"In the early ’70s, I went to Woolworth’s and bought a jigger so I could have just one getting-dressed drink. By the time I left the house, I’d had 20. One time, I was in a hairdresser under the dryer getting bored. I went to the bar across the st. in my rollers and had a glass of white wine. Then another glass, and another. I can’t remember anything until I woke up in a Howard Johnson near La Guardia airport. There were pancakes and maple syrup. There was a cute boy in the room watching Kids are People, Too."—Brigid Berlin











