The White House intern with the permanent wave (a JFK intern feel left out)

IHT ^ | 05/20/03 | Nora Ephron

[TigerLikesRooster]

Too bad that JFK is not around to tell her why he ignored her.:) This is getting ridiculous.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Actually a pretty funny piece. : )

[petitfour]

Yep. This is funny.

[Cincinatus]

Now that I have read the articles about Mimi Fahnestock, it has become horribly clear to me that I am probably the only young woman who ever worked in the Kennedy White House whom the president did not make a pass at. Perhaps it was my permanent wave, which was a truly unfortunate mistake. Perhaps it was my wardrobe, which mostly consisted of multicolored dynel dresses that looked like distilled Velveeta cheese. Perhaps it's because I'm Jewish

Maybe it's because you had a face that could stop a clock...

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Oops - a simulphotopost thingy!! Sorry!! It's a treasure trove over there on the Wellesley site. Guess who:

[Cincinatus]

Yeah, I know. ROFL! Do you like the image of Hillary! (tm) there?

[RockBassCreek]

Come on now. She's not bad looking. :>)

[wideawake]

Perhaps it's because I'm Jewish - don't laugh, think about it, think about that long, long list of women JFK slept with. Were any Jewish? I don't think so.

Uh, Nora, I think that JFK's second most publicized affair prior to the Mimi revelation was his relationship with Judith Exner.

I'm going to guess Judith wasn't Irish.

[wideawake]

I'd say about average.

[Cincinatus]

Yeah, but remember, we're not comparing to "average" with JFK, "Personal Minister to the Star(let)s"!

[onyx]

He was the handsomest man I had ever seen.

I saw JFK in person and "handsome" didn't come to mind. I was too busy wondering about the thick, orangey-colored, pancake make-up on his face.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Weird! How come she didn't have one of those hair-fresh-out-of-rollers-and-sprayed-with-White Rain-looking portraits, like everyone else? That was really her senior picture? What a bizarre shot!

[RockBassCreek]

The truth be known, I'm more into form than face.

Remember the lady who was in the Big Easy with Dennis Quaid? (Ellen something or other?) She looked like she'd KISSED that Mack truck.

But....really NICE form from there on down.

[DaughterOfAnIwoJimaVet]

Ellen Barkin. (Yes, there is an obvious joke there, but I am not going to make it.)

[onyx]

I think Nora might have worn thick glasses. Look at that sleepy left eye. Reminds me of Aristole Onasis.

[wideawake]

Yup - Ellen Barkin is pretty well-known for having an "interesting" face but a classic figure.

[Maria S]

She was married to Washington Post reporter Carl Bernstein; a 'stormy' joining, I guess. The rocky road provided grist for her roman a clef "Heartburn", which she turned into a highly praised 1986 film. If Bernstein was anything like the husband in that movie, he was a real stinker! I think Meryl Streep played the long-suffering wife. Ephron also wrote the script for the extremely popular "When Harry Met Sally".

[anniegetyourgun]

Hell hath no fury like a woman scorned....

[joesnuffy]

Perhaps he didnt say .."How are you coming along"..but Are you coming along?
and when she said "What" and didnt move enthusiastically toward the waiting helicopter...
The prez assumed she wasnt interested...
So she blew it! the one chance she had to make history...to "be" someone "special" ( and the A list of presidential sluts)
Because she didnt hear the words correctly...
Awwwwww bummer
What the heck is it gonna be like after we elect a lesbian prez.....