Why was this not the summer of say, BLAKEPOOLINE? You know, like Barbieheimer from last year. As in a mash-up of It Ends With Us and Deadpool & Wolverine? Everyone's favorite Canuck-American Power Couple have raked in a good billion and a half dollars between them, right? Shouldn't it have been? Oh, is it crass to talk about money? Well, it seemed all Deadpool could do was talk about money during his latest installment; that is, when he wasn't talking about inter-species-male-on-male-on mutant-man-sex. But we'll, ah, come to that later.
But first, let's take a look at some of Blake Lively's looks from It Ends With Us, the tale of a simple Maine gal who only wants to bring steam-punk to the floral trade.
But first, let's take a look at some of Blake Lively's looks from It Ends With Us, the tale of a simple Maine gal who only wants to bring steam-punk to the floral trade.
I couldn't find a pic of my own personal favorite: a brown leather bustier/tube-top worn under ratty Carhartt coveralls--to dinner at Boston's hippest new noshery, no less. But alas...
Yes, it was bustier or broke in Beantown when the Bloomster hit the Brahmin brick road, bro-bro! Her wardrobe went beyond eclectic, taking Boho chic to realms well beyond Bohemia. To Plethora, Maine, perhaps. There was certainly a plethora of something going on...
I much preferred Msr. Baldoni's quiet luxury look. The buttery suedes, the ultra-fine Italian leathers, the never less than 10 ply cashmere sweaters stroking his tawny skin and caressing his muscles in finely spun goat hair. His Zimmerli boxer briefs, deftly cocooning his pen--
But I digress!
Yes, it was bustier or broke in Beantown when the Bloomster hit the Brahmin brick road, bro-bro! Her wardrobe went beyond eclectic, taking Boho chic to realms well beyond Bohemia. To Plethora, Maine, perhaps. There was certainly a plethora of something going on...
I much preferred Msr. Baldoni's quiet luxury look. The buttery suedes, the ultra-fine Italian leathers, the never less than 10 ply cashmere sweaters stroking his tawny skin and caressing his muscles in finely spun goat hair. His Zimmerli boxer briefs, deftly cocooning his pen--
But I digress!
Oh, I should say, that one of my reasons for happily ambling down to my local AMC to see IEWU (...ewwh, you?) was because I recognized my hometown as the setting. I recall wondering to myself, as I watched the trailer: "Gee, I didn't know this was set in Boston. Was it set in Boston in the book? I mean, I know after my visit to Hooverville that Ms. Hoover is from Texas. Maybe she went to school in Boston? Maybe she once relocated to Boston for a job? But, huh, most Texans are not known for leaving their beloved state. In fact, they're famous for staying there and wanting other people to stay out. When I think about it, I never met someone from Texas until I lived in Los Angeles. I know that Massachusetts has a pretty agressive Film Board. Maybe they were approached by Sony Pictures; or they approached Sony Pictures in order to land the production for the Bay State, where it was more than likely not originally set. Remember that Sony Walkman you got for Christmas in 1981, the one that wasn't really much smaller than a standard issue cassette player? Oh, but it was in Stereo! Right! That was the big selling point. Remember when Kate "borrowed" it and dropped it on the treadmill at the gym? I loved that not so little thing! C''est la vie..."
But it turns out it was originally set in Boston. And now even that is a bone of contention.
As I watched the film, my levels of plausible believability started creeping into the red. Let's call it: The Event Horizon of Implausibility (TM/Reg./Pat-Pend); or, if you will The Level of Acceptable Absurdity (TM/Reg./Pat-Pend/All Rights Reserved). Pure Hollywood Product, which IEWU most certainly is, tends to engender these phenomena without fail. Roger Ebert had what he called Ebert's Little Movie Glossary. It was/is a cinema reference guide that cheekily points out a lot of the things that movies simply will not give up. For example, the grocery bag with the baguette sticking out of it, usually accompanied by a celery stalk. An excerpt:
IEWU is chock full of these "tropes." The opening scene in the book, which I think is the opening scene in the movie, has Ms. Lively's character "Lily Blossom Bloom," stradling the low wall of the rooftop deck of a Boston high-rise. We never get a shot of her POV to the street. I found the text of the novel on the web and I believe it places her on the twelfth floor. In the movie it seems to be much, much higher; like at least the twentieth or so. My problem with the scene was when it was revealed that Lily did not live in this building. She was not a guest either. Or attending a party. This building is pretty swank. Probably has a full time concierge and maybe even a security guard. And more than likely cameras on the roof. So how did she get in? Why did no one come and ask her who she was? We were barely ten minutes into the movie and already I was distracted by this. This sort of Hollywood tendency to ignore real life details. I mean, I get it. I know movies are fantasy. I know they are escapism. But a movie has a certain responsibilty to present life at least somewhat realistically if the story is more about actual life, with "real" people. Low Concept, if you will. And this movie has domestic abuse as a major theme running throughout it; something all too real that really should make the movie more careful about grounding itself in reality. But the longer it went on, the more absurd it got. Perhaps this would be best broken down in a kind of Q & A segment. I'll pose a question about an "issue" I had with the narrative; and then I'll do my best to answer it. Let's go!
