Part 60 (1/2)

Peter Allen sang inside but I missed it and later when he asked me if I heard it and I said no, he turned away Another Another distant person If I run into Sylvia Miles and she s distant, I'll know I'm really in trouble Then at 9:15 we left Jane and I went to La Reserve at 4 West 49th for the dinner that Michel Roux was giving for Keith and Kenny, they've both done paintings of the Absolut Vodka bottle Had fun there distant person If I run into Sylvia Miles and she s distant, I'll know I'm really in trouble Then at 9:15 we left Jane and I went to La Reserve at 4 West 49th for the dinner that Michel Roux was giving for Keith and Kenny, they've both done paintings of the Absolut Vodka bottle Had fun there

Jane walked me home I watched Letterman Letterman and I liked the lady admiral he had on Oh, and Quentin Crisp was at the Whitney and he looks younger than ever, just great He toldout with a gay guy-you kno they're always looking and I liked the lady admiral he had on Oh, and Quentin Crisp was at the Whitney and he looks younger than ever, just great He toldout with a gay guy-you kno they're always looking past past you, looking around for so around for somebody better better He said that's what Letterman's like on the air

And I took uess I have to confess to the Diary that I am a Valium addict I'm addicted Because I read in the paper the syoing to need et them, so I'll have to stock up now

Friday, October 3, 1986 Talked tothe social New York bit and Donald's irls at Interview Interview and not thinking enough about work and not thinking enough about work

Sunday, October 5, 1986 Stuart couldn't decide whether to go to the flea eport, Connecticut and earn 200 but he decided to go to Bridgeport because he (laughs) (laughs) wanted the ood at it and in Bridgeport he found soot a nature encyclopedia for just 3 and here I paid 75 for a regular kind and his has all drawings and everything This was his ”trip to the country” He never leaves town Stuart is a real weirdo Full of knotted nerves And he was excited later because a pipe cleaner was coirls who coave this lecture and I guess he's good at it and in Bridgeport he found soot a nature encyclopedia for just 3 and here I paid 75 for a regular kind and his has all drawings and everything This was his ”trip to the country” He never leaves town Stuart is a real weirdo Full of knotted nerves And he was excited later because a pipe cleaner was coirls who come over for sex

Got stuck in the Polish Day parade Nick Rhodes was calling during the day but I roup anymore but Nick owns the name so it's still Duran Duran

Billy Boy I hear is in town but he hasn't called me or Chris And I really hate hierboy broke! Every one! But I can't iine why he didn't call He's a social climber, so he must be after somebody better

Then went to meet that kid named Stephen Bluttal froht of the Lily Toood seats The Cah it and the play see lady that really sounded like a bag lady She has a great body At the end Jane Wagner ca and kissed, very feo to it book She does a bag lady that really sounded like a bag lady She has a great body At the end Jane Wagner ca and kissed, very feo to it

Bianca and Glenn Dubin broke up I never understood why they were together in the first place, what she could get from him Because she is is a hustler and she really was after Calvin-I saw her just be a hustler and she really was after Calvin-I saw her just be so so after hiay ruone after soet hi, that kinky hair after hiay ruone after soet hi, that kinky hair

Tuesday, October 7, 1986 There was a party for Beverly Johnson at Mr Chow's Every person in the world was there Beverly Johnson asked o sit at Eddie Murphy's table but I just couldn't There was just one chair and I wouldn't have knohat to talk about I'd have to be macho It's funny how you haven't heard his name in a year, isn't it? I think people want to see lots of cheap quickie Bexpensive ot the newout, Golden Child Golden Child Grace Jones arrived late and made an entrance

Peter Beard was there and looks really good And his new girlfriend is nothing like all his other girlfriends, she's frohanistan And I heard that Robert Mapplethorpe and Sae dropped e dropped me (newspapers 6)

Wednesday, October 8, 1986 Sa nice to me because I haven't taken hie told me that now Saets that way Surly He told e doesn't like him He wants to be wanted in such a funny way Instead of working anyets that way Surly He told e doesn't like him He wants to be wanted in such a funny way Instead of working (laughs) (laughs) he wants to be wanted But if he worked, he he wants to be wanted But if he worked, he would would be wanted And Fred is really tough on Sam And on everybody Fred is unbelievable I can't believe how he's changed When so, he just says, ”Get out!” Just like that ”Get out!” Just like Mrs Vreeland be wanted And Fred is really tough on Sam And on everybody Fred is unbelievable I can't believe how he's changed When so, he just says, ”Get out!” Just like that ”Get out!” Just like Mrs Vreeland

