Chapter 36
Friday, September 17, 1982-Was.h.i.+ngton, D.C.-New York Got back to New York. Went to the office, worked with Benjamin all afternoon. Went out with Chris who'd just gotten his clean "negative" results back on his gay cancer tests. I was invited to Marisa Berenson's birthday party at Mortimer's for her husband, Richard Golub, who's the man who made Brooke s.h.i.+elds cry. On the witness stand. The lawyer. Karen Black came and that was fun. Took pictures. Left at 12:00 (cab $5).
Sat.u.r.day, September 18, 1982 Got up early, it was a beautiful day. I couldn't work with Jon because he had to go to a gay cancer funeral at Paramount, it was a secretary there-a male secretary. And I mean, I get so nervous, I don't even do do anything and I could get it. anything and I could get it.
I made a mistake and blurted to Maura about Bianca seeing that Connecticut senator, Dodd, who's not divorced yet, and then I realized Maura worked for Page Six, but she's a good Democrat so she said, "Don't worry, I know when something would ruin somebody's political career."
Sunday, September 19, 1982 I'd seen Robert Hayes's boyfriend Cisco going down the street with someone else the other day, and I saw Robert crying, and so I thought they'd broken up, and I asked Marc Balet and he told me that Cisco had just found out he had gay cancer but that it was a secret. But then later that day Robert told me anyway. They told him he got it three years ago and it takes three years for it to show up, but I don't know how they would know that, since they don't know anything about it or even what it is. Robert says he's been checked and he doesn't have it. But he'd been going to Janet Sartin and he was there at the same time I was, and I just know she used the same needle on me, and I don't know if she sterilizes it. I only like it when you use the needle once and throw it away. And I'm not going to go to her anymore, anyway, because I'm just covered with pimples, I don't know what good it's done.
Monday, September 20, 1982 It was a busy day but I left early to catch Lana Turner at Bloomingdale's ($8). Bought one of her books ($16). Then went up to her and she said, "I don't think I want to talk to you, I've taken you out of my prayers, you said I was better when I hadn't found G.o.d, so now I pray for you- badly." badly." So I think it was something I said in the Faye Dunaway interview in So I think it was something I said in the Faye Dunaway interview in Interview Interview, I guess she read it. And I didn't know what to do, I was a nervous wreck, I said, "Oh no, Lana, you've got got to pray for me, please put me back in your prayers!" And I said, "Oh won't you please autograph your book to me?" And so she finally did and wrote "To a Friend" with a question mark and then "G.o.d Bless You" with another question mark. And Lana and her fairy hairdresser and I were all there with the same hair. to pray for me, please put me back in your prayers!" And I said, "Oh won't you please autograph your book to me?" And so she finally did and wrote "To a Friend" with a question mark and then "G.o.d Bless You" with another question mark. And Lana and her fairy hairdresser and I were all there with the same hair.
Tuesday, September 21, 1982 Ran into Lynn Wyatt who was just back from Grace Kelly's funeral. She said Prince Rainier was crying and Prince Albert couldn't talk.
Went to Diane Von Furstenberg's (cab $4). Barry Diller was there and Valentino. But out of the corner of my eye I saw George Plimpton and his wife Freddy, and when she saw me she began running around me and acting just nuts. She felt guilty because George helped Jean Stein with the Edie Edie book. She was like a headless chicken running around, just making all these noises. And I told her, "Look, I don't know what you're carrying on about. I don't care about the stupid book." I should have said that if she wanted to make it up to me, just send a check. And I could see Jon talking to George and later he told me he told George how could he put those things in the book about me when he knew me personally and he knew they weren't true and that Edie was away from the Factory for years before she died. book. She was like a headless chicken running around, just making all these noises. And I told her, "Look, I don't know what you're carrying on about. I don't care about the stupid book." I should have said that if she wanted to make it up to me, just send a check. And I could see Jon talking to George and later he told me he told George how could he put those things in the book about me when he knew me personally and he knew they weren't true and that Edie was away from the Factory for years before she died.
