Artist Nelson Shanks, who has painted royalty, popes and world leaders, tells the Philadelphia Daily News that his portrait of President Clinton for the National Portrait Gallery has a not-so-obvious reference to the infamous blue dress worn by Monica Lewinsky, the White House intern with whom Clinton had an affair
Refrigerate for at least 20 minutes (this allows time for the flavors to meld and the dressing to get cool and thicken up)
For the formal dress, the blouse has a neck band at the top of the bodice made of the traditional "mundillo," a fine handmade bone lace made in the Interior of Panama, which is edged with a heavier lace
Although I do leave out the celery
And so, we have a story about a bustling city where dreams are woven into the very fabric of existence, and where a man finds himself not just re-fitted in a suit, but reborn a testament to the enduring power of change, friendship and the timeless art of transformation