Bonni Brodnick Blog

I am enjoying the Facebook thread about my Huffington Post , "Jimmy Stewart, Hollywood's 'It's a Wonderful Life' Archangel". Indeed, he was a lovely person. A funny side-conversation has been Leona Helmsley's eyebrows. What gives? Is it real? Is it a tail? A spider leg or hair extension? Did they have eyebrow wigs back in the 80s? I'd love to hear your thoughts/comments/ruminations. Click here .  See the green "Comment" box on the top left? You can weigh in there. In the meantime, one thing we do know: the unnatural page-boy of that eyebrow is very scary.

I have a personal connection with Jimmy Stewart and Leona Helmsley. I was with them at The Helmsley Palace. In the same room. At the same time. Check out my new HUFFINGTON POST : "Jimmy Stewart, Hollywood's 'It's a Wonderful Life' Archangel". Click here.

* * What a s nowpocalypse!  *  * The bombogenesis pummelled the Northeast. We have at least 2-feet of snow.  S tay home.   Crack out the hot chocolate. Love the one you're with.  Click here ---->    Let. It. Snow. Here is the view outside of my window as of midnight: *                 *                                *                      * *               *                  *                                * *               *                             *       ...

Click here   for an audio of sneezing sound effects that will give you the chance to say "Bless you" for 12-straight hours. And imagine ... if you play the audio twice, you will have spent an entire day hearing people sneeze. ( My favorites are at 8:27 and 11:47:06.) You're welcome and God bless you.

Just when you think the winter is getting boring, National Squirrel Appreciation Day provides an opportunity to celebrate between now and the lull to Valentine's Day. Break out the champagne! Toss some nuts! Let's give it up for squirrels! Click here for my Huffington Post (that has received 1.7 million Facebook posts):  "Squirrel Appreciation Day: Don't Miss Celebrating!"

Betty (my mother, on left) and her friend Constance are 85 and 83 years old respectively. Here they are having ladies' lunch in Manhattan. Once on the street, they could barely keep away the paparazzi. Snap! Snap! Snap!                                                                                     Photo: Pamela Kogen Betty and Constance are gorgeous and generous women. What make these special octogenarians so cool? 1. They are open-minded.  2. They take care of themselves. 3. They LOVE to have fun. 4. They are full of adventure and would do (practically) anything at the drop of a hat. 5. Actually, if they dropped their hats they probably wouldn't pick them up and wear them. "It will mess up my hair," is a comma mantra amongst some female elders....

Poolside at Trump International Hotel. And this is what I'm sayin' ... Do we want a president who has his own branded line of body wash, shampoo and conditioner? Talk amongst yourselves. JANUARY 14 UPDATE: I looked on the back of the packaging.  The items are MADE IN CANADA! (So much for stimulating the American economy.)

David Bowie landed from Mars and changed the world. His artistry, gender-bending sense of individuality, music and style ... you couldn't keep him tethered.  Click here  for   "Changes" (one of my favorite songs.)  TURN UP THE VOLUME.   LET IT / HIM RIP!!!

Carpets in casinos are notoriously "busy." These are from The Flamingo, Circus Circus, Caesar's Palace, and Bellagio.

         Now that holiday season is officially over, we are gorged on drink, cookies, chocolates, and making pretend we are happy to go to just  one more party. (I kept telling my husband, "This is the last one of the season. I swear ." Little does he know what we already have on the calendar for next weekend.) By January 1, we are also replenished with hope and joy after watching (for the crazillionth time) such classics as "White Christmas" (with Bing Crosby, Danny Kaye, Rosemary Clooney and Vera Ellen), "A Christmas Carol" (with Reginald Owen as Ebenezer Scrooge ), "Miracle on 34th Street" (with Edmund Gwenn, Natalie Wood, et. al) ... and my all-time favorite, "It's a Wonderful Life" (with Jimmy Stewart). I had the great opportunity to work with Mr. Stewart as his press agent when he appeared in "Night of 100 Stars" at Radio City Music Hall in the early-80s. The star-studded tribute to mark 100 years of the Act...