"Why yes, we've had cocktails there -- often. But don't expect them to know what a Cosmo is, my dear. The bartenders are positively ANCIENT! Better to ask for a sidecar or a pink lady!"
You know, I was once there on crutches - yes, crutches! And as I was exiting the elevator, a South American rugby team nearly dogpiled me. I swear! Strike me dead if I tell a lie."
"We'd cab from Potrero Hill to the Mark Hopkins or the Fairmont Crown - God, remember that one time we saw Bob Goulet staggering down the hall at the Fairmont when he was appearing in Camelot in the 1990s? Oh dear - that was so depressing - even more depressing than that 1972 black and mauve fleur-de-lis carpet he was about to vomit on. And that actual crown, dear - oh - tragic. Like some sad left over from a church revival of Gulliver's Travels."
"Anyway, then we'd taxi down to Izzy's Chop House in the Marina. You know, dear - where the Steak au Poivre was served with that delightful cream sauce and the creamed spinach? Oh my dear - it was simply to die for. And the waiters - you never SAW such wine knowledge. And they were oh so cute - and oh so amenable to a pinch or tickle."
"Dinner was usually followed by dessert in North Beach and a night cap at some corner bar off Broadway. Near Big Al's, you know? Right before the strip joints. Oh, it was magic. The seedy clientele mixing it up with the upper crust, topped by the man who stood on the traffic island and screamed at oncoming traffic. Oh - the memories."
"Oh my dear. The young today don't understand the concept of what it means to be 'seen' in society, you understand? "
"That's why today we continue to be so glamorous and in demand."
And yes - it's all true.
You know, I was once there on crutches - yes, crutches! And as I was exiting the elevator, a South American rugby team nearly dogpiled me. I swear! Strike me dead if I tell a lie."
"We'd cab from Potrero Hill to the Mark Hopkins or the Fairmont Crown - God, remember that one time we saw Bob Goulet staggering down the hall at the Fairmont when he was appearing in Camelot in the 1990s? Oh dear - that was so depressing - even more depressing than that 1972 black and mauve fleur-de-lis carpet he was about to vomit on. And that actual crown, dear - oh - tragic. Like some sad left over from a church revival of Gulliver's Travels."
"Anyway, then we'd taxi down to Izzy's Chop House in the Marina. You know, dear - where the Steak au Poivre was served with that delightful cream sauce and the creamed spinach? Oh my dear - it was simply to die for. And the waiters - you never SAW such wine knowledge. And they were oh so cute - and oh so amenable to a pinch or tickle."
"Dinner was usually followed by dessert in North Beach and a night cap at some corner bar off Broadway. Near Big Al's, you know? Right before the strip joints. Oh, it was magic. The seedy clientele mixing it up with the upper crust, topped by the man who stood on the traffic island and screamed at oncoming traffic. Oh - the memories."
"Oh my dear. The young today don't understand the concept of what it means to be 'seen' in society, you understand? "
"That's why today we continue to be so glamorous and in demand."
And yes - it's all true.
2 comments:
Like a trip down memory lane!
What of Carol Doda? WHAT OF CAROL DODA?
I actually went to Top of the Mark semi-recently (within the last couple of years.) It exuded all the glam of Goodman's Lumber.
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