At Sea with Patrick Dennis

<h3>Prepare to Feast on LIfe!</h3><p class=ql-align-justify>Robert (Raub) Karr and his best friend Walter planned a relaxing cruise from Seattle to Mexico. Little did they know that their vacation would be upended when they met the author and creator of <em>Auntie Mame</em> Patrick Dennis on board the ship. Dennis was traveling under an assumed name. And much like his character Mame Patrick Dennis brought a whirlwind of mayhem fun and chaos into the lives of those onboard the ship.</p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify>Raub Walter and Patrick became fast friends with Patrick attracting a collection of eccentrics and oddball characters wherever he went. What was supposed to be a simple cruise turns into a full-blown adventure when Patrick and Walter jump ship and disappear into Mexico. Later Raub comes to their rescue. Wealthy widows art connoisseurs masked midget wrestlers ladies of the night and hunting rats are just part of the trio's comical escapades.</p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify>The story behind <em>At Sea with Patrick Dennis: My Madcap Mexican Adventure with the Author of Auntie Mame </em>is as fascinating as the memoir itself. When Raub Karr passed away in 2017 his memoir languished unpublished and was doomed to be lost forever. Fortunately theatrical hair designer Bernie Ardia rescued the manuscript from obscurity. Ardia instinctively knew this story needed to be shared with the world.</p><p class=ql-align-justify><br></p><p class=ql-align-justify>So don your best jewelry fix yourself a cocktail and prepare to laugh as you come on a madcap Mexican adventure with Patrick Dennis Raub and Walter. To quote Patrick Dennis's most famous character Mame Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving.</p><p class=ql-align-justify>Patrick Dennis Raub and Walter pile their plates high and feast from the banquet of life.</p>