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Hyde The Salam On Hudson
As you know, I love history so I couldn’t wait to see the new film, Hyde Park On Hudson with Bill Murray playing FDR. I had seen a preview which I have to say was quite misleading since it implied the...
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Notes From The Carlyle – December
After spending the afternoon sniffing cashmere at Ralph Lauren, I popped into Bemelmans for a little refreshment. I asked Camille to join me but she was already engaged with an Aussie oncologist at...
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The Camille Chronicles – Part 3
Camille sweetly invited me to a lavish New Year’s Eve dinner at The Mark Hotel. I had never been before and only knew The Mark Restaurant as Nora Ephron’s favorite eatery. When I asked Camille, why...
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Why We Reread
My friend Jacques over Christmas said he was reading Hemingway’s Movable Feast I’m assuming not for the first time (he’s a big reader). Another friend was tearing through Middlemarch, George Eliot’s...
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Why Clooney Isn’t Married
I was sitting at a cafe listening to a conversation between two couples on why George Clooney has never been married. Naturally one guy with arms the size of grapefruits said, he’s probably gay, there...
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Hitchcock
I felt compelled to give my views on this film since it seemed to have left a delayed impression. It stars Anthony Hopkins as the enigmatic director with Helen Mirren playing Alma, his loyal and...
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Downton Abbey – Season 3 – Episodes 2 and 3
We open with preparations for Lady Edith’s shotgun wedding. I imagine she’s not taking any chances in letting Sir Anthony get away. She should have put one of those electric dog collars on him where if...
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Notes From The Carlyle – January 2013
It feels so good to sit down. I ambitiously walked from 40th Street clear up to 76th for reasons still unknown. I thought it would be nice to window shop but it got a little out of hand. When I saw...
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Downton Abbey – Season 3 – Episode 6
Bates has been sprung…yippee, I say with feigned enthusiasm. We see him sailing through the prison looking more like a banker than an exonerated killer. Anna, waiting in the parking lot, runs to him...
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What You Never Said
I was on the train recently where I ran into an old lover, and I mean old. When I dated Richard in my 30s he was already on the back end of his 60s. My friends didn’t know what I saw in him…he’s...
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That’s The Way Boys Are
For the record, this was originally called The Pussy Buffet but I just didn’t have it in me to post such a racy title. I tried but my Connecticut, as usual, had the last say. Dammit. I ask you, will I...
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So You Wanna See My Aquarium?
I’ve heard lines in my time but this is going in the top ten. I was coming around 80th Street when I spot a small car with the name, Fin Inc. on the side of it. It was a sweet little vehicle with a...
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The Ex Files
I rarely think about my last boyfriend anymore which makes me want to send Father Time a dozen roses. When you’re told you’ll get over your heartache and want to hit the 50th person who said it, it...
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42
42… is an amazing film about the life of baseball player, Jack Roosevelt Robinson, written and directed by Brian Helgeland (L.A. Confidential, Mystic River, A Nightmare on Elm Street). You have to know...
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Maternal Stirrings
Last Friday I posted a rather private essay about my mother called I Remember Mama. In my own defense, I’m working on being more candid over what I write, and that includes what’s painful for me. My...
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You Make Me Feel So Old
I know that’s not how the song goes. I’m in the throes of a great new book about the eminent statesman John Hay, Lincoln’s secretary in youth and Theodore Roosevelt’s Secretary of State in his later...
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Tender Mercer
I was at the library the other day sitting between two women having a passionate discussion about Lucy Mercer, one of the most famous mistresses in American History. They have a lovely little room off...
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Notes From The Carlyle – June 2013
When I think I used to breeze into Bemelmans every day rather than my new regime of once a month, I can hardly believe it. If I still had those Visa bills I could wallpaper the bathroom with my...
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War Wounds
Have you ever heard the expression‘it hurts when it rains?’ This can be applied to an old injury or an arrow that pierced one’s heart. I’ll never forget this particular dart I’ll call Sam, who shredded...
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On The Books
A friend of mine said, it’s amazing how I could go from reading Jane Austen to the Secret Conservations of Ava Gardner without passing go…from a major classic to such smut, as she put it. I read Pride...
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