For Them, Romance Is Suite
Even though Valentine’s Day has passed, rest assured that cupid is alive and well.
That according to a poll commissioned by Beverly Hills-based Hilton Hotels in which 1,031 adults were interviewed to determine whether “Romance (Is) Dead or Alive in America?”
Eighty-two percent of the male and female respondents said they believe in true love, and that their current mates are the loves of their lives, according to the survey. And 87% said their mates are beautiful or handsome.
But while men and women agreed that taking time for romance is important--two-thirds said they wished they had more “couple” time--they disagreed on how to spend those intimate moments.
The men put making love at the top of their lists, followed by watching TV, dining and then talking. Women would rather chat with their mates. Making love came in second, followed by watching TV, then eating.
Oh, and taking a short trip out of town can rekindle some relationships, according to two out of three men surveyed and more than seven out of the 10 women who responded.
Now why would Hilton Hotels want us to know about that?
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GET A LIFE: A small slice of O.J. mania was on display Sunday on Sunset Boulevard as a few dozen onlookers showed up to catch a glimpse of the jury motorcade and announce their verdicts.
Perhaps not surprisingly, many of those who gathered to gawk several blocks away from O.J.’s Rockingham Avenue estate were true believers in Simpson’s innocence.
While patiently waiting hours for the arrival of the motorcade, many of the onlookers politely shared their thoughts on the case, gleaned from television, the tabloids and, as one woman put it, “logic.”
It was Elia Hoogasian, a Fresno woman, who said Simpson’s innocence was logical. She asked, “How could one person do all those things? If he’s guilty, I wish he’d tell me how he did it.”
Hoogasian said she was offended that Nicole Brown Simpson’s family did not want their former son-in-law in their slain daughter’s Bundy Drive condominium.
Simpson “paid for all of it,” Hoogasian said. “What right did they have to deny him?
Lucy Caruso, 40, a visitor from Chicago, who had taken the bus to Brentwood from Hollywood, was also convinced of Simpson’s innocence. “Beating someone doesn’t mean you’re going to kill them,” Caruso said.
One of the first onlookers to arrive, Carmen Perron, a schoolteacher from Huntington Beach, was wearing a pin with pictures of the Simpson defense team. It read, “O.J.’s Attorney’s Dream Team.”
Perron said she couldn’t envision the Akita, with the now famous wail, barking at O.J. and hoped the dog would be brought to the courtroom. “The (melting) ice cream really has a lot of us puzzled,” Perron said.
Not everyone at the scene was in The Juice’s corner, though. Some said they were reserving judgment. A Santa Barbara nurse, Gina Syslo, who has read all three books about the case, is a prosecution convert. She said the DNA evidence changed her mind.
Former mayoral candidate “Melrose” Larry Green was another (loud) voice for the prosecution. He jogged up carrying a big sign that read, “Enough of O.J. What about Howard Stern?” and screamed, “I guarantee he (Simpson) did it.”
