The Mark Twain walking tour was great! We started in the middle of Soho and ended up in Greenwich Village looking at buildings that use to be publishing houses, hotels, bars and houses relating to Twain. I am exhausted! The tour is led by Peter Salwen, a complete Twainiac. He told many great stories that I will not do justice by trying to repeat but if you are in New York I highly recommend taking his tour. After the tour, Angela, Jill and I were rehashing our favorite stories and all agreed the one that needed to be told was Twain and 5th Avenue.
Mark Twain liked to walk the streets of Manhattan. During his time of wearing all white he would leave his house at the base of 5th Avenue near Washington Square Park and walk as far north as Central Park. He purposely timed his southbound return with the exit times of the various church services along 5th Avenue, so everyone could see the stylish author walking down the street.
I love how you spell your name! You wouldn't happen to be named after Katharine Hepburn, would you?
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