Bunky Mortimer

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Bunky Mortimer is related to one of the grandest Anglo-Saxon Protestant families in the United States. He is sort of a black sheep in the family, but has chosen to write the truth rather than toe the line. He has been married three times, and is a recovering alcoholic.


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Remembrance of Yale’s Past

Remembrance of Yale’s Past

We love Yale sluts! “No” means “yes,” and “yes” means “anal”—that’s

Cultural Caviar

Authors and Gluttons: Bunky’s Guide to Eating

Authors and Gluttons: Bunky’s Guide to Eating

I just happened to lay my hands on a recent copy of The New York Times’ “Dining &

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Oh, Say, Can’t You Stop?

Oh, Say, Can’t You Stop?

Aren’t you fed-up with goofy renditions of our national anthem? I refer to the

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In the Navy!—With Gobs of Seamen!

In the Navy!—With Gobs of Seamen!

Guess what—many gays aren’t offended at all by the scandalous USS Enterprise

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The Thong Remains the Shame

The Thong Remains the Shame

Semper ubi sub ubi. —Juvenal When Dorothy Parker said, “Brevity is the soul of

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Le Jour de Merci Donnant

Le Jour de Merci Donnant

In the 1960s a kind of sport for us Yanks in Paris was making light of our

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Bunky Mortimer’s Upper Class Guide to Drinking, Part II

Bunky Mortimer’s Upper Class Guide to Drinking, Part II

Now, class, you will remember in this symposium’s first installment that we dealt

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Bunky Mortimer’s Upper Class Guide to Drinking

Bunky Mortimer’s Upper Class Guide to Drinking

Yes, I’m a recovering alcoholic and haven’t touched a drop in some time, but whom

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Hocking Loogies

Hocking Loogies

One of the unintended consequences and, for me, an unanticipated pleasure of the

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Black Tie for Dummies

Black Tie for Dummies

You know what gets me hot under my Brooks Brothers collar? It’s the goofballs who go

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Semper Fi

Semper Fi

For about an hour I watched the Columbus Day Parade from the rise of Lenox Hill at 71st

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Ivana Lowell Bites the Silver Spoon That Feeds Her

Ivana Lowell Bites the Silver Spoon That Feeds Her

Guinness heiress Ivana Lowell has released her memoir, Why Not Say What Happened?

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Keeping Standards High in Clubland

Keeping Standards High in Clubland

“In the Bengal Club at Calcutta they don’t allow dogs or Indians, but in the Yacht

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American Boarding Schools: No Boot Camp For Boys

American Boarding Schools: No Boot Camp For Boys

As the herds of wildebeest migrate in October and November, when the short rains come,

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Bunky Mortimer’s London Season Diary

Bunky Mortimer’s London Season Diary

We WASPS have a long tradition with the London “Season.” The Chelsea Flower Show,

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Queen Elizabeth Makes a Rare Appearance for King Constantine

Queen Elizabeth Makes a Rare Appearance for King Constantine

Well, that was an easy one. King Constantine of the Hellenes—that’s the Greeks, for

Hot Press from the Riviera

Hot Press from the Riviera

My mother tought me early in life my name should never appear in the gutter press

Fashion

The Nerdiest President

The Nerdiest President

Chester A. Arthur was known to have 80 pairs of pants in his closet at the White House

High Society

Fashion Wrap: The Met Gala Disappoints

Fashion Wrap: The Met Gala Disappoints

         A panoply of dreary frocks and ill-conceived looks appeared on the red carpet