Official Dorothy Parker Site Since 1998
NEW YORK — If you’re judging the success of the fourth annual Parkerfest, maybe try this as the qualifier: None of the attendees from the Friday evening Speakeasy Night at Flute were able to drag themselves up to attend the 1 p.m. luncheon at the Algonquin Roundtable the next afternoon. There was a familiar pattern:…
Parkerfest 2002 was a big, big hit. So was the bar bill: BIG. We were at Flute, the Algonquin and elsewhere. Click here to read more.
We received photocopies of original Dorothy Parker material, as they appeared in magazines long ago. We’ve been scanning in a few at a time, so fans can see how they looked with the original illustrations. They are quite beautiful to see and read. “Paging St. Patrick” w/ illustration by Charles Baskerville; Life, 1922; “To Marjorie…
Happy 108th birthday to Mrs. Parker, born today in 1893 in West End, NJ. Lift a drink today for sure. Buy a book in the What The Hell Book Shop.
NEW YORK — The third annual Parkerfest retraced the footsteps of Dorothy Parker for three days, Aug. 10-12. We had surprise guests who made it extra special, and celebrated the life of the Algonquin Round Table’s greatest writer. The highlight of the weekend was twofold. First, we were joined by Mrs. Parker’s great nieces. Susan,…
Oh, the joys of running a web site. I fixed some broken links on the Gallery page. And I got sick of the hospital green background and went with this blue tint. What do you think? Also, all the links/image galleries in the 1999 and 2000 Parkerfest pages are working again.