Kwigumbi eliphezulu, kwigumbi lokwamkelwa elihonjiswe nge-baroque lesimanga sakhe esihle kwi-834 yeFifth Avenue, U-Gutfreund ujikeleze enxibe ilokhwe eluhlaza, engenantsinjana, eqinisekisa ukuba UJill Fairchild kunye nomyili URalph rucci Banikwa kwangoko ii-cocktails kwiiglasi zebhola ephantsi kwaye babonelelwa ngee coasters zelaphu ezibuthathaka; ukuba iNew Yorker's UHendrik Hertzberg kunye nomvelisi weqonga UJeffrey Umthengisi ithathe imbono yepaki eyenziwe ngamagqabi eorenji atshileyo kunye neendonga zomnquma ezenziwe ngombala oluhlaza; kunye nabadlali UMat Cavenaugh kwaye UKaren Olivo sayine incwadi yeendwendwe. (Umnumzana onxibe isaphetha watyalwa ngaphezulu kwizitepsi ukuqinisekisa ukuba isidlo sasemini ngasinye sine-15 okanye iindwendwe ezibhale phantsi into entle.)
Bendilila izolo xa ndibona umboniso, utshilo umamkeli zindwendwe, othi, kwiminyaka yakhe yamashumi amathandathu, aqhubeke abe nomtsalane ngamehlo anombono. Isiteji sihle. Kwaye ndiyathanda ukuba ezinye zazo zibhalwe ngeSpanish zibonisa ukuba, uyazi, uninzi lwaseMelika ngoku luthetha iSpanish.
Umyeni wakhe, owayesakuba ngusihlalo kaSolomon Brothers UJohn Gutfreund , yayikho, nayo. Kodwa emva kokutya kunye nokubulisa ngokukhawuleza kubavelisi UTerry Allen Kramer kwaye UJames Dutchman Umnumzana Gutfreund uxelele inkosikazi yakhe ukuba lixesha lokuba afunde.
Owu, bhabhayi, sithandwa, ucule u-Nks Gutfreund, ewangawangisa umyeni wakhe ngeminwe yakhe ethe-ethe. Enkosi ngokuza. Ngaba ngenene kufuneka uhambe ngoku? Uye wenza, watsho, kwaye ephakamisa esakhe isandla esiethe-ethe ukubuyela umva, wavumela umfazi wakhe ukuba abuyele kwinkampani yakhe.
Ngeminyaka yoo-80s, xa uNkosk. Gutfreund, owayesakuba ngukumkanikazi owayenguNobuhle noPan Am, watshata nosomashishini odumileyo waseWall Street — imihla yakhe kwibhanki yotyalo-mali eyayinamandla yabhalwa UMichael Lewis ’’89 incwadi I-Poker yamaxoki -Ngokuhlwa eGutfreunds yaba yimicimbi eqhelekileyo. Oko kukuthi, kodwa akukho ziqhelekileyo.
UNks. Gutfreund wayekuthanda ukwenza umboniso, efumana ingqalelo kwizinto ezinje ngokuphakamisa umthi weKrisimesi onenyawo ezingama-22 ngendlwana kwindawo yabo yakudala eRiver House, ehambisa izimemo kwiindwendwe zedinala. UHenry Kissinger Kunye neBaroness ULiliane de Rothschild ngokuqhuba, ukufaka ifriji kwigumbi lokuhlambela ukugcina iziqholo zakhe zipholile kwaye enyanzelisa ukuba umngcamli wakhe aphendule umnxeba, I-madam ikule fumar!
Kodwa, ngo-1991, xa uMnu. Gutfreund warhoxa ku-Salomon Brothers phakathi kokurhweba nge-bond, esi sibini sarhoxa ekuhlaleni, sachitha ixesha elininzi phesheya e-Paris triplex nakwilizwe labo ePennsylvania.Kwiminyaka esixhenxe eyadlulayo, uNkosazana Gutfreund waphinda wavela njengomhlobisi wezangaphakathi, esebenza kumakhaya abahlobo bakhe eNew York nakwamanye amazwe kubandakanya UGil Shiva Igumbi lokutyela eDakota. Ngeli xesha, uMnu. Gutfreund, owayenqatshelwe ukuba asebenze kwakhona kwinkampani yabarhwebi, uyaqhubeka nokusebenza kwinkampani yakhe yokubonisana, iGutfreund & Inkampani.
Awuyi kuzama enye yamargaritas yonyana wam? UNks Gutfreund ubuze undwendwe ebeluphuza iglasi yamanzi abengezelayo. (Unyana wesibini, UJohn Peter Gutfreund , Ibhanki, wasungula eyakhe i-tequila kunyaka ophelileyo.)
Sobabini sihlala sixakekile, UNks. Gutfreund uxelele iDaily Transom. Bendingavuya nyani ndihleli ekhaya imini yonke. Kodwa ukuba sisekhaya, sibeka iinyawo zethu emlilweni kwaye sibukele iividiyo ezindala okanye sifunde iincwadi zethu elizweni.
