I must take two trains daily into and out of Penn Station; we look furtively for back packs and Arabic looking men and women. A mental mantra of The Crusades, The Crusades.....

Invited to Le Cirque for an artist's reception, an "artist" in name only. Some of the Manhattan media set like bashful Morley Safer there no doubt he was an old friend and had painted their faces on the wall. In Chicago they placed our faces on the walls--in decals for easy removal--staring down at the steaks and potatoes at The Palm.