100 songs I could listen to over and over

100 songs I could listen to over and over
Yes....I am obsessed. With music. Every song reminds me of someone or some place. Especially from "the olden days" as my nieces and nephew say - the 80's. Yikes! Where did the time go? The 80's...those were the best days of my life. Well a lot of them anyway. I have so many favorite songs I decided to start a list. The songs are mostly from the 80's, some are newer and some are from the 60's & 70's. Yes, some are corny, but I love them. I never thought that I would have so many. I set a limit of 100. They aren't in any particular order, just when I thought of some I added them to the list. I could still go on and on. But, these are the songs I would chose if i could only pick 100 songs to listen to for the rest of my life.
Cuts Like a Knife – Bryan Adams
Heaven – Bryan Adams
One Night Love Affair – Bryan Adams
This Time – Bryan Adams
Summer of ’69 – Bryan Adams
Slide – The Goo Goo Dolls
I Need A Lover – John (Cougar) Mellencamp
Hot Child In the City – Nick Gilder
Born To Run – Bruce Springsteen
Jessie’s Girl – Rick Springfield
Ant Music – Adam and the Ants
Stand and Deliver – Adam and the Ants
Days Go By – Keith Urban
Kiss Me Deadly – Generation X
Change – John Waite
Salt In My Tears – Martin Briley
What Do All the People Know? – The Monroes
Even When You’re Done With Me – Bricklin
Somebody – Bryan Adams
The Only One – Bryan Adams
Good-bye to You – Scandal
Through the Wire – Peter Gabriel
Sausalito Summer Nights – Diesel
Little Red Corvette – Prince
Raspberry Beret – Prince
When U Were Mine – Prince
I’m Not Your Man – Tommy Conwell & the Young Rumblers
You Oughta Know – Alanis Morrisette
Do They Know It’s Christmas? –
Don’t Talk to Strangers – Rick Springfield
Lies – Neal Schon
All of the Good Ones are Taken – Ian Hunter
Certain Kind of Girl – The Producers
Up the Creek – Cheap Trick
If You Want My Love – Cheap Trick
Heaven on the 7th Floor – Paul Nicholas
Wake Me Up Before You Go-Go – Wham!
I’m Your Man – Wham!
White Lines – Grandmaster Flash
3 am – Matchbox 20
Perfect Way – Scritti Politti
(You Got Me)All Shook Up – Nelson
(Can’t Live Without Your) Love and Affection - Nelson
Hang Fire – The Rolling Stones
In My Life – The Beatles
Rain – The Beatles
Lucy In the Sky With Diamonds – The Beatles
Strawberry Fields Forever – The Beatles
It’s Always Something – Rick Springfield
Look Out Here Comes Tomorrow – The Monkees
Build Me Up Buttercup – The Foundations
Too Fast For Love – Motley Crue
Piece of Your Action – Motley Crue
Borrowed Time – John Lennon
Jungleland – Bruce Springsteen
Hungry Heart – Bruce Springsteen
So You Wanna Be A Rock N Roll Star – Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers (version)
I’m Losing You – John Lennon
Christmas Wrapping – The Waitresses
Simply Having A Wonderful Christmastime – Paul McCartney
Real Love – The Beatles
Even the Losers – Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers
Watching the Wheels – John Lennon
Glory Days – Bruce Springsteen
Emotional Rescue – The Rolling Stones
Desparate but not Serious - Adam Ant
Strip – Adam Ant
Take Me Home Tonight – Eddie Money
I Got You – Split Enz
Don’t Come Around Here No More – Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
The Waiting - Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers
My Better Half – Keith Urban
Celebrity – Brad Paisley
Alcohol – Brad Paisley
Say It Isn’t So – The Outfield
Stays In Mexico – Toby Keith
Since You’ve Been Gone – Kelly Clarkson
Mmmm Bop – Hanson
Electric Avenue – Eddy Grant
Lover Boy – Billy Ocean
Material Girl – Madonna
Your Love – The Outfield
Drive My Car – The Beatles
And Your Bird Can Sing – The Beatles
Growin’ Up – Bruce Springsteen
Pink Cadillac – Bruce Springsteen
The Glamorous Life – Sheila E
Love Somebody – Rick Springfield
Rio – Duran Duran
Semi-Charmed Life – Third Eye Blind
We Didn’t Start the Fire – Billy Joel
Spend My Life – Slaughter
It’s All I Can Do – The Cars
Too Shy – Kajagoogoo
Every Little Thing She Does is Magic – The Police
Don’t Stand So Close to Me – The Police
Genius of Love – The Tom Tom Club
When You Close Your Eyes – Night Ranger
Boys Of Summer – Don Henley
Pretty In Pink – The Psychedelic Furs

