“You go for me and I’m taboo. But if you’re hard to get, I’ll go for you.”
Month: July 2018
Samuel Untermyer in His Enchanted Gardens (Part 2)
JULY 19, 1939. YONKERS, NY— I MEAN, HOW OFTEN DO YOU NOTICE WHAT ANOTHER MAN PINS TO HIS LAPEL? When I catch up to Mr. Chisholm, he says the Odontioda is Mr. Untermyer’s orchid of choice.
Samuel Untermyer in His Enchanted Gardens (Part 1)
JULY 19, 1939. YONKERS, NY— I’M ALREADY LATE TO MEET HIM. Maybe it’s because I care nothing for flowers. Speeding in a cab toward Yonkers and his Greystone mansion, I wince at the thought of those willowy things ahead.