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Wednesday, December 19, 2001 BEFORE LIZA’S AFTER PARTYday three in new york has me more in love with the city than ever before. i’m in love with life, i’m in love with love, hell, i’m in love with lorna luft !!! 12:30 pm) my new york wake up time. make phone calls and puttz around awhile. 4:pm ) a sesame seed bagel triple toasted with cream cheese. no coffee cause i’m off the stuff right now. had a 35 minute conversation with a 22 y/ o krishna monk on 34 street. he was very hot. he said his name was “go paul”, i told him my name was rupaul. he reminded me that God walked with me, so i gave him five dollars. 5:30 ) i bought cher’s “living proof” for $ 5 and the dvd of “shrek” for $ 10. (note to self : next time i see cher, give her a dollar. a better royalty rate than she gets from “big brother” ) 6:15 ) met up with a 7 month pregnant michele visage at the pre-concert party for wktu’s “miracle on 34th street”. that bitch cracks me the fuck up !!! just like ol’ times. 7:45 ) “the morning show” is introduced on stage at madison square garden by the boss, frankie blue. they asked me to join them in front of the crowd at the sold out event. 8:pm ) the show featured performances by liza minnelli, chaka khan, mary j. blige, deborah cox, stephanie mills and others. mariah carey came out to intro alicia keys, who i don’t get at all. 10:30 ) walked michele to her parking garage and said “ta ta”. 30 seconds later i saw this this drunk guy, running across the street, get grazed by a speeding taxi. he fell flat on his face. it was a miracle that he wasn’t killed. i ran over to him and asked if he needed help. he then stood up and grabbed my coat as if he were going to punch me out, but he didn’t. he just kept on, limping down the street. with time to kill before liza’s after party, i headed straight to “the gaiety” to catch the last show of the day. at fifteen dollars, it’s still the best ticket on broadway !! 11:30 pm ) me and mary j. arrived at liza’s front door at the same time. we got to say hi and kiss kiss. she was on her cell phone, talking to her mother during our encounter. the party was fun for me, cause i got to meet stephanie mills. we talked at length before she was summoned to the piano to sing “home” from her broadway show “THE WIZ” . also had a great conversation with “ashford and simpson”. i pitched them the idea of a touring show bound for broadway called “hopsack and silk : the songs of ashford and simpson” starring stephanie mills, siedah garrett and jennifer holiday. another highlight of the evening was liza minnelli and mary j. blige duetting “god bless the child”. liza was in great spirit. her fiancé produced the concert that night and i congratulated him on a job well done. especially the orchestra, which was excellent. also at liza’s were : michael finestein, marisa berenson, denise rich, mya, billy gilmore, amber, deborah cox, “vicki” from “one life to live” and star jones. 1:30 am ) with the dionne warwick catalog in my earphones, i walked down madison, then over to 5th ave. to the christmas tree at rockefeller center. joy to the world. i was in heaven. 2:30 am ) times square and dionne, wow !!! checked out this european cyber cafe that "tennessee" told me about called “easyEverything”. featuring a computer with 4 hours of internet access for $ 1. i stayed an hour. 4:30 am ) i went to bed. . | Permalink 2009 RuCo, Inc.—All Rights Reserved |
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