George Washington Bridge
A Tragic Case of Two Sisters With No Sense of Direction
COLLEEN:
12:31 pm: Hummus and pitas and all kinds of Mediterranean treats. A crowd forms around the buffet.
12:15 pm: Danny and I arrive at the Turkish restaurant his mom chose for our engagement party. Colored glass lamps abound.
12:22 pm: The first guests, Danny's friends Sonny and Jill, arrive bearing gifts: two cake pans that they packaged with cake mix, confectioner's sugar, sugar, a sugar shaker and a rubber bowl scraper. She's on the art side at her magazine.
12:30 pm: My parents arrive and my dad gives me a big hug saying, "Your sisters are going to be late. They went the wrong way on 95 and wound up in Philadelphia."
1:00 pm: I'm feeling too jittery to eat. read more »
2:00 pm: The main course is brought out: lamb and chicken and beef. The guests stare in stunned amazement.
George Washington Bridge Wins the Beauty Pageant
In an article called "The Brooklyn Bridge as a Monument," published in Harper's Weekly in May 1883, read more »
