She settled back in her banquet booth, spearing a meatball with her fork.
"I believe,"
she said, "that every home should have two framed portraits –
one of Frank Sinatra, and one
United States President William McKinley." We sat
in silence for a while as I filled our emply wine
glasses. "Would portraits of Tony
Bennett and United States President Chester Alan Arthur do in a
pinch?" I
asked at last. "No," she said firmly, "they most certainly would not."