Q & A
Q1) What has Lily been doing since she graduated high school? Why has she drug her feet for at least ten years before making this flower shop thing happen? Why couldn't she just open a flower shop where she lived; the provocatively named "Plethora, Maine"?
A1) You may want to read this "bone of contention" article as well. Boy, people are really piling on here!
Q & A
Q1) What has Lily been doing since she graduated high school? Why has she drug her feet for at least ten years before making this flower shop thing happen? Why couldn't she just open a flower shop where she lived; the provocatively named "Plethora, Maine"?
A1) You may want to read this "bone of contention" article as well. Boy, people are really piling on here!
Did you get past the pay wall? Well, the upshot of these "bone of contention" articles is that Ms. Hoover, the OP, got her depictions of both Boston and Maine, wrong. Apparently the filmmakers as well. For example:
When Lily finally bites the bullit and puts up the money for the rental on her shop, we are assured this vacant space is in "Back Bay." Although people from the area usually put the "the" in front of it; although not necessarily. We also get a quick shot of the street, and its street sign, which reads: PARK PLAZA, if memory serves. Well, there is no thoroughfare in Boston with this name. There is Park Street; and there is Park Drive; but no Park Plaza. Although, there is, of course, the Park Plaza hotel; but that's on Arlington Street. But, doing further research, if you look up the hotel, it's listed as being at 50 Park Plaza; so we can give the benefit of the doubt. But the movie clearly shows that Lily's shop is surrounded by brownstones, which would place it (as a retail outlet) on probably Charles Street or Newberry* Street. Newberry Street is pretty much the Rodeo Drive of Boston. If it's even going to have a vacant space, the rent is going to be astronomical. Let's check it out; but first, let's have a Judd Nelson break!
When Lily finally bites the bullit and puts up the money for the rental on her shop, we are assured this vacant space is in "Back Bay." Although people from the area usually put the "the" in front of it; although not necessarily. We also get a quick shot of the street, and its street sign, which reads: PARK PLAZA, if memory serves. Well, there is no thoroughfare in Boston with this name. There is Park Street; and there is Park Drive; but no Park Plaza. Although, there is, of course, the Park Plaza hotel; but that's on Arlington Street. But, doing further research, if you look up the hotel, it's listed as being at 50 Park Plaza; so we can give the benefit of the doubt. But the movie clearly shows that Lily's shop is surrounded by brownstones, which would place it (as a retail outlet) on probably Charles Street or Newberry* Street. Newberry Street is pretty much the Rodeo Drive of Boston. If it's even going to have a vacant space, the rent is going to be astronomical. Let's check it out; but first, let's have a Judd Nelson break!
Mr. Nelson, Maine native, seen here visiting Plethora Beach, after Hurricane Gloria.
I stand corrected. Apparently vacant retai space is readily available in the Back Bay; but check out the price!
I stand corrected. Apparently vacant retai space is readily available in the Back Bay; but check out the price!
And that's the third floor. I can only imagine what street level would be. In any event, we MUST assume that Lily has scads of cash lying around in order to make her dreams bloom...(see what I did there?). Perhaps her economic status is examined in the book in more detail; but in the film, we can only extrapolate. Make assumptions about Lily's economic means. Infer, if you will. When first we see the house that LIly grew up in, we can see that it's large. Not, like, Newport mansion large; but big. However, when we see the inside; the foyer in particular and it's spectacular staircase that seems to wind up to a third or fourth floor we can only say to ourselves, "money." And more than likely "old money" at that, since this is Maine and her dad was the--what was it--the chief of police of Plethora? The mayor? Yeah, that's right...he was the freakin' MAYOR. We'll get to the further impications of that later; but if he's the mayor, we can also kind of assume he's from an old family that probably is wealthy; thus Lily's seeming endless buckets of money. And since she's an only child(?) we can also assume that that money stream is trickling down directly to her without any diversions to pesky siblings. But did she go to college? Floral school? Do they have those? LIly drives back from Boston to attend her father's funeral. So she's living in Boston. But she has yet to open her shop. So, what is she doing in the time being? When we see her return to the family manse (in an oh-so-Art-Directed vintage Mercedes), she blows off her neurotic Mom and heads upstairs.
