Me, at 26 or so on the roof at the Ipsy Wipsy, a fanciful name given to a 35-room mansion in Highlands, NJ, on the Navasink river, separated from the ocean by only a sandspit, with both the river and the ocean in one view.

The mansion was owned by Fletcher and Inga Pratt. Fletcher was a naval historian of some renown. The sci fi crowd used to gather at the Ipsy for camaraderie and such. I am pretty sure I am the only survivor, seeing as the crowd was mostly at least 20 years older than me.






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Inga burned the mansion down for the insurance money after Fletcher died. Jay and I once considered buying it. The Pratts only lived in part of it -- it was hugely expensive to heat.

Guests were usually housed on the third floor with bedrooms on all sides and a huge bathroom in the middle that was known as Grand Central.

What a time that was.
And I loved every minute of it.

xx, Teal