Monday, October 4, 1982 Down to meet Bruno Bischofberger (cab $7.50). He brought Jean Michel Basquiat with him. He's the kid who used the name "Samo" when he used to sit on the sidewalk in Greenwich Village and paint T-s.h.i.+rts, and I'd give him $10 here and there and send him up to Serendipity to try to sell the T-s.h.i.+rts there. He was just one of those kids who drove me crazy. He's black but some people say he's Puerto Rican so I don't know. And then Bruno discovered him and now he's on Easy Street. He's got a great loft on Christie Street. He was a middle-cla.s.s Brooklyn kid-I mean, he went to college and things-and he was trying to be like that, painting in the Greenwich Village.
And so had lunch for them and then I took a Polaroid and he went home and within two hours a painting was back, still wet, of him and me together. And I mean, just getting to Christie Street must have taken an hour. He told me his a.s.sistant painted it.
And by the way, Ronnie Cutrone's art is selling like crazy, too-Steve Rubell's brother just bought a Cutrone.
Tuesday, October 5, 1982 There was a lunch and Gaetana Enders brought a politician from Venezuela and his wife. He's really good-looking, he has a cane, and his wife's beautiful. I'd met him at Halston's years ago. They got away again, though-he said that "maybe someday" he'd "surprise her with a portrait."
And then Governor Carey's wife-the Greek lady, Evangeline-came and she came prepared for a free portrait. She wasn't wearing a hat like she always does, and so I said, "Where's your hat?" and she said, "None of your girls wear hats in their portraits." So I took pictures of her and then I didn't know what to do so I called Bob in, and he talked to her, and then he told her how much the portraits cost, and I think she must have fainted because after she left, she had her guy call and say that a governor's wife couldn't spend that much on a portrait while he was in office. But before, she'd been saying that she wanted to have it done while he was in in office because then it would have "more prestige." So she was trying to do all these maneuvers. office because then it would have "more prestige." So she was trying to do all these maneuvers.
And I forgot to add that with Jean Michel Basquiat the day before, he reached into his pocket and said he'd pay back the $40 he owed me from the days when he painted T-s.h.i.+rts and used to borrow money from me, and I said oh no, that's okay, and I was embarra.s.sed-I was surprised that's all I'd given him, I thought it was more.
So we were busy all afternoon. And miniskirts are really back, Cornelia was wearing one at Xenon later.
Wednesday, October 6, 1982 Went to Sotheby's and ran into Mr. Dannenberg who has a shop in Paris now and he said, "I'll have to watch you, because whatever you buy is going to be the next big thing." So there was all this really beautiful David Webb stuff, but after he said that I just looked at it and turned up my nose and made sure he saw. (laughs) (laughs) Sunday, October 10, 1982 I think I got up with a cold. Went to church. Jay Shriver called and said he wasn't going to come in to work. He was making "a statement." So I told him he didn't have to, that I could do it myself. Benjamin Liu called and he said he wanted the next day off to go buy makeup.
Monday, October 11, 1982 Took aspirin, still trying to get rid of the cold that's beginning. Carried about thirty Interviews Interviews with me. Walked by Fiorucci on 58th Street and a guy was giving a lecture to a group of schoolkids in the front, so I handed out all the with me. Walked by Fiorucci on 58th Street and a guy was giving a lecture to a group of schoolkids in the front, so I handed out all the Interviews Interviews. It was a "field trip" to Fiorucci's, that's what school's come to. And then from there I went to Crazy Eddie's and looked at computers, got the Atari game to figure out what all that's about, and that was exciting. There was a Columbus Day parade (cab $7).
Worked out with Lidija and Chris Makos. I'd made a date to see Doc c.o.x c.o.x in the evening, so I had to get people together to entertain him. Worked on a p.i.s.s painting. in the evening, so I had to get people together to entertain him. Worked on a p.i.s.s painting.
Then at 9:00 Doc c.o.x c.o.x picked me up in his Rolls, I don't know why he decided to take it, and we Rollsed off to Mr. Chow's. picked me up in his Rolls, I don't know why he decided to take it, and we Rollsed off to Mr. Chow's.
