My friend Willem from the Chelsea Hotel passed away.   I hate that term…passed away.  ‘Cause the truth of the matter is that he died.  And as much as I believe in an afterlife and that he is in a better place…it still really fucking sucks.  It was too sudden, and he was way too young [...]

The thing with the hat (which I bought for Matlida, of course)…for the first minute, Matilda hates it and tries to scrape it off her head…then she forgets she’s wearing it for the next couple of hours.
Bulldogs = adorable, but not brilliant

I really love this guy!

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I got lucky enough to be invited to the annual Second Thanksgiving at the Chelsea Hotel  in Willem’s gorgeous apartment on the 7th floor.  There was such a great collection of people:

And, for some reason, I had the craziest urge to break out the balloons that night…
And the best part of the whole evening was [...]