Gotham Diary:
A bientôt
11 May 2012
Today at the DBR: A farewell that I trust will be temporary. Off to Amsterdam and London!
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Kipper
10 May 2012
Today at the DBR: Loving Kipper.
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Wan
9 May 2012
Today at the DBR: Why you might want to re-read yesterday’s entry, at least if you read it yesterday.
Gotham Diary:
Bangs
8 May 2012
Today at the DBR: Nombreuses items. I put it that way (grotesquely), because, as you’ll see, I’m Learning French.
Gotham Diary:
Studied
7 May 2012
Today at the DBR: Reading The Turn of the Screw, from the point of view of an in-law. Most amusing!
Weekend Note:
Alone
4-6 May 2012
This weekend at the DBR: The only thing missing this weekend was Kathleen’s company. I went to the movies (Damsels in Distress), spent a few hours with Will and had a great chat with his parents. I listened to the Ring while tidying the apartment (Karajan), and then had the most extraordinary implant of new information at the Museum, where Marc LeBlanc took me through the Dawn of Egypt show. Sunday was a day for lazing through the Times; by way of hard work, I compiled a new weekend playlist. The best was Kathleen’s coming home from her weekend in North Carolina.
Gotham Diary:
Pop, cont’d
3 May 2012
Today at the DBR: No wonder I feel tired all the time. I’ve been going through will power as if were not a depletable resource.
Gotham Diary:
Pop
2 May 2012
Today at the DBR: A word about Andrew Haigh’s startlingly intimate Weekend.
Gotham Diary:
Where the Vermeers Are
1 May 2012
Today at the DBR: Where are the Vermeers? is the question.
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Betty and the Brontës
30 April 2012
Today at the DBR: A few admiring lines about Elizabeth Taylor’s fifth novel, A Game of Hide and Seek. It will be a while before I get to read another; the three remaining titles are on order from England.
Weekend Note:
Global Crazy
27-30 April 2012
This weekend at the DBR: Well, it wasn’t spent at the computer. The Five-Year Engagement. Housekeeping. A cocktail party, a big dinner out, and a pulverizing hangover. It doesn’t take much to bring on one of those anymore!
Gotham Diary:
Freeway
26 April 2012
Today at the DBR: Yesterday afternoon, before babysitting, I went to the movies in Union Square, and saw the flawed but entertaining Darling Companion. Diane Keaton is indeed better than ever.
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Intellectual
25 April 2012
Today at the DBR: “Will I ever be an intellectual?” And I thought that that was my question.
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The Turn of the Innocents
24 April 2012
Today at the DBR: Further letter-writing to famous authors, followed by viewings of The Innocents and Mrs Palfrey at the Claremont.
Gotham Diary:
“Boring”
23 April 2012
Today at the DBR: Having read seven Elizabeth Taylor novels in a row, and begun an eighth, I’m not entirely surprised that an imaginary gentleman has appeared at my door, waiting for me to find out more about him.
Weekend Note:
Parties
20-22 April 2012
This weekend at the DBR: two parties, one here at home, the other straight across the island, on Riverside Drive. In between, a fair amount of reading — Donna Leon and Elizabeth Taylor.
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Rip
19 April 2012
Today at the DBR: Checking out (not).
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Buckingham & Lettuce
18 April 2012
Today at the DBR: Flatware with fanciful names!