Wednesday, October 13, 1982 Cabbed to meet Rupert ($5). Iolas was just leaving, he wasn't staying for lunch because he was upset because in Paris in a cab he'd just lost a million dollars' worth of jewelry. He hadn't wanted to leave it in the hotel room so he had it with him and he just forgot and left it in the cab. And that can happen to anybody. It's so scary. He said he could never replace them, that it was all sentimental value, his whole life mementos. So lunch was just for Linda Christian's son.
Tuesday, October 19, 1982 This Retin-A stuff that's for curing acne is working, but just on half my face. Half of my face is perfect and the other half is broken out, all eruptions. It peels away your face. I went to a new beauty doctor and he gave me licorice root to take. I think maybe he just gives out things he wants to get rid of. And he's such a camp, too. These quacks. The first time he took his fingers and touched my face he said, "Doesn't this feel tense?" and the second time he took his fingers and touched my face the same way and in the same place and he said, "Doesn't this feel relaxed?"
Cab ($6) to B. Altman's dinner for the highfalutins. Ran into Sid and Anne Ba.s.s, and into Ashton Hawkins. Got drunk and said terr-said funny-I was outrageous, I guess. When I get drunk I get-outrageous. Then left at 11:00. Wanted to go see the Go-Go's but I was just so drunk.
Wednesday, October 20, 1982 The guy who's doing a TV show on our trip to Hong Kong was at work. We're going for the opening of the "I" Club that this young cute kid is organizing with Citibank. That's what we're going to Hong Kong for-the opening of a discotheque.
Thursday, October 21, 1982 I have a pain from exercises. Maybe I'm doing them too much. I think Lidija's working me out too hard.
The jewelry auction the other day went well, so that means the economy is picking up.
And Pontus Hulten called and wants a free thing, so I cabbed down to meet him (cab $6.50, supplies $7, $6.62, $2.79, $3.19). It's always the same thing-a free print for a free museum for a free benefit and he does these things that are great and then they fire him. Like at the Beaubourg, they fired him because he's not French after he did that big thing there. And now he's opening a museum in California. But I mean, he wants things for free, he thinks he's living in a Socialist country. It's like Jonas Mekas, that same type of thing.
And I forgot to say that the other day Governor Jerry Brown called and said, "Hi Andy, it's nice talking to you. We know each other and you know how I feel about art, and if you could do some art for me, then along with the other artists I could put your art up as collateral and get a loan from the bank and fund my run for the senate..."I told him to talk to Fred. I mean, he could have had me do his portrait while he was governor and the city or the state could have paid for it, they were having to do his portrait anyway. Well I mean, Marcia Weisman or somebody would have paid for it.
The pain is increasing in my lower abdomen. I'm going to have to cut down the exercise cla.s.ses.
Friday, October 22, 1982 Wandered down Fifth Avenue. Pa.s.sed out Interviews Interviews. Tried to give them to a bunch of construction workers and they laughed me off and I got embarra.s.sed, but then another group of construction workers in the next block asked asked for some, so that balanced it out. for some, so that balanced it out.
Later, after work, I
In the entrance of 54 there were balloons and white grand pianos and stick-on bows on the floor. I felt slighted because Calvin was at a table with Bianca and some of his family people like mothers and grandmothers. I would have liked to meet them (cab $8).
Wednesday, October 27, 1982-New York-Hong Kong Arrived in Hong Kong, evening. It was hot and muggy, Florida-type weather. Twelve hours' difference in time, so you didn't have to change your watch, which was kind of great.
Alfred Siu, our host, met us. Rolls Royce and limousines. Jeffrey Deitch of Citibank was at the airport to meet us, too, and he's adorable, such a sweet guy. He's the one who got us involved with the whole project. Mandarin Hotel. We were all on different floors-I was in 1801, Chris in 1020, Fred in 820, and his girlfriend Natasha Grenfell in 722. I had a suite overlooking the harbor, it was very beautiful, but everyone said Hong Kong was having a recession.
And then after we got straightened up Alfred wanted us to go to the I Club to look at it, it was just a block away in the Bank of America on the first floor and it still wasn't finished, they had three days to finish it. And we met the designer of it, Joe D'Urso. He said he'd decorated all of Calvin's apartments. Alfred is so pretty-a spoiled, cute kid, just adorable. And Joe D'Urso is this fat little slob but really talented. Went back to the hotel, called New York.
