networking parents: the Bard chapter has begun

hi Ava--

It's Thorina. My friend Nancy (in email above) has a daughter attending Bard next fall. I thought perhaps it would be fun for you and her to connect before you go off to school!

all the best,
Thorina

hey thorina,

great idea.

ava's actually doing a gap year first. probably spending some time in cuba, a big fashion event in london in the fall, and then who knows. she'd like to teach in india or maybe africa, work at paris vogue, etc. we'll see what really happens. either way, she has to make some serious money first.

where did nancy daughter go to school? lycee?

b i l l

dear Bill,
Maddy went to public school in Santa Monica and is currently on bed rest from a serious illness with her half jewish/half el savadoran boyfriend who's kindly offered to be on bed rest with her and aid her recovery. she could probably ask for a Gap Year too but she doesn't like their jeans. she's thinking of getting a job at Cheviot Camp (at Pico and Motor) now that she can't go to Greece and drink Uzo with her best girlfriends. she loves fashion and is lucky enough to regularly inherit bags of hand me down Graham & Spencer from her dear mommy friend Leslie who works for the line but she only wears panties from Ross Dress For Less because after she wears them, Otto the dog usually eats them and it's too expensive to buy nice boy shorts knowing they'll have such a short shelf life. we like to think it's a form of recycling anyway. she gets a week or two out of the pantie, Otto gets an all natural fiber meal. and it all goes back into the earth where it began. no harm no foul. her only connection to Cuba was seeing it off the balcony off the Princess Cruise ship (or was it the Disney Line?) as her parents marriage imploded. and her knowledge of India is mostly limited to tech help for her MacBook and a great love of Chicken Tikka Mahkahni. she does however make Serious Money babysitting for the toddlers of the anesthesiologist and ER doc across the street. they pay her handsomely and they round up. she also gets dividends from bonds from her dad's side of the family who's really rich. she's got more money than her mom....who fritters away time blogging and highlighting the Fact is Funnier (and scarier) than Fiction follies of the wacked out parents who write emails like the one above with a perfectly straight face.
look forward to meeting you bill....though i don't think our girls have much in common. but, just for laughs, please keep us posted. we're dying to know which third world continent will be lucky enough to receive your daughter and we're even more excited to know which couture designer gets nabbed to dress her for the community service after "working" for Paris Vogue.

oh - and i guess you figured out. no, maddy didn't go to Lycee. she doesn't speak a word of french. a little yiddish and spanish and ghetto, but no french. sorry.
nancy