Bunky Mortimer 
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 PastWe love Yale sluts! “No” means “yes,” and “yes” means “anal”—that’s |
Cultural Caviar
Authors and Gluttons: Bunky’s Guide to EatingI 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?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!Guess what—many gays aren’t offended at all by the scandalous USS Enterprise |
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The Thong Remains the ShameSemper ubi sub ubi. —Juvenal When Dorothy Parker said, “Brevity is the soul of |
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Le Jour de Merci DonnantIn 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 IINow, class, you will remember in this symposium’s first installment that we dealt |
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Bunky Mortimer’s Upper Class Guide to DrinkingYes, I’m a recovering alcoholic and haven’t touched a drop in some time, but whom |
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Hocking LoogiesOne of the unintended consequences and, for me, an unanticipated pleasure of the |
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Black Tie for DummiesYou know what gets me hot under my Brooks Brothers collar? It’s the goofballs who go |
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Semper FiFor 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 HerGuinness heiress Ivana Lowell has released her memoir, Why Not Say What Happened? |
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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 BoysAs the herds of wildebeest migrate in October and November, when the short rains come, |
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Bunky Mortimer’s London Season DiaryWe 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 ConstantineWell, that was an easy one. King Constantine of the Hellenes—that’s the Greeks, for |
Hot Press from the RivieraMy mother tought me early in life my name should never appear in the gutter press |
Fashion
The Nerdiest PresidentChester A. Arthur was known to have 80 pairs of pants in his closet at the White House |
High Society
Fashion Wrap: The Met Gala DisappointsA panoply of dreary frocks and ill-conceived looks appeared on the red carpet |