Andrew J. Lederer

i don't drink a lot of grape soda. maybe i haven't had it in years. but today at the chinese place, they said i was entitled to a free can for spending ten dollars, so, for some reason (interest had been building in me), i chose welch's grape.

when i was a kid, there was a commercial featuring character actor billy sands (i think he had been part of the platoon on bilko), where he (i think), said, with a revelatory tone, "you've never really tasted grape soda before 'til you've tried welch's." (then there was a jingle that said the same.)

well, you know . . .

it's true.

it's hot here in new york and it was refreshing.

i want more.

of course, now, the independent is saying sodium benzoate, an additive in soda, will damage my mitochondria and i'll get cirrhosis of the liver or something similar and die.

(that grape soda was good, though.)