1960s New York

IT’S ONLY RITA BEING RITA

Posted on July 2, 2018July 2, 2018 by anywhereiwander

(a memoir of an enduring but unlikely friendship) “Who was that?” I asked when, after chatting for over an hour, Joe finally replaced the receiver. I was 19, newly arrived in New York, and had just moved into a studio above Carnegie Hall with a man 25 years my senior, Joseph X Dever, the very … Continue reading IT’S ONLY RITA BEING RITA

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FOLLOWING THE HUNT

Posted on May 9, 2018April 12, 2023 by anywhereiwander

A Memoir of an Unusual Friendship by Caroline Kennedy I remember the moment so well. We were sitting across from each other, on red velvet banquettes, in a quiet corner of Annabel’s in Berkeley Square, indulging our taste buds in the nightclub’s famous marmalade ice-cream, when he suddenly blurted out: “I think I’ve got cancer?” … Continue reading FOLLOWING THE HUNT

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