The theme this year was Hot Havana Nights, so each table was fittingly decorated with Carmen Miranda-like headgear (replete with grapes of course), fresh gardenias for the ladies, chocolate-cigars for the men, and feather boas (I have secretly always wanted a feather boa). Mrs TTWIAGE's intention was that the polystyrene foam heads would be relieved of their sparkly-fruit salad at some point during the evening. And that's just what happened: as the evening wore on much silliness ensued.
Good fun was had by all. And I got to take a feather boa home.
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I'll bet that few knew that Carmen Miranda was Brazilian.
Tomasso: Fewer still that she was actually Portuguese.
smartarse.
Vinogirl, so glad you don't have to feed your light-weight snake. Glad to get a peek at "high society":-)
Now, when you take a picture like that (in public) do you ever feel self-conscious?
Thud: Just informed - VM and I were discussing it at dinner and laughing about the fact that she wasn't Cuban
NHW: I think my little V2 will be safe with this boa in the house.
Sometimes I do get self-conscious about taking pictures in public, silly, but true. However, I have worked with most of these people for so long that I am comfortable doing stuff around them.
VG:
You are correct, she was Portuguese, for the first ten months of her life.
I think the fact that she represented a Cuban in the movies not only made people think that she was Cuban--it made many Cubans hate her!
Tomasso: That would explain why her films were only popular in the USA (apparently she was the highest paid female in America in 1945).
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