Marsha retired from prostitution management in 1950 to avoid prosecution and moved to Sausalito and started a new and highly successful career as operator the Valhalla restaurant, and subsequently was elected the mayor of Sausalito. Besides being Mayor Stanford, she was the Rev. Stanford and officiated at occasional marriages by holding of a mail order diploma from Kirby Hensley’s Universal Life Church in Modesto. When asked about her career choices, she replied "Us sinners never give up." Sally became even better know nationally when she was a guest of the Johnny Carson Tonight Show when and talked about her career choices. She once explained that "Madaming is the sort of thing that happens to you—like getting a battlefield commission or becoming the dean of women at Stanford University.
So to celebrate Sally's birthday, we
suggest watching
Lady of the House while munching on
croque-madam. A croque-madam is
the distaff version of a croque-monsieur - a hot ham and
Gruyère cheese
grilled sandwich - the French version of fast food. The only difference is that croque madam
is served with a fried egg on top of it. The name is based on the French verb croquer ("to crunch"). Some dictionaries
attribute the name to the egg resembling an old fashioned woman's hat.
According to the Le Petit Robert French dictionary, the croque-madam
dates to around 1960 which makes croque-monsieur about 50 years
older than madam as in many many French marriages The first
recorded appearance of a croque-monsieur was at a 1910 Parisian café and was mentioned by Marcel Proust in volume 2 of his
À la recherche du temps perdu (1918). Enyoy one while watching
Lady of the House. |
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