Bunny DeForde Speaks!

(A Note from Myrna: Hello dear readers, Gunther and I are off to a two month respite in the Austrian Alps. I’ve asked my mother; Bunny DeForde if she would so kindly fill in for me. Until next time….and I promise to bring pics!! Myrna)

Hello all! It’s Bunny DeForde here, manning the Olivetti to bring you this humble offering. To quote one of my favorite authors Grace Metalious (she wrote Peyton Place for those of you who might not know) said: “I’m a lousy writer; (and) a helluva a lot of people have got lousy taste!” Don’t you just love her!!
I was thrilled actually that Myrna asked me, her dear, dear mother, if I would write her column for this edition. She has never told you, but I was on the brink of becoming a regular columnist with the New York Times in my early career. Those were the days! I remember the smell of the ink! The roar of the presses! The exciting pursuit of a good story! The late evening dinners in the reporting room! That sleek, shiny surface of the Burl Wood desk top in Mr. Leeds office. Ah….what good times!!! But I digress.
I have always been so proud of Myrna. You know, I remember when she was six and could make mother the most deliciously dry Martini’s. She had quite the knack! Something she learned from her uncle, my brother; Sklar. My, what a beautiful cut of a man Sklar was and just a whiz with any concoction. It was just amazing at how quickly Myrna picked that up!! By the time she was eight, Myrna made the most delightful hostess at my gala parties! There she was, three feet if she were an inch, and just barely tall enough to reach the Hi-ball glasses! I can see her now standing on that little wooden stool behind the counter shaking that silver shaker!! Poetry in motion, she was!!
Oh, I must tell you about my fabulous cruise from which I just returned! I have decided that no one should never, ever have to live in a nursing home! The elderly should spend the money they would spend on that and live on a cruise ship!! Your every desire and need is met. Besides, you meet the most exciting and exotic people! The personal service you get will absolutely spoil you! I tried my best to get Myrna and her husband, Gunther to take a cruise, but she was so insistent upon going to Austria and retracing the route over the mountains that the Von Trapp family had taken! I tried to tell her that was only in the movie and that in real life they actually left Austria by train. But, Myrna is so strong minded. I have no idea where she got that! Anyways, my cruise was like six months of what heaven must be like. That is of course if heaven is a giant cruise ship with all those gorgeous men!
Dominique (this lovely young Spaniard I met) and I were inseparable. Every day it was languid basking in the sun on the lido deck and full body massages in the spa! Then Dominique would escort me to the “A” deck to the Baroness Lounge, where we would dance the Carioca (you know it’s not a Foxtrot or a Polka) until the wee hours of the morning! What a magnificent dancer he is! He has such strong arms and physique. And he has the most beautiful blue black hair and grey eyes you have ever seen. I was just amazed at just how many people Dominique knew on the cruise. They were mostly women. I know they were all very jealous of me for the time that he devoted to my every whim! I could tell by their stares, as we would make our entrance to the restaurant, lounge or theatre! In fact, we were so inseparable that he decided he would come home with me to Palm Springs and spend a few months here. It has been so delightful having him around. He makes me feel like a young school girl again! He just loves driving the Jaguar and shopping on Palm Canyon Drive! I can’t wait for Myrna to get back so I can introduce them! In the meantime I’m sure we will find something to do with our time!!
If you’re ever in Palm Springs, I do so hope you will look me up. Most usually you’ll find me relaxing at the Parker House Hotel and Mr. Parker’s restaurant. I will be the one with the large brim yellow hat sipping cocktails by the pool and a handsome man named Dominique on her arm!