Carolita’s story reminded me of what I considered a happy coincidence related to a piece of music. I am from Peru. The day I received my US college admission letter the top song of the week was Canadian Sunset (by Eddie Haywood and Hugo Winterhalter). A few weeks later, as I was ready to travel in January 1957, the song came up again in another program. I felt that the haunting melody was my good luck omen. Latter while living in Venezuela I heard the song again just before moving to Washington DC. And again when accepting a job in Mexico. That music of course was not heard much on the radio after the fifties. However I have heard Canadian Sunset on several random occasions when good things were about to happen to me. I did not purchase Canadian Sunset until a couple of years ago. I have in my iPod but it only comes infrequently in the shuffle setting. I guess I haven't jinxed it yet!

Please check out my post on Holiday where I write about films and food. Here, I pair the film with Kate Hepburn's Brownie recipe. Enjoy!

http://chef-du-cinema.blogspot.com/2010/08/tv-bites-holiday.html