NYPL

[ckaratnytsky at nypl.org]

     New York Pynchon List will say so long to Will Karlin at Fraunces 
     Tavern on Thursday, 29th May, at 7PM.
     
     The Tavern, where all the bartenders are named Gershom, and all the 
     barmaids Shirley, is the site of General George Washington's farewell 
     address to his officers at the end of the Revolutionary War, and the 
     second best place in this leave-taking world for bidding adieu to 
     one's beloved.**  Regrettably, the Museum is closed at cocktail hour, 
     but copies of the General's speech will be provided by yours truly for 
     reference consultation.  
     
     Fraunces Tavern is located at 54 Pearl Street, at the corner of Pearl 
     and Broad.  It is accessible from the 4/5 Lexington Ave Subway (to 
     Bowling Green), the 1/9 IRT local (to South Ferry), the 2/3 IRT 
     express (to Wall St.), the N/R (to Whitehall St.), and probably some 
     others, but my Ear became flaccid at this point and lost the rest of 
     the prerecorded message into the unheard Void. 
     
     I haven't heard from the guest of honor as yet (or from very many of 
     the New Yorkers, for that matter), so, if he hasn't recovered from his 
     post-graduation hangover, we'll toast him in his absence.  Faera 
     Siegel, offspring of Jules, will be in attendance, so at least I won't 
     be drinking alone.
     
     Chris
     
     **The first is the airport at Casablanca, shweet-haht.