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The Algonquin Hotel turned 100 years old on Friday. What does eating Algonquin birthday cake do for you? Does eating a slice make you witty? Able to crack better wisecracks? Not really. But it tasted good. We were on hand with about 50 press and VIPs for the party at lunchtime on Nov. 22. The…

By ERIN McCLAM, Associated Press Writer NEW YORK (AP) – The Algonquin Hotel threw itself a 100th birthday party Friday, recalling the glory days when literary legends gathered in its oak-paneled lobby to trade witticisms and tip back drinks. In the room where Dorothy Parker and her sharp-tongued writer friends held court for years, the…

Longtime visitors of this site know about the Dorothy Parker copyright case, which we’ve been following for almost two years. Today it went to court, or I should say, in front of the judge. I went to U.S. Federal Court in Manhattan, the Southern District Court, at the Moynihan United States Courthouse. This was Silverstein…

Today is the 109th anniversary of Mrs. Parker’s birth. Her mother was on vacation on the Jersey Shore, hence the claim that the Garden State has on her. However, Mrs. Parker always claimed she was back at home on the Upper West Side by Labor Day, so she’s a true New Yorker. We’ll find out…

The Dorothy Parker Society of New York’s Parkerfest 2002 will be held August 23-24 in Manhattan. Mrs. Parker’s birthday is Aug. 22. Once again, we’ll be going to Flute (205 West 54th St. between Broadway and Seventh Avenue) for Speakeasy Night on Friday at 7 p.m. Saturday we’re having lunch at the Algonquin Round Table…

From the Associated Press: The Algonquin Hotel — where writers like Dorothy Parker once drank and cracked wise — has been sold. Miller Global Properties Fund, a Denver-based firm, bought the historic hotel from Dallas-based Olympus Real Estate. Miller’s president would not comment on the price, but one real estate source pegged it at $35…