Thursday, October 28, 1982-Hong Kong Up early to do the two sides of Hong Kong looking for tailors. All the kids were getting clothes except me, I'm just not a clotheshorse (cabs $4.50, $5, $6). Lunch at the I Club with Alfred Siu and about eight girls that he thought were going to have portraits done. One was an American married to a Chinese, the others were Miss America types-Miss Taiwan, Miss This and That, and they'd married rich guys from the construction business and they all hate each other and they're all beautiful. Burmese and Chinese and all gorgeous dolls dressed to kill. And after lunch Alfred's beautiful wife took us to a place where they do fortune telling and it was like 8,000 fortune tellers and you had to pick the one you wanted, so I picked this lady and I asked how my love life was and (laughs) (laughs) she said I'm married to a younger lady and I'm having problems. she said I'm married to a younger lady and I'm having problems.
And then Chris began taking photographs and he took some of sleeping fortune tellers and the flash woke them up and they chased us all out of the place-I guess none of them wanted their picture taken because of the evil eye or whatever it is.
Alfred had a dinner party and it was so glamorous, we took a junk out to his private boat. He imported a crew from New York to photograph us while we were there and they were awful, seven of them, and I don't even want to remember their names. We all went to Disco-Disco, a drag queen place, and an English girl came up to me and wanted to dance and I didn't want to and she said, "You're not anything like what they write about in the papers," and I said, "Well, I know that."
Friday, October 29, 1982-Hong Kong Muggy. Took the boat across the river to Kowloon ($12 there and back). We had to meet the Sius at their house way up on the hill, you can see all of Hong Kong. We were followed by the crew everywhere, every minute.
The pre-opening party was "exclusive," my dear, really grand, lots of people. The show was okay. The gym was open and they had exercises. They got me on a machine and tipped me upside-down with all my pills falling out of my pockets and my hair almost fell off. Then went to the disco. It was just finished one minute before the opening. Danced with Natasha Grenfell, pushed her around, I was drunk. All our possible portraits fell through and Alfred was embarra.s.sed. We sneaked out about 2:00.
Sat.u.r.day, October 30, 1982-Hong Kong Got material for ideas at the Peking Communist Store ($250). And I finally found out that Hong Kong is actually owned by the Chinese, that England just rents rents it! So now I know why everyone's nervous here, the lease is almost up. it! So now I know why everyone's nervous here, the lease is almost up.
The big opening of the I Club was 8:30 to 1:30. Home at 4:30. Called New York.
Monday, November 1, 1982-Peking Two-hour car ride and everybody was singing great American songs. Finally when we got to the Great Wall it actually was really great. I'd been putting it down, but then it was staggering. We went on the left side because it wasn't so steep and so crowded, and all the Chinese were taking pictures of themselves. My hair almost blew off and I think they got a picture of it. Soldiers go there with their girlfriends. It's like walking up to the Empire State Building.
Then we got in a bus and went to the Ming Tombs and that was staggering, too, and that was somehow two hours away, too. It was a whole afternoon.
Went to bed with my clothes on. The Peking Hotel. The place was infested with roach motels.
Wednesday, November 3, 1982-Peking Up at 6:30, another crew day. Went to the bird fair, that's where people get together and sell birds, that's what they do with their time-sell worms and spiders and birds. Then got on the bus and went to the Summer Palace. Met Americans we knew there-Lita Vietor who was so nice to us in San Francisco, and some Palm Beach people, they were on a tour. Stopped off at the I.M. Pei hotel and photographed it.
Went to a commune and the children came out and they sang "G.o.d Bless America" and "Jingle Bells" and it was disgusting because it was just so sad to see these little kids having to perform like animals. Another truckload of bus people would arrive after us and it would be the same routine and they would hug you, same show.
