Darlings, Wouldn't It Be Better To Get Lemonade In This More Elegant Way?????????????????????

                                  Remember that old summer rhyme, "Lemonade/Made in the shade/Stirred with a spade/By an old maid?"  Well, that old maid stuff has gone the way of all flesh, so to speak, and, while lemonade is still a seasonal summer tradition, I think it should be served in a more elegant manner.

                                    Ah, the elegance of a past age.  When ladies were ladies and gentlemen gentlemen. And lemonade was just that, not laced with some liquor so teens could indulge in underage drinking.

                                        Whatever happened to chivalry.  And leaving calling cards when visiting?

                                        Like the song in "Chicago" says, "Nobody's got no class!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

Girls, It Is Bastille Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  Ooo La La, darlings!  Today, in 1789, the Bastille prison was stormed, marking the start of the French Revolution.    Today it is an excuse to indulge in exquisite French cuisine, or maybe reread Dickens' "A Tale Of Two Cities," or watch the MGM 1936 film, where Blanche Yurka steals the show as Madame De Farge.  You just have to love her, girls, knitting away as the heads fall into the basket from the guillotine.

I think I once had a toy guillotine, where you could repeatedly chop off the guy's head over and over.  It is amazing that I did not grow up to be a serial killer.  Perhaps it all changed when I saw "The Song Of Bernadette" for the first time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

This is a day to be celebrated as one pleases; just celebrate If I owned a copy I think today, I would watch "The Umbrellas Of Cherbourg," one of, if not the most, romantic films ever.

Happy Bastille Day, everyone!  Set off your own fireworks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, Darlings, How I Would Like To Go Through Fairy Halls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                    Wouldn't you, girls??????????  I know I would, especially with all that is going on with me.

                                     I am scheduled next Wednesday for a colonoscopy.  Only now I am 85% recovered from a cold, which lingers and makes me cough up glop to the point where I am not sure I should go through the procedure.  As if that was not enough, I have cataract surgery staring me in the face.  No date has been set, but I would guess early next year, since my doctor appointment is not till January 7th.

                                       Is it any wonder I want to go through fairy halls?  Or disappear to a world where colonoscopies and cataract surgeries were not necessary?????????????????

                                       As Charmian Carr sang in "Evening Primrose," "Take Me To The World!!!!!!!!"

                                       Or help me find a way to cope in this one!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Oh, No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Not Joanna Petet!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                        If, like me darlings, you were captivated by reading Mary McCarthy's novel, "The Group," you know that Joanna Petet, who died on July 7 at the age of 83, play Kay Leiland Strong in the movie version of "The Group."  Kay was the first one of her class to run around the table at the graduation dinner, signaling that she was engaged.  To one Harald Peterson, who did her bad.  He beat her, locked her in closets, and she died prematurely by falling out a window while surveying war planes.  Kay was the "bad girl," because, oh my God, she slept with a man before marriage, and girls like that had to come to a bad end.  Or so decreed the film and McCarthy's book.

                       It may not be but seems like Kay was the only thing she did.  She certainly did make an indelible impression in the film.  

                       Her death, on July 6, at 83, took me by surprised; she had such a fresh-faced look, almost like Julie Christie, that I thought of her as younger.  But then she was a young woman, well into her twenties, when she filmed "The Group."

                          Girls, if you have not yet read "The Group," you simply must.  It will change your life, as it did mine!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!  It set my sight firmly on New York.

                            Rest In Peace Joanna.  You shall always be remembered for Kay.

                             But don't make Kay's mistakes, girls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

"Nothing I Can Do. It's A Total Eclipse Of The Heart!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

                        I will never forget first hearing Bonnie Tyler's gorgeously raspy voice on the song "It's A Heartache."  The distinction of that voice made the listener feel her pain.

                         I also loved her rendition of "I Need A Hero," and let me tell you, girls, during my single period, this song truly resonated with me.  I needed someone to hold on to, and yes, to reference another song, I looked in many wrong places, till I hit it right.

                          But it was "Total Eclipse Of The Heart" that defined Bonnie Tyler to all of us.  I shall try and provide the song at the end of this post.  The lyrics were almost metaphors for many of our lives.

                           So, on July 8, when Bonnie left us this year, after complications from a perforated intestine and surgery for such, I was shocked to discover she was 75.  I really thought of her as youth; she always looked so great.

                         Bonnie's passing was doubly sad in light of the recent passing of Louise Lasser.

                         Rest In Peace, Bonne.  "We really need you tonight.  Foerver's going to

start tonight......."

                                         Here it is, darlings.  Bonnie at her best with "Total Eclipse Of The Heart."

Girls, Join Us Tonight At 8PM, As "Svengoolie" Presents "Village Of The Giants!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

                                            Originally, darlings, I was not in favor of watching this, but, because the cast has a lot of teen actors of the era, and a few too old but still playing teens, we have decided to watch this. This film was made in 1965, and the TV series" "Land Of The Giants" first appeared in 1967, so did the film foreshadow the series???????????????

                                              Not really, because the film is actually based on the H. G. Wells' work "The Food  Of  The Gods," about the idea of increasing the world's food supply by decreasing the size of people.  The actual title was made into a 1976 movie, but the idea of it was used in 1936's "The Devil Doll," and an episode of "Science Fiction Theater, a 50's TV show, called "No Food For Thought," that Universal bought the rights to, and turned into their 1955 giant spider hit "Tarantula!"

                                                 So, I know already that this will not be a sterling representation of the Wells' story.  But will it be campy enough to be fun?  That is the question, darlings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                                    David says we will watch the beginning, and, if we lose interest, we can switch to something else.  I hope so,  because this does not appeal to me at all.

                                                      However, hope springs eternal.  Se, we will see you at eight, girls.  If we switch to something else, I will be sure to let you know.

                                                        Wishing you a camp filled evening, dolls!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

This Has To Be The Marriage Proposals Of All Marriage Proposals!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

                                 Just watching it on TV made me dizzy.  Not even King Kong climbed that high!  

                                 Ah, the things we do for love, darlings!!!!!!!!!!!!  But this?  Where just one gust of wind could send a person into oblivion?

                                I don't think so, girls!  Nor for me!  Now, I suppose the only thing to outdo this would be a proposal atop Mount Everest?  But what are the odds of that?

                                Sure, the couple will face legal troubles, but I think it worth it.  Has anyone ever gotten a more romantic marriage proposal?

                                   Well, mine in Tiffany's was pretty special.  But that is another story!!!!!!!!!!!!!!