Q2) Why is LIly's bedroom perfectly preserved in the state it had been in, when she was a teenager?
A2) For the initial answer to this, we must ask the Hollywood Collective. Why is any grown adult person's bedroom in almost any movie where they return home, still in the EXACT state it was in on the day they graduated high school? Why, LIly's music box was still positioned in it's original dustprint!
Q2) Why is LIly's bedroom perfectly preserved in the state it had been in, when she was a teenager?
A2) For the initial answer to this, we must ask the Hollywood Collective. Why is any grown adult person's bedroom in almost any movie where they return home, still in the EXACT state it was in on the day they graduated high school? Why, LIly's music box was still positioned in it's original dustprint!
* Miss Spelling Sez:
TORI
Chris, you have so thoroughly misspelled the name of that street, it might make me question whether or not you were from Texas. It's spelled N-E-W-B-U-R-Y; not the way you botched it.
CHRIS
I guess I was distracted by Judd Nelson's thirst-trap pic...
TORI
You're the one who's thirsty.
CHRIS
His character's last name in St. Elmo's Fire was "Newbary." N-E-W-B-A-R-Y"; although I have seen it spelled several ways and it's not actually in the closing credits. However, in my defense, I did not spend a lot of time on that street back in the day. Couldn't afford it, so why torture myself?
TORI
I dont' understand--
CHRIS
Well, why would you? You lived in a house with twenty-seven bathrooms. Did you have a favorite? Or did you like, rotate?
TORI
I'm not answering that.
CHRIS
Your dad was from Texas, wasn't he?
TORI
Yes he was.
CHRIS
My in-laws lived in the Austin area for a bit. I kinda liked it.
TORI
Keep Austin Weird!
CHRIS
I'll try. Say, what are you reading there? My book?!!?
TORI
No...
CHRIS
I can't quite make it out. I see flowers...is it a Colleen Hoover joint?
TORI
No. It's called Beautiful Messy Love by Australian author Tess Woods.
CHRIS
My sister Kate and her family live in Australia.
TORI
Really? Have you been?
CHRIS
No, I'm sad to say. I'm not keen on being on several planes for that long. So, have you read my book?
TORI
No. What's it about?
CHRIS
The adventures of a 17 year-old gay kid named Michael during the summer of 1983.
TORI
Is it sad? Or funny?
CHRIS
Both, I think. Like life. You know, you could play the mom. You're at the perfect age--I mean, if it ever gets made into a movie or TV show. Can you do a Massachusetts accent?
TORI
Are you freakin' kiddin' me? That accent's not haahd; I could play that pahht wicked easy!
CHRIS
Pretty good! You know, when I was writing it, I kept imaginging Shannen Doherty as the mom. Doherty was my mother's maiden name.
TORI
She will be missed. So, show me a script.
CHRIS
I'm working on it. Okay, I gotta get back to this Blake Lively movie. Ciao.
Chris, you have so thoroughly misspelled the name of that street, it might make me question whether or not you were from Texas. It's spelled N-E-W-B-U-R-Y; not the way you botched it.
CHRIS
I guess I was distracted by Judd Nelson's thirst-trap pic...
TORI
You're the one who's thirsty.
CHRIS
His character's last name in St. Elmo's Fire was "Newbary." N-E-W-B-A-R-Y"; although I have seen it spelled several ways and it's not actually in the closing credits. However, in my defense, I did not spend a lot of time on that street back in the day. Couldn't afford it, so why torture myself?
TORI
I dont' understand--
CHRIS
Well, why would you? You lived in a house with twenty-seven bathrooms. Did you have a favorite? Or did you like, rotate?
TORI
I'm not answering that.
CHRIS
Your dad was from Texas, wasn't he?
TORI
Yes he was.
