[lodwick]

[mountaineer]

Hello, all. Busy day - I left at 6 a.m. - just got back about 40 minutes ago) for the state capitol, where our four new Pubbie state senators were sworn in (we're gaining, bit by bit), then met with a fellow about a job opportunity in my field that would require me to abandon my (public) political activities, to a certain extent. Hmmm. What to do, what to do.

I guess I won't follow Liza's example, no matter what, assuming there's any truth to this story in Page Six:

LIZA Minnelli fell off the wagon in a crowded Second Avenue restaurant Saturday night with a trio of scotch drinks. Minnelli and her bodyguard Mohammed arrived at the Beekman Kitchen around 6:30 p.m. and ordered a couple of rounds of J&B and Coke, our spy reports. After downing two drinks in 30 minutes flat, Minnelli ordered a straight shot of scotch to finish off, then burst into tears.

Restaurant manager Lonnie Barnett confirmed the incident. But Minnelli's publicist, Warren Cowan, called the report of her boozing "totally, completely untrue," insisting she drank only Coke.

"She is in AA, and she's totally dedicated," Cowan says. "If you print this, she feels it could defame Alcoholics Anonymous, Liza and everyone else . . . I spoke to Mohammed as well, and he confirmed it.

"And she doesn't know anything about bursting into tears. Maybe some guy is just looking to make money . . . I don't know how these things work." full story