a star is born tonight!

I am on a plane as I type, heading for NYC to witness the smile on my Mother’s face.

As many of you may know my mom/ Elizabeth/ Panther/ Toto/ Liz/ Mrs. Swanson has been a frustrated performer/ singer/ writer/ evangelist/ soothsayer all her life… The stories have been brilliant and endless! In the past few years, she wrote 2 books, called LIFE IS TOO SHORT TO BE CHIC and another called DELPHINA THE DOLPHIN– while recording a song with my good friend + talented musician Bob Lindsey called, I TOLD YA SO!!!!

But, if there was one calling she regrets missing, it is to be a STAR ON BROADWAY. Yes, STAR. Everyone who knows her knows this.

So, for a very special combined Xmas/ Anniversary, Birthday gift, my dad/ Clarke set out to give her the gift of a lifetime… While perusing the pages of the Neiman Marcus Xmas Catalogue, he stumbled upon FANTASY GIFT #9:

Friends, this extravaganza is happening!