“Enthusiasm is the most important thing in life.”Tennessee Williams It was Sunday, October 26, 1975, and I was at the reception of my Father’s marriage to his second and current wife, Lois, at the historic Hotel Elysée on East 54th Street in Manhattan. My date was a delightfully sweet and very pretty fifteen-year-old girl, Kathy […]
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My Two Meetings With Robin Williams by Mark R. Elsis
Robin William as a mime in Central Park during the summer of 1974. “No matter what people tell you, words and ideas can change the world.”Robin Williams The last few days had been quite eventful in New York City and the United States. On August 7, 1974, Philippe Petit performed his incredible tightrope walk between […]
Fifteen Seconds With Andy Warhol by Mark R. Elsis
It was May 5, 1982, a beautiful mid-spring Wednesday evening, and I was taking my girlfriend Kimberly Manning out to attend a concert. We were going to the Ritz nightclub on 11th Street between Third Avenue and Fourth Avenue. This section of Manhattan, southeast of Union Square Park, was called the East Village. It was […]