Thursday, November 4, 1982-Peking-Hong Kong We left the hotel to catch the 8:45 flight. Had some tea ($12). You can't tip people. Everybody tells on everybody. Then we found out that if you give them a couple of cigarettes, that's what they really want. Should have done things like that, but we hadn't figured it out. So got to the airport and sat around for hours. Then a lady and her husband had lost their pa.s.sport and for an hour and a half they were going through everything looking for it, and the lady was screaming at her husband, it was just such a movie scene, and then two minutes before the plane was ready to leave, the lady put her hand in her pocket and found it. They were really old, it was sad. It was so horrible. They were old and they couldn't get out of China. "Where is it?" "You had it last."
Ran into one of those English groups, like maybe the Clash, on the elevator. On the same floor as us.
Sat.u.r.day, November 6, 1982-Hong Kong-New York Took a Valium because I was facing an eighteen-hour plane ride. Read the Neil Sedaka book and the Britt Ekland book and they were both so bad. Neil's daughter, Dara, is the biggest thing in Singapore and Tokyo.
Monday, November 8, 1982 Sent Benjamin down to Chinatown (laughs) (laughs) because I hadn't gotten any gifts for anybody when I was in China. And I also told him because I hadn't gotten any gifts for anybody when I was in China. And I also told him (laughs) (laughs) that he was under consideration for being fired because I was so tired of looking at Chinese people. that he was under consideration for being fired because I was so tired of looking at Chinese people.
Did mail at the office and only got through one-third of what I have to to catch up on. I began getting jetlag. Decided to stay in. catch up on. I began getting jetlag. Decided to stay in.
Wednesday, November 10, 1982 Bob was having lunch with Jann Wenner at Le Cirque. But I knew Jann couldn't take him away from us because Bob makes so much more money at our place. I think Jann just wants to pick his brain. And Bob said John Fairchild and James Brady were also at Le Cirque, so I guess it's the new place for gossipers.
Worked all afternoon. Decided to stay home and get rid of my cold. I watched Dynasty Dynasty and the best thing was the baby getting kidnapped, because they used a real baby. You know how usually TV shows use a doll? Well and the best thing was the baby getting kidnapped, because they used a real baby. You know how usually TV shows use a doll? Well Dynasty Dynasty had the real baby being dashed through the streets with its head bobbing and bouncing around. And gee, everybody on that show has such awful hair. had the real baby being dashed through the streets with its head bobbing and bouncing around. And gee, everybody on that show has such awful hair.
Sat.u.r.day, November 13, 1982 Chris had invited us to the Shafrazi Gallery for the closing of the Keith Haring show, he's the one who does those figures all over the city, the graffiti. His boyfriend is black, and so he had 400 black kids there, so cute, so adorable. Just like the sixties, except (laughs) (laughs) black. black.
And Ronnie was there looking very chic with his girlfriend. His art's selling like crazy.
Then there was a party for the show in the bas.e.m.e.nt where it was all in blue light and they wanted me to go go down, but I knew my hair would turn completely blue, so I didn't go. down, but I knew my hair would turn completely blue, so I didn't go.
Monday, November 15, 1982 Jean Michel Basquiat who used to paint graffiti as "Samo" came to lunch, I'd invited him. And then I went at 3:30 to Julian Schnabel's where I was posing for him. And I had on a Paramount T-s.h.i.+rt which would have been good to pose in, but he made me take it off, and I was posing like that for two hours, standing there. And I took off my gla.s.ses so I could look him in the face and still look out of it.
Thursday, November 18, 1982 Had to get into black tie and go to go to a de Menil party for the Yves Klein opening at the Guggenheim (cab $5). I met Mrs. Klein, she's remarried. Then went upstairs and Fred was there with Natasha Grenfell. And then Jean Stein came in and I just sort of ignored her. a de Menil party for the Yves Klein opening at the Guggenheim (cab $5). I met Mrs. Klein, she's remarried. Then went upstairs and Fred was there with Natasha Grenfell. And then Jean Stein came in and I just sort of ignored her.
Then cabbed to the Guggenheim ($4). Walked all the way up the ramp and saw the show and then all the way down and saw the show. Then went home and was in bed by 10:00.
Friday, November 19, 1982 Donahue had a show on gay cancer but I didn't want to watch it, it made me nervous (cabs $3, $5, phone calls $.40).
It was busy at the office. Interview Interview was giving a lunch. Worked all afternoon. Had to leave early to go to the pimple doctor, Dr. Silver. was giving a lunch. Worked all afternoon. Had to leave early to go to the pimple doctor, Dr. Silver.
