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Question of the Day | 11/13/2008 11:00 pm

What is your best beauty tip?

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Joan Ganz Cooney

Joan Ganz Cooney | 11/13/2008 11:00 pm

Joan Ganz Cooney Is Sleeping Beauty

Get eight hours of sleep a night and stay out of the sun.

Judith Martin

Judith Martin | 11/13/2008 11:00 pm

Judith Martin on How to Optimize Your Beauty

From my grandmother: A beauty is someone who acts like a beauty.

Liz Smith

Liz Smith | 11/13/2008 11:00 pm

Liz Smith's Non-Surgical Facelift Story

 

No kidding, I say eye makeup. When I bother to fool with these old eyes of mine is when I go out and people demand to know if I’ve had a face lift. Visible eyebrows, eyeliner, eye shadow, mascara make a real finishing touch to one’s look. Also, I know it’s old-fashioned but you can’t beat lipstick. And not that black or bright red stuff either if you are over 40.

 

Click here on this text to read my New York Post column.

Read more about: Beauty, Cosmetic Surgery, Lifestyle

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DeBúrca obj
Did you read Al Gore’s book “The Assault on Reason”? It talks a lot about how reading to get our news engages our brains in a different way than passively getting it by listening to the radio, watching tv etc. I suppose reading the paper online, you are still reading so you are still using that part of your brain which engages in reasoning, so that’s good. But it has been my experience with reading the paper online, that I am only exposed to what I WANT to read as opposed to coming across something interesting that I may not have looked for, but found thumbing through a physical paper. Also, I would never sit and read the paper online for an hour the way I do every morning at the coffee shop. And then, there is the future, with holograms showing up on tv news on election night… how will the papers keep themselves from turning into news shows full of videos? I spoke to a man working for the Chicago Tribune and he said they were focussing on the 25-38 yr olds, so I suppose the rest of us be damned.
By DeBúrca obj on 11/15/2008 4:15 pm
EKA -
Ah yes, the 25 - 38 demographic, the consumers, the target for the advertisers, because ultimately it comes down to money ! I understand it, but I don’t have to like it. I try to make sure when I am reading a paper online to “browse” the other sections, as you say, that is where the interesting stuff is.
By EKA - on 11/16/2008 11:45 am
Susan B
The Pine Cone’s online! How great!!!! Thank you for sharing this link. That reminds me, do you spend any time in the Pilgrim’s Way and Secret Garden? I could lose myself there, and wish it was only a short stroll away. Lovely store.
By Susan B on 11/16/2008 12:36 am
Agyness O
Joanie….HORRORS!!! The print and color in the newspaper are coming off on your fingers! First thing every morning, I have my lazy butler iron my newspaper front to back to save me this degradation. Heaven forbid, your butler seems to have misplaced priorities. You know they must be trained properly, my dear.
By Agyness O on 11/15/2008 4:32 pm
joan larsen
Agy — bad girl — I know what you are doing. YOu are challenging me after I say that I feel - can I say crappy - (no, I thought not) - and you obviously have not seen what is left of the Chicago Tribune. You see, the only impression (get that) they can leave is wet ink that the butler has to use something I don’t know about - called Comet - on. You know - but don’t tell, OK - that a man playing with your fingertips in the morning has certain astonishing results — but I will let you guess and will be writing about what a man can do with women in the morning in my next HOME section of the NYT. I think they will find the circulation of NYT may go up, what do you think??? But I just thought — I wonder what NYT will think that the word is out that their newspapers have their own flaws and STEAMY is one! Joanie isn’t so sick after all, Agy.
By joan larsen on 11/15/2008 4:43 pm
Agyness O
Oh, oh, oh, Joanie!!! You must alert me as to when the NYTs is coming out with that “must have” knowledge in the Home section. My current man is so lazy and boring and my butler has cheese for brains. We do need help out here and badly. And, you say it will be “steamy”…ooh..la..la. Must have this info soon. May even have to invite my limo driver in on the action as it could be too much, from all you have said, for aformentioned husband and butler.
