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...said that such a plan would only he realistic on guest nights and even then might "start lines all the way to the Yard." He indicated that the committee had had quite a discussion - "not acrimonious," however" - but said they concluded it would be "nice for young men to entertain their own dates...
...Washington Columnist Betty Beale. Apparently not, since the Alphands run what many people consider the only decent French restaurant in Washington. "I think some other French ambassador might be affected socially by what's happened," said the wife of one U.S. official, "but not the Alphands, because they entertain so beautifully." This judgment appeared a little premature. The perfect hosts proved pretty picky guests at a Mona Lisa preview dinner later in the week at Manhattan's Metropolitan Museum of Art. The way U.N. officials got it, the invites were already out when Alphand balked at discovering that...
Fragility & Philosophy. Everywhere he practices what he calls his "direct and musical approach." In Bangkok last spring, he walked up to Chitra Lada Palace, took out his 100-year-old handmade guitar (picked up in London for $112) and said he wanted to entertain the King of Thailand. He was invited to tea, where a group of high-ranking officials were stiffly collected. He started with some flamenco. Queen Sirikit asked if he wouldn't play something from his own country, like Danny Boy. He played Danny Boy as if it were a New London dairy air. The Thais...
...That's what made it different," Carol told Coe later. "So often only the entertainers entertain and they feel apart, like freaks. Not with the Kennedys...
Last week was a big one for the man who sings them that way. Quite recently, Allan Sherman was an obscure TV producer who liked to entertain friends by singing familiar songs with lyrics marinated in Jewish humor. Then, during the fall, he made a record called My Son, the Folk Singer, which has sold a million copies and made a world-famous nut of him. Last week, on the day that his new album. My Son, the Celebrity, was released, he gave a concert in Carnegie Hall...