Slog - Comments on The Sad Mystery of Lynn Lara (And Her Damn Marilyn Monroe Doll) http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/they_mystery_of_lynn_lara_and_her_damn_m Precisely one year ago, I bought the most miraculous sharkskin jacket. Flawless, really. I adored it like nothing else. I bought it specifically to wear whilst meeting Sir Anthony Hopkins (I just call him “Tony”) during his big SIFF to-do last summer, and I bought it from a very big-boned blond woman called Lynn Lara. She was well over six-feet tall, and in high-heels, she was almost monstrous. She dressed exactly like a drag queen. She walked with a limp. She was impossible to miss. Lynn Lara had recently transplanted herself from LA or San Diego (her stories ran together... Copyright 2008 Thu, 08 May 2008 10:51:38 -0800 Sat, 10 May 2008 18:07:26 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by brandon sharkskin karma! getcha everytime!!

]]> brandon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/they_mystery_of_lynn_lara_and_her_damn_m#c1019804 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/they_mystery_of_lynn_lara_and_her_damn_m#c1019804 City Thu, 08 May 2008 11:15:03 -0800 Comment by michael strangeways Because life IS frequently like an Outer Limits episode, I'm guessing that she could be imprisioned in that waxy doll and that the ironing is delicious.

]]> michael strangeways http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/they_mystery_of_lynn_lara_and_her_damn_m#c1019914 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/they_mystery_of_lynn_lara_and_her_damn_m#c1019914 City Thu, 08 May 2008 12:11:59 -0800 Comment by D I was wondering about that store a while back. I walked past it when she was moving in, getting it all set up. She had the giant Marilyn sitting right outside the store front. As I was walking by staring at it she came running outside and began talking a bit fanatically about glamour. I even asked her what her store was going to be and she couldn't really tell me, it was strange.

]]> D http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/they_mystery_of_lynn_lara_and_her_damn_m#c1020103 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/they_mystery_of_lynn_lara_and_her_damn_m#c1020103 City Thu, 08 May 2008 13:15:49 -0800 Comment by brandon it was the crysssstaaaaall! oh, wait! it's the destruction of all the gay bars in the area...the energy had to go somewhere!

]]> brandon http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/they_mystery_of_lynn_lara_and_her_damn_m#c1020230 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/they_mystery_of_lynn_lara_and_her_damn_m#c1020230 City Thu, 08 May 2008 14:06:50 -0800 Comment by Donolectic I wondered what that store thing was all about. Adrian! thank you for your insightful reporting (as always).

]]> Donolectic http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/they_mystery_of_lynn_lara_and_her_damn_m#c1020587 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/they_mystery_of_lynn_lara_and_her_damn_m#c1020587 City Thu, 08 May 2008 16:34:00 -0800 Comment by Jubilation T. Cornball Does anybody here remember Vera Lynn?
Remember how she said that
We could meet again
Some sunny day?
Vera! Vera!
What has become of you?
Does anybody else in here
Feel the way I do?

]]> Jubilation T. Cornball http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/they_mystery_of_lynn_lara_and_her_damn_m#c1021997 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/05/they_mystery_of_lynn_lara_and_her_damn_m#c1021997 City Sat, 10 May 2008 18:07:26 -0800