So I forgot to tell you about my hair appointment on Wednesday! First of all, I had to wait (how do you spell that JJ, pfttttt? ha ha). But while I waited I listened to this woman talking about this book. I remember when the book, The Season, came out. I still worked there and knew most of the people in the book. It was scandalous! I used to know where all the bones were buried in Palm Beach.
I remember Sue Whitmore and the Red Cross balls. She was the Listerine heiress. And she had long blonde hair and wore one of those thin scarves tied under the chin and a tiara! She was a legend in Palm Beach. She lived at the end of Worth Avenue in a lovely grand old house next to the Everglades Club. The grand dame. Her tiaras were real too. Well mine are real, real plastic but still real, right?
Chuck went to high school in Palm Beach, one of those private preppy schools where the class size was six. He was friends with a kid who's great grandfather supposedly invented jello with flavor in it if you can believe that and judging by the house he lived in, I believe it. They filled a pool with it one time. Green too.
Titles were used in that town. And some of them were bought. Did you know you can actually buy a title?
I don't know why my mind wandered to Palm Beach today, oh wait, the hairdressers thingy. Usually I try not to think about that island. Sorry.
I knew one guy who was married to a certain woman whos ex owned a big makeup company and he was (semi-secretly) gay. One night he was almost caught in an upstairs bedroom with a guy and he jumped out of the window to get out before he was caught. Well he broke his arm and guess what he was wearing? A garter belt and some leather stuff. Chuck went to school with their son too. I really did like this guy and worked with him for awhile. He died of aids but they told everyone it was cancer. And both our sons failed college algebra. Twice.
I had to laugh at the weather man on the 10:00 news last night. He was in an overcoat at the airport with a thermometer shivering and saying how it is brutal and it was 54 degrees. Now I know I am cold but brutal? Get a grip!
Hey I went through the drive in at McDonalds and the girl actually said "what you want?", I replied a diet coke and a black coffee. You could see on the screen what she rang up, a sweet tea and a black coffee with cream (?). I told her I didn't want sweet tea or cream and she said "yeah I know, drive up to da window". Okay. They gave me a root beer and a black coffee. And no "thank you" or "have a nice day" or "kiss my grits", nothing, just slammed the window shut. Why is unemployment so high when people like this have jobs?
We are now up to almost 1/3 of y'all commenting. That's great. I did see a guy with greenish teeth yesterday and you know what I was thinking, don't you? Uh huh. That's right. Somebody put a pox on him! Ha ha ha. I bet he couldn't find his car keys either.
Have a lovely Friday! I know I will. I am packing for a cruise!
I remember Sue Whitmore and the Red Cross balls. She was the Listerine heiress. And she had long blonde hair and wore one of those thin scarves tied under the chin and a tiara! She was a legend in Palm Beach. She lived at the end of Worth Avenue in a lovely grand old house next to the Everglades Club. The grand dame. Her tiaras were real too. Well mine are real, real plastic but still real, right?
Chuck went to high school in Palm Beach, one of those private preppy schools where the class size was six. He was friends with a kid who's great grandfather supposedly invented jello with flavor in it if you can believe that and judging by the house he lived in, I believe it. They filled a pool with it one time. Green too.
Titles were used in that town. And some of them were bought. Did you know you can actually buy a title?
I don't know why my mind wandered to Palm Beach today, oh wait, the hairdressers thingy. Usually I try not to think about that island. Sorry.
I knew one guy who was married to a certain woman whos ex owned a big makeup company and he was (semi-secretly) gay. One night he was almost caught in an upstairs bedroom with a guy and he jumped out of the window to get out before he was caught. Well he broke his arm and guess what he was wearing? A garter belt and some leather stuff. Chuck went to school with their son too. I really did like this guy and worked with him for awhile. He died of aids but they told everyone it was cancer. And both our sons failed college algebra. Twice.
I had to laugh at the weather man on the 10:00 news last night. He was in an overcoat at the airport with a thermometer shivering and saying how it is brutal and it was 54 degrees. Now I know I am cold but brutal? Get a grip!
Hey I went through the drive in at McDonalds and the girl actually said "what you want?", I replied a diet coke and a black coffee. You could see on the screen what she rang up, a sweet tea and a black coffee with cream (?). I told her I didn't want sweet tea or cream and she said "yeah I know, drive up to da window". Okay. They gave me a root beer and a black coffee. And no "thank you" or "have a nice day" or "kiss my grits", nothing, just slammed the window shut. Why is unemployment so high when people like this have jobs?
We are now up to almost 1/3 of y'all commenting. That's great. I did see a guy with greenish teeth yesterday and you know what I was thinking, don't you? Uh huh. That's right. Somebody put a pox on him! Ha ha ha. I bet he couldn't find his car keys either.
