Bob Schulenberg, Author at New York Social Diary

Schulenberg’s Page: Coming and going with Lennon, Streisand and Picasso

Guest Diary• April 16, 2021.

It's the '70s in New York and there’s the nightclubs, amateur filmmaking, Streisand’s dress (when she was 19) and no John Lennon... READ MORE

Schulenberg’s Page: Magic and Realism

Guest Diary• April 8, 2021.

The artist’s sketchbook sometimes took on the flavor of a diary not only of his life but of the dramas in that world at that moment... READ MORE

Schulenberg’s Page: Theater in its many forms

Guest Diary• March 31, 2021.

It’s the early ’70s and Bob is out and about with sketchbook in tow; shopping around, going to movie screenings and off-broadway shows, and dining... READ MORE

Schulenberg’s Page: History in the making!

Guest Diary• March 26, 2021.

Long ago but not far away, Bob’s sketches remind him of the experience (often in detail) of what it was like to be in NYC in 1973... READ MORE

Schulenberg’s Page: Plus ça change, plus c’est la même chose!

Guest Diary• March 19, 2021.

Bob goes back to his hometown (L.A) to celebrate New Year’s with his family. And saw a whole other world. plus c’est la meme chose!... READ MORE

Schulenberg’s Page: Only in Manhattan!

Guest Diary• March 5, 2021.

Bob recalls the Summer in the city in ’75 with a brief visit to the Pines in Fire Island, and also at DPC’s house in Connecticut, and back to summ... READ MORE

Schulenberg’s Page: So many people, so many places

Guest Diary• February 24, 2021.

So many people, so many places, so much of it recorded in his sketchbooks, of day-by-day, like this girl he met named Barbra... READ MORE

Schulenberg’s Page: The Worst Party in the World!

Guest Diary• February 18, 2021.

It’s 1975, Watergate and Vietnam are still in front of the news, and the artist-illustrator is in the thick of his work... READ MORE

Schulenberg’s Page: The Daze of Disco

Guest Diary• February 11, 2021.

It’s 1975 and the age of the discotheque in New York; popping up everywhere, the rage for all-nighters dancing in NYC!... READ MORE

Schulenberg’s Page: Reality, Seen and Unseen

Guest Diary• February 4, 2021.

Bob Schulenberg’s daily visual tour of New York life in 1976, gimmicks and all... READ MORE

Schulenberg’s Page: New Year, New Mood

Guest Diary• January 22, 2021.

It’s 1976 in New York. The war in Vietnam was coming to an end; Bob was involved in a new fashion enterprise, and New Yorkers were out and about —... READ MORE

Schulenberg’s Page: A New Year begins

Guest Diary• January 14, 2021.

It’s 1976 and the artist/diarist is in the big town with his sketchbook, meeting the world as well as old friends; it’s New York at the moment... READ MORE

Schulenberg’s Page: The Prince of Cats

Guest Diary• January 7, 2021.

Life in New York with his cat. A private affair. And rewarding... READ MORE

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