CHRIS
My in-laws lived in the Austin area for a bit. I kinda liked it.
TORI
Keep Austin Weird!
CHRIS
I'll try. Say, what are you reading there? My book?!!?
TORI
No...
CHRIS
I can't quite make it out. I see flowers...is it a Colleen Hoover joint?
TORI
No. It's called Beautiful Messy Love by Australian author Tess Woods.
CHRIS
My sister Kate and her family live in Australia.
TORI
Really? Have you been?
CHRIS
No, I'm sad to say. I'm not keen on being on several planes for that long. So, have you read my book?
TORI
No. What's it about?
CHRIS
The adventures of a 17 year-old gay kid named Michael during the summer of 1983.
TORI
Is it sad? Or funny?
CHRIS
Both, I think. Like life. You know, you could play the mom. You're at the perfect age--I mean, if it ever gets made into a movie or TV show. Can you do a Massachusetts accent?
TORI
Are you freakin' kiddin' me? That accent's not haahd; I could play that pahht wicked easy!
CHRIS
Pretty good! You know, when I was writing it, I kept imaginging Shannen Doherty as the mom. Doherty was my mother's maiden name.
TORI
She will be missed. So, show me a script.
CHRIS
I'm working on it. Okay, I gotta get back to this Blake Lively movie. Ciao.
Q/A2 Continued:
So, Lily has been gone from Plethora and her old downeastah home for a good ten, fifteen years; based on this bedroom's current state. And we can only assume that she lives in Boston, since her bedroom has gone untouched, like King Tut's tomb. So what's she been doing in Boston for all that time? I mean, sure, four of it were probably in college; but then, after college she spent a good decade before she opened the flower shop; that is, if we do some math, based on the dates on her dad's gravestone and some assumptions about when she was born, relative to this. Her dad was born in 1959 and died in 2019. If he got married at say, 25, then it would be 1985. Let's assume Lily was born within a couple of years; let's say, 1988. So, LIly would be 20 years old in 2008; putting her thereabouts in her first year of college. Add four years and it's 2012. He dies seven years later and Lily still hasn't opened her shop, because she opens it right when she meets Ryle, which is immediately after Pop's funeral. Oh, yeah...did I mention the leading man's (also director) name is "Ryle"? Well, it is. Ryle Kincaid. Back to that later. And we've established that Lily does not live in Ryle's building. So, where does she live? What does she do for a living? Have her parents been supporting her? The movie does not address this, as we see Lily living with Ryle for most of the rest of the film--in his ultra luxurious apartment, natch, which is right next door to his sister and brother-in-laws ne plus ultra luxurious apartment. An apartment that when we see it (it's the penthouse of course), appears to take up the entire top three floors of the building as it soars to the sky. How is there even a rooftop deck for Lily to ruminate on?
Q/3
Why is Lily named "Lily Blossom Bloom"? and why is Ryle named "Ryle" Kincaid? And who names a child "Atlas"?
A/3
I can only hazard a guess. Hollywood is prone to names that straddle the Limit of Acceptable Absurdity. Soap operas have for years indluged in ridonculous names. Billy Clyde Tuggle comes to mind. Dorian Lord. Palmer Courtland. In the scene in the movie where Lily and Ryle are discussing their ludicrous names with one another, and admitting as much and laughing about it; why was not the punchline that his middle name was "Reuben"? And if I have to explain this, maybe I am too old to be relevant.
So, Lily has been gone from Plethora and her old downeastah home for a good ten, fifteen years; based on this bedroom's current state. And we can only assume that she lives in Boston, since her bedroom has gone untouched, like King Tut's tomb. So what's she been doing in Boston for all that time? I mean, sure, four of it were probably in college; but then, after college she spent a good decade before she opened the flower shop; that is, if we do some math, based on the dates on her dad's gravestone and some assumptions about when she was born, relative to this. Her dad was born in 1959 and died in 2019. If he got married at say, 25, then it would be 1985. Let's assume Lily was born within a couple of years; let's say, 1988. So, LIly would be 20 years old in 2008; putting her thereabouts in her first year of college. Add four years and it's 2012. He dies seven years later and Lily still hasn't opened her shop, because she opens it right when she meets Ryle, which is immediately after Pop's funeral. Oh, yeah...did I mention the leading man's (also director) name is "Ryle"? Well, it is. Ryle Kincaid. Back to that later. And we've established that Lily does not live in Ryle's building. So, where does she live? What does she do for a living? Have her parents been supporting her? The movie does not address this, as we see Lily living with Ryle for most of the rest of the film--in his ultra luxurious apartment, natch, which is right next door to his sister and brother-in-laws ne plus ultra luxurious apartment. An apartment that when we see it (it's the penthouse of course), appears to take up the entire top three floors of the building as it soars to the sky. How is there even a rooftop deck for Lily to ruminate on?
