text:  The black and white ball, I told you, we were not there. We were, just when I think of my upbringing, it's kind of ridiculous. We were in our pajamas with little overnight suitcases and our homework in the other hand. We were checked into a hotel. And for parties less extravagant, we were brought downstairs in our matching bathrobes and my sister and her little sort of Dickens nightcap and nightgown. And we would like bow and dance.