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TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6, 1990 The Palm Beach Post SECTION L.W KIT rf J1 Sit sa'-sl Ws it in Alii )aiiiiwilVitf Inii I "kMiil Li ACCENT Galliano reps pushing tonic with local folks SraSW7(B(BlM(B i a mm I il i I I 1 till i i i i i i tin Mi Ei" 1 -uxi" 1 jffii'ji rr-a cm to (flULi Not a playboy in the group as three Ferraris two yellow, one red roared up to The Mark in West Palm Beach, unloading three men, three women six magnifico Italianos who dispensed yellow roses and mingled with diners. Weary of Harvey Wallbangers, Galliano is pushing new libations, especially Galliano Tonic, with a multimillion-dollar tour. The company spent six months re Scantily clad hot dog vendors are getting flak from bureaucrats and each other 1989 FILE PHOTO Palm Beach County Commissioner Ron Howard is adamant about his views. His sentiments about an '89 budget increase (above) were clear, and so is his view about hot dog vendors in thongs. cruiting its ambassadors, even held a "cattle call" 1 at New York's John I I HousemanTheatre.lt ia fr- I was carpe diem for one 7 J.

of the young Galliano representatives, France-sca Di Mauro, a TV actress: "It's a great opportunity to travel around America and I get paid for it." They're in the area through Sunday. r-3'-, j- 7' Thom Smith Watch Winger in ff' A practice for MTV MTV cameras will be at Winger's Heritage Festival gig at South Florida Fairgrounds Saturday but sorry, metal heads, it's practice. Winger shoots the real video Monday in St. Petersburg. World Wrestling at the auditorium Bobby "The Brain" Heenan, that nefarious, devious little pipsqueak wrestling manager who always finds ways for his "bad guys" to win, may have gone too far.

For the first time, he's putting on tights and going into the ring. He'll wrestle Big Boss Man, right here at West Palm Beach jt. 1 1 iffSh Jin 1 miJ "--1 1 1 1 milt 1 a mv i i' t. Hit Auditorium Dec. 12.

Two-to-one he cheats, but that's OK with the auditorium r' -1 L. I 1 1 sum, wmcn is in ouuy siam heaven. It's for World By ROB HIAASEN Palm Beach Post Staff Writer This is no longer a roadside novelty. This business of thonged women hawking wieners to gawking men has turned into another obscenity issue, a political movement and a merchandising gig. Women are calling women whores, undercover homemakers are taking pictures of the nearly naked, children are signing petitions and a local politican is pushing an anti-thong law.

Copycat vendors have accused the competition of keeping a dirty hot dog stand! Dirty dirty, not dirty obscene. Sex is selling for $1.50 a dog and people are eating it up. It's fear and loathing on Military Trail. ploria It began with the first lady of Thong, 25-year-old Gloria Gonzalez. The story goes that her bikini shrunk in the dryer, but she wore it anyway to sell hot dogs.

The former secretary works the Sabrett hot dog stand at the Amoco station at Military Trail and Forest Hill Boulevard. "It's a living I'm hoping to franchise," Gloria says. She's wearing red lipstick, thick eyeliner on saucer eyes, high heels and a white visor. "The girl is slammin'! The girl is slammin'!" screams someone's head from an Econovan that just cornered the intersection. (Translation: "slammin' means nice-looking.) Gloria got a gimmick.

Gloria got famous. Gloria got a business manager. Gloria sells $11 T-shirts that ask for the repeal of the state law against thongs on state beaches. On the shirt's backside is Gloria's backside on the big silk screen. Gloria makes people nervous, angry, jealous and hungry.

"Women call me a whore and other nasty things. But when I look at them, the majority of them are fat. Obviously, they envy my body but won't admit it," Gloria says. The opposition has formed a political action committee of children, parents, churchgoers and business people. They charge Gloria and her kind with violating community standards.

They say thongs are trashy business. Women who wear them are warping children's minds about a woman's body. Thongs cause divorce and encourage perverts. This is obscenity. "It's very possible these are drug and prostitution rings," says Please see VEND0RS4D 1 1' Jti 'MtaCf1 GREG LOVETTStaff Photographer Gloria Gonzalez, 25, works at the Military Trail and Forest Hill Boulevard intersection.

Besides hot dogs, she sells T-shirts showing her backside that ask for the repeal of the law against thongs on state beaches. 4- few -y 8 Is I Ultimate Wrestling Federation's Warrior national TV show. "This means they think we're doing a good job," auditorium marketing director Clnde Everett said. "A nationally televised bout is very prestigious." Not all will wrestle, but tons (literally) of WWF stars, such as Sgt. Slaughter and Jimmy Hart, will show.

