I wouldn't be surprised if the NY Chowder had it's roots in the
fifties. There are still a couple of old timers around. I'll see if I
can get some info on that. Chowder luncheon meetings were at Sardis in
the theater district during the eighties, a decade that included the
majority of my stint in NY. Chowder always hosted a guest speaker. If
the membership didn't like what the speaker had to say, they would
sometimes throw dinner rolls at him or, on rare occasions, her. I
remember Janet Guthrie had to duck a few rolls one time. IMPA was a
bit more restrained. It met just a few blocks away at Mama Leone's on
48th street and included more real journalists and fewer wealthy sport
car buffs. Sardis, is still in business, I believe, and I wouldn't be
surprised if the Chowderheads still gather there. Mama Leone's is long
gone, but IMPA survives.
Paul
On Feb 6, 2009, at 1:42 PM, Larry Colen wrote:
On Fri, Feb 06, 2009 at 01:09:05PM -0500, Paul Stenquist wrote:
# I met Donald Healey several times when I worked in New York. I don't
# know if he maintained a residence in Manhattan, but he showed up
more
# than once at the meetings of two groups to which i belonged: The
# Madison Avenue Chowder Eating and Sports Car Driving Society
(commonly
# known as "Chowder" to New York auto wags) and the International
Motor
Every so often, I have a bittersweet moment whent I wish my dad were
still alive. He raced MGs and lived in New York back in the
50's. Since one of his pet phrases was "chowder marching society", I
can't help but think that if chowder were around back then, Dad knew
about it.
I don't have any good pictures of it, but my MG wears the grill badge
of the club my Dad raced MGs with back then, the triple S, CBDS, or
the South Shore Sports Car and Beer Drinking Society.
# Press Association. Donald held court during cocktail hour and had
some
# great stories to tell. A former European race car driver owned a
I'll bet he did. Some folks in SMOG (Sprite Midget Owner's Group)
liked to talk about how in his 80's he got in trouble for skinny
dipping in a hotel pool at midnight with a couple of cute women in
their 20's.
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