August

[dexterjerome]

August! comes soon. I hope to:

• Go to the beach.

• Scratch my pop-culture reading itch:

- 'LuLu' by LuLu Roman
- 'The Girl From Peyton Place' by George Metalious and June O'Shea
- 'The Million Dollar Mermaid' by Esther Williams (All those snide comments on Amazon just make me want to read it more

Comments

[phyllisgabor]

Whoever wrote that blurb for the calendar deserves a medal. "Nuns frolicking in the surf like peguins?" GENIUS!

Nuns also get to hang out with celebrities--check out this photo:



The Girl from Peyton Place has been on my "to read" pile for months--I keep putting it off for some reason.

And you MUST post a full review of Lulu's book when you've finished it--I am dying to hear what you thought of it!

my candelabra blazing makes money that's amazing

[dexterjerome]

That picture is boggling my brain! I wonder if they got to sing along to an opulent Liberace tune? INCREDIBLE.

I like the faux-fancy cardboard backdrop, too.

Have you ever seen Liberace's cookbook? There's a copy at the public library here. He takes you on a tour of his (~18?) formal dining rooms. I was at an antique store recently and I swear I saw the rococo-style console television from his TV dining room, or at least one EXACTLY like it.

Re: my candelabra blazing makes money that's amazing

[phyllisgabor]

Oh, I'm dying to find a copy of his cookbook. I have the ornate coffee table book that was published right before he died, and I love it.

I tried to read his autobiography once, but it was SO BORING! And full of lies, of course. For better or for worse I think Scott Thorson's book reveals Lee as he truly lived.