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Finders Keepers
$18.98
Digitally remastered and expanded edition of this 1968 album from the Bubblegum Pop outfit. Led by Rod McBrien, Salt Water Taffy were originally conceived as a white version of the 5th Dimension... when Bubblegum started to hit however, they reconfigured to a more poppy sound, and signed a deal with Buddah Records, spiritual home of Bubblegum. Arranged by Meco Monardo (later to have a monster hit with a Discofied Star Wars Theme), 'Finders Keepers' was a perfect Bubblegum hit: childish yet knowing. The album followed, with 12 perfect slices of New York radio-tastic Pop, dancey and hooky as hell! Perfect vocal harmonies met infectious beats, as Salt Water Taffy took it to the bridge! If you like a bit of sugar on your Superpop, you'll love this! With a bonus of the original mono mixes of their as rare as anything Buddah single, this is a Bubbletastic feast! Revola.

Somat Water Softner Salt
$8.99
This stuff is hard to find and is required for certain MIELE dishwashers that have a hard water control option. We found out the hard way that if you pay for this option it can be hard to find the recommended salt. Amazon is a good and convenient source, but you may want to pony up for Amazon Prime as these boxes aren't cheap to ship.

14 Ounce Salt Water Taffy
$6.50
In keeping with the old New England traditions, here is one of our tasty treats. Each 14 ounce box contains approximately 60 pieces of local salt water taffy.

Salt Water
$15.95
Simmons opens his book with the line, "In the summer of 1963, I fell in love and my father drowned." The idea of telling the reader in the first sentence what they will then carry in their minds as the read this little novel is a very unusual mode of control. I found I was involved in the unfolding of the love story but could NOT focus on the writing and the evenness of the prose because I kept waiting for the part where the father will drown (perhaps my reading eye has been adulterated by too many murder mysteries?). Although Simmons tells us quite forwardly that he has based his piece on Turgenev's "First Love," this is a story has neither the depth nor power. One reviewer calls it a 'saga of adolescence,' which accurately portrays the hormones, anger, fear, despair and other feelings that seem to almost manhandle our young protagonist, Michael, but it the book is written in such a smug manner that it is hard to feel any of these passions. Michael's handsome father and lovely mother have taken their usual shore house for the summer and Michael finds that an unusual pair have rented next door - a Russian woman (Mrs. Mertz) and her daughter, Zina. Michael's mother is unhappy in the marriage (father cheats on her), and both the neighbor women cause her (justifiable) worry. Zina and her mother (and their mostly gay friends) are way too shallow and sophisticated for Michael's naivet��� although he can't see this. When I first finished the book I was left unimpressed. Although there was plenty of emotion and passion (in particular, floating around in Michael's head and heart) - I never clicked with any of the characters... they almost seemed a little too "Virginia Woolf-ish" for their own good, no one ever having real conversations but lots of talk full of double entendres and illusions.