I started this blog this morning, and before I knew it I pushed the wrong key, and ooops the entire piece disappeared.......my thoughts were so clear and sharp, and now not so much. I had passion this morning, but now it seems like old news, and my enthusiasm has moved on to a fabulous fund raiser that I attended this evening, but first let me summarize my thoughts from this morning.
CBS morning show did a segment with Douglas Brinkley, political historian, on David Maraniss' interview in Vanity Fair.
Maraniss has written a new book "Obama:The Story" which deals with Obama's path to the White House. Apparently there is a section in which Maraniss interviews former girlfriends, college friends, professors, and anyone who knew him during college. Genevive Cook, former girlfriend, who kept a journal, and may I mention that Mr. Buckley referred to the journal as a custom people had back in the day when they wrote by hand in a book.....back in the day when people wrote by hand, President Obama was in college in the 80's. Am I that old, that back in the day refers to the 80's.......anyway that has little to do with Mr. Maraniss. Mr. Maraniss, Pulitzer Prize winner, quoted a woman who was the president's girlfriend 20+ years ago, and interestingly enough had nothing interesting to say other than she dated Mr. Obama for a year, and he was committed to studying, wanted to do well in college, and had ambition. This is news, and worth a Vanity Fair interview and CBS segment, am I missing the relevance of historical moments or should I say the lack of relevance of these non-historical moments. I love Charlie Rose and his cohorts at CBS, but wasn't there anything else happening this morning?
Tonight however I went to a fundraiser, which was very relevant. In Christy's Shoes, aids Dress for Success and Zussman House, which was established by Katrina Levy Zidel in memory of her twin sister Christy, who lost her battle with brain cancer a few years ago. What an evening.......450, mostly young gorgeous women "dressed for success" came to raise money for a wonderful cause.
I could not believe the outstanding turnout........it is heart warming to see young women developing the spirit of giving, and supporting a great cause.
I had the opportunity to speak with Vicki Bowen Hewes, founder of Dress for Success in Columbus, who believes in the necessity of women helping women........well women helped women tonight, and I am sure that a great deal of money was raised.
Katrina, an amazing night was had by all...... what a tremendous tribute to your sister giving to an organization which helps women develop confidence to move forward and seek success.
THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE WORLD THAT A SENSIBLE WOMAN COULD NOT SETTLE IN AN AFTERNOON........SO PUT ON YOUR PEARLS GIRLS AND HAVE A WONDERFUL WEEK-END
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