San Francisco Sentinel December 7, 1989 Not Another Martini, Darling! Eight is My Limit By Doris Fish December is barely here, and my mailbox is bursting with smart soirée invitations. I’m flattered to be considered a good party risk. Of course, it has been years since I earned the “Worst Person at the…
DetailsSan Francisco Sentinel December 14, 1989 The Doris Decade By Doris Fish The eighties started for me in 1979 when I met Miss X. With Tippi we formed the Sluts A-Go-Go, did a show and went to Australia for our South Pacific nightclub tour (really one nightclub and one dive). And it’s been…
DetailsSan Francisco Sentinel December 21, 1989 “Fish and Dips” By Doris Fish Lacking photographic evidence, you’ll just have to believe what I tell you! I was traffic-stoppingly beautiful last week, making one of my rare public appearances at the lovely home of the still unmarried Gwynn Waters (well she’s famous to me!). I…
DetailsSan Francisco Sentinel December 29, 1989 Street Talk ‘Send In the Lions’ By Doris Fish I considered going to Mass on Christmas. My boyfriend and I spent the holidays with his family. I just couldn’t do it. My youthful animosity towards the Church of Rome has recently been rekindled, ironically at the…
DetailsSan Francisco Sentinel January 5, 1990 Bay City Beat ‘She Who Would Be Empress’ By Doris Fish Of all the many ridiculous ways to waste time, running for Empress ranks up there with housework. Although I’m no expert on housework, I’m pretty proficient at ridiculous time-wasting projects so I guess I should know. Why anyone…
DetailsSan Francisco Sentinel Theatre January 11, 1990 Men, Lesbians and Transsexuals By Doris Fish, Sentinel Arts Writer Joke about AIDS will never be a real trend, but I hope the nineties will bring some humor to our dastardly situation. We loved and laughed at “Terms of Endearment” and “Steel Magnolias” (even at the…
DetailsSan Francisco Sentinel January 19, 1990 ‘I’m Serious About My Career’ By Doris Fish Many years ago, I told myself, “When I hit thirty, I’ll give up show business.” Now I say, “I’ll get serious about this showbiz stuff when I hit forty.” I’m close enough to start thinking about a career again. …
DetailsSan Francisco Sentinel January 26, 1990 Street Talk Fish on a Soapbox By Doris Fish Arts Writer “Save the Pigs!” was the headline for a discarded column I started some weeks back. It was not very amusing, with long turgid ramblings about the shocking cruelties inflicted on our porcine brothers for no other…
DetailsSan Francisco Sentinel Arts February 9, 1990 Chaos at Court By Doris Fish Sentinel Arts Writer Imperial politics imperil the Empress! Or rather the most vocal candidate, Vinnie. It seems she has been aggressively courting the friends and followers of rejected candidates Ggreg (“2 ‘g’s like Lloyd) Taylor, and Miss Romé. Her efforts…
DetailsSan Francisco Sentinel February 2, 1990 Street Talk Dear Doris… By Doris Fish, Sentinel Arts Writer The letters have been piling up and it’s time to air them out before they get too passé. Manny, a native of West Germany now in town, writes, “What do you do about sweaty strumphosen?”…
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