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Hearst Owned Years ago, during a former presidential administration, there was a dinner at the White House honoring a prominent patron of the arts. His twenty-something stepsons were seated on either side of a celebrity who was then, and remains now, a household name. She was not pleased. “She took one look at the seating and called over the White House social secretary and said, ‘I do not find this to be appropriate seating. I do not know these people,’” recounts one of the stepsons (as long as no one’s identity is revealed). “The secretary said, ‘These are the sons of the honoree of the evening and if you are not comfortable, we suggest you not stay.’ Of course, she did stay.” ....
preparing for the british royal family? we had a little incident on the south lawn, which started off the visit, and at the arrival ceremony, the president makes remarks first and greets the dignitary, in this case, queen elizabeth, and they are all standing out there, and then the queen stepped up to the microphone to make responding remarks. well, the chief of protocol, who s standing there with them was meant to pull out the step behind the microphone to raise her to the right height, and she had a lovely purple hat on that day with sort of a brim and stripes around it, and she s but he did not pull out the step. she went ahead and made her remarks, and, of course, in the paper the next day, it was the talking hat, but she had a great sense of humor and addressed the joint session of congress that morning, and as i wasn t there, but i was told that she opened by saying, i hope everyone can see me. and then we had one other cute story that no other visiting dignit ....
well, i think, just the whole family really gets so close together. you always have an opponent in politics. so doesn t have to be your husband. i like you anyway. so do i. no. i think that there s something about politics when the world isn t against your husband, you think, at times for children. our grandchildren, 17 plus four, are very close. i think it is because of politics. i can imagine. they are very close. very loving. i will say to pierce, oh, i haven t heard from marshall for a while. oh, i just talked to her yesterday. or they get the iphone which is evident leap you can talk forever for free. incidentally, marshall has just asked me to sign a picture for cane corso dog breeder. it is a dog about so big that can eat you up. it killed a woman. she s getting one. i signed it, but i didn t want to. what do you miss the most about the white house? i always say the chef. understandably. just like barb said, we miss all the people we work ....
would think, gosh, if i were a guest at the dinner tonight, that s where i would like to sit. and this dinner, i thought, gosh, i would like to be at this table with joan crawford and don hewitt and joe califano and cathy douglas, who was the brand-new, young bride of a supreme court justice bill douglas, and did i say joan crawford? yep. well, joan crawford had arrived with her own flask of vodka. i mean, we did pass a lot of drinks, but she didn t think there was going to be enough, so she had her own flask. anyway, the dinner was served, and then the in joan crawford s defense, i would say, we weren t smart enough to know we also invited her ex-husband, douglas fairbanks? no, some other one. well, i think there was more than one. yeah, and they were passing notes back and forth during the dinner, but then the dessert plates came, and cathy douglas is now a very grown-up, very sophisticated lady, but she was very new on the scene then, and so joan craw ....
began the toast, and out of the corner of my eye, i see this tiny white dog and four legs going right towards his mistress, and i held my breath, and thought i know i d seen them put him in the kitchen earlier, i hear this bark, woof, and the president looks around and smiles and mrs. farish didn t move, so the president went on, and 30 seconds later, another louder bark, that s when i got this look from the president, and i thought, you know, i ve got to do something, i ran over, captured the dog, and put him in the kitchen. that was my moment of royalty. we ll have to add that to the job description. right, right, getting the dog. just summing up, and, gosh, i wish we had more time, but, crawford and don hewitt and joe califano and cathy douglas, who was the brand-new, young bride of a supreme court justice bill douglas, and did i say joan crawford? yep. well, joan crawford had arrived with her own flask of vodka. i mean, we did pass a lot of drinks, but she ....