…………………Last night I had dinner with Robyn Cosio, one of my oldest and DEAREST friends……We have been friends since the mid 70’s….Robyn used to do the makeup on the models for my Anne Klein shows. She moved back to California, her home state, but Robyn to me is a New Yorker from the top of her head to the tip of her toes. She married a brilliant Hollywood makeup artist named Armando Cosio. They both came to NY to do my shows, and the models grew to trust them and love them! They did beautiful work!….The four of us….Robyn, Armando , Jac and I were besties……Tragically, Armando passed many years ago at a young age……Robyn has always stayed in the business doing makeup for private clients, but she moved on to become an “EYEBROW EXPERT”, for years now she has worked in different salons and has a long client list of women who’s eyebrows Robyn does her magic to…..As Robyn says…”the eyebrow is very important….it frames the face”…..She even wrote a book on the eyebrow through the ages….It’s simply called….”THE BROW”…….Robyn doesn’t only do her magic in LA….she also works out of a salon in NYC, which is located in the Sherry Netherland Hotel…..We always try to have dinner when she’s in town for one of her short visits…so last night we met at the Harry Cipriani Restaurant on 5th Ave between 59Th street and 60th street. It is also connected to the Sherry Netherland Hotel…….Years and years ago I used to frequent “Harry’s” quite often. They are most famous for their restaurant in Venice, Italy. I believe it opened in the 30’s and had a list of famous clients that any restaurant would lust for…..from Hemingway to Churchill, and every movie star that ever went to Venice!…..anyone who was anyone went to Harry’s Bar for a Bellini, where the drink was created!…..I have to say I was very impressed! I haven’t been there in years, but it looked like, with the size of the crowd, and clients of ALL ages….from the established to the younger edgier generation….the place hasn’t skipped a beat! I have never scene so many waiters, in their spotless white DB Jackets, in one restaurant….There had to be at least 20 of them plus the major duomo! Tall, dark and handsome….controlling the room!….I started with a beet, string bean and goat cheese salad, and Robyn had the puree leek and potato soup…Then I had the ravioli with spinach and ricotta with butter and sage, and Robyn had penne Bolognese….It was all delicious…..Afterwards Robyn had to use the ladies room, which was off the lobby of the hotel, so I sat in a chair and watched the parade of people!….I had totally forgotten that “DOUBLES” a private club was also in the Sherry Netherlands Hotel….The “private” door to the club is right next to the door of Harry Cipriani, so I sat watching people going in and out. I was really surprised at how many YOUNG couples were going down stairs to the club and leaving through the same door…..It’s a very expensive exclusive club to join!…..Years ago, Jac and myself, Andrea Pfister and his partner Jean Pierre Dupre, and friends of Andrea’s, who were members of the club, we all went there for NEW YEARS EVE…..that must have been 20 years ago!……Just sitting there in the lobby of the Sherry Netherlands Hotel brought back so many wonderful memories of that New Years Eve………..Then Robyn and I bundled up and headed down to see the tree on 50th street….at Rockefeller Center!!!