Dr. Silver said not to use soap ($6.50).
Sat.u.r.day, November 20, 1982 Tom Cas.h.i.+n called and said that Zoli had died of gay cancer.
Thomas Ammann picked me up in his limo and we went to the Odeon and it was star-studded with artists-John Chamberlain and Joseph Kosuth and the Christos and a lot of art dealers and Barbara Jakobson. And a creepy girl who said she's been trying to come in to the office to see me, but Robyn won't let her in. She wants me to look at her work so badly that I'm going to have to or she'll go crazy (dinner $256.80).
Monday, November 22, 1982 Did the streets with Interviews Interviews. The Calvin Klein issue is heavy (kitchen supplies $94.02, $9.75, $5.36, $30.85, cabs $3.50, $5, phones $.40).
Worked out with Lidija.
Worked on the cement sculpture project all afternoon. Did some painting.
Then cabbed, glued ($5.50). Went to Sandro Chia's at 521 West 23rd, he's in the same building that Julian Schnabel paints in ($7). Sandro showed me his new paintings.
Tuesday, November 23, 1982 Vincent was going away and so we stayed late and paid bills, and Jay was in a mood where he wanted to get screamed at. When he wants to get screamed at he does something wrong on purpose. Like he painted something the wrong color and he said he knew he did it. After he gets screamed at he just looks like nothing happened but he's satisfied. And we were there till late.
I'm invited to Halston's for Thanksgiving dinner.
Wednesday, November 24, 1982 This weekend Bianca accused me of telling People People magazine about her and Senator Dodd, she said the only people who knew were me, Steve Rubell, and Halston. So I guess Steve told them. And Page Six of the magazine about her and Senator Dodd, she said the only people who knew were me, Steve Rubell, and Halston. So I guess Steve told them. And Page Six of the Post Post had a thing saying she was now seeing Woodward in addition to Bernstein, and she actually picked up the phone and called the had a thing saying she was now seeing Woodward in addition to Bernstein, and she actually picked up the phone and called the Post Post and made them correct it the next day, that she's only seeing Bernstein. and made them correct it the next day, that she's only seeing Bernstein.
Thursday, November 25, 1982 Thanksgiving. It looked cold out. The office was closed. I'd woken up at 4:00 and turned on TV and some movie with Margot Kidder was on that I couldn't figure out but it made me so scared. It was the end and the police left her alone in the house-I don't know why, because she was traumatized-I guess they thought the crimes were over, and then you hear some guy upstairs, coming down, calling her name. And you don't know what'll happen. And it got me so scared. Got up. The house was empty.
Talked to Chris and Peter. Peter's mother had come down from Ma.s.sachusetts and they were cooking turkey and they invited me to come downtown.
Watched the Macy's parade on TV. They had the first woman balloon-Olive Oyl.
I called Berkeley Reinhold and she was watching it from her window. She said her mother was making Thanksgiving dinner for the first time. Her father was in Hong Kong, so I called John Reinhold there, I dialed it direct. He was at the same hotel where we'd stayed, so it was easy to remember-the Mandarin. I made a faux pas faux pas. I told John his wife was making a Thanksgiving dinner, and he was upset because she'd never made one before.
Watched every soap opera and for the holiday every one of the shows had every one of their characters gathered for Thanksgiving dinners. It used to be high-cla.s.s people in the soap operas and now that's just on Dallas Dallas and and Dynasty Dynasty. Now the people on the daytime soaps are lower-middle cla.s.s-they don't have butlers and maids.
Talked to Jon in New Hamps.h.i.+re.
Went to Halston's for dinner and Martha Graham was there, and she looked frail, like she's on her last legs. And then Steve Rubell came, and Jane Holzer with her son Rusty, who's so handsome now. And he's smart. I talked to him the whole time. He goes to Buckley and he had the highest average and he studies all the time from after school till bedtime, and then he studies some more in the morning before school to maintain his 93 average. He said he and another kid were the only ones who knew the answer to the question "Who painted Campbell's Soup Cans?"
