Andy Warhol's home at 57 East 66th Street is recorded less through its rooms than through what passes across its threshold: misdirected bills, preparations for social obligations, and the return to rest. The diary sets the address amid the conspicuous wealth of its neighborhood while also making it a practical anchor for Warhol's everyday life.

Address and Neighborhood

On 66th Street, Warhol's home stood near the house of Mrs. Marcos, a much larger residence she had bought five years earlier. During a Christmas visit there, Warhol described Christmas trees on every floor, a disco upstairs, and heaters plugged into every socket because the house lacked central heat. The contrast is telling: the neighboring mansion's scale and partygoing grandeur come into view through a visit, while Warhol's own home is identified by its street address and the ordinary business mistakenly delivered there.

The Misdelivered Bills

Warhol realized that electricity bills for the Marcos household had repeatedly arrived at his house, addressed to 57 East 66th Street. He had opened them, including a notice threatening that the electricity would be shut off if the bill went unpaid. He attributed the error to the way the address was written. The mix-up briefly joined two households that otherwise seemed worlds apart: the bills brought the administrative consequences of the Marcoses' property into Warhol's home, while their lavish gathering made the neighborhood's wealth feel unsettlingly close.

A Base for Daily Routines

The address also anchors the diary's account of Warhol's preparations and returns. Before a Christmas gathering at Halston's, he was tired, worried he might be getting sick, and had become drunk on brandy by the time he was due to go out. He had prepared small gifts for the expected guests, but the dogs were spending the holidays with Jed Johnson. After the gathering, Jane Holzer dropped him off at three in the morning; he took aspirin, packed, and took a sleeping pill. The brief sequence makes the home less a described interior than a place where social activity gives way to bodily fatigue and the practical routine of preparing for travel.