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Saturday, October 05, 2002 THURSDAY SEPT. 26 -it rained all day, but i still managed to have lunch with lahoma, get a facial and have micro-dermabrasion. afterward my face was as smooth as the butt of a GAIETY dancer. that evening, i switched to marboro mediums and went to FEINSTEIN’S at THE REGENCY HOTEL to see LOVE AND PAYNE starring darlene love and and my pal, freda payne. it was absolutely fantastic. backstage after the show, i got to meet darlene for the very first time, and i told her that my all-time favorite christmas song is ALL ALONE ON CHRISTMAS, which she recorded first for the HOME ALONE 2 soundtrack and i later recorded for my HO HO HO album. tommy tune also came backstage and we got to say hi. from there, freda and i cabbed over to ashford and simpson’s club called SUGAR BAR on west 72nd street and boy, the joint was jumping. thursday nights they have an open mike where some of the greatest singers in town come and share their grace with a very enthusiastic audience. nick greeted us at the door as val sang back-up to the constant stream of terrific singers. ollie woodson is the lead voice on THE TEMPTATIONS hit song TREAT HER LIKE A LADY. he took the stage and turned the motherfucker O.U.T. it was truly amazing. the club reminds me of what i imagine the COTTON CLUB was like or the 20 GRAND in detroit during it’s heyday. jam packed with black celebrities and stylish people, nick and val have created quite a happening. i spotted roberta flack, toukie smith, 80’s supermodel peggy dillard, allison williams, tonya pinkins, ray simpson and choreographer george faison. freda and i had only planned on staying for 30 minutes at the club's one year anniversary, but we were having such a good time, we stayed for over two hours. FRIDAY SEPT. 27 - HOLLYWOOD SQUARES had arranged for a car to take me to jfk that afternoon, but two minutes into the journey, the driver (named elvis) got a call from the dispatcher asking him to ask me if i’d mind picking up THE VIEW’S lisa ling on the way. the first thought that came to mind was that this must be a stunt pulled by some reality show like CANDID CAMERA or HOWARD STERN. i started looking for a hidden camera. in all the years that i’ve used car services, alot of things have happened, but never have i been asked to piggy back with someone i don’t know. so i said “sure, what the hell ? i’ve got plenty of time before my flight.” apparently, there had been a mix-up at the car service company and since she was also doing SQUARES blah, blah , blah. she was pleasant enough, not the kind of girl i would have ditched high school with, but pleasant. of course, i had to tell her about how evil those witches were to me on THE VIEW, the day barbara walters was away. and how barbara came on t.v. the next day and apologized for them and how they behaved. i also told her that after being interviewed thousands of times, barbara walters was by far my favorite interview experience. she made me feel comfortable and respected. i spotted the actor william fichtner in kennedy airport and smiled at him. i smiled at the thought of him showing off his creamy white ass in the movie GO. . | Permalink 2009 RuCo, Inc.—All Rights Reserved |
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