Official Dorothy Parker Site Since 1998
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…
I’ve been leading walking tours that start and end in the Algonquin Hotel for about 13 years. Many people have asked me if the hotel is haunted, or if Dorothy Parker’s ghost is ever spotted roaming the hallways. I have to say, I don’t think it is possessed, but there have been several people who…
In our August e-newsletter (which has returned after a 7-month hiatus) this month, I included a video clip, on a whim, that I found charming. This is what I wrote: “Poem of the Month: This month, we have two: Unfortunate Coincidence and Theory. However, instead of reprinting them here (because you should own Complete Poems…
In August at the birthday party for Matilda at the Algonquin Hotel, Jordan and Kim adopted a rescue cat. The two members of the Dorothy Parker Society took part in a unique event during the media circus, where the North Shore Animal League set up an adoption station. The couple from New Jersey adopted an…
Jordan and Kim with Dorothy, just after the adoption.Two members of the Dorothy Parker Society stepped up and adopted a rescue cat at the Algonquin Hotel on Wednesday, during a birthday event for Matilda, the lobby’s feline fixture. Jordan and Kimberly from West New York, N.J., immediately named the black and white domestic shorthair Dorothy….
We’re having the party on the 28th to celebrate the release of “The Portable Dorothy Parker.” Today I added interviews I did with Marion Meade, who edited the book and wrote the introduction, and Seth, who is the cartoonist who drew the cover and the jacket design. In the Meade interview, she says, “I took…