Thanks Jude!

Only 100 bucks a tree, that's a steal!

Not to mention what a night it would have been :)

Just as soon as I hit the "Jackpot" I'm so there. Perhaps we need to
go back to Vegas and hit the slots again? And while we're there...
it would be rude not to take in a show or two.. wouldn't it? *grin*




--- In theofficialbettemidlerclub@yahoogroups.com, "Jude"
<seafreee@...> wrote:
>
> Hello, Everybody!
>
> Got this article via my Yahoo Alerts on Bette. You can do it, too -
> it's easy!
>
> This is an article on the Huffington Post site, by Andrea Chalupa:
>
> "Bette Midler's Hulaween Ball: A Great Investment"
>
> Last night, at Bette Midler's annual Hulaween Ball in the Waldorf
> Astoria, the eco-diva raised $2-3 million for New York's Restoration
> Project. Ticket prices were $630 for balcony seats to $63,000 a
table
> to raise money for an organization that clean-ups and revitalizes
> community gardens and underserved parks in NYC.
>
> The evening started off with Ms. Midler, dressed as a bloody chef,
> working the room with the evening's MC, comedienne Kathy Griffin--in
> an Uncle Sam-like get-up, urging guests to buy trees at $100 a pop
for
> the City of New York.
>
> It's an amazing feeling to buy a tree; something that's going to
last
> through many a' economic cycle. It could in fact be the best
> investment around. You can buy one too at NYRP's Plant a Tree.
>
> Speaking of the economy, guests included Jimmy Buffett, dressed as
> Christopher Walken's SNL character The Continental, the
> smoking-jacket-wearing, champagne drinking cosmetics king. Buffett
is
> set to ride this economic tsunami, considering he's in the market of
> escapism and tailgating parties, which should be resilient and up in
> this recession.
>
> Also in attendance was disco Foremother Gloria Gaynor whose "I Will
> Survive" should be the anthem of this economy and on the playlist of
> all the recent layoffs, along with Kelis's Caught Out There.
>
> Other guests included pop rocker Pink, wearing a huge, frothy
magenta
> wig, Jann Wenner dressed as Jann Wenner, designer Michael Kors
sported
> a rug-size mane of black, thick luscious hair as Priscilla Presley,
> and Suze Orman looked like a bush of money with hundreds of fake
> dollar bills glued or taped or whatever on her gold jacket.
>
> A man coyly smiling behind a giant frame dressed as Mona Lisa won
the
> best costume award. Other notable costumes included a group of dudes
> wearing sparkling, shimmering head-pieces modeled after Las Vegas
> Casinos, a glittering Marilyn, and of course, a Sarah Palin, or two.
> When one Palin walked by my table, I made sure to pull an Alec
Baldwin
> and tell her: "You're a horrible person." "I know, don't vote for
me!"
> came the response.
>
> Having gone last year, this year's Hulaween was jam packed, with
> dozens of people hanging from the balconies. Cobwebs, spooky trees
as
> table centerpieces, snakes, and glowing skulls decorated the tables
of
> the Waldorf's grand ballroom.
>
> The night came to an energetic close with a live performance by
Gloria
> Estefan and her Miami Sound Machine, all in Goth. Estafan rocked it,
> wearing a long black wig with bangs, looking very Elvira. They
> performed the hits: "Get on Your Feet", "Y Tu Conga," and "Rhythm Is
> Gonna Get You" with Midler and Griffin dancing and getting some mic
> action on stage.
>
> After the performance, Midler ecstatically thanked everyone for
coming
> out, acknowledging that these are "tough, tough, tough, tough
times."
>
> When that's the case, it's always nice to get transported to Miami
> through the Sound Machine and do a little greening for New York.
>