You had me several years ago
When I was still quite naive


Thanks to a conversation on Friday before the long holiday, we have sitting on our desk currently the entire collection of the time life 70's music explosion cds . its freaking brilliant.

more importantly carly simon's "you're so vain" just came on. We were automatically transported to the back seat of the '87 Black Ford Taurus we sat in on many rides up to the Berkshires where we went to sleepaway camp every summer, and skied every winter. For some reason, Carly Simon's Greatest Hits was on constant rotation on those trips up the taconic. And 1988 was probably the last time our family ever agreed on music. A few years later the trips up to Great Barrington became less frequent, we were in a Suburban instead of a taurus, and we spent most of the time scowling in the third row with our walkman (yes, remember those portable CASSETTE tape players) firmly planted on our ears.

Oddly enough, Carly Simon and Hall and Oates (the other big listener, we have distinct memories of screaming Rich Girl at the top of our lungs while criss crossing down the slopes with the Good Senor)still brings us together, even though we haven't been up to the berkshires as a family in years. And its still true that on the occassions that we've been able to head up there in the past decade without the fame, "You're so Vain" is the first song that pops into our heads.

so for us we think that song is about Great Barrington, which looks quite nice in a scarf that was apricot... and its awesome to hear it on a tuesday morning when we'd like to be anywhere but work