The Nancy Guthrie Case!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                           My girls on here know I have been dying to write about this.  Not since Gabby Petito has a crime case so captured the nation.  It is a human tragedy for all the Guthries, most especially Savannah, and of course I have a few theories.

                               But I cannot say too much because I have been advised to wait and see how this all plays out.  My first comment is take a GOOD look at this picture and THINK.

                                 Second the cops are lying about persons of interest and prime suspects.  They have them, and I am pretty sure I know who.  If it plays out the way I think it will, remember you heard it here first.

                                     I do think Nancy is alive, being held captive somewhere, and getting her daily meds.  Considering how things have been operating, her demise would be a big surprise, let alone an unimaginable tragedy, not only for the Guthries, but for all of us who mourn for them.

                                         Having lost my mother to terminal illness decades ago, I have an idea what Savannah and her siblings are going through.  Losing a loved one to illness is bad enough, but abduction, where one is virtually powerless, is worse.

                                                I will keep you updated on situations as they unfold.

                                                But remember, I called it on Gabby Petito!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Do I Need To Study Color Theory?????????????????

                                          Could it help me get ahead with ANNA??????  

                                          I always thought I had a pretty good grasp of colors--I know what I like, what works on me, and others, and what does not. This chart is almost self-explanatory, and my colors are pretty much on the top half of the color wheel.  The second I would reserve for those who might benefit from those colors, and things like violet and blue violet are few and far between.

                                          Still, I think color is essential in fashion.  Who wants to look at some dull paisley????????????

                                            Treat your body, girls, like the ornament it ought to be.   Take a tip from Carrie Preston as "Elspeth."  Now, THERE is someone who knows how to dress.

                                              As for me, I am sticking with my color schemes, but if the opportunity arises for a class, I will certainly grab it.

                                                  Remember the album "Color Me Barbra?????????"

                                                   Color your lives, darlings!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Darlings, Here Is An Idea For Minimalist Decorating!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                           Most on here know what this is.  It is the photo of Janet Leigh, lifeless on the floor after the shower scene in "Psycho."  

                             Now, imagine having this enlarged to fill your inner living room wall, so that when company walks into the living room, this would be the first thing they would see.  Wouldn't that be fabulous??????????  I am telling you, girls, I would love it!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                          For the other wall, which one would have to turn and see, the perfect companion to the above would be a wall sized photo of the eye scene in "Un Chien Andalou."

                          Girls, I am telling you, this would spell out style and be the talk of the visit.  Of course, being a living room, a few furniture pieces must be on hand.  But only a few, so as not to upstage these images.

                              It could even serve as a gentle reminder to get your eyes checked.

                             Don't you just LOVE it????????????????????????????

Girls, Remember When It Was Possible To Dine Elegantly, But Inexpensively, In NYC????????????????????

 

                                                                                 

                                                                               

Oh, girls, for the elegance of bygone days!  Remember The Bird Cage at Lord And Taylor?  I almost got to dine there once, but unfortunately there was not a seat available.  It was a low-cost way for patrons to feel more sophisticated than they might actually be.

The same could be said of Schrafftt's.  Now, I am talking about the one in Manhattan.  Legend still maintains that the branch on the West Coast is where Lana Turner was discovered.  I never got to visit either Schrafftts, so I could not get discovered.  Besides, I did not have the chest to fill out the sweaters Lana wore.  Oh, well.

But Rumplemayeer's--oh, how I loved that place.  Each Easter, in those pre-DVD days, before I started annually watching "The Song Of Bernadette," I would go here, sometimes accompanied by a now deceased friend of mine.  Just look at that pink!  Is it any wonder I could not resist this place?  The decor was simply fabulous, darlings; I wanted to design my apartment like the interior of Rumplemayer's, and I still would.  How I miss visiting the place; just the sight of it was elegant.  And the ice cream desserts were scrumptious.  My favorite was the Peach Melba Sundae.  Going here, I felt as though I was Sally Ann Howes as Truly Scrumptious!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Alas, these days and modes of elegance are gone!  And it looks like forever, or at least the rest of our lifetimes--which might be the same thing.  Crassness has replaced classiness, and it is a shame.

Remember the ending of 1968's "Planet Of The Apes," when it was discovered the apes were earthlings who had mutated into apes????????????????

I fear this is how it actually started.

Don't let this happen.  Get a mink stole, your best hat, even with a veil, and walk into your diner dressed in 40's or 50's glamour.

