55. I do not envy her
And other stories from when a thirty-something tries on a long-weekend.
Hi friends.
I decided this long weekend I was going to be fun. That included heading to The Bell House for the taping of “Why Are You Single” — Marie Faustin’s dating show being filmed to air on Tubi. Her outfit? Scottish realness. The seat next to me? Empty, because you know Jassmin was late. They kept asking the audience if we had any questions for the contestants and Christina and I tried a few times to get them to tell us their star sign and what it means to them. We were unsuccessful.
After the show, we said hello to Jassmin’s comedian friends who also came out to support Marie, including Devon Walker from SNL who had just casually brought a tennis racket to the show. We get it, you play tennis! We hopped into a cab to Public Records, immediately regretted it, and walked to Bar Rêve. With a cocktail menu where each drink is inspired by an impressionist painting, I’m not saying that it’s trying too hard, but it’s definitely not, not trying.
On Sunday we headed to BAM to watch Obsession for my sister’s birthday. It’s a horror film, and the horror is this: a white man’s cowardly decision ruins multiple women’s lives. As for being scary, it was more frightening from an auditory standpoint than anything else. A lot of screaming, a lot of banging. It’s not the kind of movie you can say you “enjoyed” but I did think it was good. The director, Curry Barker, is only 26 years old and relatively unknown, though his dad is in the biz (a screenwriter). At $750K to make and a $90M global box office in just two weeks, it’s the least expensive film to top the domestic box office in 17 years and has already out-performed the theatrical runs of Midsommar, Hereditary, and Barbarian. I’ll be watching Inde Navarrette, her performance carried the movie.
When the film ended my sister tried to just go home, but one needs to debrief and decompress after a movie like that so I insisted on a nightcap. She ordered a Gerolsteiner, which sounds like a beer, but it’s actually extremely aggressive sparkling water that is high in both calcium and magnesium content. I really don’t think we are talking about German sparkling water enough.
Wednesday, Marianne Boschert and Rachel Joelson put on a delightful party for Skylark’s new membership at the Ludlow Hotel. There was a gorgeous tiered grazing table, custom matchboxes and yes, cigarettes. We met some influencers who were trying to mingle. One regaled us with the tale of how she had just broken up with her boyfriend and he was chewing her out on the phone moments before she arrived. Then texts started piling in and she fell silent as she read them and began to furiously respond. The conversation continued around her until she suddenly stood up and said she needed a moment, making a swift exit. I do not envy her or wish to go back to that young, tumultuous type of love.
I have not yet watched the Summer House Reunion but I have seen many comments speculating that Amanda Batula’s pharmaceutical mix must resemble something similar to “My Year of Rest and Relaxation,” which is a great marriage of two of my interests.
There is no Party Talk this week because I am writing this from a hotel in Pittsburgh and it’s a short week at work, so please forgive me. Back to your regularly scheduled programming next week.
If you missed it, a birthday in a closed coffee shop in the LES got me thinking about movie marketing campaigns, and our queen Megan Stalter stopped everyone in their tracks at the AMAs:
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