Thursday, August 30, 2007

Our new lawyer

So yesterday Eddie and I were getting our legal junk together again. (Our California wills, power of attorney, etc. are not transferable to New York – so we have to get new ones). Our California attorney recommended a New York one. Our California attorney, with practices in Santa Barbara, Beverly Hills and Santa Monica, is one cool cucumber.

So I was expecting a professional New York hard hitting woman to come by the house. Imaging my surprise when a dizzy, clown-suited Rachel Dratch clone wandered through the hallways looking for 37G.


She was wearing a 2 piece business suit made of a heavy cotton with a wild print. It was white, with square dots of various colors splashed on. It, really, looked like something that your crazy aunt would make curtains out of, curtains for the summer house – not curtains you would have to look at every day. “Oh honey, I had leftover material and I made you and your dog matching outfits.”

She also sounded a lot like Rachel Dratch when she is doing the Barbara Walters impersonation. Not the lisp, just the quiet, interested, understated, ca(pause)dence.

In the end, we liked her. Ed and I are drawn to the interesting characters we bond with.