THE OTHER day in Le Cirque's upstairs room where the food offered is much more splendiferous than the food in other upstairs rooms - the Glamorous Harpies lunch (Lisa Caputo, Peggy Siegal, Maurie Perl, Jennifer Maguire, Beth Kseniak, Jeannie Williams and Liz) presided over a sendoff for its marrying member, Lisa. She wed investment banker Rick Morris on Oct. 13. A gorgeous bunch of names, four tables strong, were invited, but to keep from inflaming jealousy, I won't tell who they were except for Sen. Hillary Clinton, longtime friend, onetime employer of Lisa in the White House. The tables were enhanced with false eyelashes, lipsticks, "diamond" rings, mirrors, false nails and other items suitable for prepubescent teenagers. We took these souvenirs home with glee. We ate with glee. We drank the wine and champagne with glee. We listened to fab toasts from Sen. Clinton et al., and from the girl of the moment, that Citigroup banker's gift to Women & Company.
I sat next to Sen. Clinton; she is a delightful conversationalist and guest. Maybe if I had more lunches like this one I wouldn't be so down in the mouth about America's future.
I can't believe she used that phrase and Clinton's name in the same sentence.