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Going to a Hollywood Gala Party

So Monday night, my pal Lisa texts me and asks if I would like to be her date to the 50th Anniversary Gala celebrating 50 Years of the Hollywood Walk of Fame (you know the stars on the side walk). It sounded fun so I said yes. Her boyfriend works for the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce, who was one of the sponsors of the event so he couldn't really spend the evening with her as he was working the event, so she asked me to be her plus one. I showed up at the Hollywood/Vine Ballroom at 7:30pm and I was amazed at how big the event was. It was a fancy cocktail party. Luckily I was in a black dress but still I didn't feel as dressed up as I should have been. Lisa looked really good in her brand new cocktail dress from Macy's. See her picture? Don't you just love that big necklace? I thought she looked really good that night. Very glamor girl! We meet Tim, her boyfriend, who gave us our wristbands to the event. We entered the big ballroom doors and Lisa immediately spotted David Hasslehoff. I think she must have really liked him because she sure did stare at him for a while!! There were a lot of celebrities there that night so we had fun spotting people we grew up with. The gala celebrated the people who have received a star of the Walk of Fame. Some of the stars we saw: Frank Marshall, Nancy Sinatra, Tippi Hendren, Mary Hart from Entertainment Tonight, Mickey Rooney, Arsenio Hall, and a ton of other people I am sure you would recognize but whose names escape me at this moment. The food was catered by Wolfgang Puck so Lisa and I went from food station to food station sampling the food, which was pretty good. We of course, visited the open bar for our champagne and cocktails and we perused a "Cupcake Wars" winner's display that had a million yummy looking cupcakes displayed. But the coolest thing was that the party was sponsored by Loreal, Paris which had set up several make up stations in the ballroom and this nice lady totally glammed Lisa and I up with the latest products. It was a real treat for me cuz I never spend anytime playing around with makeup so it was nice to sit with someone who knew what they were doing and what they were applying! Not only did we get all made up but she gave us free samples of lipsticks and eyeliners and better yet, at the end of the night we were each given a goodie bag tht contained a ton of Loreal products from shampoo to lip stick to moisturizer. It was super sweet! Perhaps one of the best gift bags I have received in a long time! Lisa and I ended our night by meeting and getting our picture taken with Tippi Hendren, you know the actress in the famous Alfred Hitchcock movie called "The Birds." I had taken a Hitchcock class in college where we studied "The Birds" so it was pretty neat to meet Tippi in person. The whole night was a little surreal as there are Lisa and me amongst this room full of entertainment personalities. We were two little birds on the wall observing the rich and glamorous! Fun times!

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