Bigger than Madonna

Ah the South of France, long way from the couch in Cottekill. Fortunately it is possible to turn pages with broken ribs. Everybody was so Young by Amanda Vail is a peek into one of my favorite time periods in a place that I love. It is about Sara & Gerald Murphy, the prince and princess of the expiate scene in the France of the 1920’s. Their friends were a huge list of artists and writers like Fitzgerald, Hemingway, Picasso, Dos Passos and Stravinsky. You get the picture, a party at P Diddy’s in the Hamptons. They truly had the most influence during the Movable Feast period than any other couple.

What I will always remember them for is making the Southern Coast of France a summer gathering zone. Before they bought a villa near Cap d’Antibes it was strictly a winter hideaway. Gerald was also a good artist as well as scion of Mark Cross Inc.