Q/3
Why is Lily named "Lily Blossom Bloom"? and why is Ryle named "Ryle" Kincaid? And who names a child "Atlas"?
A/3
I can only hazard a guess. Hollywood is prone to names that straddle the Limit of Acceptable Absurdity. Soap operas have for years indluged in ridonculous names. Billy Clyde Tuggle comes to mind. Dorian Lord. Palmer Courtland. In the scene in the movie where Lily and Ryle are discussing their ludicrous names with one another, and admitting as much and laughing about it; why was not the punchline that his middle name was "Reuben"? And if I have to explain this, maybe I am too old to be relevant.
Okay, Colleen Hoover (who I'm pleased to see is a Sagittarius!) was born five years after The Partridge Family went off the air, so she probably has no idea who Reuben Kincaid is. And I think that makes it time for a Partridge Family break! I really LOVED this show when I was a kid. I even had the luchbox. Those things sell for hundreds of dollars now.
Q/4: Who is Atlas and why did LIly not know who he was, if he in fact attended her high school. Wouldn't she have known everyone around her age in a small town like Plethora?
A/4: Atlas was Lily's "boyfriend" when they were teens. So why didn't she know who he was? Perhaps if he was new to town, she wouldn't have known him. But there is no indication in the script that he's from somewhere other than Plethora. Everyone would not only have known who he was; but more than likely what was happening in his life. And if he was from somewhere else, how was he able to just climb on the school bus and go to Plethora High? SHIT LIKE THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN IN REAL LIFE. He would have to register for classes, establish residency and all that stuff.
Q/5: Why is there an abandoned "mansion" in what has to be the swankiest neighborhood in Plethora, as her dad is the mayor and one might reasonably expect that he would live in the nicest part of town?
A/4: Atlas was Lily's "boyfriend" when they were teens. So why didn't she know who he was? Perhaps if he was new to town, she wouldn't have known him. But there is no indication in the script that he's from somewhere other than Plethora. Everyone would not only have known who he was; but more than likely what was happening in his life. And if he was from somewhere else, how was he able to just climb on the school bus and go to Plethora High? SHIT LIKE THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN IN REAL LIFE. He would have to register for classes, establish residency and all that stuff.
Q/5: Why is there an abandoned "mansion" in what has to be the swankiest neighborhood in Plethora, as her dad is the mayor and one might reasonably expect that he would live in the nicest part of town?
A/5: There is an abandoned mansion because there needs to be in order for this plot to work. Although, actually, it didn't need to be. The likelihood that Lily, daughter of the mayor of Plethora, would have an abandoned mansion within view of her house would be next to nil. And if there was, it would probably have been an inconvenient hike for Atlas to make, seeing as he was from the wrong side of the tracks. An abandoned train depot would've made more sense. Or, if it needed to be Lily adjacent, perhaps a disused barn? Or a blueberry storage bin? Potato silo? Old lobster boat? Lobster trap?
Q/6: Why would the Plethora High Mean Girls have attitude and be "grossed out" by this guy:
Q/6: Why would the Plethora High Mean Girls have attitude and be "grossed out" by this guy:
A/6: They wouldn't.
Q/7: Does anything about the character of Atlas make sense? His back story? Why haven't Child Protective Services become involved. Why does his school not know about his circumstances? Does he live in an unheated, abandoned mansion for the entire school year, including the long, extremely cold Maine winter? Does he have NO OTHER friends or acquaintances at school? How does he bathe? Does the abandoned mansion have running water or does Lily sneak him in to her mansion (what we can only hope) is at least once a week to wash his underwear? Is Atlas a little on the odiferous side? Is that what the mean girls are grossed out by? Because if that's what has their noses in the air, that could be a social deal breaker.
A/7: None of it is remotely believable. SDH (shit doesn't happen). If Atlas was being abused to the point where he had to squat in an abandoned mansion, why the fuck would he stay in Maine? He would go squat in Florida, probably. In other words, he would run away.
