Around 18 years ago, Ron Davis twirled into my life - literally! When 6 1/2 feet of big hair and sequins come flying at you like an enormous, whirling dervish, you basically freeze and, in my case, cower open mouthed in awe! Ron,( a.k.a.,  Ms. Weis Wiener Boucher Stendahl Klein  etc, etc, and so on….  think Liz Taylor) was as much a perfectionist in drag as he had been as an equestrian, extremely detail oriented down to the tiniest lip movement and flirty wink.  I  once watched him do Rosanne Rosanna Danna’s 15 minute  high school commencement speech without missing a lick!  And that was it -I knew we’d be friends for life!
If I’m honest, which I already told you I promise to always be on this site, I’d have to say that, before Ron, I definitely thought that my universe revolved around me. I was sure that this whole thing was my movie with everybody else  was playing either a supporting role or most probably having just a walk-on part.
Then came Ron and my entire theory was totally out the window!  First of all, he’s scary smart; one of those gays that is always five hysterical thoughts ahead of everyone else in the conversation, making him the life of every party, in or out of a dress.  Beside his amazing wit, Ron has always possessed all the qualities discussed in “The Tipping Point”.  He’s the most innovativelyconnected, mavenly salesman I’ve ever met, making him both fabulous and supremely dangerous in any given moment. Only Ron has made me sit and wonder if ,  just maybe, I didn’t really have any control over my destiny. Maybe this is all just Ron’s movie and I’m the one with the walk-on role!
 Ron has gone on to be an amazing director of some very successful documentaries.  That being said, why wouldn’t I have the very best “help” for my movie?  He’s the very best my imagination could come up with for a best friend!

And when I say “best Friend”, I truly mean it.  Ron, though a highly successful senior vice-president of a major book publishing company in New York, has never failed to be there for Robert and myself.  Whether to help us in our hours of need, through the loss of  loved ones, to join with us in almost every charity event as well as working hands-on with everything from the Equestrian Aid Foundation to being a “Big Brother”, Ron hears the call for help and is always there, even when most people would never know it.

Quite simply, Ron Davis is ABSOLUTELY FABULOUS and that is why I could not be more proud to make him my Out For Good Hero for November!  We love you, Ron!

Cheers!

RD

Posted: Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009 at 7:27 pm
Filed under: Everything Else, Out For Good