Hurried off to work after that. Work was, once again, no trouble whatsoever. It got a little busier later in the day, and I had a slightly harder time keeping up with the carts, but it still could have been worse. I was in and out quickly and with little fuss.
After I got home, I quickly changed and went right back out again. The weather was gorgeous, sunny, breezy, and just warm enough, probably in the lower 60's. It was too nice to hang out inside all day! I had lunch at the Legacy Diner. They were still fairly busy at quarter of 2, but I did get a good booth near the window. Oh, yum! The three enormous pumpkin pancakes were fat and fluffy, the best I ever tasted. Had some decent bacon, too.
Rode down to Haddon Heights next for their Fall Fest on Station Avenue after a quick stop at the Audubon WaWa for money. I parked next to the bounce houses and mini-scrambler ride, and I saw a mini merry-go-round that had already been shut down. The block where Anthony's and Market Links is featured craft booths, a table selling children's books for Halloween, and food trucks, while local services advertised on the other side of the tracks. They were still mobbed when I arrived, even though it started around 10.
I ended up at the Haddon Heights Library, which advertised a book sale. They didn't have nearly as much there as Mt. Laurel or Cherry Hill does at theirs, but I did learn that their children's room is in the basement (and the stairwell area is brightened by a lovely mural). Ended up with two copies of a Peanuts book I have for Amanda and Lauren's Christmas bags and boxes.
Doc's Finds was also very busy. I didn't have a lot of room to check out their bins of records, especially the dollar bins under the main shelves, but I did make some decent finds. Most of my K-Tel collections are from the 70's, but I did manage to dig out two from 1983, Starlite and Hit Explosion. I also pulled two vintage children's albums from the dollar bins:
Golden Records retelling of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz with Art Carney
Disney retelling of The Story of Hans Brinker and the Silver Skates
Also found one 2-disc CD set:
Aerosmith - Gold
I also got to chat with the owner a bit. He admired my Pikachu and Eevee backpack (apparently, he's a big Pokemon fan) and wondered where I'd been. I told him about the after-school program and how much fun I was having with the kids.
Returned to the Market Links Cafe next to get a smoothie. I went with "The Purity," which is apples, cinnamon, oats, milk (I went with almond), and honey. Oh, yum. Though it was a bit gritty, it did indeed taste like an apple pie in a cup. Sipped it outside as I watched the kids whirl around on the colorful Scrambler.
Stopped at the Oaklyn WaWa on the way home. I was still thirsty, so I thought I'd try something different. I love that they have one of those Coke Freestyle machines. It's fun to make your own flavors! I ended up with Coke Zero Peaches and Cream (peach and cream). Not bad. I tasted peach and vanilla, so I knew it at least worked.
Put on Zombies 4 when I got home. I go further into the most recent entry in Disney's light-hearted horror musical parables at my Musical Dreams Movie Reviews blog.
Had dinner and spent the next few hours watching tonight's Match Game marathon. With Gene and many of the panelists (including Brett and Charles) having starred on Broadway or done musicals, it was likely inevitable that dancing would turn up on the show. Indeed, two of the show's semi-regulars, Bobby Van and his wife Elaine Joyce, had danced on film and on Broadway. Bobby danced in several major MGM movies of the 50's, including Kiss Me Kate. Elaine was the lead in Sugar, the first Broadway musical version of Some Like It Hot, in 1972.
There was the time in 1975 when Allen Ludden and Betty White were on the same panel. A lady insisted she'd belly dance if she won money. She did win $5,000...but the music department played "The Star Spangled Banner!" That didn't stop Brett and Betty from doing their own interpretations of belly dancing. Joyce Bullifant got to show off her own early dance training in 1979 when she did a terrific jitterbug with a contestant who was a champion performer, complete with the music department kicking in an instrumental swing tune.
Some of the contestants were darn good dancers, too. There was the jazz dancer Richard drooled over in 1976 who eventually showed off a few high kicks. A tap dance teacher taught Gene a few steps in a syndicated episode. Gene himself would occasionally break out a vaudeville soft shoe routine to cover a slow panelist or just when the pace was flagging.
Bring your dancing shoes along to this swinging marathon!
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