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feeling nostalgic for independent video rental stores

SIX SMALL IN­DE­PEN­DENT VIDEO RENTAL STORES could be found within two miles of our apart­ment in Bellevue, Wash­ington. While each store car­ried the req­ui­site hits to pay the rent, each also had unique ti­tles that re­flected the tastes of the owners. A couple even had small rooms in the back where little kids weren’t allowed. [Read more] “feeling nostalgic for independent video rental stores”

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the sexiest slow dancing in the dark album ever made?

IMAGINE A DARK­ENED ROOM. Per­haps it’s your apart­ment which, with the lights on, is unim­pres­sive. But it’s night­time and all the lights are out. In the dark­ness, it’s . . . dif­ferent. There is a single candle burning, giving off an il­lu­mi­na­tion that softens every­thing. Little can be seen but a lot can be felt. [Read more] “the sexiest slow dancing in the dark album ever made?”

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a bell, book, and candle to die for

MY WIFE LOVES STO­RIES ABOUT WITCHES, whether novels by Alice Hoffman and Katherine Howe or movies that are scary or funny. For Hal­loween, I or­dered sev­eral witch movies from the li­brary, in­cluding the comedy classic Bell, Book And Candle. Among the DVDs were two with Nicole Kidman: Prac­tical Magic and the non-witchy To Die For. [Read more] “a bell, book, and candle to die for”

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“nope” the movie (a review in thirty words)

A DOLLAR TO SEE A MOVIE? NOPE—NO WAY! Okay, it’s been a long time since I thought that way but having grown up paying a quarter for the Sat­urday mati­nees, a buck seemed like a bit much. Decades later and in­fla­tion has boosted the cost of a movie ticket into the stratos­phere, rel­a­tively speaking. [Read more] ““nope” the movie (a review in thirty words)”

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we love sandra and amy but we’re gonna see avatar again!

WHEN WE SAW “AVATAR” AGAIN in 2010, tickets were $9. As a kid, my mother gave my brother and me a quarter each and dropped us off at the the­ater to spend all day at the Sat­urday mati­nees. The quarter cov­ered the 15¢ ad­mis­sion and left us enough to buy two boxes of candy each! [Read more] “we love sandra and amy but we’re gonna see avatar again!”

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