“About 10 years ago, Brooke asked me to go with her on a shopping expedition. As we drove to the store, she asked me what I thought of Martha Stewart. I replied that I had met her only once, years earlier, in Aspen, when she crashed a New Year’s Eve party a friend of mine hosted. Brooke laughed, grabbed my hand, looked me in the eye, and said, ‘Not my cup of tea.’ ” – Brooke Astor’s friend Betsy Schaper upon reading that Astor’s son Anthony Marshall had invited Stewart to his mother’s funeral. (Source)