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January 27, 2007
The Scotch. The milk. The Trixie: The Times
There are many reasons to read the NY Times, but there aren't enough profiles like this these days: "It is 5:01 p.m. and Joyce Randolph, a k a Trixie Norton, is holding forth in the downstairs bar at Sardi's, sipping her... Dewar's and milk.," writes Glenn Collins. "'I think it does your stomach good,' she is saying. 'The Scotch. The milk.'" ... She is strong of voice and precise of diction at 82, given to addressing people as “Dear.” How sweet it is, then, to hang out with Miss Randolph in one of her favorite haunts where the honeymoon is never over. For his 16 years at Sardi’s, José Estevez, the perpetually amenable barkeep, has looked on as new customers [greet Randolph]... She is always available to smile and pose with them in a camera-phone flash. “I talk to everyone,” she said. “You can’t be hoity.” ... “I am the last one left,” Miss Randolph said a bit later, without drama. “Even the girl who held the stopwatch, Joan Reichman Canale, is gone.” [More at the link.]
Posted by Ray Pride at January 27, 2007 11:55 AM
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