Talk about living, like Jackie and Lee! No sooner were we home, from D.C., with one day of rest, before we were packing our bags, and heading out to the much closer Morristown, New Jersey. We had a birthday party to go to.
Our friend, Lynda, of Lynda and Marilyn, was turning 90 on the 14th, and wanted the party on that day. So David (taking some time off from work) with me, joined the two of them, their daughter (Lynda is actually Len, a cross dresser!) Hailey, and her husband, Jay, and their friend, Arnell, and his girl friend, Joanie.
Let me tell you, darlings, barely an hour out from Manhattan, you can succumb to sumptuous plantation living. Just look at the outside. The interior lobby is all turn of the century décor, which is breathtaking for a hotel in New Jersey. Our room was bigger than our apartment, and the shower facility was so fabulous I have to have one installed--with two shower heads, a seat to sit on, and all the conditioner and cream rinse one could ask for. When I was done, I swear, I walked out of that bathroom, feeling I looked like Gene Tierney!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
As for the birthday dinner, the evening before, it was like something out of "The Harvey Girls," which, ironically, David had recently watched. Most of us had steak, though Marilyn had salmon, and the vanilla ice cream I had was scrumptious, The chocolate mousse turned out to be the most popular dessert ordered, and a mini birthday cake, was brought in by the staff, who, with us, sang "Happy Birthday," to Lynda. Who got some gorgeous gifts, including some kind of red, floral patterned caftan that I am just dying to see him wear!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Who would expect a foray to Jersey would be this elegant? I could actually stay at The Madison for a week.
But we had to get home, the next day, and back to some semblance of our normal lives!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
If only some of my animal friends had been there. The canines would have loved the steak!
And so did Gojira!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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