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| Vidal Sassoon |
"A good hairdresser can express ever mood and every passion of the human heart."
How true this is! I enjoy going to my hairdresser. I tell her everything that's going on in my life, and I always feel so much better when I leave. The best hairdressers love to make people feel good and look great. I wish I had been around during the 60s. What I would have given to have my hair cut by Vidal Sassoon, who changed the world of hairstyling forever. My mother-in-law was one of the lucky ones. In March, we had the pleasure of seeing a documentary about his life, from his tumultuous childhood in the East End of London to his stint in the Israeli army to the opening of his first salon. The shops are still around; they're simply just called "Sassoon." He is also an activist and has worked tirelessly to wipe out anti-Semitism.
In contrast to Vidal Sassoon, we have the classless trash of "Jerseylicious." Even though this "reality show" is probably scripted, it's my guilty pleasure. Most of the "employees" don't even work for the Gatsby Salon. On last night's episode, that bee-yotch Tracy was looking for an internship with Vogue. Ha ha ha ha ha ha!! First off, she dropped out of college after six months, and most interns work for college credits. Second, Vogue would NEVER hire trash like her! You either have to be an Ivy League grad or know someone there. Third, if she showed up to work in the clothes she wears, she would be sent home by Anna Wintour herself. So she makes herself an "apprentice" for a local lifestyle magazine. How shocked she is when she finds out she has to style food! She learns a valuable lesson that it's not about the smoky eye or the right handbag!!!
As for Somerset Maugham, he was a from a wealthy family and studied medicine initially. Real-life experience, such as medical school and his world travels, was the basis for many of his works. Maugham was best know for his novels The Razor's Edge and Of Human Bondage, both which were turned into classic movies. He was bisexual--he married and had a daughter but had a lover named Gerald Haxton. However, he showed disdain for the gay artist. He seemed to live the kind of lifestyle most of us envy--the wealthy man about town and world traveler.
You Say "To-May-To", I Say "To-Mah-To"
Gail Grabowski's puzzle is called "Tomato Cookbook." Here are the theme answers:
20A: Nightspot with Latin music (SALSA CLUB). The most famous salsa club of all was probably the Copacabana. It's still around but doesn't maintain its former glory of the '40s and '50s. The original location at East 60th Street is the club of legend. So many famous musicians have played there: Xavier Cugat, Harry Belafonte, Ella Fitzgerald, Sammy Davis Jr., Marvin Gaye, Celia Cruz, Sam Cooke, etc.
51A: Skillet relatives (SAUCE PANS). Nothing much to say. I hate cooking
11D: Full range (SOUP TO NUTS). I've always loved this expression. Origin of this phrase came from formal dinners that started with a soup plate and ended with mixed nuts.
27D: Business-card paperstock (PASTE BOARD). I love collecting business cards. think it's because I find it fascinating to get so many graphics and text in one small space. In fact, I belong to a group called the International Business Card Collectors. I didn't even know there was such a site until about three years ago. There are over 500 members and we do trades and round robins.
That's all the puzzle news for today.
I had a great time at Diane's Mad Hatter party over the weekend. The hats ranged from silly (Diane's jester hat, Adam's "pimp" hat, Vicki's tall hat) to the sublime (the homemade creations by Tara and Debbie.). Diane's husband, Dave has great taste in music and knows how to barbecue those ribs! Because her house was such a schlep, I slept over Saturday night. Diane's house is so whimsical . . . she made great use of small space!
Till tomorrow. . . .
Signing off,
The Puzzlechick
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