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Sometimes, he\u2019d be seated at Carter\u2019s table. He was paired with friend Diane von Furstenberg<\/strong> often, but not always. Once, a seating chart led to some awkwardness.<\/p>\n \u201cI was next to this lady, and she was very attractive, but I had no idea who she was,\u201d he recalls of a past party. \u201cShe\u2019s this Colombian comedian who was on a big show on TV. It\u2019s got family, something family. She\u2019s a very attractive brunette. She\u2019s about 45, 50, very sexy lady. She\u2019s very, very famous, and great. I forgot what her name is.\u201d<\/p>\n I suggest a name. He shrugs. It doesn\u2019t seem too important to him.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was embarrassing, because I did not really know who she was, and she was semi-upset that I didn\u2019t know who she was because I don\u2019t really watch the American TV. It was kind of odd because it\u2019s like sitting next to Marilyn Monroe and not knowing who Marilyn Monroe is.\u201d<\/p>\n It wasn\u2019t just the party\u2019s guest list that appealed to Pigozzi\u2014he also appreciated the \u201cpigs in the blanket,\u201d as he calls them, an appetizer for which he and Carter apparently share a passion, and which he said his friend always had on the catering menu.<\/p>\n \u201cIt was a great place to take pictures,\u201d he adds, \u201cpeople were very relaxed.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cSome people I knew, some people I didn’t know, but they’re so happy to hold the gold Oscar in their hand that they would let Fidel Castro take their picture. They were so happy to have their picture taken that anybody could\u2014Kim Jong Un<\/strong> could be working on the camera, and they would have their picture taken.\u201d<\/p>\n But what, one wonders, is it all for? Pigozzi has taken up a sort of junk journaling practice recently, collaging photos and hotel door hangers and other ephemera from his life into the pages of bound A3 journals. He\u2019s in it all for the experience. He wants to be there, and after, have something tangible to prove it. Here he is with Michael Douglas<\/strong>, there\u2019s Martha Stewart<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n