August 9, 2006

Annette Yancey Allgood, ayallgood@aol.com

I worked at PW's in my youth. Charlene Creamer hired me to handle the books and do asst. manager stuff. I worked under Wayne ? and Tommy Goss. Nancy Gund, Nancy Lapidus and I were about the only women working there for a long time. (Nancy is a social worker these days, I think. Probably had great training dealing with the staff and regulars!)

I planned the 3rd Anniversary Party with Tommy. It was a blast. I met (and dated for a little while) White House photographer and Pulitzer Prize winner David Hume Kennerly. He brought First Lady Betty Ford and Doonesbury creator Garry Trudeau in a few times. John Greer and Greg (was it Lunsford??) were our head night bartenders. Joe Toomey and Earl Hewitt were other friends who worked up to bartender slots. Palmer Walker was a star waiter there during my tenure, too. Barry Livingston ('Ernie' on 'My Three Sons') came in with his uncle from Baltimore one night after a performance at the Kennedy Center. We hung out during the run ... even saw a UFO together his last night in town. He was performing in Kansas City 10 years later when I lived nearby. I left a message with his publicist asking if he remembered PW's, me and the UFO. He called me immediately and said he still had his PW's tee shirt the staff had given him.

AAAHHHHHHHHH -- those were the days!