Q/8: Did I miss something; or did Lily's father--THE MAYOR OF PLETHORA--beat up a teen-ager so severly he was taken away in an ambulance? No, that definitely happened. In a "brief flashback" anyway. Would this event not have had massive ramifications for the town; that the MAYOR beat up a homeless kid? That Atlas' family would be charged with some kind of neglect?
A/8: This explanation from ScreenRant makes even less sense. She never sees him again? She didn't go to see him at Plethora General? Send a get well card? Ah, have to file an eyewitness report down at the Plethora Police Department? SDH.
Q/7: Does anything about the character of Atlas make sense? His back story? Why haven't Child Protective Services become involved. Why does his school not know about his circumstances? Does he live in an unheated, abandoned mansion for the entire school year, including the long, extremely cold Maine winter? Does he have NO OTHER friends or acquaintances at school? How does he bathe? Does the abandoned mansion have running water or does Lily sneak him in to her mansion (what we can only hope) is at least once a week to wash his underwear? Is Atlas a little on the odiferous side? Is that what the mean girls are grossed out by? Because if that's what has their noses in the air, that could be a social deal breaker.
A/7: None of it is remotely believable. SDH (shit doesn't happen). If Atlas was being abused to the point where he had to squat in an abandoned mansion, why the fuck would he stay in Maine? He would go squat in Florida, probably. In other words, he would run away.
Q/8: Did I miss something; or did Lily's father--THE MAYOR OF PLETHORA--beat up a teen-ager so severly he was taken away in an ambulance? No, that definitely happened. In a "brief flashback" anyway. Would this event not have had massive ramifications for the town; that the MAYOR beat up a homeless kid? That Atlas' family would be charged with some kind of neglect?
A/8: This explanation from ScreenRant makes even less sense. She never sees him again? She didn't go to see him at Plethora General? Send a get well card? Ah, have to file an eyewitness report down at the Plethora Police Department? SDH.
Q/9: Did anyone else watching the movie think: "Hmmm, I guess it looks pretty; but am I supposed to think Blake's character is a natural redhead? Because, I don't know about you, but I wasn't convinced for a second. Or was it (since she was Boho/Steampunk/Goth (Bosteamgo? Yes! TM/Pat-Pend/Reg.) that she liked to color/experiment with her hair, like, a lot; because it seemed to change shades from one scene to the next. Like, at her dad's funeral it was maybe a sort of, Garnier Nutriesse "Rojo Rust" or at dinner at Root restaurant, it was more of a Sherman Williams "Cherry Cola" and when she was cutting the ribbon on her flower boutique kind of a, oh, I don't know, Behr "Strawberry Shake"? And didn't it start to bug you when her hair fell around her face for the nth time. Like, sure, she loves that free, fresh, koo-koo wind in her hair; but enough already Lily. For godsakes, get a Scrunchie girl. Have you never heard of barrettes? There's a Walgreen's on the corner of Newberry and Park Place. We'll wait. Oh, wait a second! Tina Fey, what do you want? What--wait--
Get outta my blog Tina Fey! And where did you get that dress? You stole that from LIly, didn't you!
Miss Spelling Sez:
Ah, Chris, I think we know who's really the thirsty one now!
CHRIS
I know, right? Like, get a room Tina!
Q/10: Okay, fine. Neurosurgeon. You want your character to be a neurosurgeon? Great! Make him a neurosurgeon. Most neurosurgeons are probably pretty wealthy. But top floor of brand new Boston highrise wealthy? Could probably swing it. But male model-body-builder-early 30's Fab-U-Hunk? Lily may has well have won Megamillions. Here are some Boston area neurosurgeons:
Ah, Chris, I think we know who's really the thirsty one now!
CHRIS
I know, right? Like, get a room Tina!
Q/10: Okay, fine. Neurosurgeon. You want your character to be a neurosurgeon? Great! Make him a neurosurgeon. Most neurosurgeons are probably pretty wealthy. But top floor of brand new Boston highrise wealthy? Could probably swing it. But male model-body-builder-early 30's Fab-U-Hunk? Lily may has well have won Megamillions. Here are some Boston area neurosurgeons:
I mean, come on...this isn't brain surgery. Oh, wait. It is.
And please see: IEWU Part 3: What Would Hugh Do?
Ciao!
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And please see: IEWU Part 3: What Would Hugh Do?
Ciao!
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