I was planning to ignore the day altogether, (except to record the television special that night, to view when the Olympics are over,) but then I got invited to the most interesting celebration of the day that anyone could be throwing: my friend, Debbie Supnik, was there from the beginning, so she and her wonderful husband, Paul, (not McCartney, so don’t get excited,) were having people over to their lovely Beverly Hills home to\u00a0 \u201c… join Debbie as she reminisces about being in the audience.”\u00a0 What a brilliant soiree!\u00a0 And it was executed to perfection!<\/p>\n Debbie Supnik, (who’s so much cuter than this snapshot shows!,) regaling the assemblage. Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n But, of course, first I must digress to tell the magical way in which I met her to begin with.\u00a0 When I was doing my show, Karen’s Restaurant Revue,<\/em> I received a letter from someone at CBS.\u00a0 When I opened it, I almost fainted–it was from a woman who worked there, (who turned-out to be Debbie, of course,) but the important part is that she was inviting me to the opening of a photography exhibit by none other than Michael McCartney!!! \u00a0 She had heard me talk about my former intense love for his big brother, Paul<\/em> McCartney, on my show, (when I was little, I used to bill myself as “Mrs. Paul McCartney,”) so she figured I’d be happy to attend.\u00a0 Happy?! I was thrilled<\/em>!<\/p>\n But alas, I was due to be in New York then.\u00a0 Mr. X suggested I ask Mike to do my show, but I said, “Yeah, right, Michael McCartney wants to do my<\/em> little cable show!”\u00a0 When I told Debbie I’d have to miss his opening, she kindly said they’d take me to it when I returned.\u00a0 And then she asked if Mike could do my show!!!\u00a0 After I picked my jaw up off the floor, I immediately anointed Debbie my New Best Friend.<\/p>\n So, as long as I’ve known Debbie Gendler, (now Supnik,) I knew of her association with the lads from Liverpool.\u00a0 But I never knew all the deets. I guess neither did most of her other pals because the turn-out for her afternoon shindig was fantastic.\u00a0 It was packed!\u00a0 And when she spoke, everyone paid attention!\u00a0 No one had to be reprimanded (by me<\/em>!,) for being rude.\u00a0 We were all paying rapt attention.\u00a0 Mr. X was enchanted by what Debbie had to say.<\/p>\n The elegant table set-up, not even with all the dishes on it. Photo by Karen Salkin.<\/p><\/div>\n But first things first; when we arrived at her fete, we met and mingled and ate<\/em>.\u00a0 The buffet was all-Anglo and fit for the Royals. It was set-up beautifully.\u00a0Every presentation was attractive.\u00a0I can’t tell you how impressed I was with it!\u00a0 In the savory category, there were tons of home-baked quiches, shepherd’s pie, meatballs, salami, all kinds of cheeses, and many cracker varieties.\u00a0 There were English touches, like some kind of jarred pickles concoction straight from an English shoppe.\u00a0 And in the sweets arena, there were several tea cakes, British shortbreads, and, of course, the pi\u00e8ce de r\u00e9sistance, scones and clotted cream!!!\u00a0 And let’s not forget giant strawberries and whipped cream.\u00a0 I seriously didn’t know what to eat first!<\/p>\n Even the look of the table<\/em> was perfect.\u00a0 The centerpiece was a Beatles anniversary poster, and tiny “Christmas crackers,” (which aren’t food at all; they’re little tubes filled with toys and other goodies,) were scattered throughout. (And I thought I<\/em> was cool, wearing vinyl record earrings, and a double-decker bus pendant, not to mention a peace-sign scarf to represent their later years!)<\/p>\n![\"IMG_1743\"](\"http:\/\/itsnotaboutme.tv\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/IMG_1743.jpg\")
<\/a>This past Sunday, February 9, was the anniversary of the night that they first appeared on The Ed Sullivan<\/em> Show<\/em> and all hell broke loose.\u00a0 (But, as a former knower-of-everything-Beatles, I know that the real official<\/em> Beatles Day is actually February 7, 1964.\u00a0 And no one has seemed to mention that one.) I do love that the dates<\/em> fell on the same actual days of the week<\/em> that they did back then!<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>