My imaginary daughter Amy, 6, spent the day with her favorite uncles, Brian and Charlie, who, very concerned about Amy’s adventures with Carolyn and Fahd’s family going to — as Brian called them — “unseemly places like Applebee’s,” asked to take Amy for the day. They were having a little gathering and Charlie decided he would teach Amy how to make his famous pasta sauce and let her help by adding the items to the blender. Charlie told Amy she was “the second best helper ever,” and to “go help Uncle Brian now.” Last week, Brian was quite upset about Amy’s experience with Applebee’s Nachos, so he decided to make her some fancy nachos from a recipe in The Advocate. He let Amy carry them from the warming oven.
It was at this point that Charlie insisted that Brian find Amy something else to do, and when Brian asked what, Charlie said, “Why don’t you give her a margarita and dress her up like Carmen Miranda and have her sing — just not in the kitchen, okay, dear?” Which he did. Yes, I know, she’s big for six.
Brian and Charlie sent Amy back to Carolyn’s in her Carmen Miranda outfit. As you can see by her expression, Carolyn was not amused.
Amy told me that Brian and Charlie served their guests slices of Trader Joe’s pizza instead of “Fabuloso Nachos.” Charlie told me that Amy was almost as good a helper as Brian. Carolyn told me it took her over an hour to remove Amy’s makeup and eyelashes.
Amy said she “had the bestest time ever,” and that “their friends are soooooo nice!”
Here’s a curious game they’re playing in Barbados… they say it’s cricket. Stuart Broad of England appears to have just been paddled by a guy on the West Indies team. This may catch on in the U.S. yet!
This has been Chexy’s Sports Roundup, Smack It edition, brought to you by Cricket. She speaks for herself.
Refabricated rock widow Courtney Love as she appeared at the opening of an exhibit in Beverly Hills last night, and pre-refab Courtney Love before she changed species. So alike, and yet only one is still living.
Oh, great… here’s another new sport just right for me… except that it’s played in daylight.
Adam Ashely-Cooper demonstrates something-or-other during a training session of the Brambies in South Africa. One needs to keep their Brambies in good shape, am I right, men? And not crowded like this.
This has been Chexy’s Sports Roundup, C’mon Lay Down edition.
Her Majesty, Betty Deuce, put on her best fuchsia coat, turban and orthopedic wedgies and dropped by the Fulton Umbrellas factory — as much as a queen can “drop by.” Seems some queen or another is always dropping by my place.
Betty asked for “an umbrella for her dear friend, Chexy.”
It’s true! You wouldn’t take away an old queen’s dreams, now would you?
Without much to do until he becomes king, Prince Charles engaged in a staring contest Thursday with 4-year-old Amelia Webb during a royal visit to Aldford Village Hall.
The prince won handily, being used to having to look at Camilla for hours on end.
Photo by Dave Thompson – WPA Pool/Getty Images Camilla: Wireimage
According to reports, “Twilight” heartthrob Robert Pattinson and his hair are being protected by former Canadian Mounties on the set of the sequel, “New Moon.”
That’s a relief! And do you know the name of Dudley Do-Right’s horse?
I had no idea that cricket looked like so much fun. That’s English cricketer James Anderson at a game in Barbados. Click to enlarge the picture, if you need a better idea of how cricket is played.
This has been Chexy’s Sports Roundup, I’m Just Trying to Be Helpful edition.
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