the ed report february 26

 

Linda came to New York for another LIFE friend's book party, and so of course we went to see Ed. This was two weeks ago. Peter Meyer, also a LIFEer trained in from Hudson, NY, and we foregathered at Ed's digs at the Watermark. Or the Hotel, as he calls it. And I must say, it is pretty hotellike.

We had dinner with Mary Anne, 84, Ed's Watermark friend, who was married to a well known Indian photographer (he founded ICP with Cornell Capa, before they had a falling out).
 

 

Then we went up to the rooftop room, with the view you can see at top for a little bit, before making our several ways home. Peter took the following picture of Juliana getting Ed up to roof level on a little lift. Ed was so tired after all the festivities that he needed to rest for two days.

Yesterday I went back. The kids followed Linda into town in the interim, so I couldn't get to Brooklyn last week. The day before had been Ed's wife Alison's birthday, so the fam had all gone out to a gala meal. Result: Ed was somewhat tired. We hung out together and then had supper in the dining room. 

 Ed was worried about Mary Anne, his mealtime companion, who he hadn't seen for a while. He gets very anxious about everything these days. I tracked down her son, who told me she was in hospital. I finally spoke with her today.  She is getting over the Covid, and says the hospital experience was horrendous but curative. She must be in quarantine until tomorrow or something. She's still coughing, but very ready to come home to the Watermark.