"Whoever's father had enough stamps to get gas, that's who we went with." "We never went separate," she will tell you, and she will give the credit to gas ration cards during World War II. If you ask Aunt Doty about how well she knew Hef, she will wave off the question and tell you that they were just part of a big group that spent a lot of time together out of necessity. There is no telling where his right hand is. Hef sits two seats to Aunt Doty's left, with his date between them. The suited-and-gowned group sits boy-girl-boy-girl around the linen-topped table, with Aunt Doty and her date at the end of the table as if they are the couple of honor. I have seen a photo of the prom group sitting around a table at the Edgewater Beach Hotel, waiting for dinner to be served, and there is no question that it is both Aunt Doty and Hef in the picture. I haven't talked to Hef to see if he would tell a different tale. At least that's Aunt Doty's version of the story. That is, they went to the prom in a group of five couples - they didn't go as dates of each other. They even went to their high school prom together. It turns out that Aunt Doty and Hef went to school together, graduating from Chicago's Steinmetz High School in 1944. When you're a humble, modest woman telling about your relationship with the world's foremost playboy, you might play your hand a little close to the vest. Well, at least I know as much as Aunt Doty is willing to share. And I am nothing if not inattentive.īut now I know the whole story. Either scenario is plausible because, after all, Aunt Doty is a humble, modest woman. I don't know if the subject never arose at some point in my long life, or if she told me and I just wasn't listening. I never knew about Aunt Doty and Hef until just a few weeks ago. But my Aunt Doty got one from him this year, just like she gets one from him every year. Well, I didn't get one from Hef this year, and you probably didn't, either. Like that one you got again this year from Hugh Hefner. Oh, you'll save one or two of them, maybe. Gobble down those last few stale cookies before starting the diet.īut before it's all done, take a bit longer to go through all those cards just one more time before filing them away at the curb on garbage day. With the holiday season winding down, it's time to take down the Christmas decorations, store them behind the Thanksgiving and Halloween decorations, and make room for the next gaudy gala of Groundhog Day.
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