The Happiest Place on Earth

I've never been to Disney World or even Disneyland, so I have to nominate another location - one that unfortunately doesn't exist anymore, but lives in my heart as a great place to visit for all eternity - The Playboy Club

Forget the image of orgies and wild cavorting - there were plenty of kids at the Playboy Club - they even had a day camp that I attended with Joan Rivers' daughter Melissa, and Chastity when she was still a little girl. It was a place that everyone could enjoy. I loved going there.

You could swim in two pools, go horseback riding, play tennis, play golf, go tobogganing, ski, and ride bikes all day. If you wanted to go into town, the people were friendly and they even had a movie theater. I've never found a breakfast danish to rival the ones there, and I've searched everywhere. You could eat what you wanted and they made it the way you wanted it. At the Playboy Club the word of the day was enjoyment - and ours was non-stop.

You can't find hotel employees as friendly and outgoing as you did in Lake Geneva, always bending over backward to make sure you were having a good time. Once I found myself at the sidewalk cafe at the club eating one of the greatest cheeseburgers in the world. Yes, I was being served by a Playboy Bunny, but that's neither here nor there. I couldn't choose between getting Wisconsin cheddar and Swiss, so she gave me both. I had never had mushrooms on a cheeseburger before, so she had the Chef grill some for me. I even got a refill on my strawberry milkshake - and I charged the whole thing to my room - you didn't even have to have money... Well somebody did, but I was a kid at the time - ah, youth!

So anyway, what do you do when a Playboy Bunny is feeding you and the restaurant is just about empty except for you - you quiz her of course....

My first question - how do you get that outfit on, and isn't it uncomfortable??? She didn't share all of her secrets with me, but she did confide that you get used to the suit after a couple of hours even though it's so tight you can't wear ANYTHING under it - take that Health Department! She also told me that they give you pads for the shoes so that they don't kill your feet and they replace them regularly. It'd be years before I could wear a pair of high heels, but I thought about her a lot.

You got to meet celebrities up close - the place was pretty small in retrospect. It wasn't really like a scene from Playboy After Dark, but you got to see that stars are pretty much like everyone else - they just sleep late and work at night.

Even kids need a break, and although I missed out on Mickey Mouse, I had my own favorite spot on the planet.

Half The Fun Of Having Feet......

It started early for me.

It was Easter season and I was watching Ray Rayner and Red Goose shoes were advertising a give away of a golden egg stuffed with prizes for every shoe sale.

I couldn't wait to go out and find a pair of Red Goose shoes and get my golden egg with the prizes inside.

I found a pair of beautiful shoes - black patent leather with a strap across the foot -oh, I was styling! I loved to go shopping all the time, and this was no different.

The salesman made sure I had ample room in my toes and I was happy as a clam - until....

Shortly after my father paid for the shoes and the box was placed in the yellow bag with the white drawstring, I asked for my golden egg. It was a natural question - especially since the lady ringing up the sale had forgotten to drop an egg in the box - I was little, but I wasn't blind!

"Oh, we don't have any more - we're all out.." she says.

If I had known then what I know now - I would have canceled the sale and asked to go elsewhere - but I was a kid. I was naive, and I couldn't at that point imagine that a person would try and cheat a kid. Who wants these crappy shoes if I can't get the prize?

If half the fun of having feet is Red Goose Shoes, how come you don't make sure you have enough gifts for the gift with purchase give away - that's not customer service!

Red Goose shoes doesn't exist anymore - any guesses why?