Bukho ke nobunye ubusuku, xa beqhubeka nokusingatha izihlobo kumakhaya abo aneminyaka engama-24 ngokuhlwa ngokuhlwa okuncinci mhlawumbi kunangaphambili.
Andikho apha rhoqo, kodwa ndiyakuthanda ukonwabisa kule flethi. Ndikhetha kakhulu ukuphuma, utshilo uNksk. Gutfreund. Kodwa lihlabathi elahlukileyo. Abantu abekho. Nge-intanethi, amadoda angenza ishishini lawo ukusuka kumathambeka e-ski kunye nasePalm Beach ukuze amaqela akho esidlo aqhele ukuba ngabantu abasezidolophini ngomzuzu wokugqibela. Uluhlu lweendwendwe alusetwanga ematyeni ngendlela ebeluya kuba ngayo kwii-80s. Kwaye yonke into ikwi-imeyile ukuze ibe yinto engekho sesikweni. Xa abantu bebulela ukutya, kwi-imeyile!
Emva kwempepho emnandi, wonke umntu wehla ngezinyuko eziphambili kwifoyer apho enye UClaude Monet ’S Iinyibiba zamanzi sasidla ngokuxhoma –sasinalo igumbi layo kwakhona, ucacisile uNks. Gutfreund- edlulile kwigumbi lesitiya sasebusika kunye nesikhwenene, isikhwenene esine-cage, kwigumbi lokutyela elinomoya, apho amalaphu aluhlaza namhlophe amdaka alingana ne-porcelain eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka nokumhlophe. I-china ehambelana ne-napkins eluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka namhlophe. (IDaily Transom iqaphele into ebonakala ngathi lixabiso leedola ezingama-879 ezinamathele ezantsi kumphanda wakhe wamanzi e-porcelain.)
Ndingathanda ukwamkela wonke umntu ovela kwi-West Side Story ukuya kwigumbi lethu lase-East Side, umamkeli zindwendwe wabhengeza ukuqala isidlo sasemini. Iindwendwe zinikwe i-risotto elungiselelwe kakuhle kunye nee-ertyisi zentwasahlobo, ilandelwa ngamaqebengwana eesalmon kunye nesosi yedill kunye nesonka sombona esisanda kubhakwa.
Ngexesha lokuba uNks. Gutfreund ebengekho kwisekethe, uqaphele ukuba intlalontle ezincinci zibonakala ngathi zilahlekile kwezi ntlobo zokuhlangana, zikhetha ukuhlala ubomi bazo esidlangalaleni.
Ndiyathemba ukuba amantombazana amancinci anomdla wokonwabisa. Ndicinga ukuba wawukho umzuzu xa babengekho, UNks Gutfreund uxelele iDaily Transom. Ukuba baphuma kwizibonelelo busuku ngabunye kwaye kumaphephandaba yonke imihla, bahlala nini ekhaya?
Uqhubeke: Ndiyathemba ukuba ukudodobala koqoqosho kuya kwenza ukuba amantombazana amancinci azi ngobuhle bezithuba zabo, iintsapho zabo, abahlobo babo abasondeleyo kwaye babenze babeke ukutya okuphekiweyo ekhaya etafileni. Kwaye ungayikhohlisa! Ungaya kwi-Whole Foods uthenge i-casserole kwaye uyibeke kwi-porcelain entle. Bonke abantu bafuna ngokwenene isiselo esibandayo, isitulo esitofotofo, isidlo eshushu kwaye bonwabile kukuhleka.
Kule minyaka ilishumi idlulileyo, i-Gutfreunds- ikholelwa ukuba iphembelele iiBavardages kwi UTom Wolfe ’S I-Bonfire yeZinto ezingento -Baba luphawu lweWall Street egqithisileyo. Ngoku, UNks. Gutfreund uthe cwaka, kodwa ngovelwano, ujonge njengokuba abahlobo bakhe kunye nabamelwane bakhe abakwi-Upper East Side bengxoliswa kukhenketho lwabo lweHermes lokuthenga kunye namakhaya ehlobo.
Ngaba angacebisa ngabafazi baseWall Street abahlukumezekileyo?
Hlala ekhaya kwaye ubeke intloko phantsi, utshilo. Andiqondi ukuba lo ngumzuzu kubafazi beebhanki. Ndicinga ukuba uluntu luyayichasa iWall Street.
UNks Gutfreund usazonwabela izifundo azifundileyo kwityala lakhe loluntu, athe linokwenziwa incwadi.
Ndifunde ukuba kubaluleke kakhulu ukuba nabahlobo abasondeleyo kwaye uhlele abahlobo bakho kwesi sixeko, utshilo uNksk. Gutfreund. Kunzima kuba kuninzi ukuvezwa esixekweni kwaye kuyonwabisa kwaye ndingumntu onomdla kwaye ndiyabathanda abantu. Kodwa le dolophu inokuba nzima kakhulu, ke uyafunda ukuhlela.
