Reversals
After she signed my book, she looked up at me and I looked into her very clear eyes. At last: Joan Didion without sunglasses. We both said something along the lines of "thank you."
At the other end of the evening, home from dinner with Ms and Mme NOLA at Cuba, on Thompson Street - where the fried shrimp with coconut is truly super - and having lost my wits to at least one too many martinis, I concluded that I'd lost my wallet. The first thing to do was to notify American Express. The second thing was to find the wallet in my bathroom. The third thing was to try to get American Express to forget that I called. This did not work. I will be depending upon the kindness of other cards until Thursday.
On the other hand, Kathleen just called from the Grand Hyatt in Seoul. It's after ten in the evening there, but she has had a nice American breakfast delivered to her room, and after she eats it she's going straight to bed. She'll call again when she wakes up, at about 1900 my time.
Comments
A flurry of fame! Now I see what you were talking about.
Hope you are not too blue sans your lovely Kathleen...but it is a perfect time to get any of those dormant nervous fits out of your system. (I am the high-strung one in this household. I do so relate.)
Posted by: Jenn | October 11, 2005 10:42 PM