A Lovely, Lovely Day And Night
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mrkilbornThe days are getting longer. The nights, stronger. I'm in a poetic mood this evening, clearly due in part to my guest earlier, Gwyneth ![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
paltrow.
Gwyneth, always the prompt one, arrived just a bit after 5pm at Casa de Kilby. I showed her around the joint and we came back to the kitchen for some cocktails and some chatting. I think I may have coverted her from Stoli to Grey Goose. We'll see.
No pressure on her at the Oscars this year. Just go, collect the Armored Car they give you for being a part of the show, read a TelePrompter and done. Sounds like a gig I'd like to do someday.
Gwyn is very encouraging about that! She didn't say it was a "pipe dream." She thinks I could host the show some year! (Never mind that I couldn't host the Grammy Awards on MY OWN NETWORK.)
I fired up the B-B-Q (a gift from a certain Neighbor) and grilled the Cajun chicken breasts, while Gwyn, not content in doing nothing, cut up veggies for salad. I had also prepared some salmon and caviar on toast points (thanks, Wolfgang!) and she went to The Cheesecake Factory in Brentwood and brought dessert.
She told me about growing up in New York, being a private school brat, and spending her summers at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, where her mom trod the boards in any number of productions. I was surprised at how savvy and sassy she could be. But I shouldn't have been. New Yorkers tend to be fairly aware.
I limited my discussion about two of her father's programs, "The White Shadow" and "St. Elsewhere," to a minimum. Though we both agreed that Denzel Washington needs an LJ.
The chicken turned out perfectly and we couldn't have had a better meal if we had gone out to any of the restaurants I was considering. Plus, there was the added fact that we didn't have to deal with the paparazzi that, of course, always follow me around!
We had our cheesecake while watching a DVD of "The Muppet Movie," then made a Rainbow Connection of our own.
It was definitely a lovely evening, and I'm very much looking forward to next Sunday, when I'll escort her to the Academy Awards. Next stop... the tuxedo shop!
Night.
paltrow. Gwyneth, always the prompt one, arrived just a bit after 5pm at Casa de Kilby. I showed her around the joint and we came back to the kitchen for some cocktails and some chatting. I think I may have coverted her from Stoli to Grey Goose. We'll see.
No pressure on her at the Oscars this year. Just go, collect the Armored Car they give you for being a part of the show, read a TelePrompter and done. Sounds like a gig I'd like to do someday.
Gwyn is very encouraging about that! She didn't say it was a "pipe dream." She thinks I could host the show some year! (Never mind that I couldn't host the Grammy Awards on MY OWN NETWORK.)
I fired up the B-B-Q (a gift from a certain Neighbor) and grilled the Cajun chicken breasts, while Gwyn, not content in doing nothing, cut up veggies for salad. I had also prepared some salmon and caviar on toast points (thanks, Wolfgang!) and she went to The Cheesecake Factory in Brentwood and brought dessert.
She told me about growing up in New York, being a private school brat, and spending her summers at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, where her mom trod the boards in any number of productions. I was surprised at how savvy and sassy she could be. But I shouldn't have been. New Yorkers tend to be fairly aware.
I limited my discussion about two of her father's programs, "The White Shadow" and "St. Elsewhere," to a minimum. Though we both agreed that Denzel Washington needs an LJ.
The chicken turned out perfectly and we couldn't have had a better meal if we had gone out to any of the restaurants I was considering. Plus, there was the added fact that we didn't have to deal with the paparazzi that, of course, always follow me around!
We had our cheesecake while watching a DVD of "The Muppet Movie," then made a Rainbow Connection of our own.
It was definitely a lovely evening, and I'm very much looking forward to next Sunday, when I'll escort her to the Academy Awards. Next stop... the tuxedo shop!
Night.
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Date: 2002-03-18 01:21 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2002-03-18 03:40 am (UTC)I'm glad you had a good time, you deserve it.