Friends of Doris Diether, the beloved veteran Community Board 2 member, threw her yet another bash the other week to celebrate her decades of activism.
The fete, held at the W. Ninth St. apartment of Harvey and Helen Osgood, was “for everyone who wasn’t invited” to the get-together for Diether in September at Richard Stewart’s place that marked Diether’s 50th anniversary of being a member of C.B. 2. That prior party was really for community board members and politicians.
This most recent shindig featured an incredible cake from a West Village baker that included cardboard images of the park arch and Diether holding her “Little Doris” marionette. Diether is shown walking a pig, made out of icing, plus pigeons and the fountain’s piers, also made of icing.
Diether, 85, famously gamely walked a pig on a leash — while in her high heels — outside Governor Rockefeller’s office to protest greed and corruption.
The Osgoods’ home was festooned with blowup photos of Diether that have appeared in The Villager, plus a poster listing her many accomplishments.
Among the guests at the party were Cathryn Swan, who writes the Washington Square Park blog; Ricky Syers, the marionette master and comic behind “Little Doris” and her pal “Mr. Stix”; and a contingent of musicians from Washington Square Park, including at least five guitarists and one banjo player, who jammed most of the evening.
In still more Diether news, not only is she everyone’s favorite community board member, now she is also becoming a majorly trending meme. An image of her holding “Little Doris” feeding a peanut to a squirrel has gone viral on Reddit. The meme features countless creative combinations of Diether, the marionette and the critter — with one even showing a Godzilla-sized squirrel pulling the strings.
