on my way to a babysitting job today i noticed three kids on the side of the road desperately trying to flag down cars. they were selling lemonade. i always try to stop at lemonade stands. nothing is better than seeing young, innocent children jump for joy when you pull over and buy a cup of their 25 cent lukewarm lemonade. ryan and i use to have lemonade stands during the long, summer days on long island. growing up we lived on a very quiet residential street that outlined the edge of a beautiful farm. it was a dead end so we really got very little traffic. but when a car did come down the road we would jump up and down and wave our arms in hopes that the passing car would stop. and if they did we frantically worked to pour them the lemonade and collect their money. it was such a simple, pure joy to complete a sale!
peter jennings, who was an abc news anchor, had a summer/weekend house at the end of our street. as little kids we thought it was soooooo cool that a "celebrity" lived on our street. we always knew when he passed by becuase he traveled to and from the city in a black limousine. during one of our lemonade stands we saw his limo coming up the road. as usual we frantically waved and tried to convince the car to stop. we must have made an impression that day because peter jenning's limo stopped! he got out and bought a cup of country time lemonade from us and flashed his famous smile! it was great! and even greater was going to school the next day and telling all my friends! sometimes i wish i could go back to those days.
