Saturday 9: Love Story

Sam’s Saturday 9: LOVE STORY (2008)

On Saturdays I take a break from the heavy stuff and have some fun…

Unfamiliar with this week's tune? Hear it here.

1) The lyrics tell us about a romantic summer night on a balcony. Does your home have a balcony?
Actually it is inside, and there are two of them in my atrium

You can see the balcony on the left with the Hoya plant on it.

2) Taylor Swift sings that her father warns her boyfriend to stay away, but she sees him anyway. Tell us about a time you defied your parents.
Well it was a very, very, very long time ago since I’m in my seventies and second they passed away twenty years ago.

3) The castle in this video looks European, but it's in Arrington, TN. Castle Gwynn is the site of the annual Tennessee Renaissance Fair. This May the festival will be back, and among the items food vendors are offering are Scotch eggs. When did you most recently eat eggs, and how were they prepared?
I am writing this Friday morning and yesterday I made French toast.
My secret recipe is…
Raisin bread,
Egg,
Cream,
Brown sugar,
Cinnamon,
Nutmeg, and
Vanilla extract.

4) Love Story is also the story of Jenny and Oliver in a book by Erich Segal and a movie starring Ali MacGraw and Ryan O'Neal. Are you familiar with either the book or the movie?
Oh yes. It is the first movie that I cried watching.

5) Taylor was born in Reading, PA. which is home to the Reading Railroad, one of the four railroads featured in Monopoly. Without looking it up, can you name the two most expensive Monopoly properties?
Boardwalk… and, and…
(I cheated and looked it up… Park Place)

6) When she's not performing on stage, Taylor likes to keep it casual and prefers to wear cowboy boots. Tell us about your favorite footwear.
Sneakers. Just plain New Balance white sneakers.

7) Taylor's brother, Austin Swift, is an actor and producer who studied photography at college. Think about the last picture you took. Did you use your phone, tablet or camera? (Feel free to share it, if you'd like.)
Camera… some of my best are here.

8) In 2008, the year this song was popular, the Emmy Award winning show Breaking Bad premiered. Were you a fan?
NO! I hated it.

9) Random question: You and your best friend sit down to write the story of how/when you met. Do you think the stories would be almost the same or quite different? (In other words, will you two remember the event the same way?)
Probably different.

Thanks so much for joining us again at Saturday: 9. As always, feel free to come back, see who has participated and comment on their posts. In fact sometimes, if you want to read & comment on everyone's responses, you might want to check back again tomorrow. But it is not a rule. We haven’t any rules here. Join us on next Saturday for another version of Saturday: 9, "Just A Silly Meme on a Saturday!" Enjoy your weekend!