Yeeeears Ago
I have better things to do than reading gossip columns, but unfortunately Campbell Robertson, who's running the feature now, is too funny to miss. Half the time, I don't know who the boldface names are, but Mr Robertson's sneakiness always makes me smile. Today it made me burst out laughing.
The event was the reopening of Walt Disney's Cinderella, which has just been issued on DVD. Then there was a bal at the Waldorf, in the middle of the day. "Dancers waltzed," writes Mr Robertson, making it perfectly clear in two words that the dancers were hired entertainment, not guests. This was, after all, a mother-daughter event. That's daughters as in "little girls."
Upon that, [Cynthia Rowley's] daughter dropped to the floor like a professional soldier and began demanding to leave.
"She is having a total sugar meltdown," Ms Rowley said.
You have to love it. Soon-Yi Previn was one of the - mothers.
Did you know the [Cinderella] story as a child?
"Yes, and actually my husband got me a Cinderella watch," she said, lifting up her petite wrist to show us the watch. "He gave it to me because he knew it was my favorite."
When did he give this to you?
"Yeeeears ago."
How many years ago?
She suddenly appeared uncomfortable. "I don't remember," she said. Then, taking her children by the hand, she scurried off.
Way to go, Campbell! Now, if you do not know who Soon-Yi Previn is - and there's no good reason why you should - and are correspondingly unaware of her husband's identity, then please write to me and I will tell you.
Forgive me for taking up your valuable time.
Comments
Who are these people? Just kidding.I love this account, which also made me laugh.
Posted by: Ozma | October 5, 2005 12:53 PM
THAT is priceless. Seriously. What a gem of a story. I would love to see photos.
Posted by: Ms. NOLA | October 5, 2005 01:25 PM
Terribley funny. And terribley sad.
Posted by: patricia | October 6, 2005 09:21 AM
Help us, you know, us here with the undereducated minds or more likely the insufficiently intelligent types, help us out with bal here
just what is a bal? Is it and abbreviation for a larger word or does it stand on its own? From the context it would appear to be a promotional event, n'est-ce pas?
We have using the available resources come not so much to a dead-end as to a gravel road
It would appear that bal is used here as the French word here meaning dance.
It would be very helpful for us, if you would be more scrupulous in putting foreign words in italics otherwise we will devolve to some horrible form of Franglish here. From years of life in South Texas I can tell you that only in person can you use Tejano English and then you had best be sure your conversational partner speaks Tejano. But, then perhaps French has become far more popular and widespread in use than I imagined in NYC.
Posted by: George | October 8, 2005 07:24 AM
My god, not that Soon-Yi Previn. Well, dear me, so long ago she married him too!
Posted by: George | October 8, 2005 07:29 AM