Jade arrived with Bianca, she goes to Spence. And I had Rusty go go say h.e.l.lo to her, and she was aloof, she said, "Do I know you?" and he said, "Of course," and she said, "Oh yes, about a year ago," and he said, "No, two years ago," and so he was annoyed, she was putting him down, but Jane explained to him that girls get nervous and do that. say h.e.l.lo to her, and she was aloof, she said, "Do I know you?" and he said, "Of course," and she said, "Oh yes, about a year ago," and he said, "No, two years ago," and so he was annoyed, she was putting him down, but Jane explained to him that girls get nervous and do that.
The turkey was organic, from Jane's Pennsylvania farm. I slipped out without saying goodbye to anyone.
Friday, November 26, 1982 Found out that after I left Halston's, Rusty discovered a fire that'd started in a fireplace and gone to a Marisol sculpture and into a closet, and if Rusty hadn't noticed it, Halston's would have burned.
I'm giving everyone framed underwear for Christmas. Went up to 86th Street and then down (cabs $5, $4).
Jon called, said he was back in town.
Sat.u.r.day, November 27, 1982 Brigid called and I invited her to see Cars (tickets $200). Cabbed to the theater ($6). We had first-row seats but on the side.
The first act was so boring, but I noticed the p.u.s.s.ies of the girls in the cat suits. I was so revolted. You could see the slits up their fronts. They should really wear pads. And you could see the hair coming from their p.u.s.s.ies, but then they also had cat fur put on there, so it was confusing. But oh, you could just see everything! Maybe that's why all these old men are going to the show. And I finally saw what the set was, a big Pop Art thing, it was like two-feet-high c.o.ke bottles, and two-feet-high Campbell's Soup Cans, whatever you would find in a kitchen. But Oldenburg size. And people were gesturing me to look at it. And a lady near us put her husband's coat and hat on a box in front of them, and it turned out to be a Brillo box that was part of the set and his hat got squashed when a cat sat on it. Oh, but those p.u.s.s.ies. You could see the- cracks-and the lips-of the-the-the-v.u.l.v.a. Okay? That's how outlined it was.
Monday, November 29, 1982 I'd invited Pierre Restanay and his wife to lunch. He was so nice to me in the sixties I wanted to be nice to him. He's the French art critic. And his wife is very striking, 6'2"-I guess she was a model. French women if they're chic have the d.y.k.ey look. Mrs. Restanay was wearing an old Lanvin men's coat.
Ronnie Cutrone came by and while I was working out with Lidija, he entertained Pierre and his wife, he didn't know who they were, and Pierre said that he'd seen his show at Shafrazi and liked it. Ronnie's selling everything he does. He could have been doing this for years. He actually was doing all that stuff first that the Italians now are doing.
And then later, I decided to go see Twyla Tharp do dances to Frank Sinatra songs. Called Jon. Picked him up (cab $6). And as we were riding up to the Rainbow Room in the elevator, we realized there was a Paramount party on the floor below.
Got to the Rainbow Room and it was star-studded. Saw Sam Spiegel and Peter Duchin who said, "This is my live-in girlfriend," and it was Brooke Hayward. That's a strange couple. And Leo Castelli was there, and he doesn't hug me anymore. He's never with Laura de Coppet anymore, either. And this performance, I guess Twyla just decided to do something just straight, she had nine couples doing nine ballroom dances, but any people at Roseland would have done it better. And afterwards I talked to Twyla for a minute. And then, as we were leaving, I saw d.i.c.k Avedon, Tuesday Weld, "Taverne," and Paul Simon and they said Ann Reinking was there and Baryshnikov and Treat Williams (coats $2).
So then the elevator stopped on the floor where the Paramount party was and Nick Nolte got on and Eddie Murphy. And Nick Nolte's fat and his hair is over his eyes, like one of those dogs, but he's so good-looking. They say their movie is really good, 48 Hours 48 Hours. And Eddie Murphy's really handsome. That intelligent look. They say he's going to be bigger than Pryor. And I was just speechless, and I said how thrilled I was, but then I remembered I'd met him at something once before. And then some girls were lined up to get Nick Nolte's autograph so I did, too, and he just kept his head down and signed, he didn't even look up to see who it was (cab $4). Bed at 12:00. 12:00.
