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.