Dinner With A Lady
One of my dinner dates with Lady Barbara at Tavern on the Green. Isn't she the picture of confidence and glamour? Tavern, like many other high end restaurants in New York, had no qualms at all about having a transvestite on your arm for dinner as long at it all met the dress code. Naturally, it always did--and more. And it--also "naturally"--created a stir amongst customers, especially tourists (a Tavern staple).
Another great venue for this type of fun was The Russian Tea Room. I used to regularly go there with Bibi and Hermione, two long-time boyfriends to the the shows of "The incomparable" Hildegard. I saw her farewell performance there, before the Tea Room (which was a very large, two story restaurant catering to the flamboyant entertainment crowd), closed it's doors in the mid-nineties.
posted by Alexis du Bois @ 7:06 AM
5 Comments:
Yes, her photo radiates graceful glamour.
Ah the Tavern on the Green dress code... those days have long gone. Now, all of monied suburbia floods in wearing Talbot's walking shorts and easy spirit shoes. The glam is gone :-(
The Tavern was always rather tourist trappy, but it WAS good, it WAS glamorous, and it WAS expensive. This alone made it attractive to people who wanted to make "an appearance" and the setting, of course, in and overlooking Central Park was superb. I just hope they don't turn it into a Starbucks.
Just curious, do you know of any books covering this era in NY? I would love to read and see more about it.
The Russian Tea Room? OMG I was heart broken when it closed. I so wanted to relive that scene from Tootsie when I get to NYC.
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Lady Barbara reminds me of Elizabeth Taylor in that pic.
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