In this light all narrative was sentimental. In this light all connections were similarly meaningful, as well as similarly senseless. try these: on the morning of John Kennedy’s death in 1963 I was buying, at Ransohoff’s in San Francisco, a short silk gown in which to be married. A few years later this gown of mine was ruined when, at a dinner celebration in Bel-Air, Roman Polanski unintentionally spilled a glass of red red wine on it. Sharon Tate was likewise a guest at this party, although she as well as Roman Polanski were not yet married. On July 27, 1970, I went to the Magnin-Hi shop of I. Magnin in Beverly Hills as well as chosen out, at Linda Kasabian’s request, the gown in which she began her statement about the murders at Sharon Tate Polanski’s home on Cielo Drive. “Size 9 Petite,” her directions read. “Mini however not incredibly mini. In velvet if possible. emerald eco-friendly or gold. Or: A Mexican peasant-style dress, smocked or embroidered.” She needed a gown that morning since the district attorney, Vincent Bugliosi, had expressed doubts about the gown she had organized to wear, a long white homespun shift. “Long is for evening,” he had recommended Linda. long was for evening as well as white was for brides. At her own wedding event in 1965 Linda Kasabian had used a white brocade suit. Time passed, times change. whatever was to instruct us something. At 11:20 on that July morning in 1970 I provided the gown in which she would affirm to Gary Fleischman, who was waiting in front of his office on Rodeo Drive in Beverly Hills. He was using his porkpie hat as well as he was standing with Linda’s second husband, Bob Kasabian, as well as their buddy Charlie Melton, both of whom were using long white robes. long was for Bob as well as Charlie, the gown in the I. Magnin box was for Linda. The three of them took the I. Magnin box as well as got into Gary’s Cadillac convertible with the top down as well as drove off in the sunlight toward the freeway downtown, waving back at me. I believe this to be an authentically senseless chain of correspondences, however in the jingle-jangle morning of that summertime it made as much sense as anything.
From “The White Album,” suggested by visitor take legal action against O. (Thanks, Sue!)
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