Have you seen the "You Know You Grew Up In" Facebook pages for cities and towns all over the country? They've gone viral. I'm very active in the group for my hometown and thought it would be fun for you to post your thoughts about growing up in Port Charles. Post away in the comments! I'll start.
"You Know You Grew Up In Port Charles, NY When...."
One or both of your parents worked at the hospital and you got to go to the annual reading of the Christmas story. Especially when Dr. Steve Hardy read it.
You had a worm farm and tried to sell them to others to make compost.
You found yourself on the run from the mob, and if you were lucky, your Mom had a carpet bag full of everything you could possibly ever need.
The Fourth of July picnic was a big deal at the park.
Your parents took you to the Nurses Ball every June, where funds were raised for AIDS awareness and research.
Ruby was always at the diner, ready to take care of your boo-boos.
GO!
OH CARLY...how you slay me with the face!!
Carly might be a character we love to loathe but my god, LW is one amazing actress and gorgeous even when acting like she is in agony.
ReplyDeleteI would like to see LW in more scenes with GH's other to rocking ladies, NLG and JE.
for such an attractive lady she makes some ugly faces.
ReplyDeleteI wouldn't mind Carly if the character would grow some. She is mostly the same lady with a chip on her shoulder who slept with her mother's husband. I thought there was some growth with Jax, but she can't let go of Sonny
ReplyDeleteFrisco..nicely said.
ReplyDeleteShe is simply amazing as an actress.
Would like to see her interact with women too, however, is that Carly's style? Women friends?
She doesn't get along with other women. My Carly likes to be front & center. (which is fine by me)
you know you grew up in port charles when.. your father would go on vacation every three months!
ReplyDeleteyou know you grew up in port charles when.. pizza is served at thanksgiving.
You know you grew up in Port Charles when you could wear short sleeves every day of the year!
ReplyDeleteYou know you grew up in Port Charles because the local dock is always empty and ready for an open conversation for someone to overhear!
LaTanya
You know you grew up in Port Charles when your aerobics class was led by Richard Simmons.
ReplyDeleteYou know you grew up in PC when you had to hide in the catacombs under China Town.
You know you grew up in PC when you spent a lot of time at a boat house but never on a boat!
I started watching "Guiding Light" because of Laura when she played Cassie. (I was a huge 'Rassie' fan...Prince Richard and Cassie). I remember reading an article once and Laura talked about how she hated when a character was going through something traumatic and their makeup and hair looked like something on the fashion runway. So, she insisted on going without makeup and having her hair styled during the heartbreaking scenes in which Richard was dying. It made it very real and it made me appreciate her as an actress.
ReplyDeleteI cant think of any thing clever to say right now but the ones that are here are great!!! ;o)
ReplyDeleteMy2Cents2 - I agree, Carly is not one to have a lot of women friends but it does not mean she can not have a few scenes with more of the female cast. No one said they had to get along. A Carly vs Tracy rivalry / cat fight could be dynamite!! I wonder if Carly still owns any ELQ stocks? hum!!!
ReplyDeleteFrisco....I LOVE cat-fights!
ReplyDeleteWho better than Carly? lol
YES she does own some shares with ELQ.
She mentioned it the first day Michael went to work there
you know you grew up in PC when the cops couldn't solve a case and if there was ever a disaster, they were completely useless.
ReplyDeleteyou know you grew up in PC when your brother accidentally erased your love for your girlfriend by waving around a huge diamond.
you know you grew up in PC when every few months there was an explosion or a health crisis or a shooting on the steps of the police department...
you know you grew up in PC when 1 in 2 women all slept with the same psychotic mobster...and had children with him.
You know you grew up in Port Charles when you periodically get to meet a long-lost child, father, mother, brother or sister; or if you have an evil twin or identical cousin (unless you are Patty Duke).
ReplyDeleteYou know you grew up in PC when your parents (and their friends) were spies who worked for the WSB.
ReplyDeleteHistory - you must not have watched when Robert Scorpio was commissioner. Criminals actually got caught back then!
You know you grew up in Port Charles when you found yourself related to everybody in town.
ReplyDeleteYou know you grew up in Port Charles when Every few months someone comes into town plotting your demise (:
ReplyDeleteYou know you grew up in PC when...
ReplyDelete... your big date night was going to the Campus Disco
... your parents celebrated their anniversary by having dinner at the Floating Rib
... you remember when Kelly's was actually owned by Rose... Kelly
Frisco....I LOVE cat-fights!
ReplyDeleteWho better than Carly? lol
YES she does own some shares with ELQ.
She mentioned it the first day Michael went to work there
Carly could have cat-fights with Tracy and Skye. Plus, she isn't Monica's favorite person either.
You know you grew up in PC when you were five one day and got your driver's license the next...
