Alida and Me
On a beautiful day in Brooklyn two weeks ago, the Siren sat down in a cafe, opened a newspaper and read that Alida Valli had died at age 84--and felt real sadness, because her daughter is named Alida.
Little more than three years ago Mr. C. and I had a lot of fun discussing names for our boy-girl twins:
"Lucy and Desi."
"Bill and Hillary."
"Nixon and Agnew."