• four questions

Lauren Fisher chats with Platinum.

WHAT BOOK,
CD OR INIOVIE
DO YOU LONG
TO SHARE WITH
OTHERS?

Taking the chill out of Michigan's

winter nights with the warmth and

comfort of luxurious linens is the

goal of LAUREN FISHER, co-owner

of Bloomfield Hills' fine-linen bou-

tique A Touch of Lace. Fisher and

business partner Linda Weissman

are about to celebrate 20 years of

offering more than 100 lines of bed-

ding and linens, including Pratesi,

Anichini and Matouk, plus down

comforters, cashmere throws, table linens, nurs-

ery items and more. "We're told we spend one-

third of our lives in bed," reads the boutique's Web

site. "It's important to concentrate on making your

bedroom all you wish it to be." Both Weissman

and Fisher — who lives in Bloomfield Hills and

has five children with her husband, Phillip, son of

the late businessman and philanthropist Max M.

Fisher — have traveled the world choosing their

products based on quality, value and what they

find beautiful. "Our clients usually come to us for

happy occasions," Fisher says. "It's a lot of fun to

help people." Here, we ask Fisher our version of

the Four Questions. — Robin Schwarlz

I have found an intrigu-
ing Internet music Web
site called Pandora [pan
dora.com]. It will take
your favorite artist and
present other musicians
within the same genre
for you to consider, accept or reject. It
actually learns my musical taste and
over time offers other artists that I've
never heard of. This site opens my ears
to other artists that I end up enjoying
as much if not more than the original
artist.

IF YOU COULD HAVE
BRUNCH WITH
ONE BIBLICAL OR
HISTORICAL JEWISH FIGURE,
WHO WOULD IT BE?

2

[Israel's fourth Prime Minister] Golda
Meir. She was an active Zionist and

focused on the growth of the women's
labor party in Palestine in the late
1920s and became head of the largest
labor union in the 1930s. This ulti-
mately took its toll on her marriage
and children. She was one of the orig-
inal signatories of the State of Israel
and acted as the ambassador to Russia
from Israel. In 1969, she became the
third woman in the world to become
prime minister [in Indonesia and
India before her] and was in office
during the Yom Kippur War. My
husband met Golda alongside his late
father, Max Fisher, but I did not have
the honor. One of the many questions
I would ask would be what events
could have changed the Holocaust,
and what role would she have liked to
play? I would also like to know how
women in prominent positions were
treated in the world during the early
20th century.

3

WHAT IS YOUR FAVORITE
JEWISH FOOD AND WHY?
It would have to be potato

latkes. The condiments make it a
perfect choice. I enjoy watching my
children dip them in applesauce and
sour cream, sometimes getting more
condiments than potatoes into their
mouths. Latkes have been a favorite
for years, and they remind me of
family get-togethers where there are
very few left over!

4

WHAT WOULD PEOPLE
BE SURPRISED TO KNOW
ABOUT. YOU?

People would be surprised to know
I enjoy riding motorcycles (not as
a driver, but as a passenger) with
my husband, Phillip. I have been
appointed secretary of the interior
of our motorcycle "gang," called the
J.O.W.s [Jews on Wheels], where
my husband is chairman. We took
a five-day trip from Detroit to Las
Vegas in 1993 and rode for more
than 12 hours a day, encountering
rain, sandstorms and heat over
110 degrees ... and we still managed
to have the trip of a lifetime!

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