Casablanca

Mom is definitely a homebody, and she would admit it any day of the week. When I was in highschool and looking for something to do on a Friday or Saturday night, she would undoubtedly suggest, "just stay home with your mother." Often my girlfriends and I would stay in - drinking tea, eating brownies and staying up all night gossiping. We were happy doing this and my mom was content her daughter was in the house.

There were other nights when mom and I would stay in together. I remember for a long time wanting to see the movie Casablanca. At the time my mother had not seen it in years, so we rented the classic. It was not only entertaining, but also educational with respect to my mother's "1950's" expressions. SO many of them had debuted in Casablanca.

I imagine I will slowly hit on most of them of the course of my posts, but for now I bring tribute to "Here's looking at you, kid." Recently, I saw a movie called the "The Holiday" starring Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet, in which a fictional character "Arthur Abbot" was said to have added the "kid" onto the end of the expression. I was a sucker and believed it, but after a Google search it seems that no Arthur Abbot really existed in Hollywood!
Still, a cute movie. Mom, I think you might like it. Just cover your ears when they talk about sex or say a bad word.

After all, "they just don't make 'em like they used to".