“Golightly” to the Pierre
I couldn’t do anything that afternoon except wait for his call. When we spoke again he insisted that we meet in the Rotunda at the “Pierre Hotel.” He was all set on having a proper cocktail with “the publisher’s granddaughter.” Insecurity set in. What if I wasn’t enough? Or, worse yet, what if I was just enough of what had driven him from Alabama? I saw our cocktail hour transformed into an op-ed piece, “Uneducated Masses Flock to City—Erudite Democrats Sought to Eradicate Redneck Émigrés.” Enough. I threw on my blue pantsuit (the color conservative, the cut liberal—I gave nonpartisanship a go), hopped in a taxi and told the driver, the “Pierre…”
February 23rd, 2006 at 8:28 am
Oh yes, please finish it… Quite a good read.
February 23rd, 2006 at 10:09 am
Beautiful!
February 23rd, 2006 at 10:12 am
Of course! You can’t leave us wanting!
February 23rd, 2006 at 10:52 am
Yes! Please finish it! I love the way you paint a picture with such beautiful and vivid words: “vibrant hues turn a deep shade of amethyst, dime-store emerald green,” “the color conservative, the cut liberal,” and “fingered the little white seeds.” Ok, that one sounds kinda sexual, but still…it’s magical.
February 23rd, 2006 at 11:53 am
Belle- I absolutely adore your writing. Such talent! Do finish it!!!
February 23rd, 2006 at 12:09 pm
My God, of course, you simply MUST finish it, please!
February 23rd, 2006 at 12:33 pm
u r such a tease…
February 23rd, 2006 at 2:17 pm
When can I buy your book?
You have such a gift - I look forward to putting it on my bookshelf.
February 23rd, 2006 at 3:06 pm
MORE please!
February 23rd, 2006 at 3:13 pm
Oh please don’t use the phrase ‘emerald green’. Anything but EMERALD GREEN. I always think of bad romance novels when I hear that (given, some of those romance writers make bookoos)….but you can do better.
February 24th, 2006 at 8:25 pm
YES!!!
February 25th, 2006 at 2:37 am
No! Don’t listen to Buffy! True, ‘emerald green’ is clichéd, but if you think about it…it does paint a really beautiful picture. When I hear or read, ‘emerald green’ I cant help but think of The Emerald City, and the way it is depicted in the movie, with it’s majestic splendor. So yeah. Just keep it the way it is.