October 1, 2010

first day in nyc, 1981



2 Dec - Arrive at 11am; meet Marie, share a cab to AIUSA; spend the afternoon getting reacquainted with staff persons, arriving RMCs; 6:30pm meeting of RMCs, informal; Flokhart, Marie and myself take a cab to Doug MaGee's in Harlem. The four of us meet Rose Styron at Elaine's...good drinks (on Rose); are introduced to Norman Mailer, Kurt Vonnegut, and Gay Telese. Arrive at Lou's at about 3:30am.