GIRL WALKS INTO A BAR * DROP DEAD DIVA

  Girl Walks Into A Bar. A Memoir by Strawberry Saroyan - At first I thought that the title overreached the chapters, but as the book went on and came together, and as I fell in love with the earnestness of these stories, I realized that the title was quite perfect.  She is the girl who walks into the bar.  And it was mostly the bar, because after the first few times of it being a bar, it becomes a familiar place with familiar faces and people who are your friends and it ceases to be a bar.  Strawberry wrote about being in her twenties from the perspective of her early thirties and she spoke for so many girls who walk into a bar.  Looking for fun, for answers to the big questions, and to beat the loneliness, if only for a few hours of conversation and laughs. Drop Dead Diva - One of my favorite new shows is called Drop Dead Diva.  I think it's on Lifetime, and it's a lawyer show with a twist.  The heavyset body of the main character, Jane, is inhabited by Deb, a model who died and came back in Jane's body.  Apparently Jane used to be a frumpy workaholic, but with Deb driving the bod, Jane dresses great, flaunts her stuff, flips her hair and guys fall in love with her right and left.  The cases are always interesting, the love angles are great with a lot of push-pull, and the supporting cast is sharp and sweet, especially Margaret Cho as Jane's assistant, Jane's ditzy roommate and Jane's guardian angel du jour.  It's my favorite show this summer.