Tuesday, March 30, 2010

Table Topics Tuesday: Table For Four

Since I was about 18, I have been working on a list of people I would invite to a fantastic backyard barbecue that I would host at my fantastic mansion with its Olympic-sized pool and Versailles-worthy gardens. Of course it would be catered. Sha. The list has grown and shrunk over the years. People work their way into my affections and just as easily out of it. They are celebrities after all.

There are a few that seem so interesting, though, and have stayed on the list for so long, that I would rather have a more intimate experience with them. Get your mind out of the gutter, not that kind of intimate. A quiet dinner, just my three besties and me.

Mae West. Yes, she's dead, but this is a fantasy, so the normal laws of nature don't apply. (I'm also a size 4 in this dinner fantasy.) She just seems like such a saucy, feisty broad. And she is so totally a BROAD. I can only imagine that things would not get boring with her around.

Mae West Pictures, Images and Photos

Cary Grant. Also dead. I seem to have a fascination with the classics. He was such a handsome, funny, charming, man's man. I have watched and rewatched his movies. They just don't make 'em like that anymore.

Cary Grant Pictures, Images and Photos

The last would have to be a man, to round out the table. I've often thought I would like to meet Cher, but I just don't think she and Mae would get along, plus, you know, she's a woman, so we'll have to save her for another dinner. So my pick would be:

Will Smith. He's alive! And therefore the only one that maybe could actually happen. I love his rags to riches story. And despite his fame and wealth he seems to be a "regular" guy. Sure he hangs out with Tom Cruise and David Beckham, but whatever, he's cool. Plus, his love affair with Jada is so beautiful.

will smith Pictures, Images and Photos

What three famous people would you invite to dinner?

This has been a part of the always fabulous Shannon's:

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21 comments:

  1. You mean you have had since age 18 to come up with those fantastic people for your guest list, and you want me on the drop of a hat to tell you! I need time lady! :) But I soo love your list...and I would be a size four too!

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  2. Oh, I have no idea. Seriously. Probably authors though -- maybe L.M. Montgomery (though dead), Richard Russo, Ann Patchett. That's just off the top of my head though so don't hold me to that list.

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  3. I'd have to go with Eleanor Roosevelt, Jane Austen, and Jackie O. But only if I could find just the right hat.

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  4. Oh, how I love Cary Grant. You're right, they don't make 'em like that anymore. Another one that fits that same category? Paul Newman.

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  5. Oh, and in my fantasy dinner, I'm a size 4, too.

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  6. That sounds like an amazing meal - I would be all about attending!

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  7. OOOhhhhh good choices, Cara. If I was going with dead ones it would Johnny Carson, John Candy and Chris Farley. I love to laugh.

    But I chose Steve Carrell, Michael Buble, and Meg Ryan.....come over and see why....:)

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  8. Jimmy Stewart, for sure. And Michael Landon. And Patrick Swayze. Guess I'm hosting a seance...

    I love your picks!

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  9. Great choices...LOVE Mae West, for the same reasons...

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  10. I love your picks. Love them. Great choices.

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  11. LOVE your 3! You are so right...they just don't make 'em like cary Grant anymore ;)

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  12. This is a fantastic guest list. Can I come too? I promise I'll bring someone interesting. How about Hugh Jackman? He's friendly, funny, can sing dance and act and I would look really good sitting next to him. Because in this scenario I'm a size 6 (hey, I'm naturally curvy) ;-)

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  13. What. The. Hell? Where is MY NAME on that list?!?

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  14. I love love love Will Smith. He seems like a really great person who has his shit together. Yes, what a beautiful love affair the two of them have. I mean...so I'm told, lol.
    He is one sexy beast.

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  15. I'd have to invite Dorothy Parker, Sandra Day O'Conner and Will Ferrell. I think it would make for an interesting evening. . .

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  16. Great list! Yup, Will's cool, he could come to dinner anytime.

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  17. Interesting list. Will Smith & Mae I could see but I guess my lack of classics has me pondering about Cary. I think a gangsta rapper always rounds out a nice dinner table, dontcha think?! LOL!

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  18. I'd have to think about this one. I also love Mae West, so she would probably be on my list. There's so many I could name, but my top three? That's hard. What a fun post!

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  19. Madeleine L'Engle, Michael Stipe, and Ruth Reichl. I think.

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