This is why Seattle-ites get all swoony about summer. (Wish I took this photo!)

I lived in Seattle for 10 years and I can attest to how people react to

sun. When the sun comes out, everything stops! You go out and climb on and lay down on the hood of your car or where ever. You grab some sun! We moved from Seattle to Florida and I don't know how long it took me to stop....getting out of bed, pulling back the drapes to see if the sun was shining. It always shines in Fl. Took some time.

 
I joke with my friend in AZ, "Man, how do you know when you're having a good day?" It's ALWAYS sunny

 
Orchid, I'm actually most happy here when it's raining. I find the constant sun boring. You need

drizzly rain as an excuse to curl up on the sofa and watch a good black & white movie (Random Harvest? For the billionth time?) with a pot of hot tea and a pan of warm scones.

It. Just. Doesn't. Work. With. Sunshine.

 
I *love* old movies. What is Random Harvest? Ever seen the film "I Remember Mamma"? One of my faves.

 
Man loses memory, meets girl, falls in love, falls downs, gets memory back, forgets girl.

Greer Garson is drop-dead gorgeous in this.

I would also have to debate this as a great date movie. It's too too. It should be enjoyed alone with a box of Kleenix and a warm scone. And tea...lots of tea. Nobody wants a date to see them with runny mascara and a blotchy nose.

WARNING: I've linked a EUROPEAN DVD, so don't click and order from it; it won't play on US/Canadian DVD players. But the image on its cover is truer than the goofy artistic rendering on the North American version.

The ultimate tearjerker, this 1942 romance classic directed by Mervyn LeRoy (based on a novel by James Hilton) stars Ronald Colman as a British army officer suffering from amnesia after World War I. After falling in love with and marrying a dance-hall singer (Greer Garson), Colman's happy character begins a career as a writer and doesn't seem to mind that he doesn't remember who he is. A car accident changes all that, however, causing the hero's memory to return and making him forget all about his lovely cottage and bride. LeRoy modulates the obvious suspense element in the story (for example, is Colman going to remember Greer or not?) extremely well, building ever-so-deliciously slowly toward a huge payoff. This is one of the great date movies of all time. --Tom Keogh

http://www.amazon.com/Random-Harvest-Length-Ronald-Colman/dp/B0016PW08I/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1246979065&sr=1-2

 
Amanda, can you confirm this Greer Garson anecdote about pink paint?

A deceased friend of ours had lived in Albuquerque for over 40 years. She once told us that Greer Garson has a ranch near Santa Fe and that her favorite house color was a particular shade of pink. And--so the story goes--anyone could walk into a Santa Fe paint store, get gallons of this specific pink paint for free to paint their own home and Greer would pick up the cost.

Any truth to this? I can't find a reference anywhere online.

 
I Remember Mama = Sentimental. Interesting take on an immigrant & family life in San Fran.

 
I haven't seen "A Tree Grows in Brooklyn" in a long time. If I remember right, it's kinda

mellancholly/sad. Is that right?

 
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