desertshore
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I received an email this morning from an old friend who works for an elderly man named Tom, who told him an interesting story the other day. I'm too lazy to summarize, so I'll just quote from the message...
"Tom remained in contact with [old school friend] John and decided to visit him on the Harvard campus that October. It was there he met John's new roommate, Robert from Santa Barbara, CA. Better known as "Bobby" Sedgwick, Tom became good friends with Bobby over the course of their freshmen year. The following year, Bobby invited John and Tom to visit his family's sprawling ranch over the holidays. They drove out there in old beat up Ford 3,000 miles from Cambridge to meet Bobby and the rest of his distinguished family.
Upon their arrival at the estate, they were greeted by an extremely affluent family, "Old, old money who seemed a bit 'offbeat' around the edges, but overall pleasant," Tom said. He met Bobby's father, known to many as "Fuzzy." Overall they enjoyed their two week stay. They would spend their days riding horses, going out into town, and lounging by the pool. Tom noted that one of most gorgeous girls he had ever laid eyes upon was young Edie. She would spend her days endlessly wading in the pool. "She couldn't have been any older than 12 or 13 years of age, and she was extremely slender and drop-dead gorgeous. When she would dive into the pool, her body would just cut through the water and she would barely make a ripple," Tom said. "The only thing that seemed rather odd about her was she'd spend all her time by the pool." He never saw her anywhere else.
I couldn't believe Tom was telling me this! "You knew Edie Sedgwick?!?!?!" He flashed me a big grin. "Oh yes, but at that time, I didn't understand all the abusive behavior that surrounded the family. I later found out her father would simply tell his wife to find another place to sleep for the night while he would **** around with multiple women. He would also have his way with Edie. Tragic, tragic family.""
...This friend of mine is helping Tom sort through his photo archives, and he is positive that there are photos of Edie by the pool somewhere in the collection. Hopefully he'll remember to send them to me and (if it's ok with Tom) I'll post them for you all to enjoy!
"Tom remained in contact with [old school friend] John and decided to visit him on the Harvard campus that October. It was there he met John's new roommate, Robert from Santa Barbara, CA. Better known as "Bobby" Sedgwick, Tom became good friends with Bobby over the course of their freshmen year. The following year, Bobby invited John and Tom to visit his family's sprawling ranch over the holidays. They drove out there in old beat up Ford 3,000 miles from Cambridge to meet Bobby and the rest of his distinguished family.
Upon their arrival at the estate, they were greeted by an extremely affluent family, "Old, old money who seemed a bit 'offbeat' around the edges, but overall pleasant," Tom said. He met Bobby's father, known to many as "Fuzzy." Overall they enjoyed their two week stay. They would spend their days riding horses, going out into town, and lounging by the pool. Tom noted that one of most gorgeous girls he had ever laid eyes upon was young Edie. She would spend her days endlessly wading in the pool. "She couldn't have been any older than 12 or 13 years of age, and she was extremely slender and drop-dead gorgeous. When she would dive into the pool, her body would just cut through the water and she would barely make a ripple," Tom said. "The only thing that seemed rather odd about her was she'd spend all her time by the pool." He never saw her anywhere else.
I couldn't believe Tom was telling me this! "You knew Edie Sedgwick?!?!?!" He flashed me a big grin. "Oh yes, but at that time, I didn't understand all the abusive behavior that surrounded the family. I later found out her father would simply tell his wife to find another place to sleep for the night while he would **** around with multiple women. He would also have his way with Edie. Tragic, tragic family.""
...This friend of mine is helping Tom sort through his photo archives, and he is positive that there are photos of Edie by the pool somewhere in the collection. Hopefully he'll remember to send them to me and (if it's ok with Tom) I'll post them for you all to enjoy!
But I actually think I remember reading an old newspaper article that accompanied that picture that described their outfits as being gold. I can't find the article though, so my memory can't be completely trusted. 
(Although I still listen to Blonde on Blonde a lot since so much of it seems to be about Edie...who he claims to only sort of remember- yeah, sure...)