Thursday, December 2, 1982 Cabbed to Xenon ($4) for Cornelia's birthday party. And I guess she was bored because she picked us out right away. Then photographers came over and said that Stallone was on the other side of the dance floor and that he wouldn't be photographed with any girls, so would I go over there and be photographed with him. So I did, and Stallone was sweet, he said he was starting to shoot a movie in February in New York starring John Travolta, and that I really should stay in touch. He had about eight bodyguards with him at the bar. Then left. Got a fast cab ($5).
Sat.u.r.day, December 4, 1982 I invited Curley to to see see Tootsie Tootsie. We couldn't get in at first, they were giving us a hard time, there weren't tickets for us that Charlie Evans was supposed to leave. And if I'd known at that time that I was actually in the movie which I didn't even get paid for-that I appear on the cover of People People magazine with Tootsie when she gets famous-I would have been pus.h.i.+er and said I could take in as many people as I wanted. magazine with Tootsie when she gets famous-I would have been pus.h.i.+er and said I could take in as many people as I wanted.
And the movie, they play it really straight, Dustin does. It's not really like a drag queen, it's like having an aunt that you didn't know was a man. It's something else entirely.
Then we went over to Charles Evans's. It was packed with stars, so we sat by the food so we'd see everybody. Dustin was sweet, and the director Sidney Pollack was, too. I talked to Teri Garr who was great in the movie, and we talked about Henry Post and does he have gay cancer- that's the rumor. And Curley got me to drink. I had vodka.
Tuesday, December 7, 1982 Went to the office to meet Jeff Bridges (cab $4.50). Bianca was supposed to do the interview with us but she cancelled out last week. Got there, did some videoing. Jeff Bridges is big and rugged, like 6'2", he's like a regular guy, he was sweet and hard to talk to. Then he said he was an artist and he took Polaroids of me and I showed him my painting stuff, gave him a tour, and from the Polaroids he's going to do a portrait of me.
And the kids photographing him for Interview Interview didn't know how to shoot him, they had him doing all this silly stuff-they don't know that when you have a good-looking normal man you should just let him stand there. I gave him a didn't know how to shoot him, they had him doing all this silly stuff-they don't know that when you have a good-looking normal man you should just let him stand there. I gave him a Philosophy Philosophy book. book.
Friday, December 10, 1982 Walked to 17th Street all the way down from 77th Street. And I'd called the office and asked if I had any appointments and Jennifer, the after-school volunteer who answers the phones, told me no, and when I got there Paul Bochicchio who makes my hair had been waiting there with it for five hours so I yelled at her. And she was making wreaths out of holly, and I thought fine, okay, that she was doing it for her house, but then she started putting them up on the wall and I started to scream to get them down because the office isn't supposed to have Christmas spirit, so she got it twice in one day. And then she moved them into the bathroom. Jennifer now has suddenly picked up bad work habits from Robyn. Worked till 7:30.
Sunday, December 12, 1982 Got up early, it had snowed out. Opened all the windows. Decided it was a good day for a walk. Met Chris and Peter at the Plaza. Went to the Edwardian Room. We had a long, big lunch ($240 with tip).
Went to Iris Love's party for Pauline Trigere at Dionysos at 210 West 70th St (cab $6). It was packed with stars-Diana Ross and some beau, and Morgan Fairchild and David Keith-he was with another girl but he's girl-crazy so he was after Morgan. The Herreras from society were there, and lots of the girls-Paloma and Fran, and Marina and Florinda. There was Greek dancing. Iris changed into a Greek toga.
Monday, December 13, 1982 Jodie Foster called and said that she had an interview with Nasta.s.sia Kinski that Yale Daily News Yale Daily News didn't want and did didn't want and did Interview Interview want it, so we're going to use that with a cover of Nasta.s.sia for February. She's so sweet, Jodie. want it, so we're going to use that with a cover of Nasta.s.sia for February. She's so sweet, Jodie.
Tuesday, December 14, 1982 In Liz Smith's column she made that party at the Greek restaurant on Sunday sound so great! They always sound so great later when you read about them.