These are the dates for the walking tours for the first half of 2013: Saturday, March 30: Algonquin Round Table Walking Tour Saturday, April 27: Dorothy Parker’s Upper West Side Tour Saturday, May 25: Algonquin Round Table Walking Tour Saturday, June 29: Dorothy Parker’s Upper West Side Tour All walks start at Noon and are…
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A Journey into Dorothy Parker’s New York Signed Copies
If you want a copy of A Journey into Dorothy Parker’s New York for a gift, you can order it now and get it signed by the author. The cut-off date is 12/16 to get it before Christmas in the USA or 12/10 internationally. The book price is $20.00 USD each in the USA (free…
Parkerfest 2012: From Gin to Scandals
Parkerfest 2012 was a smashing success all due to the fact that all four unique events had a fantastic turnout. Spread over four days, August 22 to August 25, the Dorothy Parker Society was tickled to see so many old friends and new faces come to our events. Since the DPS was launched in 1999…
Vintage Video Surfaces of Algonquin Hotel
I recently found a video clip that shows the Algonquin Hotel when it was just three years old. It is in the collection of the U.S. Library of Congress, and was filmed in 1905 from the roof of the old New York Times Building on 42nd Street. I was searching for photos of the Hipprodrome…
Parker and the Baltimore Connection Remembered Today
On this date 45 years ago, Dorothy Parker died of a heart attack at age 73 in her apartment on the Upper East Side. Today NPR aired a nice story about Mrs. Parker’s remains ending up in Baltimore. I did speak to the reporter for quite a bit. Here is the rest of the story,…
Tour of the Algonquin Hotel Reveals Changes and Improvements
I took a private tour of every floor of the Algonquin Hotel—conducted by general manager Gary Budge—where we talked about everything from plumbing to wallpaper. I was about to exit into a rainy Manhattan afternoon via the service doorway when he told me something that summed up the whole reason the hotel has been closed…