Miss Meghan, Fashion Advice

June 13, 2004

IT'S NOT OVER UNTIL EVERYONE GETS OUT OF THE WATER

is what the very wise park man said on saturday afternoon as I and about 50 other people (including anh dueong and amy brenneman)watched 159 brave souls plunge into the hudson river from one of the west docks that is now a park. they were swimming for leukemia--not to get it, which i feared they might swimming in that water--but to raise money for it. we waited until the coast guard gave the signal that the current was friendly, then everyone jumped in, two by two, then the starting gun went off and it was strangely beautiful to see 159 swimmers in bright red caps all start off for the same goal. everyone cheered. i got teary.