It's not often we see our hero looking as suave, sophisticated and formal as he did at the gala black tie reception kicking off the New-York Historical Society's annual Weekend with History on Friday, April 4, 2008, where he delivered an informal speech. At left, we see him standing with Jim Dale, Gordon Wood, Paul Goldberger, and the head of the Society Louise Mirrer. Hitch is the one cupping a glass of amber nectar. And the photo below shows Hitch, still nursing his beverage, and Gordon enjoying a free and frank exhange of views and body language.
This was indeed an historic occasion being the first time the Popinjay has ever been spotted dressed as a penguin.
“The enemies of intolerance cannot be tolerant." • "If it is an offense to justice to hold people who may have been victims of mistaken identity or of vendettas by other factions, then it is also an offense to justice to release psychopathic killers who believe that they have divine permission to throw acid in the faces of girls who want to attend school." • "Don't be such a lesbian!
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