tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944527145765262011.post7619030641021335415..comments2023-10-11T03:36:57.563-04:00Comments on Robert Benchley Society: Did I Die and Go to Heaven? Not Yet. But I Did Stay at...tomshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03279674220712896692noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8944527145765262011.post-80874784549736512252011-06-14T21:18:29.314-04:002011-06-14T21:18:29.314-04:00Barb's Algonquin adventure! Fabulous! I like t...Barb's Algonquin adventure! Fabulous! I like the Writer's Block 'rate' at the hotel. Planning to visit my old hometown soon and this time stay at the Gonk, since it figures large in my new book, rather than the less fashionable lairs that appeal to those on a slim budget, (graffiti on the walls, creatures of the night skittering along the broken wood floor) but leave one nowadays with little red souvenirs on one's back, which, thankfully I have not experienced to date. <br />Also, FYI to the really strapped visitor, (I mention this as a public service) it is possible to avail oneself of even more modest accommodation - the A Train's rather spartan accommodations in its nightly perambulations between Washington Heights and the Rockaways, a full round trip taking a good part of the night. As a poor student in the early '70's this was often a Saturday night emergency accommodation for me and my posse, too cheap to pay the $1 extra fare for PC's 'Night Owl Service' back to Bronxville and Concordia College. The trip is entertaining, great for people watching and reasonably secure (but I recommend keeping all one's wherewithal on one's person). There is no room service but management is very easy going, as long as you don't lie down that is, and you can't beat the price, either! Where it would fall in the Michelin guide's star rating is problematic.<br /><br />FYI - (tooting my own horn here with apologies - "Blaaaat!") if anyone's interest is peaked, my new book concerning the doings (hitherto unknown) of Dorothy Parker, Benchley & Co. please check out: Time Trippers: The Nights of the Round Table on Amazon.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com