“We bought some of Phyllis’s silver!” Dottie’s voice trilled over the phone. I could hear Bob in the background. My friends Bob and Dottie in Houston are avid sellers and buyers on eBay and got such a kick out of buying one of the lots of Phyllis’s silver at the live on-line auction last August that they couldn’t wait to tell me. Last week a long slender box arrived in the mail and inside were two silver serving spoons from the Phyllis Diller collection along with a note: “We wanted you to have a couple of Phyllis’s spoons. Do you remember them?” I have to say that I don’t remember them. I don’t remember Phyllis actually cooking at home. Well, maybe once or twice I saw her in the kitchen as I was leaving for the day. She said she enjoyed cooking because it relaxed her. Her son, Perry, says… Read More »
The “Service Dog” at the Party
Dogs are great creatures. They are companions and protectors and healers and some of them work in law enforcement. (I once saw a K-9 police officer wearing a shirt that said “Paws and Jaws enforcing the Laws.”) Dogs are incredibly loyal and they work for next to nothing. A pat on the head and a “Good Dog!” is the most reward they expect. Oh well, okay, maybe a dog biscuit, too. I’ve been noticing a lot about dogs lately. My AOL news page had two stories this morning about dogs saving people. At church on Sunday I saw a little dog in something that looked like a stroller for a Barbie Doll. I’d seen it a couple of weeks before and thought, “why would people bring their dog to church?” I mean really — right into the service. This time I saw a notice on the side that said “Service Dog.” Um…really…? My… Read More »
Phyllis’s Shoes …
Okay, Micheline told me to buy something from the auction but I wasn’t actually at the auction — just the preview party. And friends who did buy at the auction got soaked on the shipping — really, Julien’s charged them 500% over the normal cost of shipping. So yeah, I’m glad I didn’t bid on-line! Imagine if Julien’s charged $60 to ship a few ounces of silver what they would have charged to ship that grand piano. Good thing I didn’t succumb to temptation. Wait — was I tempted? Actually, no. Well, okay, maybe for about 46 seconds. I had stopped at Cherry Picked, the thrift store in Santa Monica where Phyllis’s son Perry had donated some of her things. Justine showed me a pair of shoes that I remember Phyllis wearing and when I squealed with glee, she insisted on giving them to me. I felt sort of bad about that, although I had already… Read More »
The PERFECT Day !
You’ve had those days when nothing goes right, haven’t you? Well, how about a day when absolutely everything goes right? Yeah! That’s the day I had on Wednesday when I went to the “gala cocktail party and auction preview” of Phyllis Diller’s estate! It was as perfect as a day could get. Driving down to L.A. was almost comical. The Highway Patrol has come up with a clever ploy, putting signs at strategic places saying “Highway Patrol Zero Tolerance Zone.” So while I used to go 80 in the right lane being passed by nearly every car on the road, now everyone drives a sedate 75, barely five miles over the speed limit. I had Google-mapped directions to Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills, but before that wanted to drive by the old family home in North Hollywood and visit the thrift store which one of the Dustbiters discovered had a lot of Phyllis Diller’s stuff. I… Read More »
READY FOR THE PARTY !
Wow, I can’t believe I’m actually excited about this, but yes, I am! In the morning I’m taking off for L.A., ending up about 6:00 at Julien’s Auctions in Beverly Hills. I’ve already packed my invitation to the “gala cocktail party and auction preview” of Bob Hope and Phyllis Diller’s estates. Probably don’t need it — I RSVPd twice — but just in case. Today I got the car washed, then printed out the directions for Julien’s, and tried on my good white slacks that I just got back from the cleaners and they fit! YES! No reason they shouldn’t of course — I wore them as recently as last month, but sometimes those cookies from Trader Joe’s sneak up on you. But what to wear with the slacks? I’d already decided to splurge on something new, so last Saturday I happened upon the perfect rest of the outfit to wear to a snooty party in Beverly Hills… Read More »
