Tanqueray by Brandon Stanton

Author:Brandon Stanton
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: St. Martin's Publishing Group

Carmine and I moved into an apartment on 34th Street. We knew they’d never rent to a black girl, so I sat in the car while he talked to the landlord. We celebrated that first night together by cooking hamburgers on the patio, then we decided to take a walk around the neighborhood. And I’m not sure who spotted it first—but there was a tractor trailer parked across the street with its door unlocked. Carmine popped open the back and found a whole load of Charles Jourdan women’s shoes. By the time we sold it all, there was enough to cover six months’ rent. And we made sure to spread the wealth around. On the weekends we’d throw these huge parties and invite everyone from the club except for the pimps.

Our friend Mickey drove a delivery truck for The New York Times, but on the side he sold coke to a lot of famous people. He used to show up at our parties with a punch bowl full of joints and a dinner plate full of cocaine. I never touched the stuff, but everyone else seemed to love it. Those parties went until four a.m. At the end of the night we’d lay out blankets and people would fall asleep on the floor. It was nice having the same people around all the time. It started to feel like a real home. And Carmine treated me like I’d never been treated before. He bought me flowers. He took me places. We used to get dressed up every Friday night and get dinner in the Latin Quarter.

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