I’ve wanted to add a gallery of Dorothy Parker-theme tattoos for awhile. She famously got a tiny blue star inked on the inside of her bicep, sometime in the 1930s in the Village. The tattoo inspired a book (wrongly putting the tattoo on her elbow, which would hurt like hell) and seems to have sent…
Year: 2013
Dorothy Parker’s 120th Birthday Celebration Aug. 22 for Parkerfest
Who doesn’t like a martini on her birthday? Dorothy Parker’s birthday is Thursday, Aug. 22, 120 years after she made her debut as Dorothy Rothschild in Long Branch, New Jersey. For the second year in a row the Dorothy Parker Society is holding its party at the New York Distilling Company in Brooklyn! This is…
Monthly Party Aug. 30 to Feature Margi and The Dapper Dots
Summer is almost over. You need a nice cocktail party to wrap things up over Labor Day weekend. Let the others spend their time fighting mosquitoes and annoying family relations, YOU want a Jazz Age party with tasty cocktails! Well, Wit’s End and the Dorothy Parker Society have rescued you on Saturday night, August 30….
New Ring Lardner Book Out Aug. 29
We are really excited that the Library of America is bringing out on August 29 the collected works of one Mrs. Parker’s friends and contemporaries, Ring Lardner. The publisher provided an advance copy and it’s a beautiful collection and a must-have for anyone that enjoys humor. Ring Lardner Stories & Other Writings has all of…
Celebrate Mrs. Parker’s Birthday on Aug. 22
We are happy to announce that for Dorothy Parker’s birthday, Thursday, Aug. 22, we are going to celebrate Parkerfest for the second year in a row at the New York Distilling Company in Brooklyn! And since this is the 120th anniversary of Mrs. Parker’s birth in Long Branch, New Jersey, the Shanty (attached to the…
Toast upcoming Dorothy Parker cocktail book with drinks at the Algonquin Hotel on May 31
The iconic Manhattan writer and wit Dorothy Parker will be toasted with the cocktails she adored so much at a special book announcement celebration at the Blue Bar at the legendary Algonquin Hotel on Friday, May 31, 2013, from 5 to 7 p.m., for UNDER THE TABLE: A DOROTHY PARKER COCKTAIL GUIDE, by Kevin C….