It isn’t often that one gets to sit in the audience for the taping of a tv show, let alone in one of Oprah’s audiences.  I peeked behind the curtain of serendipity, and what did I find? Two tickets to see, “The Oprah Winfrey Show” right here in Chicago!

I remember the day quite well.  The phone rang, and the call display said, “Harpo Studios”.  Harpo Studios…….Cher, think quick!  Harpo spelled backwards is, “O P R A H”! Oh my goodness!  I had applied to watch a taping of her show, and this was the unexpected call I had hoped for.  I had heard from people on the streets (figuratively, not literally!) that obtaining this little gem was practically impossible.  I hadn’t been in Chicago for long, and decided to try my luck in the “reservation raffle”, as it were.  That was the manner in which audience seats were filled: …