Unforgettable

The time spent in New York with my sister was a time when my love affair with New York blossomed. We were in New York through the sweaty summers and coldest winters, we saw the tulips in the spring and the leaves in the fall. We did things that people only dream, from attending a birthday party for Federico Fellini to interviewing The Scorpions on the top floor of the Polygram records building.

My favorite memory from that time was the night we celebrated our magazine deal. Denice and Lucia came with us to Tavern on the Green. We sat in the Crystal Room and it began to snow. It was magical.

We went on to publish our infamous magazine, but gave it all up a few years later. Gina became a mom for the first time and I became a college professor. I still visited New York as often as I could and knew that some day I would live there. Now, for the first time in my life, it seems possible.

"No one should come to New York to live unless he is willing to be lucky." -E. B. White, writer