Once Upon A Time,

Sweet kind ladies like my adopted Aunt, who was recently made an official Saint by The Vatican, would get together and have quaint little sales parties,

Discussing things like makeup and reusable plastic storage containers.

In another notch down the ratchet of our increasingly Britney-fied culture,

Ladies who had long-ago abandoned their prim but sassy Doris Day dresses for -well maybe not Christina Aguilera Underpants, but maybe Rebecca Romijn’s,

Are getting together for a different kind of party, celebrating…