Show them you will not stand for anything less!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Why Must Young Girls Dress As Tramps????????????????

                                             Now, don't start on me.  I know "slut shaming" is the new PC thing, but several things have to be considered.  Back in 1973, this poster would have been considered trampy.  Today, it's like nothing.

                                               And gay men.  Are gay men sluts?  Oh, my God, what I have seen!  Let alone done--in my youth.  And I am not even talking about those, like me, who want to be Rue McClanahan as Blanche Devereux on "The Golden Girls."

                                                  No, I am talking about the classless--this is perfect after my posting on Miss Class Blythe Danner--who choose to exhibit themselves this way.  Why?  And what about their mothers, who allow it?  Or are they all cheap beauticians, waitresses or prostitutes?  I know one cannot talk to teens--I was a teen once! --but these days, it is appalling.  A girl has no respect for her reputation!

                                                   And I can understand wanting to feel cool and comfortable in the warmer seasons.  But there are classier ways to do this than dressing like the world's oldest profession!!!!!!!!!!

                                                    The other night, David and I were walking home from Offshore, the diner where we had an early meal.  As we walked home, we saw, a block ahead, a young, attractive girl, with the most gorgeous long, flowing, black hair.  But--now remember how cold it has been, darlings--she was dressed in a thin black blouse with a white skirt so short one could probably see up to her hoo-hoo!!!!!!!!   I mean, who wants to see that?  But, seriously, even if you choose to display yourself this way, the cold is unhealthy for such things.  Unless she was high or intoxicated.

                                                       Does her mother know she is out, dressed like this?  Does anybody care??????????

                                                        I have been compared to Joan Rivers.  She always used to say, "What a tramp!"  Oh, Joan, if you were here today, you would turn your head in shame!

                                                          There is no excuse for dressing cheaply, and smothering yourselves in cheap, non-designer--oh, my God, would you believe it????????--perfume!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                                             Cover yourselves, you tramps!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                                      

                                                      

Happy Birthday, Blythe Danner!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                               Graciousness, elegance, breeding, class--where have they gone?

                                Fortunately, there is still one person emblematic of all these qualities--Blythe Danner!

                                 And today is her birthday!   Happy Birthday, Blythe!  Girls, can you believe she is now 83?  I should look this good now.  If only I could find out where Blythe gets her hair done.  That would be a step in the right direction.

                                 Many of us are concerned about her.  Not only has she not acted recently, but she waged a yearlong battle with oral cancer, and I hope she is in remission.  No word from Gwyneth about her mother, so my hope is things are OK.

                                  So, Blythe, celebrate any way you please.  Cipriani's is nice.  They have this ice cream desert that is scrumptious.

                                   However you choose to celebrate, we wish Blythe Danner the best for the following year.

                                   And hopefully act in something soon.  How about Hannah in "The Night Of The Iguana?." 

                                  Even iguanas are excited to be working with Blythe!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                     

Reading Nancy Drew As An Adult Can Help Develop One's Understanding Of Lesbianism!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                          Who knew, when we were children, that Nancy Drew books were burgeoning homosexual texts?  I discovered this in fifth grade, when I would always get a warm feeling every time I read about Nancy's father, "handsome lawyer Carson Drew." Mmmmmmmmmm!!!!!!!!  I knew I wanted Carson Drew!!!!!!!!!!!!!  But I did not yet know what that meant!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                            As for girls and lesbians, they had it better.  Did Nancy have a boyfriend?  I was never sure.  But she always showed up to luncheon in her white gloves, and she referred to her two best friends as "chums."  They were Bess and George, and were always labeled that way, so I am taking that to mean they were lesbians and were role models for girls facing that line crossing.

                              You can be sure Bess and George, and maybe even Nancy, if only to understand her "chums," had all read "The Well Of Loneliness," by Radclyffe Hall.  Oh, honey, what discoveries there are with that book!  Is it still taken seriously, or is it camp??????  Either way it is a great read.

                                  It is also a sure thing that in 1952, when Patricia Highsmith published "The Price Of Salt," which later became Tod Haynes' 2015 film, "Carol," that Nancy and chums would order Creamed Spinach and Poached Egg On Toast, with a Martini, the standard set by Highsmith's novel and Haynes' film.  Oh, girls, I am telling you, it is still done!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

                                   Now, Nancy Drew offered hope and inspiration for the lipstick lesbians.

                                   Who might it have been for those who were beans n' franks?????????????

                                   Maybe Pat on "Saturday Night Live?"  Or Fran Lebowitz?????????????