ReplyDeleteA few more you know you grew up in Port Charles
ReplyDelete- you were afraid of the world freezing
- you know aliens really do exist
- you shopped at Wyndham's
- you know someone who travelled to Canada and back in less then 2hrs
- you had a secret room in your house
- you wathced Tiffany Hill report the news
- you remember the mousy librarian, Lucy
- you had a hardtime finding somewhere to sit at the Brownstone it was so crowded
- your favorite band was Blackie and the Riff Raff...with lead singer FRISCO!
You know you grew up in Port Charles when your aerobics class was led by Richard Simmons.(What a great memory CampusDisco..I forgot about that) You know you grew up in Port Charles when people come back to life from the dead. You know you grew up in Port Charles when almost everyone that you know had a long lost brother, sister, mother, father, child
ReplyDeleteAubrey, I'm too young to have watched back then...lol. i only started watching (and paying attention in 1995 when i was 8 years old) =)
ReplyDeleteyou know you grew up in PC when your own father shot you and acts like it is your fault.
ReplyDeleteyou know you grew up in PC when you can jet ski across a lake in the middle of winter in NYS.
you know you grew up in PC when you go to bed a blonde and wake up a brunette (or vice versa).
you know you grew up in PC when all of the kids your age are either your sibling or your cousin.
you know you grew up in PC when you get sent to jail without standing trial...for a crime that was obviously self-defense.
you know you grew up in PC when your mom is the former DA and your dad is a mob kingpin.
You know you grew up in Port Charles when it's utterly impossible to keep a decent stock of crystal glassware in your penthouse.
ReplyDeleteYou know you grew up in Port Charles when the first person you call during a hostage crisis is a mob enforcer, in lieu of the police.
You know you grew up in PC when yo mama's mantra is, "This is MY house", followed by your dad's, "Well I GAVE it to you!"
Finally, you know you grew up in PC when...CLICK-CLICK-BOOM!!
You knew you grew up in PC when there were only four doctors in the entire hospital, and one floor inside.
ReplyDeleteYou knew you grew up in PC when your OB/GYN appointment was held in the waiting area.
You knew you grew up in PC when you drank beverages from empty cups.
You knew you grew up in PC when a computer nerd could access all of the outside cameras in town.
You knew you grew up in PC when you never went to the bathroom.
You know you grew up in PC when if you end up being arrested...you can have more people wander into the police station to visit you than Grand Central Station
ReplyDeleteAnd, when Manhattan is just a few minutes away from upstate NY!
ReplyDeleteYou know you grew up in PC when your father and uncle were Police Commissioner, but only your father was able to solve crimes
ReplyDeleteAnd your mother co-Police Chief who married a mobster and needed your father to save her.
And people who should be same age or younger are now older b/c you were the only one not SORAS'd.
Hey Wubbers - you are all amazingly funny and I love reading all of your "you know you grew up in PC" things!!
ReplyDeleteand everyone has a bubble lamp
ReplyDeleteAWESOME ANSWERS! when I'm back this afternoon, I'll try to get some up in the blog.
ReplyDeleteI was at a funeral from Sat-Monday-- long sad weekend, but I'm back!
Oh no Karen. :( Who died? I'm so sorry. :(
ReplyDeleteYou know you grew up in Port Charles when you went to get a soda at Pop Snyder's.
ReplyDeleteyou know you grew up in Port Charles:
ReplyDeletewhen you live in a city but run into the same 20 people in the same 10 places.
when it's normal for doors not to be locked and people don't knock
when the go to guy for help is a brain damaged mob enforcer (the police and regular civilians)
when there are only 4 police officers in the whole PCPD that you ever see do anything
when you are in a car wreck and get thrown from the car but there isn't any broken glass
when anything big happens in your life you hear about it first by ease dropping
when every woman who is told she can't get pregnant magically ends up having children
when you know every nurse, orderly, and doctor in the whole hospital before you even get there
when you and all the women you know have been involved with the same 3 men
when something bad always happens to a bride on her wedding day
when one day it's Halloween and the next day it's Thanksgiving
when someone dies the whole town attends the funeral
When the PCPD is a constant place of interest for people of all ages
You know you grew up in Port Charles:
ReplyDeletewhen the children age overnight but the adults stay the same age for years
when it is normal for children to be raised by and go to Jason Morgan for advice than their own parents.
when money is no object to anyone ever
You knew you grew up in Port Charles when:
ReplyDeleteYou remember getting carded trying to get into The Bucket of Blood
You know you grew up in Port Charles when you went away to boarding school a scrawny 12-year old and come back an 18-year old hottie.
ReplyDeleteYou know you grew up in Port Charles when you've slept with your mother's husband.
You know you grew up in Port Charles if you've slept with siblings or a mother/daughter.
You know you grew up in Port Charles if you've been magically cured of stage 4 cancer in a week.
I wonder if Carly will ever learn from her mistakes? Is she actually going to grow up and stop clinging to Jason so much?
ReplyDeleteI wonder if Carly will ever learn from her mistakes? Is she actually going to grow up and stop clinging to Jason so much?
ReplyDeleteFor my part everybody ought to glance at this.
ReplyDeleteThis is all erroneous what you're writing.
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