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05/05/2014 22:35

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Anonymous wrote:God, it was fun. Lots of coke, went out every night, Mon- Friday. The weekends were for the bridge and tunnel crowd. Hung out with a club promoter and his posse. Went to 3-5 different places a night. Had a crap job that paid nothing at Hearst publishing and lived off of free canapés.

My brother who did his internship at Beth Israel saw the beginnings of the AIDS crisis. So fucking sad.

And what are you doing now?

Same as everyone else in DC. I went to law school... married to another lawyer who introduced me to the posse. We all went to Columbia U. DH is retiring soon and we're returning to Manhattan but will not be going out every night b/c at our age, I'm sure we'll drop dead from exhaustion

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05/05/2014 22:50

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Anonymous wrote:What do you want to know?

Did you do a lot of coke?

Lol

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05/05/2014 23:09

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Anonymous

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:God, it was fun. Lots of coke, went out every night, Mon- Friday. The weekends were for the bridge and tunnel crowd. Hung out with a club promoter and his posse. Went to 3-5 different places a night. Had a crap job that paid nothing at Hearst publishing and lived off of free canapés.

My brother who did his internship at Beth Israel saw the beginnings of the AIDS crisis. So fucking sad.

And what are you doing now?

Same as everyone else in DC. I went to law school... married to another lawyer who introduced me to the posse. We all went to Columbia U. DH is retiring soon and we're returning to Manhattan but will not be going out every night b/c at our age, I'm sure we'll drop dead from exhaustion

And Studio 54 closed.

Any place around here still have "the beat"?

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05/05/2014 23:16

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:God, it was fun. Lots of coke, went out every night, Mon- Friday. The weekends were for the bridge and tunnel crowd. Hung out with a club promoter and his posse. Went to 3-5 different places a night. Had a crap job that paid nothing at Hearst publishing and lived off of free canapés.

My brother who did his internship at Beth Israel saw the beginnings of the AIDS crisis. So fucking sad.

And what are you doing now?

Same as everyone else in DC. I went to law school... married to another lawyer who introduced me to the posse. We all went to Columbia U. DH is retiring soon and we're returning to Manhattan but will not be going out every night b/c at our age, I'm sure we'll drop dead from exhaustion

And Studio 54 closed.
Any place around here still have "the beat"?

DH went to Studio 54 when it was still owned by Steve Rubell in the 70ties, it's heyday. Danced in his underwear...

I was more a punk rocker. Lived with my then boyfriend on the Lower East side and hung out with the Ramones.

No idea what's going on now.

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05/05/2014 23:17

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Anonymous wrote:It was amazing. Yes there was crime and AIDS was exploding but the city had energy and character. Yes, it was dirty. You had to be smart about where you went and at what time. Drug use among certain groups was prevalent.(all the rich upper east side kids)There where also great little funky dive and dance clubs. Mom and pop stores, not just chains. Cheap places to eat. Free entertainment in the parks and street fairs. I'm glad I was able to live there before it became a city for only the rich.

+1 and I was one of the rich Upper East Side kids...

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05/05/2014 23:24

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Anonymous wrote:It was amazing. Yes there was crime and AIDS was exploding but the city had energy and character. Yes, it was dirty. You had to be smart about where you went and at what time. Drug use among certain groups was prevalent.(all the rich upper east side kids)There where also great little funky dive and dance clubs. Mom and pop stores, not just chains. Cheap places to eat. Free entertainment in the parks and street fairs. I'm glad I was able to live there before it became a city for only the rich.

+1 and I was one of the rich Upper East Side kids...

Where did you go to school? DH went to Horace Mann and it's one of the main reason we are moving back. So our kids can go to middle/high school in NYC.

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05/05/2014 23:31

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I lived on the LES, and had a blast. I didn't do drugs, but went out to clubs with friends, had a crap job, but a great group of friends. Fortunately my job required that I go to parties thrown by big businesses promoting their products, so I didn't starve because they always had great canapes. The LES was incredibly funky, and not hugely dangerous, but not exactly crime free. Everyone ate out at great little cheap restaurants we found around town because no one had any money. Huge arts scene, lots of low-cost theater, dance, art shows, great experimental theater in all sorts of tiny venues. The AIDS epidemic cast a huge shadow over the decade, just horrible. Several people I knew died of AIDS during that decade, young men, very very sad. If you were a lawyer or a banker you did well in that decade, but if you were in the arts, well, you barely survived, but you had a lot of company and a lot of fun.

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05/05/2014 23:39

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was amazing. Yes there was crime and AIDS was exploding but the city had energy and character. Yes, it was dirty. You had to be smart about where you went and at what time. Drug use among certain groups was prevalent.(all the rich upper east side kids)There where also great little funky dive and dance clubs. Mom and pop stores, not just chains. Cheap places to eat. Free entertainment in the parks and street fairs. I'm glad I was able to live there before it became a city for only the rich.

