Xanadu, Your Neon Lights Will Shine

Paul and Lori went to a party last night at the skating rink we frequented in middle school and posted a photo on Facebook. Holy wow!! What a flashback! So great.

I hope to see Trainwreck at some point this weekend. I can't wait for Vacation next week. Have you seen the red band trailer for Vacation yet?? Google now and view and laugh your butt right off.


Saturday 9: All the Way (1957)
Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) In this song, Frank sings, "who knows where the road will lead us?" Which leads Sam to ask, does your vehicle have GPS?
No, but I do use a separate GPS.

2) Sinatra introduced "All the Way" in the movie, The Joker Is Wild. During that film he also sang "Chicago (That Toddlin' Town)." A few years later, in the movie Robin and The Seven Hoods, he declared Chicago as his "kind of town." Besides Chicago, can you think of another city Frank immortalized in song?
San Francisco

3) When Frank was 19, he saw a pretty girl sitting on her front porch, giving herself a manicure. He went and got his ukelele and serenaded her. That girl became his first wife, Nancy. Tell us how one of your romances began. 
My friend and I started talking to the guys who sat in front of us in Physics my sophomore year of college. Jeff was one of those guys. At the end of the semester, he invited me to study with him for finals. After winter break, he asked me out on a real date, to the Baylor basketball game.

4) Both Frank and Nancy grew up in New Jersey. When you think of NJ, what else comes to mind?
My mom lived there for a year or two when she was a teenager and her dad was stationed at Picatinny Arsenal. She liked it and thought it was pretty, so I think about her being in middle school there in the 50's, in saddle shoes and a poodle skirt.

5) Sinatra made Las Vegas as famous for entertainment as for gambling. He was so identified with the Strip, that when he played Caesar's Palace the marquee simply said, "He's Here." Have you ever been to Vegas? 
Once with a large group of girls and another time with my aunt and her BFF. I LOVE Vegas.

6) Thin for most of his life, Frank was blessed with a metabolism that allowed him to whatever he wanted without gaining weight. He especially enjoyed clams posillipo. What's your favorite Italian dish?
Simple pasta with a good meat sauce. Mandola's has my favorite meat sauce of all time.

7) Perhaps because of his hardscrabble childhood, Sinatra was a soft touch for charities devoted to kids. One of his favorites was Variety, which sends disadvantaged children on day trips to museums, zoos and sporting events. Here's your chance to tell us about a cause that's near and dear to your heart.
MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston. They help countless people every single day, through patient treatment and programs, life-saving research and student/professional oncology training.

8) Sinatra was a neat freak who couldn't stand dust or clutter and showered at least twice a day. He got this from his mother Dolly, who was compulsive about housecleaning and hygiene. Can you think of a time when you caught yourself doing something and thought, "I'm just like Mom/Dad!"
I think I'm just like my mom when I laugh, when I write lists, or when I bestow some valuable and insightful life observations on Lauren (rare, but it happens now and then!). I've also recently started twisting my hair around my finger on occasion, which freaks me out. Why would that behavior be genetic? Ha! I'm just like my dad when I am appreciating simple things, like a sunset or being with friends, or when I'm the one to say something positive and optimistic in the face of a shitstorm.

9) In 1998, Sinatra was buried with the things he always had in tow: a bottle of Jack Daniels, a pack of Camels, a Zippo lighter and 10 dimes. Why the dimes? According to his daughter, "He never wanted to be caught not able to make a call." Of course, 17 years later cell phones have replaced pay phones. Anyway, tell us what you always carry.
fingernail clippers (useful for all sorts of things), migraine meds (you do NOT want to get a migraine without meds on hand), Burts Bees regular lip balm (the best)