Official Dorothy Parker Site Since 1998
The upcoming 2021 Parkerfest has given me the opportunity to look back at the events that the Dorothy Parker Society has held in the past, starting in 1999. After few hours of looking at old photos in the archives–people with cigarettes in hand indoors–and reviewing the “recaps” of past Parkerfest soirees–yes we chartered a yacht…
No artist drew Dorothy Parker more often than the legendary New York “line king” Al Hirschfeld. The Al Hirschfeld Foundation has created a special limited edition t-shirt to support the Dorothy Parker Memorial Fund, which is how fans can support the final resting place of Mrs. Parker in Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx, New York….
Soon after Dorothy Parker’s cremains were returned to New York City ten months ago, and The New Yorker story was published, many of her fans asked how they could help support a gravestone. It can be announced today that the family of Mrs. Parker will work in partnership with the award-winning New York Distilling Company…
Great news on Sunday: The New York Post broke the story that the New York Distilling Company is making a special batch of 250 bottles of Dorothy Parker Round Table Reserve Gin to raise money for her gravestone in Woodlawn Cemetery. And the really cool part is that the Al Hirschfeld Foundation has allowed a…
The Repeal Society is holding its 4th annual Repeal Day Party on Thursday, December 5, and they are having at New York Distilling Company, purveyors of Dorothy Parker Gin. The party is hosted by Miss Art Deco Dandy Dillinger and it will feature a special treat for Dorothy Park fans: the mink coat we raised…
The New York Distilling Company has extended its Dorothy Parker gin range with the launch of a limited edition expression infused with rose petals and elderberries. Dorothy Parker Rose Petal Gin is made with pink and red rose petals and crushed elderberries – one of the key botanicals in the core gin. Limited to 10,000…
New York will remember the 125th anniversary of Dorothy Parker’s birthday with two events open to the public on Wednesday, August 22. She was born Dorothy Rothschild on Aug. 22, 1893, in Long Branch New Jersey. A walking tour of her Upper West Side neighborhood will be held from 3:00-5:00 p.m. Then the festivities transfer…
Wayne Curtis writing for the Daily Beast today digs pretty deep into the famous quote always attributed to Dorothy Parker, but never proven she really said it: I like to have a Martini, Two at the very most. After three I’m under the table, After four I’m under my host. In an exhaustive detective search,…
We held the 2016 Parkerfest of Dorothy Parker’s birthday in New York, and we had a toast with the Los Angeles chapter, celebrating on the West Coast. Dorothy Parker Upper West Side Walking Tour. We went to Mrs. Parker’s neighborhood and walked in her footsteps to her former apartments, haunts, school and more on the…
To celebrate the 123rd anniversary of the birth of Dorothy Rothschild, we have events planned in New York and Los Angeles. If you can’t make it, raise a glass wherever you are. New York – Monday, August 22, Noon, Dorothy Parker Upper West Side Walking Tour. Visit Mrs. Parker’s neighborhood and walk in her footsteps…