She used a lot of makeup—thick, dark eye-liner, false eyelashes, colored eye shadow and bright lipstick.
It was as though she were trying to hide her beauty. Some weekends, Toni would drive up to San Francisco, where the real action was.
She haunted the restaurants and clubs that had music bars. She would visit Harry Denton's and One Market restaurant and the California Cafe,
and during the evening, while the musicians took their break, Toni would go to the piano and play and sing.
The customers loved it. When Toni tried to pay her dinner bills, the owners would say, “No, this is on the house.”
“You're wonderful. Please come back again.” Did you hear that? Mother? “You're wonderful. Please come back again.”
On a Saturday night, Toni was having dinner in the French Room at the Cliff Hotel.
The musicians had finished their set and left the bandstand. The maitre d’ looked at Toni and nodded invitingly.
Toni rose and walked across the room to the piano. She sat down and began to play and sing an early Cole Porter number.
When she was finished, there was enthusiastic applause. She sang two more songs and returned to her table.
A bald, middle-aged man came up to her. “Excuse me. May I join you for a moment?”
Toni started to say no, when he added, “I’m Norman Zimmerman.
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