The View From the Top–CBS Studios
I could get used to Don Imus’ (ex) 46th floor aerie in the CBS studios… Floating above Times Square and the Hudson River, I had a grand ol’ time recording a promo for Belle in the Big Apple. John and Charlie, the most handsome men in the Simon & Schuster digital empire, came at me with an Inside the Actor’s Studio arsenal of questions.
An amuse bouche:
Handsome S&S men: What are your five most important books?
Me: Play It As It Lays & Slouching Toward Bethlehem (Didion), The Great Gatsby (Fitzgerald), Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (Anita Loos), The Sun Also Rises (Hemingway), Gone With The Wind (Margaret Mitchell). Yep, that’s a weird mix (and that’s six).
Handsome S&S men: What is your fantasy profession?
Me: To be a vigneron. I want to work the vines, get paid to sample exquisite grape juice.
Handsome S&S men: What’s your advice to young women thinking of making their own moves to the Big Apple?
Me: Move to New York with a dream bigger than yourself or a one year plan.
(Note: I call the this pose my “Shadowed Barbara Walters”)
July 30th, 2008 at 6:14 am
“What’s your favorite book” is one of my best lines. Works like a charm with the smart ones and filters out the not-so smart ones.
But enough of my rambling, you obviously fall into the former based on your selection and even look good “shadowed” Ms. Walters. Bravo!
August 2nd, 2008 at 6:58 am
So excited for you. And though it’s neither here nor there, you look fabulous.
Can’t wait for the book.
B.
p.s.
You know, I had never read Didion until I started reading your blog.
Shameful. I know.
August 4th, 2008 at 2:47 pm
Darling Belle!
I am back from travels abroad and malaria-free. Your blog looks incredible and I would love to see you, if you have any time between media events. Please let me know how I can scream about your lovely writing from the rooftops.
xo,
K
August 9th, 2008 at 10:52 pm
When I was little, people would ask what I wanted to be when I grew up and I said one of those people who smashed grapes. I think I watched too much of “Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous.”