Have a lovely Friday! I know I will. I am packing for a cruise!
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Bee,
I am always amazed - and a little saddened - about how much some people hide about their lives. The truth always comes out eventually anyway.
Semi-secretly gay probably means only he thought nobody really knew !
That's what I admired so much about Sarge and what he talked about last year re: alcohol and his struggle with it and then recovery for so many years in one of his posts.
He was genuine and real, and it made him human and strong and credible simultaneously.
A good role model can be eccentric - and if he tells THE TRUTH, he is an inspiration. And then everyone says he is interesting too :)
Hmmm, now about your hairdresser ?
54 degrees is cold enough to wear a sweatshirt - and not cold enough to wear gloves !
The McDonald's employee should be an ex-employee with that poor customer service. Don't get me started...
Bye for now, Bee :)
Loving Annie
p.s. I am mentioning 'cake' in your honor next Wednesday :)
Just to prove you can get acclimated to anything...Last week it was 25 below zero here. Ambient temperature, NOT the wind chill! So this week it gets up to 25 ABOVE zero and I'm running around outside in just a sweatshirt and jeans, no coat. And 54 is brutal? At this rate 54 would be bathing suit weather for me...
Ciao Bee...
Buona giornata...
Here minus 3°C....i run!!!!
Until afternoon (for me!)
Ciao a tutti!!!!!
WOW! You were all over the place with your blog today, I suspect you overdosed on fish oil! HA! I will get that book The Season, sounds interesting. It is supposed to warm up tomorrow and Sunday, thank God, I hate going on a cruise in cold weather! How is Chuck doing by the way? Have you been having dinner with him on Sundays? I have my hairdressers appt. tomorrow morning. Today is my last day of work till after our cruise! Woo Hoo! See you on Sunday my friends. Hi Sarge!
I have Sue Whitimore's grandson for a client since he was 15 and still lived at the Everglades club. He is 38 now. I wonder if Chuck went to school with him? His name is Chris Cloage. Anyhoo.... are you going to gradb the book she was talking about?? It is called Palm Bitches. The lady that made you wait was Marilyn Maye. Google her you will be impressed, she is 81 years old!!!!!
PS I was really sorry you had to wait, at least the conversation was fun, AND Teresa wasn't there!
spell correction Chris Colage
Hilarious!!! :)
I just ordered the book-The Season on Ebay. Sounds interesting. Got a hardcover copy for $1.00 plus $4.00 shipping, not bad! Hope I get it by the time we get back from the cruise. See Ya on Sunday! Linda
Good morning Bee. That weatherman has to be looney, 54 degrees is brutal. When I leave from the airport to Florida on Sunday to go on my cruise it will be 0 degrees. Now that is brutal. Now that worker at McDonald's, I'm sorry to say people just don't do what you ask them to do anymore. To me that is just disrespect but they don't really care. I'm starting to arrange my clothes and material to put into my luggage. Only one day left to go until I meet you. See you then.
Paul
she actually said, "What you want?" ? that is funny and sad at the same time.
Sounds like you could write a book about Palm Beach, Bee.
Have a great Friday. I know you will because you are packing for a cruise.
Hey Bee are you on Twitter? would follow if you were. You can DM me at http://twitter.com/terrivw
would love to hear about the cruise.
I would love to post a rant on my blog about hairdressers LOL you are inspiring me to speak my mind on my blog.;)
OK, I give up. Here is your obligatory friggin comment. Put up the little Meloncutter voodoo doll. Pull all the pins out of the butt first. I knew this comment thing was going to be a pain in the a$$ but dang, did you have to use that many pins?
Have a nice day.
Later Y'all.
What you want? Bwahahaha! I do believe the "yeah I know drive up to the window" would have prompted me to ask for the manager. I still make cashiers look me in the eye and smile. It drives me nuts when they grunt something indistinguishable and don't look at me AND smile. NUTS! I may have to start videoing my wait in the line to show the managers how horrible some of them are...
Poor green teeth pox guy. But after all, you did warn them! :)
Have a wonderful cruise-packing day, Miss Bee! ♥
"Listerine heiress" type people always have intersting stories about them. We have quite a few heiresses here in Palm Springs that I run into.
That Mc D's thing sure is annoying...
A blog about Sunny would be a fun post, remember when she told the dentist she dosen't wait..........
Don't be giving me no stinkin' pox Bee! Ya, I was here last night and didn't comment but even after shutting off my computer and reopening everything and then trying to comment again my whirrly thingy just kept whirling. What you want from me? Moral of the story fast food is unhealthy for the mind and soul as well as the bod.
Shoulda gone to a bakery and gotten Cake instead!
OMG, I would have parked the car and walked in to talk to that lady's manager. That is absurd behavior for any restaurant, even McD's drive thru. Shocking she can have a job but so many others can't. You're right.