By Agyness O on 11/15/2008 5:11 pm
joan larsen
Agy baby, you never told me about the limo driver and I can guess why —- but, you know, I do write in the Health section of NYTimes when Jane Brody is off (but darn it, the woman is the picture of health ever since she had her knee surgery), and Agy, my dear, waxed lip and all your beauty, you are still “not happy”, are you, dear? Perhaps, I could fly in — the limo can pick me up and we will get there when we get there, OK — but maybe if you tell your good friend “all”, I can not only find those who could “improve” your life — but God! Agy, this would make such a good column on “how to make your personal life better” (that’s health, isn’t it??? Say YES!) that finally I may knock Jane Brody off her present pedestal and take her place. YOU may be my stepping stone … Would tomorrow be too soon to fly in? YOu DO have your private air strip, don’t you? (I have some friends who actually do — and do I stay close to THEM!!) Think it over — you have an hour — as I am packing. Tell the limo driver to look for the gorgeous blonde with the hairless upper lip (and just because I said that I am going to be cursed and tomorrow I will have to use a curling iron on the newfound hair, I just know it!)
By joan larsen on 11/15/2008 6:54 pm
Agyness O
Miss Joanie Baby….Bless your little heart! Me and the whole staff regret that we are unable to fulfill your request at this time…..each and very one of us is pooped and tucked in our beds with our blankeys and fav down pillows. We are down for the count and just hoping to revive ourselves by tuesday or thereabouts. The events of the past few months have taken their toll but all is good and we are hopeful. Now, when you do fly in, my chauffeur’s name is Dudley and you can’t miss him as he is short, fat and his eyes don’t exactly focus…one eye is blue and the other brown. But he is a dear and is my third cousin, once removed and was shorted in our small southern gene pool through no fault of his own. He has been with the family all of his life and is an absolute treasure. And, no unfortunately, we no longer have our private airstrip. It was recently repossessed by the bank due to the recent events of Wall Street. Although we were heavily invested in all of the best crooked companies, we were NOT offered one of those wonderful golden parachutes and our butts landed firmly and disastrously right into the ground. But, we shall soldier on all as “old money” always does and the servants can’t jump ship as they are all cousins of some sort or another and have no place to run to. Tsk Tsk But, Joanie, a column on “How to enhance ones peronal life” would be just the ticket!! Start thinking on it and soon after our rest we will get started. I have so many requests from fellow wowers that want to be included in our next high jinx that it is impossible to count them all!!! You have just stunned the WOW WORLD with your mind blowing humor, superior knowledge and correct political correctedness. And, the list for OFTER has become THE ticket of the season… i.e… If you aren’t OFTER baby, you are nothing…zilch. From all I have recently heard, no one but NO ONE wants to be in the real Obama cabinet…they are are hoping to be an OFTER!!! It is absolutely working Linda’s fingers to the bone just going through all the applicants. Mary lou and Elisabeth S. and her dog, Holly, are firmly in place as OFTER dog sitters and dog companion and I hear the little Obama girls are just barely containing themselves waiting for their new nanny and french tutor and want to start singing Frere Jacques right off the bat. My best wishes in ousting that poor Miss Jane Brody. Personally I feel that you would do a superior job and that old biddy should have her ass slammed in the door as she leaves, bless her heart. Now, before I say good night, I would like to reiterate that all of us wowers are going to be anxiously awaiting your new column on peronal life enhancement. You hear? Your new best friend and personal admirer, AGY
By Agyness O on 11/15/2008 10:08 pm
Agyness O
Oh, and Joanie, if you aren’t the clever one…curling our mustaches with a curling iron rather than suffer under the laser!! Only you, my dear, could have possibly come up with such a novel solution……………………………………………………………………………………….
By Agyness O on 11/15/2008 10:17 pm
Agyness O
Joanie…Get this…Miss Lily of the Valley is filing for OFTER Sec. of Tape!! And that office will include all things tape..like Meauring tape, scotch tape, carpet tape, packing tape, duct tape. drywall tape. bias tape. reel to reel tape, cassette tape, 8-track tape and last, but not least…red tape. Are we off and running or what??
