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ANGUS

I had a Scottie in Paris 1980s Angus Not really mine. Bridget’s, But the Vogue model was rarely home. Angus and I were alone A lot We went drinking together Angus liked Kronenburg He lapped the beer from a dish On the bar Not much He wasn’t a serious drinker Preferred to be on the […]

Journal Entry – May 29,1983 – Paris

A journal entry from 1983 My 31st birthday party at Jurgen’s house on Rue de la Tour with Bridget, Tony, Tracy, Alfredo, Karine, Diana, Olivier, T, Rufus,David, Philip Brook, everyone absolutely smacked out on Persian brown. Julie Cole was the only straight person. The less about this evening the better. Tony later said, “Anyone who […]

Happy Birthday Lizzie Mercier Descloux 4/20

In 1982 I fled New York for Paris. Bernard Zekri hired me as the physionomiste of the Rex Club, which was under the vast Rex Theatre on the Gran Boulevard. The magazine ACTUEL wanted A Manhattan feel for the door. I knew Parisians and even less French. One night a diminutive female was a bird-nest […]

Froggies On the Roam – Journal Entry April 4, 1981

The froggies arriving in New York’s JFK aeroport led by the publisher Jean Francoise Bizot. Later this week Actuel will celebrate their publication’s existence. I know them through Bernard Zekri, who is thriving for the first time in this city. He has discovered Rap and Break Dancing, traveling up to the Bronx and Harlem and […]

SO LONG AGO

My 31st birthday party at Jurgen’s house on Rue de la Tour with Bridget, Tony, Tracy, Alfredo, Karine, Diana, Olivier, T, Rufus, David, Philip Brook, everyone absolutely smacked out on Persian brown. Tony, Traci, and Julie Cole were the only straight person. The less about this evening the better. Tony later said, “Anyone who can […]