I was originally going to eat at IHOP, but the Silver Diner is closer to the Cherry Hill 24 AMC Theater. I had two huge pancakes, scrambled eggs, bacon, and a tiny cup of sliced strawberries and a mint leaf. Disappointing for the Silver Diner. Their pancakes are usually really good, but the plain ones were a bit dry until I drizzled syrup on them. The scrambled eggs were bland, and they didn't make the bacon crispy enough.
Hurried past the walkway to the Cherry Hill Mall and down to the theater. Since the ticket to Song Sung Blue was on sale, I treated myself to a large popcorn and soda. Uh...they were both way too large, not to mention expensive. I finished about half the popcorn and didn't fill the soda close to all the way.
I'd missed the first few commercials when I finally found the theater. Most of them weren't all that exciting, anyway. I haven't seen the original Devil Wears Prada yet, let alone have any interest in the sequel. Reminders of Him looks like a sweet but typical melodrama.
As for Song Sung Blue, I go further into this biography of a Neil Diamond tribute duo at my Musical Dreams Movie Reviews blog.
Made my way over the footbridge to the Cherry Hill Mall after the movie ended. At least it was a nice day for a walk! Cold and very windy, but also sunny with only a few clouds out as I crossed the traffic-filled highway to the Cherry Hill Mall parking lot.
Spent an hour or so walking around in the mall. To tell the truth, I don't need a ton of stuff right now. I looked at FYE, Go! Calendars and Books, the Squishables store, and Miniso, but only bought an aqua cable-knit sweater and a green polo shirt (the latter on clearance) at JC Penney to use up a coupon. The aqua sweater is too big, but that's all they had. They were really picked over.
Headed across the street to the green-roofed shopping center around 4:30. It was really a mess over there. They're remodeling the exterior of many stores in preparation for the new Dick's store and sports grounds that'll replace the Cherry Hill One office building. The road in front of Total Wine was blocked off completely.
Thankfully, 2A Thrift Superstore was just fine. In fact, I did really well here. I found Molly: An American Girl (the only historical-based AG movie I haven't seen yet), the first season of the early 2000's A&E Nero Wolfe, a yellow sweater (that I didn't realize until after I bought it was also too big), and a blue cardigan.
My best find here was the only record I managed to dig up. I've wanted The Vamp of the Roaring 20's, the follow up to the soundtrack for the TV show The Roaring 20's, for years. Ironically, there were even two copies. I grabbed the one with the album in better shape.
It was dark when I got out. I didn't want to walk anywhere else in the dark, so I picked up Uber at the thrift store...which probably wasn't the smartest idea with the construction around and the road for much of the shopping center blocked off. It took the guy 10 minutes to arrive, and he had to turn around after picking me up instead of going straight through.
Went straight into The Wild Wild West on the way home. "The Night of the Colonel's Ghost" has President Ulysses Grant insisting that he must go to Gibsonville to dedicate the statue of the late son of an old friend of his. Turns out, the town has largely been abandoned except for a young woman and her noisy brothers who run the hotel, a slick lawyer, the dedicated sheriff, and a prospector. There's been a rash of "broken neck" murders. The townspeople suspect the ghost of the colonel's son, but Adam West thinks there's a less supernatural explanation to the mysterious deaths.
Put on Match Game '79 while I had my usual granola and yogurt breakfast for dinner. They're on the first week with drunk joke comedian Foster Brooks, which gave us a plethora of cracks about the panel's drinking habits. Sarah Purcell was also seen here.
Finished the night after a shower working on the Song Sung Blue review while listening to the real Neil Diamond. The only Diamond album I currently have on CD is 12 Greatest Hits Vol. II. Though "Forever In Blue Jeans" is the only number from the album that made it to the movie, I have a bigger connection to this one. These are the Diamond songs I remember hearing most often on the radio during my 80's childhood. In fact, one of my favorite Diamond songs, "September Morn," can be found here. Other familiar Diamond hits here include "Beautiful Noise," "America," "Love On the Rocks," "Longfellow Serenade," "If You Know What I Mean," and his heartbreaking duet with Barbara Streisand, "You Don't Bring Me Flowers."
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