By Agyness O on 11/15/2008 10:37 pm
joan larsen
Your Agyness, My dear, you have taken on this project full-scale - and it is obvious that we have not discussed your salary and other enticements for all your work. In the beginning, I had little idea of the full line-up of staff you already have, and I am sure there are some very enticing things you have not told me about the unnamed men lining up for your beauty and other talents. Frankly, our staff - getting larger by the minute from your entreaties - may have to take a few off your hands in Denver. But,Princess Agy can certainly afford to be generous to the hard workers we have amassed. But you must remember: your beauty must be preserved as we are not in your league as we greet our OFTERS and must hold you to the highest standard. In the ole days, I would have Elizabeth Arden at your command - but she up and died - but I am sure you would rather have gentlemen makeup artists tend you anyhow. Agyness, you have a drive that puts the founders of WOW to shame — and an intensity and organizational skills as well as cheerleading that in my SHORT lifetime I have never seen the like of. You will beat them with a club if needed to get them on board . . . Could I ask what pills you are taking as I want a lifetime supply as I am being pulled in real life hither and yon in the past few days, showing that you have got what it takes to be CEO of this burgeoning operation. Is there a position open in Man-Handling by any chance? That suits me to a T and I think even the thought of it stirs me enough that I WANT that JOB!!!! I will fight the others for it — THAT much!!!! A small note: our much needed Frank. Hope no one sees this but you, but Frank WILL be back and on board, but our Frank has found happiness in unexpected places and his days are filled with life and his nights — well, he will tell you sometime. I saw a photo of Frank yesterday and he looks to be living in a country home with a private lake with dock in front and islands floating in further out. That is my take on it. I am sure when he gets his sea legs again - not a prayer right now - we will be Frankophiles once again. Keep a high ranking position open — like interfacing with the big politicos and stick him in there. But to you — congratulations — as you are delightful, sheer genius, and I would jump on board any of your wild schemes in a flash — as as long as we can get silly, play around (which I hope is as naughty as it sounds), that is the idea. We are much too serious — and all of us need to have fun in the times when fun and good times seem to have gone down the drain. But Agy and Joanie are so RAH RAH RAH that the private airport and your meeters/greeters that will cart the cases of tequila and mix out of the plane, followed by me — who will be easily recognizable in the $4000 sweater that reeks of nouveau riche. We do want the effect for our rejects to be one of class — and we want to not only raise their esteem but their blood pressure. YES!!!!!! I could say more — but …
By joan larsen on 11/17/2008 2:09 pm
Agyness O
My dear Joanie Your Highness Baby, Your stunning beauty and high intelligence, not to mention your daring and humor, literally rock my mansion(ette) and everything from here in Denver all the way to the west coast!! I agree with simply every word you have just uttered and say, DITTO, DITTO, DITTO!!! I feel that in you I have truly met my match in all thigs funny and naughty. hee hee hee And, is OFTER up and running or what? Jump in anywhere on the threads and mention it. I am trying, if you have noticed, not to directly reply to most of your comments because we will completely take over the thread. LOL So always remember too jump around with your replies so it doesn’t look like we are bloghoggers, heaven forbid!!! I think we could have a thread with just you and me easily that could go on for weeks on end. You rock….you, blonde bombshell, you!!!!!
By Agyness O on 11/17/2008 4:13 pm
joan larsen
