if they haven't, they have surely dreamed of it. In my case, the city was New York. After all, "If you can make it there, you can make it anywhere" - at least according to Liza Minnelli. Today I was checking out Homer's Odd Isn't He and came across this video of actor Griffin Dunne. You may not be familiar with him, but I remember him fondly from the 1985 film "After Hours". It was directed by Martin Scorsese, had a great ensemble cast and has become a bit of a cult classic. It is about a guy who is out late in NYC and can't seem to get himself home - loses his subway token, doesn't have cab fare, yadda yadda yadda. Before sunrise he manages to stumble upon all kinds of quacky, New York types in his quest to get himself home. It is one of my all time favorites and above all else, reminds me of my early days in New York. If any of you have an affinity for New York City, Mr. Dunn, or just following your dreams, you may appreciate this New York Story.
If you can't open the video above - here is the LINK
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Thanks for visiting my little world, always wondering how peple find you on this blogging world. But I like to have discoverd your blog, will be visiting later on a bit more. but enjoyed you r last posts... must run for work now. Ohh and yes I speak several lanquages so thats why all the different ones on my blog.
Greetings rom Amsterdam . Holland
The other week I had to contemplate what kind of a handle I wanted on my toilet (we had changed the sink fixture and wanted "to be matchy-matchy" as my daughters would accuse me of". I stood in the store for quite a while suffering over that decision. Can't imagine putting a whole house together!
So here I am, out mostly in the middle of nowhere. I love the land, the hardest part has been the lack of good shopping!
Thanks for visiting my blog. I've really enjoyed having a look around yours and will make it a point to come back. I too have a long-standing love affair with New York City and am a big fan of "After Hours."
Lydee - is that anywhere near Clarksburg or Sistersvill - my ex's family is originally from there.
Krissy & S. Hostess - who knew there were so many fans of "After Hours"! I should have a girl's night in with cocktails and screen it at my house!
Think you could all fly in for the
premiere?!
tks for hopping over and do come and see angkow wat, here's wishing you a wonderful weekend :)
Ravie de ton passage sur mon blog.
Il m'a permis de découvrir le tien et c'est tout ce que j'aime.
Le Connecticut, New-York, un rêve !
Je te mets sur mes liens si tu permets.
Bisous
Marie-Ange
J'aime bien France beaucoup.
J'ai vécu à Paris pendant trois ans mais mon francais est terrible!
Je vais visiter votre blog bientôt...
Italy was beautiful, actually it was to short.
Greets Hetty Holland
I have read around a little in your blog, it's nice. About that 220 degree issue (was it 220? I'm used to Celsius so...). I wonder what the company says when you say that you are going to put that extra effort in your family/home/hobby or whatever, because there you lack one degree and at the company they lack several degrees so.....Hope to see you or hear from you again, have a nice weekend!
The 80's is just fine by me. In fact, most of my favorite movies are from that era, Kramer vs Kramer, Heartburn, Ordinary People, the list goes on. Oh, I am still in the city! I love it too much to leave right now. Cheers!
Cheers.