Bea tribute

I still can't believe Bea Arthur is gone, can you? On Friday night, Philip and I went to the Bea Arthur tribute at Dixon Place. I meant to dress like Bea, but I forgot to! :( Fortunately, other people didn't ...

I remember once trying to describe the agent Irene Skolnick's outfits to someone, and I told them that she dressed every day like Bea Arthur did when she was trying to be fancy on "The Golden Girls" ...

An author was at the tribute, and he described meeting Bea at her house when he was interviewing her for his book THE Q GUIDE TO THE GOLDEN GIRLS. She insisted that he have a drink with her, and she opened a cupboard (which was filled entirely with liquor) and produced two enormous goblets. He requested white wine, thinking that that was the safest choice, and she proceeded to pour an entire bottle into the two goblets. So he had to sit down and drink, literally, half a bottle of wine with Bea Arthur! I wonder what she wore at home? Probably something flowing ...

Work luncheon

Alberto took the department out to lunch, and everyone looked so fashionable that I wanted to take a picture. What a stylish crew! Especially Kendra, who is hiding behind Vanessa. We went to Arriba Arriba on Ninth Avenue, but then everyone lingered after lunch for a long time, talking. I became impatient and left first, at which point they probably all huddled together and decided to fire me on Monday. I love it that I work in a department that goes out to lunch together, but at a certain point, it's time to put down the fork and pick up the pieces. At my age, I only have so much time left to share at departmental lunches! I have to accomplish everything on my "bucket list," for chrissakes!