In Reply to: Unfortunately, she set off that hideous white-woman corn row thing back then. Ugh. * posted by mr grits on October 20, 2007 at 08:20:13:
Mr. G.,
I agree completely the corn row style just didn't suit a lot of the women who tried it. I was in a restaurant once and the women sitting close behind me had this style and I nearly asked for a different table as her slightest movement made the beads click together loudly- it sounded like skeletons humping.
Of course anyone living in Los Angeles for 25 years will come across celebrities and my sightings have been mainly in restaurants but also a few at shops: Walter Matthau at a Range Rover/Rolls dealership, Vanna White at Steinways, Kelsey Grammer at Tower Records, Jamie Lee Curtis in muddy riding clothes at a coffee spot, Vincent Schiavelli at a Beverly Hills outdoor newstand - couldn't mistake him for anyone else, and Danny Elfman at Jaguar. If you're not from Los Angeles, this won't be meaningful, but I also saw "Angelique"- a woman with gigantic knockers appearing on billboards for decades who never actually did anything- at a Beverly Hills pharmacy at midnight Christmas Eve, and wearing a tiny, tight leopard print dress.
In the mid 80's I was buying parts at a car dealership and I saw a small woman waiting for a car who seemed to keep looking at me. As this was near a community where I'd designed a number of houses, I kept thinking that she might live in a house I did know me. She was petit, wearing ragged jeans and quite freckly, with a kind of stark stare. She soon drove off and I asked the service manager, "That woman seemed to know me, but I didn't recognise her", and he replied "Oh, that was Bo Derek". I don't know- quite unimpressive. -They must've used two coats of stucco on her face for "10" to cover the freckles.
Another time I'll tell the story of Dick van Dyke in a white kaftan holding the door for me at a Malibu deli,..
Cheers,
Bambi B
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Follow Ups
- I saw Bo Derek once - Bambi B 11:59:12 10/20/07 (16)
- Still looks pretty good to me....of course the freckles have been airbrushed here... - TWB 12:37:37 10/23/07 (2)
- Here is the hot L. Lohan airbrushed beyond belief.... - TWB 14:40:50 10/23/07 (1)
- actually she has disappeared... nt - dave c 13:00:56 10/27/07 (0)
- "Dick van Dyke in a white kaftan" That had better have been in the 60s... nt - dave c 22:10:50 10/20/07 (2)
- Well, no that was 1983 - Bambi B 23:41:18 10/20/07 (1)
- "child endangering mom"? Mrs Bush???????????????? - dave c 04:00:26 10/21/07 (0)
- he is a regular at the Malibu Starbucks across the parking - Duilawyer 21:47:41 10/20/07 (0)
- My LA celeb story .... - JDKmother1 16:32:22 10/20/07 (4)
- I offered David Lee Roth - Duilawyer 13:26:09 10/21/07 (0)
- Sorry, that was me! nt. - JDK 16:39:11 10/20/07 (2)
- That was clearly a sockpuppet * - DWPC 20:03:46 10/20/07 (0)
- Better change that password. nt - sjb 18:13:28 10/20/07 (0)
- It is kind of fun to bump into celebs - DWPC 14:59:34 10/20/07 (2)
- WOW! I read that as "hump" for a second... nt - dave c 11:54:21 10/21/07 (0)
- I've seen/met/run into a bunch (would love to see Ali)... - sjb 18:31:02 10/20/07 (0)
- I saw Bo Derek at an audio store in Westwood. - TAFKA Steve 12:35:35 10/20/07 (0)