Steven Greenberg was taking a whole group of us to the Color of Money Color of Money Actor's Studio benefit, and he was pickingto lock up and there was a problefeld with Steven Greenberg We walked in right behind Tom Cruise and Paul Newot way and her husband I sat with Cornelia as more like her old friendly self, and Jane Holzer and Rusty cao was there and Ellen Burstyn made a speech and Paul Newhwas explained And Paul Newirl, then at least there could have been conflicts You didn't knohy anybody was doing anything and you didn't care, but there were funny lines Everybody ”in” was there Actor's Studio benefit, and he was pickingto lock up and there was a problefeld with Steven Greenberg We walked in right behind Tom Cruise and Paul Newot way and her husband I sat with Cornelia as more like her old friendly self, and Jane Holzer and Rusty cao was there and Ellen Burstyn made a speech and Paul Newhwas explained And Paul Newirl, then at least there could have been conflicts You didn't knohy anybody was doing anything and you didn't care, but there were funny lines Everybody ”in” was there

And then I rode down to the party at the Palladiua, different colors, it was like walking into Studio 54 in the old days because they really did a big thee insisted on escorting ets that way I'et a cab, I'ot the Enquirer Enquirer with Sean and Madonna on the cover and it was about Martin, hoas once Madonna's roommate and how he now has AIDS And then Martin called me, and it must be so horrible to read this article about yourself where it says you're dying with Sean and Madonna on the cover and it was about Martin, hoas once Madonna's roommate and how he now has AIDS And then Martin called me, and it must be so horrible to read this article about yourself where it says you're dying

And then I read Steve Aronson's article in New York azine on the Sid Bass and Mercedes Kellogg affair and it was riveting, he really got all the infor Billy Norwich's call because she thought it was froressed I have a funny feeling that Mercedes will never make it all the way to the altar The divorce'll take two years and you can't spend all that time in bed Should we allaffair and it was riveting, he really got all the infor Billy Norwich's call because she thought it was froressed I have a funny feeling that Mercedes will never make it all the way to the altar The divorce'll take two years and you can't spend all that time in bed Should we all make bets?

The alarer it off from where they are, the alarht with Fred He's getting more and more like Diana Vreeland every day I say that Interview Interview is a sazine and he says no no, it's not, it's not And he won't let me put azine and he says no no, it's not, it's not And he won't let me put my two cents in about it I tell hiet 75,000 a page We get 3,000” And he said, ”No no, we get 3,100” I et 75,000 a page We get 3,000” And he said, ”No no, we get 3,100” I e said there was the opening of Nell's and that Steven Greenberg had a date with somebody she introduced him to and that he'd take us all to Le Bernardin, the expensive fish restaurant in the Equitable building We went and it's so elegant, so grand, and the food is sort of ordinary, but very expensive My fish was cooked in sauerkraut, so it was good, just like eating a hot dog on the corner

Then ith Steven to pick up Donna McKechnie who's back starring in Chorus Line Chorus Line Steven knows all these sairls in their late thirties or forties who're on the prowl Like Elizabeth Ray and Margaux He an interview to Frank Rich, and she's actually beautiful, but she's in a category that you can't do much with-forty-four and with a beautiful body, but it's hard to find another show to dance in She was kind of classy in a whorey way, and she had a dress that was showing her nakedness She was too grand for me, but she eet

Then ent down to 14th Street to the opening of Nell's and that was really exciting Rupert Everett came in with a costar of his And Nell eet, she said I would be the only one allowed to take pictures But I didn't want to move around, really Bianca was there and Lauren Hutton and Schnabel and everybody who'd ordinarily be at the Odeon Paige went downstairs dancing with Benjamin and Schnabel and Alba Clemente and all those people Peter Beard was there with his entourage They'll charge 5 admission I don't know if those don kids will put it down because they're so used to freebies Then we left and I feel funny when Steven takes us out because although he spends soin the back of hs) a secret cheap person You know? I haven't figured out yet how he thinks But he is always so generous to us He dropped -they carry a hairbrush and pull it out and brush their hair all the titon hair is his fortune, his tradeured out yet how he thinks But he is always so generous to us He dropped -they carry a hairbrush and pull it out and brush their hair all the titon hair is his fortune, his trademark