Your Agyness: Shame on you. I have actual tears running down my beautiful face with the laughter you have caused — and at this late hour I am so newly wide awake that I will blame you - your HIGHness (OFwiTERhead I say!) - and I beg you to stop doing this massive - and rather snobby - one-up-man-ship job (or should it be “woman-ship-job” — which I would know if I had gone to the Smith of the you know what!) I will give you a few days off — and if you want to fool around with your large staff - well - it is your business. But can I use it for my NYTimes “Quickies of the Week” column after you spill absolutely, darling, all the beans … OFTERs, so I hear, often mix business with pleasure — and we are soon to find out, aren’t we, and Lily will see that we have it on tape - and OFTER too good to say no to. Nighty night. The Princess must have her beauty sleep - something I take it you are forgoing for other pleasures.
By joan larsen on 11/15/2008 10:48 pm
Agyness O
Joanie, I just interupted my rest to enjoy my last mint julep of the evening so do hope you see this at first light tomorrow. If you do decide to grace us with your presence here in Denver next week, I have some instructions for you to deliver to your pilot as your plane approaches DIA (Denver International Airport ). Now, mum is the word on this and never tell a soul. About ten miles out, get on the radio and ask for “Bubba” in air traffic contol and tell him you are a friend of Agy’s and he will direct your aircraft to land on my aforementioned “repossessed airstrip” which is very plush and only a select few may enjoy. We are happily “bootlegging” for now and the way I see it is that what the bank doesn’t know won’t hurt them. Now, wouldn’t you agree?
By Agyness O on 11/15/2008 11:52 pm
joan larsen
I’m leaving on a jet plane, I may note home again” … and at this hour of the night I can’t think of the other words to that song … but of all people, you know that I am adventurous, willing to knock at the cockpit door and demand a change of plans as approach the city, soooooooooooooooooo, shouldn’t be a problem at all. I’ve already called to ask, and with the new restrictions and all, I may be only able to bring the margarita glasses -nd the salt for the rims -n the plane - but perhaps the limo driver will stop on the way there to pick up the ingredients. A little drinkie before we really get down to business might loosen those brain cells up to think of all the particulars. However, if your chauffeur takes a wrong turn or something, don’t be worried as I will eventually get there, smiling, of course. OFTER all, “a girl has to have fun” as another song goes. (I promise I won’t keep doing that stuff - you know, dropping in song lines and all, but it must be the witching hour and - well - no apologies where our minds go THEN.) I assume you have a attorney on call, double mmmmmmmmm, so that after we get every desirability laid out for our OFTERs that would leave others in the dust (you do remember dust before you were rich, don’t you? It is that fine stuff that - don’t tell - but I can often write my name on my table with), we can get a clause in that OFTER offerings so it cannot be copied by others. The poor snooks that we don’t let in while have to go down to the local bar - where no doubt they are already recognized anyhow. I assume you must be sulking a bit as while you didn’t object to my including Charlie Rose - for after all he has to get his inside info from somewhere - you also said that in my capacity, I think it said that I was in charge of Special Projects. CR will be more than enough for me, but I am telling you now, if you dress up in that form-fitting outfit that causes half the world to turn around and I am in my tentlike Muumuu for obvious reasons, he’ cut me dead. And I have a long memory, my Agy gal, and these things I don’t forget!!! By then we should our first OFTER - the SofS reject - so we have to move fast. Lily has to be invited as she is the one who cuts the red tape, and she has all the ins on doing that. That gal is so multi-talented that she suggested she had hatched up the finest dog hair toupes for those who might be interested in a second chance some day at the top jobs. You know her - that sweet Lily — she will be seeing her clients privately in a separate room. . suggesting she may be up to no good. We can only tell if they come up smiling or with a topper of hair that any dog would be proud of!! That secret two rings on my phone to let me know it was time to get up and see your latest thoughts was pure genius, darling! But I think we’ve covered enough for tonight — and days off are permitted as sometimes it can take me hours until the wheels turn (but don’t tell anyone my frailties, will you?) “Fly me to the moon, where I can play among (with) the stars …” It won’t be long, dear.
By joan larsen on 11/16/2008 5:46 am