Jake "The Snake" Roberts takes on The Model Rick Martel, and Ultimate Warrior meets Randy "Macho King" Savage. Entertain with Chef Varnom The reopenings of the Roof Gardens atop the Northbridge Centre, which had been scheduled for mid-October for dining and mid-November for the nightclub, have been delayed several weeks. However, Executive Chef John Varnom is quite busy at Macy's in The Gardens mall, teaching his "Entertaining With Style" classes. Varnom has written a 227-page book under that title, exclusively for Macy's, from which he conducts classes and prepares meals. The $25 price includes the book, a gourmet meal, an apron, a kitchen knife and wine.

But it's hardly pretentious. As Varnom says, he wants people to learn "how to have fun in the kitchen." Call Macy's, 775-8888, for information. O'Donnell's adds bit o' pub cuisine O'Donnell's, at the corner of Southern and Dixie, West Palm Beach, is going to authentic pub fare with the likes of bangers 'n' mash sausage and mashed potatoes and other English, dare I say it, "cuisine." Boca gets a Chuck's Steak House Chuck's Steak House, a solid favorite in Fort Lauderdale and in Melbourne Beach for years, is coming to Boca. It's taking over the former Prime Court on St. Andrews Boulevard south of the Town Center.

It should open in a few days. If Martha Morin, 24, sells hot dogs from a stand across the street from Gloria's. Morin and her partner camp it up on the job shouting back at people who yell obscenities and even bending over, in tandem, for one motorist. GREG LOVETT Staff Photographer 7 I I I 9 A BARRY C. ALLENStaff Photographer Miami Mike's Hot Dogs in Stuart recently hired Goldie Nelson, 19, to sell in a bathing suit.

One of the great 'Legends' r- jv. ft Mini Christmas Tiny ornaments, decorative items hot sellers this season By SHARI SPIRES Palm Beach Post Staff Writer It's going to be a mini-merry Christmas for retailers this season and not just in the area of smaller sales. The hot holiday items, it seems, are miniatures tiny trees, ornaments and decorative items that are faithful in every detail to those of normal size. The origin of the trend toward miniatures is fuzzy, but Janice Michaels, manager of Poston's Art Supplies and Crafts in Riviera Beach, thinks the demand for tiny decorating materials was started by dollhouse hobbyists. "But it really took off with the general public about four years ago when we started selling kits for 12-inch-high trees made of glass beads," Michaels explained.

Now, an array of tiny ready-made trees for the table top are popular, made of materials such as goose feathers, silk or crinkly paper. In 1988, the arrival of the tiny holiday was made somewhat official when Hallmark Cards Inc. introduced a line of 28 miniature ornaments, some as small as 1 inch wide. About 5,000 stores stocked Hallmark's miniatures that first year. This year, 11,000 Hallmark stores are carrying the 46 ornaments in the 1990 line.

"Certainly the success of miniatures would say something about the lifestyle of the 1990s," said Sherry Timbrook, Hallmark spokesman. "We have lots of singles, young and old, living in apartments." Vickie Hutchins, who with her partner JoAnn Martin runs a mail-order business called Gooseberry Patch, 'yf id Mary Martin's last performance recalled fondly By TOM BLACKBURN Palm Beach Post Staff Writer Mary Martin's last Palm Beach County stage appearance was in Legends at the Royal Poin-ciana Playhouse in December 1986. But she was here often, the last time in September 1989, to visit the Northwood Institute, to which she had longstanding ties. The stage and screen star, who died Saturday, would "come in, meet the students, talk with them, have lunch and be gone" without fanfare, recalled Charlie Hamilton, the college's director of external affairs. She established scholarships for theater students at the college's Cedar Hill, Texas, campus.

She also taught for a few weeks every year in the program. North-wood Institute, primarily a business college, has campuses in Tex-as and Michigan as well as West Palm Beach. Northwood co-founder Arthur (V- .1 1984 FILE PHOTO Martin had longstanding ties to Northwood Institute. She' 'established scholarships for theater students at one of the col AMY LANDAUSlaff Photographer Miniature Christmas trees, ornaments and other decorations are a big trend this holiday season. lege's campuses.

She's honored here at a reception given by Northwood to celebrate the Achievement in the Arts award. "She had a delightful personality," he said. "Everybody loved Mary Martin." said her customers like the miniatures because they can do theme trees. "I know our big traditional tree is a sort of hodge- Turner said the scholarship has been awarded annually for seven years, and that its donor usually sat in on auditions for applicants at various places around the Please see MARTIN4D Plegise see MINIATURES4D I.