"SUSANNA

SAYS..."

Hi:

A quick note from Virginia drops like an alarm-clock bell at 5 AM when one's sleep is at it's deepest. Just a reminder that the column is due. An- other summer came and went and with it a multiplic- tion of experiences and dreams come true. New friends came to add their baggage of TV wealth to our common space capsule. Meet Shanghai Lili, the perfect Chinese doll, barely 5' 4" or thereabouts, the envy of her taller sisters. Our first meeting at Susanna's NY apartment entailed 3 solid hours of Polaroid color shots, the first time that Lili could have her picture taken by somebody else. Up to then it was all self- portraits. Then came Lili's first visit to our country place. I assumed she would arrive at my apartment Friday evening carrying the usual mountain of suitcases that almost every TV carries for one week-end of dressing up. To my surprise, a cab pulled up in front of our house, and this cute Chinese girl emerges carrying just a small suitcase and her hand-bag. She explains with a smile: it was easier to dress at home and come already dressed for the week-end. And there were other friends that I had heard about but never met until now.. there's Rita from the Bronz...a wonderful person and lots of fun to be with...and Ellen, a charming gal... the kind of person you like on first sight...Musn't forget Sally and Julie from Texas. Sally and Lorelei spent a week-end at Casa Susanna this Summer (their- honey-moon)....Lorelei (a gorgeous creature) got her baptism of fire spending an entire week-end surrounded

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