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Some folks like to get awayTake a holiday from the neighbourhoodHop a flight to Miami BeachOr to HollywoodBut I’m taking a GreyhoundOn the Hudson River LineI’m in a New York state of mindI’ve seen all the movie starsIn their fancy cars and their limousinesBeen high in the Rockies under the evergreensBut I know what I’m …

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There’s a hilarious line from Legally Blonde which has become a “go to” expression for my kids and me. In a pivotal scene where Reese Witherspoon’s iconic character, Elle Woods, is checking in at Harvard Law School, she runs into her former boyfriend, Warner. Feigning shock, she calls out, “You GO here?” The punch line …

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When I come home feelin’ tired and beat I go up where the air is fresh and sweet (up on the roof) I get away from the hustling crowd And all that rat-race noise down in the street (up on the roof) On the roof, the only place I know Where you just have to …

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“London is satisfied, Paris is resigned, but New York is always hopeful. Always it believes that something good is about to come off, and it must hurry to meet it.” ― Dorothy Parker