+1 and I was one of the rich Upper East Side kids...

Where did you go to school? DH went to Horace Mann and it's one of the main reason we are moving back. So our kids can go to middle/high school in NYC.

Which schools will you do?

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05/05/2014 23:49

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was amazing. Yes there was crime and AIDS was exploding but the city had energy and character. Yes, it was dirty. You had to be smart about where you went and at what time. Drug use among certain groups was prevalent.(all the rich upper east side kids)There where also great little funky dive and dance clubs. Mom and pop stores, not just chains. Cheap places to eat. Free entertainment in the parks and street fairs. I'm glad I was able to live there before it became a city for only the rich.

+1 and I was one of the rich Upper East Side kids...

Where did you go to school? DH went to Horace Mann and it's one of the main reason we are moving back. So our kids can go to middle/high school in NYC.

Which schools will you do?

Horace Mann since we have legacy status. FIL also went. But will apply to Collegiate, Trinity, Browning, UN school and Dwight since they are in Manhattan and more convenient. We only have boys. I prefer the Westside but DH prefers East. Guess we'll decide after we know which school they get into... We plan on staying in DC until the oldest finishes elementary at a public charter.

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05/06/2014 00:35

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DH went to Hunter. Last night we were trying to think of a single friend of his growing up who doesn't have some sort of issue. We couldn't. They are either brilliant but socially inept, brilliant but can't hold down a job, terrible relationship with their parents, extreme depression, etc. The ones who got out and went to boarding school faired the best.

Things are different now. The city itself has lost its authenticity but I think current parents will have an easier time of it since a large percentage of them grew up outside of NYC themselves.

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05/06/2014 06:58

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Anonymous wrote:It was amazing. Yes there was crime and AIDS was exploding but the city had energy and character. Yes, it was dirty. You had to be smart about where you went and at what time. Drug use among certain groups was prevalent.(all the rich upper east side kids)There where also great little funky dive and dance clubs. Mom and pop stores, not just chains. Cheap places to eat. Free entertainment in the parks and street fairs. I'm glad I was able to live there before it became a city for only the rich.

+1 and I was one of the rich Upper East Side kids...

I went to Trinity for HS and and one of the all girls schools before. Even if I now lived in NYC and had all the money in the world I would not send my kids to Trinity.

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05/06/2014 09:22

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Anonymous wrote:It was amazing. Yes there was crime and AIDS was exploding but the city had energy and character. Yes, it was dirty. You had to be smart about where you went and at what time. Drug use among certain groups was prevalent.(all the rich upper east side kids)There where also great little funky dive and dance clubs. Mom and pop stores, not just chains. Cheap places to eat. Free entertainment in the parks and street fairs. I'm glad I was able to live there before it became a city for only the rich.

The same can be said for what DC is becoming.

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05/06/2014 10:00

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Anonymous

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It was amazing. Yes there was crime and AIDS was exploding but the city had energy and character. Yes, it was dirty. You had to be smart about where you went and at what time. Drug use among certain groups was prevalent.(all the rich upper east side kids)There where also great little funky dive and dance clubs. Mom and pop stores, not just chains. Cheap places to eat. Free entertainment in the parks and street fairs. I'm glad I was able to live there before it became a city for only the rich.

+1 and I was one of the rich Upper East Side kids...

I went to Trinity for HS and and one of the all girls schools before. Even if I now lived in NYC and had all the money in the world I would not send my kids to Trinity.

why?

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05/06/2014 10:15

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Anonymous

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:God, it was fun. Lots of coke, went out every night, Mon- Friday. The weekends were for the bridge and tunnel crowd. Hung out with a club promoter and his posse. Went to 3-5 different places a night. Had a crap job that paid nothing at Hearst publishing and lived off of free canapés.

My brother who did his internship at Beth Israel saw the beginnings of the AIDS crisis. So fucking sad.

And what are you doing now?

Same as everyone else in DC. I went to law school... married to another lawyer who introduced me to the posse. We all went to Columbia U. DH is retiring soon and we're returning to Manhattan but will not be going out every night b/c at our age, I'm sure we'll drop dead from exhaustion

LOL. Glad all worked out for you and have fun in Manhattan! Jealous!

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05/06/2014 10:40

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NYC in the 80's....woo hoo...Copacabana every Friday night, Studio 54, Garage, Pink Pussy Cat, Tunnel, Da Church Club - can't remember name, all the underground clubs with coed bathrooms, the village, SOBs....fun fun times! whitecastle, porn all over 42nd street, ...I graduated from CUNY in 84, worked as IT contractor then move to MD in 88 and hated it. Now when I visit the city I'm amazed I use to live there.