i hadn't seen her in AGES. i don't know how long it'd been. maybe since i was in high school at some point? but until i was 4, my parents rented an apartment from the small complex she and my godfather owned. so she knew me very well when i was a little girl, and often watched me.
fittingly, her husband was my godfather. he passed away while i was in college, and i wasn't able to make it to the service. al was a musician during the big band era and played and arranged for artie shaw, worked with billie holiday, and arranged music for various big band era songs, writing tony pastor's theme song, blossoms.
my godmother's name is dovie, but we call her dee. she fell for al while he was touring. she was a groupie! and they traveled all over the country as he played music.
dee and al weren't just my godparents, but my MOTHER's godparents, too!
how cool is that?
and dee is just the cutest!
she's over 90 years old!
we also got to spend time with dee's daughter, julie, and her husband, king. yep, his name is king! and their parakeet, sweetie. they were the nicest people ever. they ordered in a big family style chinese lunch and we ate and laughed as we all got reacquainted and got to know each other a little better.
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"adorbs!!" applies to the following:
-dee's sideways glance
-the name dovie
-groupies!
-pipes
-your shirt/dress?/sweater? i luv ruffles.
-dee's face in the fourth pic (ahhahrrrrrggg!)
-dee's glasses
-that stinkin' cute California framed business
-pipes.
xo
holy crap... i can't say it any better than les already has... so i echo it all!
ditto to les! i think its pretty awesome that dee and al were your mom's godparents too. what i wouldnt give to have piper's complexion, she has the most gorgeous skin. so jealous of babies. are her eyes hazel or more blue? i also love your cute top! i've been working from home this week due to being snowed in and reading your posts have been a pleasant break in my days!
Al Avola was an interesting guy. He went to law school to please his father. He passed the Mass. Bar (which included oral exam conducted by the Supreme Court of Mass!) but never practiced law. He immediately started his musical career after passing the bar. He told me that he was hard of hearing in his right ear from playing so many years in front of Buddy Rich. He preferred Martin guitars and for several decades Martin had a model named after him. He taught primary school in No. Hollywood, in fact he was still teaching 5th grade when Devon's mom and rented from them in the 70s.
Btw, the dominoes game we played is called "Mexican Trains".
it's a dress, les, with a long sleeve shirt layered under it. actually kind of similar to what the 90 year old was wearing!
oh ya, dad, MEXICAN trains! i wonder what made it mexican?
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