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Post by Deleted on Dec 15, 2007 22:05:00 GMT -5
As for Stacey liking Madonna and Sting I'm really surprised so many people think it's unrealistic, that part always seemed the most realistic to me. Me and my sisters used to have our toys out and MTV in the background when we were little. Although, I had an older sister and brother and my mom was never strict about anything we watched. I LOVED Madonna when I was 6. There was also a very funny memory of me and my best friend at the time doing a lip-synch dance routine to "Like a Virgin" and "Papa Don't Preach." There is even (a now embarising) tape recording floating about of me and my sister singing "I Touch Myself." Although, I never had any idea what that song meant until I was in junior high, lmao. I think a lot of kids are like that. They like the beat and the melody, but don't understand the adult nature of the lyrics and don't really care. (I've seen kids on the subway singing gangsta rap songs which actually troubles me A LOT MORE than if the song were sexual, but that's me) It only seems "inapropriate" to the adults but the kids don't know that the song is "dirty." But, anyway, I loved Stacey's Portraite a lot. I loved the whole sneaking out of ballroom dancing escapade. I especially loved that they managed to trick their parents into buying them jean skirts saying it was the dress code, lol, how naive were their mom's? The parade was awesome though! My mom worked at Macy's when I was a kid (she was in the parade once, she was a balloon holder. and it brought back memories of me and my granparents, sisters, and uncles, etc all glued to the tv waiting to try and spot her. (You could sorta, she didn't get a close up or anything but we could sorta see her in the pull back. But we oohed and exclaimed anyway, lol) I remember not liking the whole Plaza thing though, mainly because I've never liked Eloise very much (she always came off as bratty and spoiled running around the fancy hotel like that) although it made me nostalgic thinking now since the Plaza no longer really exists (they've recently turned it into condos.) And, yeah, thinking about it now Stacey's NYC life sounds WAY Gossip Girl to me now. I mean, private school, upper east side apt, birthday meals at the Plaza, endless shopping excursions at very expensive department store like Bloomingdales and Lord and Taylor and Sax Fifth Ave. That's not my NYC. Not in the least. Is this the Stacey book where her dad takes her and Claud to Two Boots pizza? If so that place ROCKS!! Haha. Whenever I stop in for a slice I'm always reminded of Stacy for some reason, lol. It's wierd the little details you remember, isn't it?
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Post by aln1982 on Dec 16, 2007 0:32:45 GMT -5
^ I never liked Eloise, either, as a kid but she grew on me after reading this book. ;D It's pretty cool if it was Two Boots pizza that you know but I can't remember if this is the book or not.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 16, 2007 1:20:21 GMT -5
I know it was in one of the books where Stacey goes to visit her dad in The City. I really only remember because Two Boots is a favorite pizza place in my family and when I read the book originally I got really excited that Stacey ate there BECAUSE I ATE THERE TOO. (Most of her usualy NYC haunts were a bit too rich for my blood, lol) I even ran to my mom and told her (who just laughed that I got excited over that, and had to explain the place is mildly famous- it's always in the tour books- so it's not really all that surprising they mentioned it) I know it's the place I'm thinking of because her dad even mentions it's a cross between pizza and cajun food (which is what the place is famous for) and I think they even mention how all the special combos are named after famous people. It's one of the few of restaurants that people always say is amazing that actually lives up to its status. (The soup place where the Soup Nazi from Seinfeld comes from is SOOO overated. And it's always packed full of tourists. Ugh.)
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Post by booboobrewer on Dec 16, 2007 1:28:16 GMT -5
I think the book where Mr. McGill mentions Two Boots is Christmas Chiller...
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Post by aln1982 on Dec 16, 2007 10:14:16 GMT -5
^ I'm about to reread that one so will check. ;D
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Post by ringdings on Dec 16, 2007 11:33:46 GMT -5
^^I think they went to John's in the Village. I agree, sunshine, Stacey's NYC haunts are too rich for my blood. BTW, I'm also surprised that Stacey loves the Hard Rock Cafe. I don't think any New Yorker in their right mind would voluntarily go there and admit to loving it. (OK, maybe it was cool when it first opened, but not anymore.) Then again, I'm not cool and sophisticated like she is.
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Post by Sweet City Girl on Dec 16, 2007 12:28:48 GMT -5
And, yeah, thinking about it now Stacey's NYC life sounds WAY Gossip Girl to me now. I mean, private school, upper east side apt, birthday meals at the Plaza, endless shopping excursions at very expensive department store like Bloomingdales and Lord and Taylor and Sax Fifth Ave. That's not my NYC. Not in the least. I realize now that this is something that has always bothered be a little at the back of my mind, but I wasn’t sure how to express it. I think this is why I wish I could have read about Stacey and Laine having different adventures in other areas of NYC, and not just where they lived. It seems like every time Stacey talks about her experiences in the city, we hear about all the extremely rich, obvious places like the Dakota, the Upper East Side, the expensive department stores, and so on. I think this is why I am almost semi-bored by some of Stacey’s narrations of city life and want to hear about something different. I want to hear more about the life of a more “average” everyday New Yorker, if that makes any sense (I’m not sure how to explain this). Stacey’s life in the city and the places of interest she focuses on almost seem….too touristy for my liking. I don’t know; there’s just something about it. But, of course, I still enjoy reading her NYC books, anyway. I’m NYC obsessed, after all.
