Social Butterflies

Am I a self-proclaimed social butterfly?

I was actually very flattered when a friend called me that a few years ago because I happened to know a few people in a movie theatre. (For your viewing pleasure, please go to his website at www.thatwerks.com, Chris you'll thank me later.)

Nevertheless, still reading The Right Address and picturing myself as a debutante among the upper crust at Park Avenue, I've come to wonder about the lifestyles of these socially inclined characters. (Obviously, my take on the meaning of the word "social butterfly" is NOT what my friend Chris had in mind.)

With that, I present a whimsical opening paragraph in this month's Vogue on this very subject!

"Butterflies by the millions flock to Mexico each November and return north in April because warmth is essential to their survival. Alas, three of the last five winters have been so cold south of the border that the population of monarch butterflies is down as much as 75 percent, according to a recent CNN report.

Thinking of the butterfly news as a sympathetic, slightly whimsical conversation starter, I mentioned it to a young lady I was seated next to at a dinner the other night. Perhaps it was the distraction of the handheld computer in her pretty palms--I got no laughs when I asked if she was blogging for Arianna Huffington--the lady responded by reminding me that it was rather cold in Palm Beach, this winter too.

What can I say? At least SOCIAL butterflies are having a happier year then their prototypes in nature."

---VOGUE
August 2005