Notwithstanding some quotes attributed to me in the Feb. 15 edition of the New York Post, I wish Pat no ill. Our marriage has had its difficulties. We are separated. And while I may wish that it were not so, our marital difficulties in no way reflect on his capacity to service his constituents or the people of New York.

New York is a shopper's paradise, and people know that you can go to Chinatown or Broadway in Manhattan to buy a knock- off. It's even mentioned in tourist guides.

There are too many opportunities in New York. We can't live too far away.

Back then, my air fare on Eastern Airlines to fly from Florida to where Marge was stationed in New York was $16. It was the most important flight I ever made.

I was looking in the back of The New York Times for ads for homes in New Hampshire, and there weren't any, ... but there was this scrunched-up photograph of a supposedly Palladian villa outside of Venice.

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