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Title : WHERE'S GEORGE?
WHERE'S GEORGE?
Richard Branson's home
I laughed when I saw all the comments about George Clooney and me sharing the same postal code during my stay in Lake Como. Happy to hear that I wasn't the only one with a serious "George Crush" (yes my husband knows); I knew that my chances of running into "GC" would never be better than on the sunny shores of Lake Como. So when we decided that we would visit Como, I packed plenty of shoes and my school girl infatuation came along for the ride. I waited a few days so I wouldn't look desperate and decided to ask a woman in the know- Maria, the Villa's sweet housekeeper, about George. "Oh, yes," she said shyly smiling. "George has been on the lake for a while. He and Elisabetta have broken up!" "Broken up?" I nearly cried, "How could I have missed this very important news?" (Time to bring in an interpreter to make sure I understood her correctly!) "Poor George. He's probably nursing a broken heart. Maybe I'll see him in the village trattoria with a bottle of Chianti and pizza Margarita," I mused. So I casually looked for GC wherever we went. We spent a day in beautiful Bellagio-a delicious al fresco lunch, some shopping and a boat ride- absolutely perfect. The next day I saw Maria who couldn't wait to tell me that GC had been sighted at a small restaurant in Lenno, two towns away, just the day before. So close! I was optimistic--my chances of an encounter with GC was much higher here on the lake than in NYC; surely we would bump into each other. But it needed to be sooner--we had just two days left and though there had been several sightings, GC had remained elusive.
The day before we left, we took an afternoon boat ride around the lake. The beautiful teak boat cut through the crystal water as our driver pointed out stunning mansions and told colorful anecdotes about the lake and its residents. Click, click went our collective cameras as we passed Richard Branson's luxurious mansion on the water. We peered through the tall cypress trees catching two maids smoking out the balcony window. Then we passed a lovely Italianate villa with a wooden sign posted to the edge of the property. Our driver started to laugh--it says "No George," he said and drove us closer. The Papparazzi had been stalking the house for ages via boat, looking for "GC". But it wasn't his house, so the owner did what he could to deter the constant unwelcome visitors and posted his "No George" sign.
NOT George Clooney's home!
I wish I had a better outcome to report to you all, one where I met "CG", and charmed by my witty banter, he invited me for a drink. Wouldn't that be fantastic? Maybe next year in Como.
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