HALLELUJAH--THE END OF THE BIRTHDAY!!!

SATURDAY NIGHT WAS AT TAYLOR'S, the right out of the 40s and 50s steak house on 8th St. It's as close to Chasen's as you can get. I used to spend every birthday at Chasen's and now I can't. very sad.

Ellen Weston, Beverly Piontak, and LUCY doll

EASTER SUNDAY AND MY ACTUAL BIRTHDAY---BUNNY TIME..........

Resting bunny

Joely Fisher divulging a secret

The really young ones thought I was a real rabbit!!!!!!

Connie Stevens, Joely, her husband Chris Duddy and Tricia Leigh Fisher

EASTER MORNING TURNED INTO A CHINESE NIGHT. I love the restaurant Fu's Palace on Pico near Robertson. Back in the "dark ages" it was Wan Q, and now it looks like a faded resurrection of The Luau. It's one of the genius funky secrets that is so cool. I met yet another gang of friends there.

Dawn Moore, Me, Helen Reddy, Stamie Karakasidis, and Jackie De Shannon

BE SURE TO SEE HELEN REDDY AT THE CATALINA BAR AND GRILL NEXT WEEKEND--FRI AND SAT NIGHTS!!!!

HAPPY EASTER !!!!!!!

TODAY I AM AN EASTER BUNNY.  For many years I have led the Easter Egg Hunt at Connie Stevens' house for zillions of children. Yes, I have a full-size bunny suit, complete with feet. And, yes, it's unbelievably hot. Have pity for those people at Disneyland in character suits.

REAL PHOTOS COMING LATER

BIRTHDAY WEEK, PART TWO AND THREE

LUNCH AT WARNER BROS WITH GREG GUGLIOTTA AND JOANNA JOHNSON. Greg is exec prod and Joanna is producer and head writer on "The Fosters," a co-production of Greg's company and Jennifer Lopez' company. It had been ages since I'd eaten on the Warner Lot. Who knew they turned their executive dining room into a Spago-type restaurant?

 It will debut on ABC Family and is a series about two women who are a couple raising their kids and foster kids.

AND THEN AT NIGHT, THE LOVELY NAUSHABA COOKED A PAKISTANI FEAST FOR ME. Homemade everything (except for the chocolate cake. ) THANK YOU!!!!

IT'S BIRTHDAY WEEK. I'M A LUCKY GIRL

Edye et moi

Pretty self-explanatory

My beloved Valerie

Part 1

Thank you to sweet Edye Broad for the lovely, intimate lunch at the Peninsula with Valerie Harper, Lesley Ann Warren and Joely Fisher. It was special on so many accounts. You're going to hear more about Valerie from time to time from me. We've been friends since 1971. But for today, we celebrate life and friendship. Thanks to James Overbaugh, the executive chef and food and beverage manager at the Peninsula for an amazing lunch. What did I order? A cheeseburger and fries! Last week Edye and I had lunch there. and a woman next to us was by herself eating TWO cheeseburgers! I had to at least have one.....
By the way, next week Valerie is guesting on "Hot in Cleveland," and Betty White has put together a reunion of the women on Mary Tyler Moore. Mary, Cloris Leachman, and Georgia Engel will all be in the show, and I'll be on set all week. And Joely is singing at the STAGE Benefit on April 6, and doing the What a Pair show on April 13 at the Broad Theatre.

RABBI JOAN RIVERS' PASSOVER DINNER

Yes, folks, each year Joan Rivers holds a Passover at her house. It started with about six people and now has grown to 30 and it's in Melissa's house. In past years, the waiters were dressed in Orthodox Jewish fur hats. One year I dressed as Charlize Theron in that horrible Oscar dress with big roses covering her breasts. That was a lively evening. This year I had a feeling she was going more formal, and it took all I could do not to wear my gorilla suit.

For hors d'oeuvres, Joan serves baby hot dogs, salmon gefilte fish on toothpicks, the best mini-potato pancakes in the world, and a veggie kabob. Dinner is chicken soup, brisket and mashed potatoes, and real dessert platters of chocolate cake and creme brulee. Of course macaroons appear on the table at some point. In past years she has given us bags of plagues to throw. This year there were too many people and the plagues or people would have ended up in the pool.

"TONIGHT WE ARE CHANGING THE FOUR QUESTIONS TO FIVE," SAID RABBI JOAN. "THE FIFTH QUESTION IS.....HOW COME LADY GAGA STILL HAS A CAREER?"

Tommie, Robert and Peter Tilden

Writer Kenny Solms

Sabrina, Cooper (Joan's grandson) realtor Conrad Hitchcock and Joan

Rabbi Joan on far left. Look how she had the flowers spotlighted from above in the tent!

Larry, Peter, Melissa, Danny and Tony

Yours truly and
old friend" Conrad

Rod Stewart's manager Arnold Stiefel

Edgar would be so happy to see me with Cooper.

The gorgeous table

Elegant Passover Hot Dogs!!!

SOUTH AMERICA BETTER THAN I THOUGHT

BUENOS AIRES

Le Reve Hotel, Santiago

Le Reve

Alvear Palace Hotel, Buenos Aires

Santiago

Montevideo, Uruguay

Puerto Montt, Chile (Patagonia)

Eva Peron's grave in Argentina

Mestizo restaurant hidden in Bicentenario Park, Santiago

Terra del Fuego National Park. Freezing, but gorgeous

I'M SO HAPPY TO BE BACK. Three weeks in a place where you never desired to go is way too much. But I must say that I was very impressed with the people of Argentina, Uruguay, and Chile. I loved cruising among glaciers and very dramatic scenery. I loved meeting interesting people, particularly in Chile. There is only 2% unemployment in Chile, and it draws such cosmopolitan, forward-thinking people. My friend who lives there, Deborah Mogelberg, is a New Yorker/San Francisco transplant. With her entreprenurial brain and business acumen, she has created and sold four businesses and is extraordinary successful. And I thoroughly enjoyed the Celebrity Infinity ship. It's my second time on Celebrity, and I would go again, if I wanted to be on a ship with 1800 people. They handle it beautifully for their place in the market.

The best hotel in Buenos Aires is the Alvear Palace, their version of the Ritz in London or Paris. The most charming hotel in Santiago and a French boutique hotel called Le Reve. I recommend both highly.