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Fabulous Friday - - Mystery Guest, Nat King Cole
Nat King Cole will be part of a special Fabulous Friday series that starts next week, so I'm featuring him today as a Mystery Guest.
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Jan 4, 20191 min read


Celebrity Death Watch: Daryl Dragon
I have to confess that I didn't recognize the name Daryl Dragon when it slid across my TV screen this morning, on the crawl of our local...
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Jan 3, 20191 min read


Diva / Mensch pair for 1/2/19
Continuing with the winter theme, this month I'm going to focus on winter activities: Diva: Throwing snowballs Mensch: Shoveling snow
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Jan 2, 20191 min read


Fabulous Friday: "What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?"
I don't know how I became a fan of Lena Horne, but I was from a very young age. Her Christmas album, *Merry From Lena,* was one of my...
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Dec 28, 20181 min read


Diva / Mensch pair for 12/26/18
Closing out the winter wear theme: Diva: Gloves Mensch: Mittens
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Dec 26, 20181 min read


*Celebrity Autobiography,* 12/16/18
Nick, Tony, and I saw *Celebrity Autobiography* on Broadway on 12/17/18. I heard about the show years ago, when it was running off...
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Dec 22, 20183 min read


Fabulous Friday: "Calcutta"
This one goes out to all the Lawrence Welk fans out there! I am CRAZY for this song and have to restrain myself from including it on...
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Dec 21, 20181 min read


St. Ignatius Loyola Christmas concert, 12/16/18
Richard and I went to the St. Ignatius Loyola Christmas concert on 12/16/18. The concert opened with the head priest making a little...
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Dec 21, 20182 min read


*The Hard Nut,* 12/15/18
Jane and I saw *The Hard Nut* at BAM on 12/15/18, Mark Morris’s version of *The Nutcracker,” performed by the Mark Morris Dance Group....
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Dec 20, 20182 min read


Diva / Mensch pair for 12/19/18
Diva: Fur Mensch: Faux fur
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Dec 19, 20181 min read


Celebrity Death Watch: Penny Marshall and Galt MacDermot
My husband Richard just called me with this CDW double-header! Both American originals! Penny Marshall stole our hearts as Laverne...
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Dec 18, 20181 min read


*Otello,* 12/14/18
Barbara and I saw *Otello* at the Met on 12/14/18. It’s a Verdi opera based on the Shakespeare tragedy - - I saw it in Chicago many...
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Dec 18, 20182 min read


*Jarmila Novotná: Her Life in Song,* 12/13/18
I saw *Jarmila Novotná: Her Life in Song* at Urban Stages on 12/13/18. Novotná was a Czech soprano, a star at the Met in the 40s and...
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Dec 17, 20182 min read


Celebrity Death Watch: Nancy Wilson
Richard and I went to her 70th birthday concert at Carnegie Hall in 2007. She was such an extraordinary artist, I feel very lucky to...
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Dec 16, 20181 min read


Taylor Mac, *Holiday Sauce,* 12/11/18
Stephanie, Francesca, and I saw Taylor Mac’s *Holiday Sauce* show at The Town Hall on 12/11/18. The three of us saw one of judy’s...
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Dec 15, 20185 min read


Fabulous Friday - - happy birthday, Olivier Messaien
Olivier Messaien is one of my favorite composers. 12/10 was the 110th anniversary of his birth, so I'm shining the spotlight on my...
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Dec 14, 20181 min read


Diva / Mensch pair for 12/12/18
Continuing with our winter wear theme: Diva: Angora Mensch: Mohair
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Dec 12, 20181 min read


Anna Netrebko recital, 12/9/18
John, David, and I heard soprano Anna Netrebko and pianist Malcolm Martineau in recital at Carnegie Hall on 12/9/18. I emailed John and...
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Dec 10, 20188 min read


*Greek,* 12/6/18
I saw *Greek* at BAM on 12/6/18. It's an opera by Mark-Anthony Turnage from 1988, his first opera. The libretto was by Steven Berkoff,...
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Dec 8, 20182 min read


Fabulous Friday - - Mystery Guest, Gabor x 2
We have a Gabor double feature! We'll start with Eva - - so adorable: And end with Zsa Zsa - - such a glorious phony:
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Dec 7, 20181 min read


CDA: Catherine O'Hara
Oh my I was not prepared for this one. My brother Howard texted me yesterday to alert me to the death of the extraordinary Catherine O'Hara at the too young age of 71. Like many of my generation I first encountered her on SCTV. My favorite of her characters was Lola Heatherton, a dimly talented nightclub performer, her name pointing us to Jerry Lewis MDA Labor Day Telethon mainstays Lola Falana and Joey Heatherton. She was delightful in Beetlejuice (1988) but I'm not so into
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4 days ago2 min read


Fabulous Friday: Alanis Morissette
I've asked my friend Jori Hume to write a few Fabulous Fridays in the Rock and Roll Woman series. Jori is a friend from high school, without a doubt the coolest person ever to attend Delavan-Darien High School. I was about to write "ever to graduate from" but I bet there are some cool people who were dropouts! Jori is cooler than any of them. I'll hand the baton to Jori: Do you remember the first time you heard “You Oughta Know” by Alanis Morissette? Picture it: Kansas City.
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5 days ago2 min read
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