Pretty In Plaid: A Life, A Witch, And A Wardrobe, Or The Wonder Years Before The Condescending, Egomaniacal Self-Centered Smart-Ass Phase - Plot & Excerpts
Often I go the long way so I can stop in the park and pay a visit to the swing set (or hot dog stand), but this afternoon is not about dawdling (or sauerkraut). My dad’s finally home after his extended business trip to Indiana and I suspect there’s a present in his suitcase with my name on it.(Dear God, please let it be candy!)My friend Beth and I make a beeline through the woods across from school. Her house is on the cul-de-sac right by the tree line on the other side and mine is a couple of blocks past that. Beth’s house is kind of famous because the Prudential Insurance people once picked it to be in a commercial. At the last minute, Beth’s mom decided she didn’t want a film crew crashing a tree through her big living room window even if they promised to fix it right afterward, so the director used the house next door. We got to be there for the filming anyway. I loved when they used that snappy black slate thing and shouted “Action!”21 When the commercial ran during Happy Days a few months later, we could see Beth’s garage in the shot.I’m delighted by my friendship with Beth because she used to not like me.
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