First of all, here's my review for Hollywood Stargirl, which I watched last night. I go further into this sweet 2022 sequel to the Disney Plus hit at my Musical Dreams Movie Reviews blog.
Since I was meeting Jessa later, I took Uber to work. No trouble there. He arrived within 6 minutes and got me to work in less than 5.
No trouble at work, either. For one thing, we were steady all day, but never really overwhelming. I swept and gathered carts the entire morning. For another, it turns out one of the managers made a mistake with the schedule. I'm supposed to work 8 and a half hours on Wednesday. At least I'll have a better paycheck than I thought.
I had one more thing to do after I changed but before I met Jessa. I got a phone call last week saying I was past due for a Covid vaccine. I sat down and waited a minute or two for the young pharmacist to be ready. She gave me the injection at the seats across from the pharmacy near the window, put a Band Aid on it, and I was on my way. Grabbed a Cherry Coke Zero on the way out.
I waited for Jessa. And waited. And waited. I finally heard from her at quarter of 3. She said she'd meet me at the Goodwill behind the Acme in 20 minutes. At least it was a nice day for a short stroll. It had been cloudy earlier, but by 3 PM, it was sunny, windy, and warm above average for March, in the upper 70's.
Things went much better after she finally arrived. In fact, I made some terrific finds at Goodwill. Found two long-sleeved t-shirts in pretty peach and mint green floral prints. Dug another recent American Girl cookbook, this one featuring cupcake recipes, and a collection of Dr. Jeckyl and Mr. Hyde and other Robert Louis Stevenson stories out of the books shelves. The last thing I expected to see at Goodwill was one of the Walt Disney Treasures sets. They had Tomorrow Land, the collection of science-related shorts and films from the 50's Disneyland show, for a mere $5.99. Although this isn't one of the rarer titles, it still tends to go for anywhere from $15 to $40 on eBay. Jess found a tall white container to use as an umbrella rack and a pile of clothes.
We were in and out of Marshalls and Ross next. Jessa bought clothes at both places. Marshalls had the Kind Kids soft bars for $3.99, at least $3 cheaper than the Acme usually has them. I also picked up "masks" for your feet that would slough off dead skin. My feet are horribly dry, but I would prefer not spending time at a spa. Ross never has the selection that Marshalls does. I found nothing there.
We had dinner across the parking lot at the Vietnamese Pho restaurant a few doors down from Tu Se Bella and the Japanese restaurant we ate at a few weeks ago. I wasn't going to attempt Pho again after I could barely get it in my mouth the last time I was there. Jess had beef, vegetables, and rice noodles, and I had shrimp, vegetables, and rice noodles. Yum! It came in a bowl large enough to feed all of southeast Asia, let alone Vietnam. It was spicy but tasty, and that huge bowl provided plenty of leftovers.
After Jessa dropped me off, I put everything away and took a shower, then finished the night on YouTube. Singer and actress Connie Stevens first appeared on Match Game the week of Thanksgiving 1977. She got to hear Orson Bean discuss his role in the animated version of The Hobbit that debuted that week and see Fannie Flagg play nurse for Charles and Brett, complete with costume. (The outfit was actually from her cameo as the school nurse in the beginning of Grease.)
Connie appeared sporadically from late 1978 through 1981, always sitting in the fourth ingenue seat. Though she wasn't the best at matching, she was pert, funny, and down-to-earth enough to fend off Gene Rayburn's advances. She saw the New Year's Eve 1979 in. Later in the year, Bill Daily threw the top of his chair, then forgot and tried to sit down! He spoke in a soprano for a while as Gene led him offstage. She was there for the final, originally unaired week that saw the contestant Carolyn become the show's biggest winner ever with over $30,000. Marcia Wallace did her best to deal with Bill, while Fred Grandy tossed in his two cents.
Her last appearance was on one of the later weeks with McLean Stevenson. Charles Nelson Reilly was off directing opera for her last two weeks. Brett was probably very happy to be between Robert Walden and Bart Braverman on the first week. In the second, Bart was in the male ingenue seat, and equally fussy Richard Deacon took Charles' place.
Make your own kind of music with this classic rock sweetheart turned TV favorite!
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