LARGE and extremely well-heeled crowd showed
at the Waterfront Centre Hotel recently for a semi-
nar delivered by Martha Stewart, doyenne of things

domestic.

Stewart, as you probably know,
is the author of 11 books on
gardening, decorating, cooking,
etc.

She appears regularly on Live
With Regis & Kathie Lee and The
Today Show, plus she’s the K Mart
consultant. She even has her own
Dutch Boy paint color —

“Hunter Teal.”

When } grow up, ] want lo be
the K Mart consultant and have
my own Dutch Boy paint color...

| shouldn’t make fun of this, but
| already know how to cook, dec-
orate and wield a garden hose and
I figure that, if you’re past your 20s
(although I’m far from that point,
of course) and stil! need written
instructions to get through a party,
you're up the creek anyway.

On the other hand, Stewart is
very, very rich thanks to thousands
of people who apparently need
help with their homes, and that in
itself is interesting.

Stewart, 53, also seems to be an
interesting woman — not the pillar
of WASPishness people assume.

Martha Kostyra had a modest
New Jersey upbringing, modelled
her way through university, mar-
tied a publisher, had a daughter,
became a stockbroker, dumped
the publisher, then parlayed her
domestic talents into a one-
woman empire which she runs
from a Manhattan apartment, an
estate in the Hamptons and a
not-so-modest home in Connec-
ticut.

She was here to promote her
new book, Martha Stewart’s New
Old House, and she gave practical
tips on antique-collecting, ,
renovating and lifestyle improve-
ments.

The crowd just ate it up, and

_ dozens of Chanel-suited Junior
Leaguers waited in line to have
their books autographed by
Stewart, who says of herself, ‘I'm
not superwoman, just a fanatic.’’

The evening was, by the way, a
Junior League fundraiser and
$25,000 was raised for the league’s
community projects.

North Shore ladies included
Carol Anne McLachlan and her
mother Maureen, PR person Laura
Vandriei, North Van‘s Suzanne
Cavin, new West Vancouverite
Karen Hall, Sherry Lightheart of
North Van's Lightheart & Co., one
of the evening’s sponsors, and
another sponsor, Darlene Sanders
of West Van's Avant Gardener,
who chalked up the success of the
evening, and Stewart's popularity,
to “entertainment envy.”

kkk

Which reminds me ... | know
your children are already perfect
but, just in case, the Hotel Van-
couver is offering Manners
Tune-Ups for Tots & Teens.

The half-day classes take place
every Saturday through March and
provide sorely needed instruction
on table manners, restaurant
behavior and telephone etiquette.

For information, calf instructor
Mary Kennedy at 583-6645. That’s
a Surrey number (no jokes please).

kk *

Trustees of Vancouver Youth At
Risk (VYAR) are grateful to Neon
Rider cast members for their gen-
erous donation of time to the of-
ficial opening of the Roots
Metrotown store.

Peter Williams, Sam Sarkar
and William Taylor spent four
hours signing autographs and

Louise Aird
BRIGHT LIGHTS

chatting with fans and, at one
point, there was a lineup to get in-
to the store, A beautiful sight, as
10% of the day's sales went to
VYAR.

Roots co-founders and co-
owners Don Green and Michael
Budman came from Toronto for
the event. Hard to believe these
guys are businessmen — they look
like surfer dudes.

They started early, though,
founding Roots right after gradua-
tion in Detroit and moving to
Toronto.

There were only two North
Shoreites there: PR person Rhoda
Rizkalla and Charles Stewart
modelling agent Susan Salo —
but VYAR president, actress/singer
Patricia Dahiquist, was thrilled
with the turnout.

| spoke at length to Sam Sarkar,
who is busy with his duties as a
director to the Union of B.C. Per-
formers (UBCP), which is currently
embroiled in a tug-of-war with the
Screen Actors Guild (SAG) — a
true David and Goliath situation.
SAG, with help from ACTRA, is
apparently trying to knock the
UBCP out of film and TV produc-
tion up here. Sarkar says, howev-
er, that the UBCP is gaining
ground.

Sarkar also told me that the CBC
is failing to pay residuals to the

stars of Beachcombers, which is

still widely aired elsewhere.

West Van's Jackson Davies, for
example, has received a total! of
about $3,000. Actors are supposed
to be able to rely on ACTRA to
help in these matters — i guess
this explains the rising popularity
of the UBCP,

kk *
Congratulations to North Van’s

Jon Paul Holt, owner of
Yaletown’s Avant Garde hair stu-

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ROOTS CO-FOUNDERS Don Green (left) and Michael Budman (right) with North Shore PR person .

Rhoda Rizkalla at the opening of the new Metrotown Roots store.

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JON PAUL Holt: hair styli
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dio, who recentiy travelled to
Toronto for the Canadian Hair-
dressing Awards ceremony, where
he received the Stylist of the Year
award.

Holt’s technician Linda Greben
won for Canadian Permist of the
Year, and Avant Garde colorist
Martin Hillier came second in his
category.

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