Jeannette Watson Sanger and her husband, Alex, were neighbors of mine for the first couple of decades I lived here. They moved to a new apartment in Madison Square just a few years ago. They had lived around the corner on Gracie Square in an apartment overlooking Carl Schurz Park. We’d see one another on …
Already a legend when we met on a wet autumn day in 1979 at a restaurant in SoHo, Leo Castelli was sitting at an outdoor table with his handsome Dalmatian, Paddy, by his side. The art dealer extraordinaire, known for his cutting-edge eye in discovering incredible new talents, had moved his uptown gallery to SoHo …
Prior to earning himself the moniker “the Andy Warhol of Instagram,” Donald Robertson was your average father of five. He worked in Manhattan with a daily commute from Westchester, and compulsive drawing was simply a hobby. It wasn’t until Robertson established an Instagram account in 2012 that he exploded into an inspiration not only for …
When I arrived at Calvin Klein’s New York office to photograph him in 1977, the idea was to take one quick photograph of him alone. Yet, before I could get my camera out of the camera bag, a beautiful woman walked in. A few minutes later, another, then another, and finally a fourth. Klein had …
If you ever have the opportunity to chat with Harvey Keitel, be prepared to laugh. Recently, I was given that opportunity. It was a great pleasure to learn more about his incredible life. He and his backstories are hysterically funny, serious, and thought provoking. Harvey is multi-faceted, open-minded, fiercely loyal, truthful, and respectful—both as an …
His was a fabulous New York story, the kind that haunts the dreams of many American boys or girls, as well as the novels of Scott Fitzgerald and John O’Hara. He first came here with his mother in 1947 when he was 15—from Detroit, where he grew up. They stayed at the Waldorf. In those …
On Sailing & Sailors: • They’re more health and fitness conscious. • They’re as competitive as ever. (I believe)—the ‘evolution’ of sailing picked up speed in ’83 when the Cup went to Australia (for a visit—ha!). Newport’s harbor opened up to more sailing regattas and boating events. For example, when The Volvo has a stopover …