NY Observer > The Denver Post http://www.observer.com/taxonomy/term/28260/feed Articles from Observer.com en McSweeney's Did It First Again http://www.observer.com/node/32511 The n+1 boys got ripped off at their benefit over the weekend to the tune of three grand, reports the New York Sun.

But Dave Eggers did that back in the 90's, man! "Once, after an event aimed at raising money for his upstart magazine"--that would be McSweeney's--"he left his backpack, containing $2,200 in $5 bills, in the cab on the way home," says the Denver Post archives, of a story originally (supposedly) recounted in the New Yorker.

]]> http://www.observer.com/node/32511#comments Style Dave Eggers The Denver Post Wed, 30 Aug 2006 14:23:45 -0400 Observer Staff 32511 at http://www.observer.com