Monthly archive for ‘ July, 2008 ’

The Dark Knight kicks serious butt!

30th July 2008 | 0 Comments

If you are one of those people who has put off going to see “The Dark Knight”… I am here to tell you to jump right in and enjoy the ride!! It is wonderful. The performances are fantastic in this movie. I know the hype has been about Heath Ledger and it is [...]


KC & The Sunshine Band

30th July 2008 | 0 Comments

Did I mention that we (me & the Shivers) did a birthday party this past weekend and the featured act was KC & The Sunshine Band?
I was so excited as I remember KC’s hits so well from the 70’s!! I loved “That’s the way un huh, un huh, I like it…”
Well, I am not [...]


Friends

28th July 2008 | 0 Comments

Friends. Great friends who have known each other for decades. We all got together for a casual barbeque tonight and it was so lovely that I am bursting with joy. This is the third straight weekend where I have been with close friends/family. I have been surrounded by love. Life is good [...]


Hilarious

25th July 2008 | 0 Comments

So I’m talking to my friend Denise about how fat I’ve gotten. C’mon girls, you know the drill: I am so fat that … (You fill in the blank ) Well, this crazy bitch got me beat. She writes to me and I quote:
I’ve gotten so large now that I have my own gravitational pull [...]


My birthday 2008 was the best ever!

25th July 2008 | 0 Comments

My birthday 2008 was the best ever! It was quite unlike last year’s “worst ever birthday.” I didn’t try to throw myself a big party. In fact I was singing at the “World’s Largest Block Party.” This outdoor street festival charges thirty five bucks a person and tens of thousands attend!! The [...]


Ronald & Me

17th July 2008 | 0 Comments

Ronald McDonald

17th July 2008 | 0 Comments

Okay folks!! I just got back from doing a gig for McDonald’s Corporation. It was an awards dinner dance and the honorees and guests were Ronald McDonald clowns from around the world. I kid you not. Actually, there is one “official Ronald McDonald.” He was young & tall and I think – under that make [...]


the neon lights are bright…

13th July 2008 | 0 Comments

I went to NYC a month ago to go see some plays on Broadway. We (me & cousins) booked a hotel in the Broadway district – literally around the corner from Times Square. Times Square was always a place I went to “glance at” or “drove through” for a brief moment thinking: “Wow! [...]


ain’t nothing but a number

13th July 2008 | 0 Comments

So me & my BFF Barb went to my niece’s party over the weekend. She has her first apartment and happens to be attending the same university I (and barb also) attended almost thirty years ago!!! There we were – the old hags – hanging with twenty something’s and you know what? We had [...]


Older and…

9th July 2008 | 0 Comments

wiser? Let’s try: achey, or forgetful or with lessoning vision. I have never felt “old” – not really. I mean the nature of my business is “party!” I am constantly telling folks to “dance!” Clap your hands!” “move your ass!” Meanwhile my knees, my back, even my feet hurt more and more. I listen to [...]