ROCKER GRRRLS DAY OUT

Above, on the hottest day of the year, a luncheon social yesterday at a vegan eatery with Ms. Mary Kay, bassist of The Dogs (LINK) and Ms. Evita Corby, proprietress of Velvet Threads and rock 'n' roll couturier. Mary is seen multitasking a call to her husband, dining and engaging in frantic gesticulation to the photographer, seen in photo at bottom as calmness is restored. (Photo by Evita Corby.)

Denizen of Las Vegas and occasionally Michigan, Mary was in town for The Dogs gig at The Redwood Bar, downtown LA. this coming Saturday. She regaled selfsame luncheon social with tales of Vegas kitsch and her own proto-punk days in NYC with The Dogs, who lived alternately in Greenwich Village and The Electric Circus Club building where they rehearsed. Patti Smith was their neighbor and Kiss opened for them, as did the Stilettoes, wherein the beauteous Debbie Harry wasn't yet even the lead singer...