Ephrata, PA ~ Mountain Springs Hotel Property

This photo on the left is one of my favorite. I happen to come across it the other night. I took a series of them in September 2003. It is called "the mansion". It is one of the buildings on the Mountain Springs Hotel property in Ephrata, Pa.

Have you ever been someplace and it just "felt right?" Ephrata, Pa is one of those places for me. The first time I was there was in 1992. I went to visit Donecker's Art Works. It was a huge shoe factory that was turned into offices, studios and stores for local artisans. It is an "old-fashioned" community with a main street that looks like it is from "It's a Wonderful Life." Donecker's also has a few beautiful bed & breakfast inns along with a restaurant and high end clothing, furniture and jewlery stores. It is also famous for the Cloister's- Monks who were part of one of America's earliest religious communities.

On my next stay there, in 1993 I noticed the huge Mountain Springs Hotel. I fell in love with it.

In 1848 when Joseph and Hannah Konigmacher opened the Mountain Springs Hotel it sprawled over 145 acres and boasted a popular spa with healing waters. Having more than one hundred rooms in the spacious hotel guests would shell-out a lavish amount of $1.75 a day or $8.00 for a one-week stay.

Throughout the years the hotel went through a quick succession of owners, including a spiritualist group, which claimed ownership from 1935 until 1988. The property also served as the first home of the Ephrata Community Hospital in what is referred to as the “mansion” which was built in 1804 and is still located on the corner of Main and Spring Garden Street today.

The photo below is(was) the main hotel. On this day I went up on to the grounds and took quite a few photographs. It was a little erie being there by myself on this huge property. And when the pictures came back I almost expected to see "something" ghostly in one of the windows since it has a reputation of being haunted. This must have been so amazing 160 years ago. I would love to know what the inside of it looked like and I would have jumped at the chance to go in.

In 1999 the Ephrata Economic Development Corporation (EEDC) purchased the property. Deemed a Keystone Opportunity Zone site the property is exempt from all state, local and school taxes for a period of time as a means of encouraging development. In October 2002 the EEDC received a $2.6 million dollar grant from then-governor Mark Schweiker to help spur the project along.

Right after these photos were taken the whole property was taped up and off limits. Last June 2004 when I was there they started to work on it. Everything was gone/torn down except for the mansion. I read on line that it was supposed to resemble the original hotel. Unfortunately, it doesn't. I was just there a month ago and as exciting as change is, I was extremely sad to see that it looks just like any other hotel. I wish some things could stay the same.

At the present, the Hampton Inn & Suites at Mountain Springs is well under construction. The four-story, 72 room hotel will feature a generously appointed lobby, meeting space, indoor pool, and exercise room along with 35% of the rooms being spacious king-sized studios. Opening of the hotel is scheduled for September 2005. http://www.padutchcountry.com/member_pages/hampton_inn___suites_ephrata_-_mountain_springs.asp There is a small photo of what the grounds are going to look like.

Also being built on this site is a 7,000 square foot Applebee's Neighborhood Grill & Bar which will open November 2005 and in 2006 a 20,000 square foot corporate office building is scheduled for completion. Ephrata's Applebee's will have a "neighborhood feel" with interior decor dedicated to highlighting Ephrata and Lancaster County history. A portion will be specially dedicated to the history of Mountain Springs.

The Mansion House, the only original structure remaining on the site will house a 55-60 capacity meeting room.