Liz Smith's assistant on her recent Vegas trip: "I took refuge on Petrossian's nearly empty patio to watch hordes of grossly fat and nearly naked Americans wearing shorts trying to get into the caf . I couldn't help but think of the millions of seriously thoughtful people around the world who were walking to protest the threat of a war with Iraq at that moment. Then I ordered a second martini."
Can't keep me away from "mamma" [Liz Smith]