![]() ![]() He looks like the star of a Pedro Almodóvar movie. Who happens to be costumed as an overly tan, overly blond, and barely dressed (and very, very tall) Italian woman. Queued up at the entrance behind a velvet rope is a line of overly tan, overly blonde, and barely dressed Italian women. Several Ferraris, Mercedes, and Porsches glisten in the moonlight next to dozens of empty parking spaces, more than enough room to park a dorky minivan. JANE stands in the middle of a near-empty parking lot, confused. JOHN is panting and lags behind.Ĭut to another ten minutes later: JOHN, jacket wrapped around his waist, is bent over, huffing, with his hands on his knees. Probably from Old French joue 'cheek,' originally jode, from Gallo-Romance. jaw (n.) late 14c., jowe, joue, 'the bones of the mouth,' 'A word of difficult etymology' OED. Slack and slow was a Middle English alliterative pairing. 10 He once tried to run for Governor - until Marge Simpson forever ruined his chances by serving a three-eyed fish (an example of the. Slack-baked 'baked imperfectly, half-baked' is from 1823 used figuratively from 1840. He was ejected from the camp, and thrown over a wall into the slack-jawed millionaires camp. I thank you to make a move away from me, sir.Įxecuting a ten-point turn, JOHN maneuvers the enormous minivan past the cute little Italian cars that have lined up behind him and drives to the bottom of the hill.Ĭut to JOHN and JANE walking briskly up the hill, the club’s twinkling lights in the distance.Ĭut to ten minutes later: JOHN and JANE are still walking up the hill. Charles Montgomery Plantagenet Schicklgruber Burns, Sr., also known as Mr. They swear.) A TAN TEENAGE VALET with skinny sideburns and oily hair approaches the minivan. (For the record, JOHN and JANE had ordered a fine convertible coupe, but the inept rental people had only this stupid van available when they arrived. Sure, it’s not in Ibiza, but it’s called the Billionaire Club, for God’s sake, and it is home to more Russian billionaires and French models and former Italian prime ministers and vacationing Hollywood celebrities and scheming sociopathic imposters than any other club in the world. Opened in 1998, it is the preeminent rich-Euro hangout on the Mediterranean coastline. ![]() The minivan approaches the driveway to the Billionaire Club. ![]() A dorky silver minivan, driven by JOHN and JANE SMITH, navigates the windy passes above the crashing Mediterranean and cruises past a row of identical fancy clubs. It is early August, so every night is warm and clear, almost changeless, because that is how the rich people have ordered them. THE CURVING SARDINIAN ROADS LEADING TO THE BILLIONAIRE CLUB-NIGHTĪ warm, clear evening on the Italian island. Sixty years after its radical formation, Northern California’s Sea Ranch maintains. ![]()
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