Saturday 9: Autumn in New York

Saturday 9: Autumn in New York (1947)
On Saturdays I take a break from the heavy stuff and have some fun…
I’ll will be driving up to Cape Cod sometime this morning.

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

1) In this song, Frank Sinatra sings that autumn in New York is inviting. How are you enjoying fall where you are?
So, so. Right now I am writing this in central Connecticut and the leaves have barely changed and later to I’ll be up on the Cape where all the leaves are brown because the trees are all oak or Locust trees.

2) He tells us the "canyons of steel" (aka skyscrapers) make him feel like he's home. What's something you love about your neighborhood?
It is mostly forested, with hills and mountains (When I say mountains, they would be “foot hills” but for us 800 feet is a mountain.) behind my house.

3) Frank Sinatra was self-conscious about the scar on his cheek. The doctor used forceps to deliver him and left a mark. Tell us about one of your scars.
I got a faded “C” scare on my forehead from when my brother and me were sword fighting with curtain rods.

4) Frank was a creature of habit. Every time he visited Patsy's Italian Restaurant in New York he ordered the same dessert: lemon ricotta torte. Do you enjoy trying new dishes, or do you prefer to stick with your old favorites?
I am very fussy over food, I like trying new food but I want to know what is in it… if there any ingredients, like, like… mushrooms! Gasp.

5) "Autumn in New York" was written by New Yorker Vernon Duke during a hot summer vacation in Westport, CT. Have you ever been homesick?
No, not really because I haven’t traveled that much.

6) In 1947, when this recording made the Top 30, Daniel and Patricia were the most popular baby names. Are there any Daniels or Patricias in your life?
Nope.

7) Elton John was born in 1947. When you think of Elton John, what's the first song that comes to mind?
Candle in the Wind.

8) Radio was America's most accessible form of entertainment in 1947 and a mystery, The Adventures of Ellery Queen, was one of the most popular shows. Do you enjoy mysteries?
Yes, I am reading a detective series right now by Brandon Sanderson called “Ehe Mistborn Sage” he is like Sherlock Holmes but with magic.

9) Random question: What were you most excited about when you woke up this morning?
That I woke up. At my age you never know if you will each morning.
 

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!

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Since most of today’s questions plays and books… here is a brief history of artist in Provincetown MA

Eugene O'Neill finished one of his first full-length plays, "Beyond the Horizon," which would later win him his first Pulitzer Prize and he also wrote "Bound East for Cardiff" (1916), "In the Zone" (1917), "Ile" (1917), "The Long Voyage Home" (1917), and "Moon of the Caribbes" (1917).

Susan Glaspell wrote "Suppressed Desires" and "Trifles" (1916) and Wilbur Daniel Steele: Wrote "Contemporaries" (1915), authors Norman Mailer, Mary Oliver, Kurt Vonnegut, and Michael Cunningham all lived in P’town.

Then we have dozens of artists like: Hans Hofmann, Charles Webster Hawthorne, John Whorf, and Edith Lake Wilkinson. There is a movie about her that I recommend, "Packed in a Trunk: The Lost Art of Edith Lake Wilkinson."