Lately, I've been reminded of one of my all-time favorite "That Girl" scenes when Marlo Thomas' character Ann Marie ...w/ diehard aspirations of making it as an actress in the big city of hussle and bussle, NYC ...Finds herself @ an automat ...Hungry and short of change, she orders a bowl of hot water and adds (complimentary) ketchup, w/ a smile on her face ...Woo-la tomato soup. Like Mary Tyler Moore, years later, Marlo Thomas was "going to make it afterall."
Last Friday, I opted to take a trip downtown to walk anonymously alongside cheery Christmas shoppers ...Twinkle lights all a glow ...It's so easy to be pessimistic about such a scene. Commercialism at it's finest ...blah blah blah. I'm a sucker for all of that tinsel, though ...And wouldn't you know, everyone I passed had a smile on their face and as I walked under the canopy of twinkle lights (No, literally, it was a canopy) I gave into the cheesiness and joined the handful of children, staring up in awe.
I'm taking that hot water and ketchup and I'm making tomato soup (figuratively) ...And hey, I'll take some lemons while I'm at it ...Hmm, that is after I tend to the gapping hole in my thumb ...Thanks Primo.
...Are you gagging?
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