Martha Stewart invited me to her Christmas party a month ago. It was the bash of the season. She had midgets dressed as elves, robotic reindeer, and a perfectly executed hors d'oeuvres spread, which all came together in a cacophony* of holiday magic.
I found myself in a conversation about Robert Mugabe's regime in Zimbabwe with Diddy, Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi, and fashion designer Michael Kors. Due to my personal friendship with Mugabe, I tried to be extra critical to avoid seeming biased.
"See, I can get behind seizing all the farms and giving them to black people," Diddy said. "But all that stuff with him shutting down newspapers: that's just whack."
A small man came rushing past us with a Virginia honey baked ham, a bottle of tequila, and an elf draped on his back. Martha was following, yelling:
"Hey, hey, Gonzales…"
I shrugged my shoulders and continued.
"I know what you're saying about the whites having all the good farm land, but I think the expropriation was more a means to deflect attention from how poorly Mugabe was running the country..."
[*Writer's note: I know what cacophony means.]
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