Happy packing! Don't forget the camera!
wow Auntie Bee, we are glad to know that our mommy is normal becuase her mind switches topics all the time, and if YOU do it then we KNOW it's ok. Oh, our mommy says that once our grampy hadded a green AND fizzy tooth that had to be pulled out. She saided that grammy laffed and laffed when the dentist saided "wow, I have never seen that before in my whole life".
Purrsss to you Auntie Bee (and Uncle Charlie too!)
I think I may have just had to pull over and go into that McDonald's to talk to the manager. That is totally unacceptable behavior in any sort of employee and if the manager hadn't set the situation straight, I would be getting in touch with corporate about it.
I think that part of the problem with all of these nasty employees in so many places anymore is that a lot of us just let it go when we really should speak up. Generally, though, we just don't seem to have the time to deal with it and it's easier just to drive or walk away. Lately, though, I'm thinking that if I'm forking over my hard-earned cash then I deserve better than having some rude employee tick me off. I think it's time we all put our foot down and say "OH NO YOU DIN'T!" and take some action against these clowns!
Okay, I will take my soapbox now and go find some boxes for moving! Hope you have a lovely Friday!
Keep those stories coming... too fun!
LOL@ Meloncutter....
These are some pretty good stories, Bee.
But, as for Mickey D's -- you know how unintelligible the sounds are coming from the speaker when you place your order? It apparently works both ways: They can't hear us either. Sometimes, like Linda said, I go in to get the order straightened out. Sometimes I just deal with it.
Yeah, it was chilly here yesterday, but I would not call it "brutal"! Hahaha!
Your post made me laugh! So many "secrets" in areas like those, and don't you love how everyone pretends not to know?
You could write a book about Palm Beach. Well, maybe not. Someone would put a contract out on you.
It is amazing how folks hide their families dysfunction from the rest of the world. Well, they try to anyway. Usually doesn't work very well either.
Have a terrific Friday and weekend honey. Big hug to you and Sarge. :)
The book sounds interesting!
Pack light ;D
PS...I'm going to email you an interesting Youtube ;D
Wow! I didn't know you lived full time in Palm Beach at one time. That is soo cool. You must tell more stories! I think I need to go read that book!
So.. what happened at the hairdressers??? haha Kris
I pull back into the parking lot and go inside and tell the manager their employee was rude AND got my order wrong...
When I was living in WPB, I hung with a few kids who were islanders. They were very unpretentious, but their perspective was a bit off. Sometimes, they just didn't have a clue as to the real world, you know? They couldn't understand how anyone could be "short of cash."
wow there are some strange people in this world!
i don't like mcdonalds. the employees are scary and the food is greasy. blech!
Lots of good and funny stuff to think about in this post. I'll have to get those books to read, after all this rally stuff is done.
Have fun on the cruise...like you need to be told that! Big hugs...
Bon Voyage, Madam Empress :o)
I will say that our local Mickey D's has decent employees. That one you had needs to be smacked.
A sweet tea sounds good right now, btw!
And 54 is like a heat wave in January here! At 40 people start wearing shorts in Michigan! :)
So, now you're putting a pox on people who don't comment? :) Green teeth or comments - I'm gonna leave a comment!
Ciao Bee,
a ciao before i go to bed!
I had a full day!
Are you ready? Is the tiara there?
I'm so curious to know how is your meeting with the other blogfriends!
Please take photos of everything!!!
Ciaoooooooooo!!!
Bee. I have to come out and admit that we are addicted to your blog.
I know... *shakes fuzzy head* don't tell anyone :-P
This was a funny story. I hope you got a nice haircut too.
It was 50 here and mom was hot and sweaty when she went for a walk with dad. Yeah, Polar fleece gives her hot flashes. That weather guy, what a hoot!
Happy Week-end
ps: two things
1. you need to put that "follow this blog" kinda thing on your blog... that would be cool
2. we are quite glad we know you and we share the "same views" on some things like: "The old story was a king with no clothes;
with Obama, it’s a suit with no body!" hahahahaha
Funny, funny blog. So interesting!
I've probably heard "what you want" so much that I don't even pay attention to it anymore. And I haven't heard a "thank you" in years...unless it's me saying it to them as I leave. No respect!
Y'all have fun on your cruise!!
We're having a heat wave here in the northeast. We reached 40 degrees, people are outside with shorts on and no coats. Now really people it is quite warm from where we've been, but really shorts??
Okay, it's 16F here (-9c), that might be brutal. Enjoy your cruise Ms Bee...ciao
I want to buy this title:
"Well rested mother of three perfectly healthy kids & wife of millionaire"! ;)
Hi Empress Bee,
What a delight I found your blog. I read John Heald faithfully and he mentioned his visit with you on the Valor. I love your style and attitude. Have fun this week.
Mary
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