Pamela Des Barres Book Party at the Wiltern

Miss Pamela and her beau, Mike Stinson

The Wiltern makes everything more glamorous. Its golden art deco designs transport you to another world. Add some beautiful women wearing shimmering dresses, and the night will sparkle. At Pamela Des Barres' party last night to celebrate her new book, Let's Spend the Night Together, my friend Donna Lethal and I just had to stand aside and watch the fashion show go by. Miss Pamela was practically floating in an ethereal pale lavender gown as she greeted her guests. In fact, when Miss Mercy asked her friend, Jill, where Pamela was, Jill said, "She's floating." Mercy made a face, "She's BLOATED?" Donna and I wandered amongst friends of friends, occasionally star-spotting, but returned to hang out with the charismatic Jill. As we left, I asked, "One last picture?" and Jill turned to pose with Mercy. My camera gave me an error message. It just would not work. Mercy laughed, "Ha ha! You lose!" But I am not one to be beaten so easily. I reached into my purse, " I have ANOTHER camera!" I snapped my pic, and we said our goodbyes. Then we left the golden ballroom and wandered back out to the dull grey of the streets.

wiltern


the ballroom


Pam and Donna Lethal


Gabriel Byre, local DJ and writer Chris Morris, et al


birds eye view


Miss Mercy


Funky Jenn, Tita and Mike Stinson


Jill and Mercy


wiltern exterior


Lonely trumpet outside


Photos by Elise Thompson


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Is that Gabriel Byrne and is he gonna kick the crap out of you (for interrupting his drinking)?

Yes it is and it was really fun getting to watch most of the women at the party pretend not to check him out!

I think Gabriel Byrne was mad because he was starving. I had to wait for him to stop scarfing down deli roll-ups before I could politely take his picture. He probably had hummus on his mind.

Oh, and if you hover over the photo with your cursor, the picture caption will pop up.

Hi Pamela:

It looks like a blast. I am sorry that I couldn't make it, but I was filming a documentary about the producer Ted V. Mikels. They wanted the dirt on him too, so I gave them a little. I am not going to give all until my book. Thank you for the chapter in the book and I hope that it will be a best seller for you. As we say in show biz, "Break a Leg!!!!!"

Love,
Tura Satana
Chapter One

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