Wednesday, October 15, 1986 Had a call fro off to Europe with Hedy Klinealleries, she's so desperate to be famous as a painter And the kid from the air force as a bartender down in Florida when Chris went to Key West a feeeks ago, he's bringing hi, he could be the best of all those hs), sees hi boy in this kid His name is Ken

Walked to work Stuart called and wanted to be sure ere co to the party at Buccellati's to raise e I'dclass

So at 8:00 Paige called and said where was I? And I went to Buccellati's (cab 3) and outside I said to Wilfredo, ”I'hs) (laughs) ca I a at the Waldorf if you want to get in touch with me about this, because I specialize in phobias” It was just like a Peter SellersI a at the Waldorf if you want to get in touch with me about this, because I specialize in phobias” It was just like a Peter Sellers e enhei, and Barbara didn't know anything about theenhei, and Barbara didn't know anything about thee realizes she's hs hysterically

Thursday, October 16, 1986 Brigid's really upset because hershe'll be an orphan

Had to leave the office office early at 6:30 because it was the night of a japanese boat ride party, and it was black tie and I had a black tie with me but I only had white Reeboks but Fred and I went over anyway early at 6:30 because it was the night of a japanese boat ride party, and it was black tie and I had a black tie with me but I only had white Reeboks but Fred and I went over anyway

Rupert cas that I've done I could actually have a good show, 10' x 36' Caes So the car picked us up I couldn't close the alarm and I looked like a s where they treat you like royalty to get you there, but then when you step off the boat at the end of the ride, they won't even hand you a token for the subway, they've already ”had” you

Mr Kuraoka from Nippon was so cute, it was all his food And dick Cavett got Bianca to talk on mike and she took a look atyou, I was are you wearing?” I' you, I was really really a ht, the turtleneck was showing through the white shi+rt And Skitch Henderson was there and I told him how much I missed him on TV and how he really developed that whole for to the bandleader that they still use And all I could think of was that big tax problem he'd had a ht, the turtleneck was showing through the white shi+rt And Skitch Henderson was there and I told him how much I missed him on TV and how he really developed that whole for to the bandleader that they still use And all I could think of was that big tax problem he'd had

It lasted till 9:30 and Fred was his old self, char and nice to everyone But at the end he whispered, ”Let's be the first off the boat” And sure enough, there was no car for us They do absolutely everything to get you there and absolutely nothing to get you home So we paid a limo (25) to take us and Fred dropped me

Saturday, October 18, 1986 Stuart called and said that he was interested in a platinu at auction, and he was trying to get old one I met hiood necklace Stuart decided he wouldn't go above 120,000 for the platinum one The silver one went for 4,400, and then I started bidding on the gold one but my last bid was 22,000 and it went for 40,000 The platinu up and up Stuart kept his paddle up and I could feel feel his whole body next to asm He was in a panic to see who the other person as bidding, but we looked around and couldn't figure out where the other bids were co was over it was Stuart's flute for 170,000, which with the tax and commission is about 200,000 Stuart was in shock Just in shock his whole body next to asm He was in a panic to see who the other person as bidding, but we looked around and couldn't figure out where the other bids were co was over it was Stuart's flute for 170,000, which with the tax and commission is about 200,000 Stuart was in shock Just in shock

Everybody there thought it was iving azine It was really funny Then reporters came and asked why I wanted it, and to some of them I said because it had the World's Fair emblem on it so I needed it for my collection of World's Fair plastic knives and forks, and to so it to melt down Stuart couldn't even open his azine It was really funny Then reporters came and asked why I wanted it, and to some of them I said because it had the World's Fair emblem on it so I needed it for my collection of World's Fair plastic knives and forks, and to so it to melt down Stuart couldn't even open his , so I dragged hi turned out to be from New Hampshi+re and he looked rich I told Stuart to invite hi The flute had a whole story, some man willed it to his mistress but then after he died his family couldn't believe he'd have a mistress so they held it up for ten years It's A, so I dragged hi turned out to be from New Hampshi+re and he looked rich I told Stuart to invite hi The flute had a whole story, some man willed it to his mistress but then after he died his family couldn't believe he'd have a mistress so they held it up for ten years It's American Boston Kincaid

