Gutsy Broad: Dolly Parton

Posted by on Mar 7, 2008 in dish | 1 comment For such a tiny thing, Dolly Parton has a way oversized personality. The wigs. The nails. The sequins, The wisecracks. And, of course, the bazooms. She’s the ultimate American success story, rising from poverty in the mountains of Tennessee into an Oscar-nominated, Grammy-winning, songwriting force of nature. From the lovely “Coat of Many Colors” to the classic...
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10 Favorite Drinks

Posted by on Mar 4, 2008 in dish | 4 comments Iced tea. Real Southern belles can drink iced tea during a blizzard. I proved this last week in New York, drinking iced tea like it was going out of style while it was snowing sideways.Dr Pepper. The preferred carbonated vice.Cheerwine. The other preferred carbonated vice, especially when I’m in North Carolina.Freshly-squeezed orange juice. Nice bonus of having a Valencia tree in my...
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Cool Chick: Reese Witherspoon

Posted by on Feb 29, 2008 in dish | 2 comments Reese Witherspoon’s production comapny, Type A films, reflects a truth about this blonde dynamo many of us know. She will not, cannot fail. She won’t give up. She has two kids that she manages to be raising in a mostly-sane way in an insane environment, she doesn’t appear to rely too heavily on nannies, bodyguards, or a huge entourage, and she’s charming and gracious....
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Books and Cooks: False Impression

Posted by on Feb 26, 2008 in dish | 1 comment WE’RE READING: I’M SERVING: BREAKFAST CASSEROLEThis is the second Archer page-turner we’ve selected–the first being Kane and Abel–and it was a snack of a book. I ate it in a few hours, actually. It’s extremely fast-paced. The entire action takes place in the week or so following the September 11 attack. The heroine, Anna Petrescu, is a Czech refugee all grown...
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NYC Saturday: Theater Gal

Posted by on Feb 23, 2008 in dish | 3 comments Aside from the fact that my boots are not made for walkin’–at least, not on all this concrete all the time (the things we do to keep warm and stay marginally in fashion)–I am loving this trip to New York.Tonight was special for another reason, since I got the chance to hook up with a former student of mine. He’s the stage manager for the Take Wings and Soar production of...
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