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Post by aln1982 on Dec 16, 2007 17:01:59 GMT -5
I would have liked reading more about Abby and her LI experiences. Isn't that considered part of NYC? Are there other parts of Manhattan other than the ones mentioned? What about the other districts? Those would have been interesting to see, as well, especially since I've never been to NYC and would like to go (and visit all of it ;D) some day.
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Post by Sweet City Girl on Dec 16, 2007 18:21:28 GMT -5
I also wish there would have been more to read about Abby's Long Island experiences, aln. I think the writers really missed some opportunities to create more story lines for her in general.
Technically, I don't think LI is a part of NYC. It's more like a suburban area outside of the city, and a very expensive one. There are a great number of other areas in Manhattan that I feel Stacey could have explored, other than around the area where she lived. She seemed to have spent most of her time uptown and hardly any other time elsewhere. I wish we could have seen more of the other areas through Stacey's eyes as well.
I was in NYC a couple years ago for the first time and loved it. I definitely plan on going back.
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Post by ringdings on Dec 16, 2007 20:06:13 GMT -5
LI is not a part of NYC.
For most people who live in Manhattan, the other four boroughs that make up the city don't exist. A lot of them do not venture further than a few blocks from their homes, let alone the outer boroughs. I'm going to guess that the only time Stacey went to say, the Bronx, was to go to the zoo. I grew up in NYC, but in Queens, which is more affordable and ethnically diverse than Manhattan. I spent a lot of time exploring all boroughs.
I think Richie (her dad's neighbor in New York, New York) had a better handle of the city than Stacey did.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 17, 2007 1:18:13 GMT -5
LI is not a part of NYC. For most people who live in Manhattan, the other four boroughs that make up the city don't exist. A lot of them do not venture further than a few blocks from their homes, let alone the outer boroughs. I'm going to guess that the only time Stacey went to say, the Bronx, was to go to the zoo. I grew up in NYC, but in Queens, which is more affordable and ethnically diverse than Manhattan. I spent a lot of time exploring all boroughs. I think Richie (her dad's neighbor in New York, New York) had a better handle of the city than Stacey did. Yeah, he actually ventured south of Houston. LOL Oh, and LI isn't all ritzy, there's parts that are but it's a really huge place and there's rich neighborhoods and working class ones too, as well as normal middle class ones. The same in Westchester even though they both get made out to be overly rich sometimes. I always loved the NYC adventures the best though when I was a kid even if the places they went to were never places I went in The City. (I've never been to the Statue of Liberty- the closest was we went to Ellis Island on a class trip in the 4th grade) Just hearing that Stacey was getting off at Grand Central (and I think these books were published post-renevation) was always so fun because I loved books where they were set places I knew when I was a kid. (I loved "From the Mixed Up Files..." when I was little too for the same reason) Although thinking now it woulda been a lot of fun for the gang to have seen the other parts of the city other than the tourist glom parts. Or Stacey to have taken them to the little neighborhood places, or the weird shops off the beaten paths. But back then Ann and the publishers or whatever probably thought that the readers who lived far away from NYC probably just wanted to hear about the "glamorous" and "sophisticated" parts of the City. I agree on the Abby part and wish they had expanded on what her life was like in LI. (although I rolled my eyes that the Jewish family HAD to be from Long Island. Thank goodness she was named in a contest or else knowing the BSC they woulda given her and Anna a totally ethnic first and last name)
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Post by Sweet City Girl on Dec 17, 2007 11:24:22 GMT -5
You'd think they'd want to pick something more creative than Abby and Anna, though. I mean, anybody could have come up with that. What did they do, just mix all the entries together, close their eyes, and pick from a duffel bag? They should have done it based on which names sounded the neatest (though it would have taken longer that way, of course ;D).
Were people supposed to pick their last name also, or was that part up to the writers? Just curious.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 19, 2007 1:35:11 GMT -5
If I remember correctly the contest was both first and last- I remembering wanting to enter and coming up with names, but like most of the contests in the BSC books never actually sending the slip in.
But I think contest legality says something about needing things to be chosen randomly or within the first batch or something like that. I remember the same thing happened with the Simpsons "Who Shot Mr. Burns" contest. The person who won (through legality) didn't even solve the mystery correctly, but won because of the legality of running a contest like that.
I remember always wondering who won the contest, lol and why they picked something so generic. I mean, Abby and Anna Stevenson? That seems so... normal for something a- presumably- 10 year old girl to think up. I remember coming up with super exotic names when I was trying to think of entry names. I think I wanted to enter with Maeve and Melora. I can't remember the last name I came up with though. I only remember the firsts because back then that's what I wanted to name my potential daughters, lmao.
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Post by Deleted on Dec 20, 2007 23:37:19 GMT -5
I got the Truth About Stacey graphic novel the other day and I liked the flashback referring to the "Laine and Stacey's apartment" thing. (Which was never in the original Truth About Stacey. W00T FAN SERVICE)
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Post by aln1982 on Dec 21, 2007 0:22:51 GMT -5
I always thought that scene with Stacey and Laine should have been in Truth and was glad to see it in the Portrait and BSC Remembers.
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