Then Stuart wanted two double ot them

Then ent to the Antiques Center to see see if we could find another flute for 2 Stuart's trying to think of how to pay for this Then he went home and I cabbed (6) don I'd made plans to see if we could find another flute for 2 Stuart's trying to think of how to pay for this Then he went home and I cabbed (6) don I'd made plans to see Sid and Nancy Sid and Nancy with Stephen Sprouse It was at the 57th Street Playhouse (tickets 18, popcorn 5) Ann Lambton played herself, the movie was sick, real-nobody would ever want to be a punk after they saw it with Stephen Sprouse It was at the 57th Street Playhouse (tickets 18, popcorn 5) Ann Lambton played herself, the movie was sick, real-nobody would ever want to be a punk after they saw it

Sunday, October 19, 1986 Stuart was still in a daze over the 200,000 flute

Monday, October 20, 1986 Stuart's flute was on the front page of USA Today Today but they didn't use his name It just said but they didn't use his nahs): ”Record Price Paid for Flute” And he's funny, he pretends he doesn't want publicity, but then you can see he's so crushed when he doesn't get it Like that story Steve Aronson wrote, he's so excited about it but he still pretends not to be

John Powers calledfor an Elvis to buy There's one co up at auction and the reserve is so low It says ”Three Elvises” but I don't know if it's a really big one or just where the ies overlap three ti was having a party for her boyfriend, Alain Elkann, as hter He's French He's written four books, and in France if you're an intellectual, you don't have to work, they just treat you like this big-”intellectual” Like Loulou de la Falaise's husband who's supposed to be a novelist but I don't think he's ever finished anything So Diane's going the Marilyn Monroe route ofwith this guy who'll write books about her

Worked Fred decided to co Closed up fast Went to the Carlyle, ran into Sue Mengers in the elevator who'd been at the party, she ith her sa She lives here now The cake was in the shape of a book Bob Colacello was there I read his article on Bianca in the new Vanity Fair Vanity Fair She's back big again, the pictures of her walking with the Salvadorean children in the fields

Jean Michel called, back from the Ivory Coast He said they sell meat with four million flies on it-they cut off a piece and just sell it with the flies He sounded nor old tiether

Friday, October 31, 1986 Benjamin was supposed to pick me up but he never showed I wandered around This was the day of the surprise birthday party Steven Greenberg was giving for Paige at Nell's For days I'd just been shuffling papers for Paige's party, trying to help Taether, and then Gael took over and did it all really fast Worked all afternoon I went hoe pickedto a blind-date dinner at Nell's

So we get to Nell's and Paige still doesn't suspect anything and then right at the last second, right outside at the door Glenn O'Brien's wife Barbara was getting out of a cab and said, ”Hi, Paige, we're here for your surprise party” We couldn't believe it, but Paige was distracted enough so it didn't really sink in and I think she actually was really shocked when she walked into the club and everybody screa it all together and the party was so nice I sat right where I did on the opening night-right by the front door-and I didn't move once The party took up the whole street-level floor, and then they let the public in at 10:00 but they sent the for the sort of phony rich look Dark with stuffed furniture

And let's see, Thomas Am at Fred's And Larissa was there, and Jay, and Wilfredo, and Gina and Peter Koper And the new kid orks for Interview Intervieas at Paramount, Kevin Sessums as at Paramount, Kevin Sessu holiday It just used to be for kids but now it's the whole city All the drag queens canize Kenny Scharf, I didn't at all I finally recognized Joey Arias I figured him out And Jean Michel came late with his face wrapped in tin foil and nobody kneho he was (laughs) (laughs)-Paige was even talking to him because she didn't know

Let's see who else was there Calvin ca Henley And Jireat people I wanted Martin Burgoyne to coh his body, so that wasit was sad

Sunday, November 2, 1986 Richard Turley called to tell me that Monique Van Vooren was on TV in a Tarzan movie So I turned it on and it was just incredible-there she ith dark hair and a different nose and so ugly, and it ith Lex Barker In the end she was shot in the belly

Ran into Janet Sartin on Park Avenue when I was throwing out bread for the pigeons in the middle of the avenue She said she did it, too

Monday, November 3, 1986 Went over to the West Side to Dr Li's (cab 5, newspapers 6) It was a really nice day Kind of busy at the office Sa circles under his eyes, it seeht out Vincent had been up till 6 AM AM working on a video

The Dia Foundation was havingAnd there was the sixties party that Jane Holzer was having at the Ritz, Fred said we had to go to that Doc cox had called in the afternoon and wanted a ticket to the Ritz thing I was surprised he wouldn't pay because it was a benefit for displaced or disabled kids

So after the Dia Foundation thing ent to Jane's party and Jane didn't show the whole ti out and Stephen Sprouse was there and he's really broke He oing to sign got coreat until you start talking to the lawyers