I'm not big on celebrities, but I absolutely adore Dolly Parton.
If you've ever seen her on american talk shows, she's hilarious. She almost always takes questions from audience members. One person asked, "when you were a kid, did you have running water?" Dolly's answer, "Yep." "But we had to run and git it!"
A woman stood up and asked if she'd ever consider having her famous "assets" downsized. Dolly's response was, "heck NO, darlin!" "I've spent a fortune gettin' 'em this big." "Why would I make 'em smaller?!"
There was a Travel Channel special on Dolly, and a behind the scenes look at her very own amusement park, called what else, but
Dollywood. It's the second biggest tourist draw in the state of Tennessee. First being the
Grand Ole Opry .
She tells how her manager suggested purchasing a rundown amusement park as an investment. Then Dolly lowers her voice and says "but mostly, I bought it because I just wanted a place for all my kinfolks to work". "See, none of 'em had jobs and they all needed somethin' to do".
I've never been, but if I ever get to Tennessee, I'm visiting Dollywood.

Sierra