new fours

Katie: I hope your day got better. I enjoyed your new favorites b/c they took me back to some of my favorites. I don't really have a clue about the 3 smelly, face-enhancing stars from the Post...could it be Goldie Hawn for the face? She says she hasn't had anything done but she's 60!!! Could it be that Niaomi Campbell for the smelly one? But she's not an actress...hm-m-m...who? who? who?

My new faves:

Meals: St. Paul du Vence: used pooper scoopers; the rent-a-bus gang in Avignon at the Vietnamese restaurant close to our hotel: about 500 little spring rolls were served and Baga drank cold burgandy; Thanksgiving in Boulder, 2003; dinner at "home" in Santa Fe announcing Michelle & Will's engagement; hundreds of memorable meals all over the world with dad, specifically the one at the HK Sheraton when he told me we were moving to HK; meals with the 5 of us at the restaurant downstairs at the Sheraton (name-???) where they asked if we had a rer-ru-ration; dinners at the Red Pepper; pizza at Mondo's with cartoons; castles in France with Will outside running that motorized car...Ritz in London for Megan's b-day; Katie & Jordan last time at Supper; Martha's Vineyard for M's b-day; Cheesecake Factory with Katie and friends and Doug; Joe's Stone Crab with my bros; Disneyworld meals with family and Jonah.

Relatives: Jeff & Tim & Joan.

Plays:Witches, Phantom..; Cats; Seven (with Antonio!!); Starlight Express.

Parties:Michelle & Will's wedding dinner on Captiva; Michelle & Will's Tulsa party; Megan & Jesse's shower at the Broach's; Megan & Jesse's party at the lake; Katie's graduation party; Megan & Jesse's wedding; neighborhood Christmas parties; McBirney Christmas Eve parties, Tom's 50th B-day party; Tom's 40th B-day party, CCMCO Christmas parties; Megan's singing party.

Holidays: Thanksgiving, Christmas, Memorial Day (anniversary).

Airline Rides: "to" HK; "home from" HK; trip from Hawaii when Will won the bottle of champagne(when we got off that flight and were 5 little sheep...)

Pets: Sophie, Punky, and J. Gatsby.

Presents: surprise trips from Tom; gold necklace; gardening set from Megan; DVD Christmas; make-up from Miss J.; flowers from Will on Mother's Day; laundry box from Michelle.

Dates: sushi with Tom.

Incidents/Trips: hiking in HK; junking in HK; ski trips at Christmas; trips to Santa Fe; Spring Breaks in: Florida, CO, Mexico, Hawaii,Grand Lake;1st Europe trip with W.,M.,T.: Loire Valley, Grasse, Cannes, Nice; Europe trip with Katie: Paris at night,Amsterdam in a train strike, Berg Els, chocolate factory in Cologne; China with Tom: the Maanshan diet, Shanghai in 1980 (first American woman there!), Beijing Great Wall Hotel, Nanjing discovery of Yishing teapots; Great Wall by taxi; Instanbul with T & W: boat ride, market where Will bargained for his suitcase; Ireland with M: driving to castle on roads that ended abruptly into the ocean; Italy: Milan pedestrian walkway, portraits by an artist at La Duomo, Last Supper; Bali Club Med: Will in his underwear, Phuket: dad in his underwear, Devitt boy on motor cycle; England: Mellon's house, Madame Tussands; Romania: art, outdoor cafes; all GIFAS.

Friends I don't see anymore: Sharon Peoples, Jennifer Rowe, Gail Devitt.