Who would you want to hang out with?

She's a doll, and just my age.

You mean besides edgarblythe?

Umm, probably Patti Smith and Chrissy Hynde. I think we'd make a cool girl gang. I chose them because they showed the world that Rock and Roll wasn't just a man's medium.

I'd like to have a day with Joan Baez. And, not just because I absolutely love her voice, and her poetry and song lyrics, but because of her roles in the American Civil Liberty Union and Amnesty International to name just a few. And because she was a gutsy woman. It would be nice to have Jimmy Carter join us, too.

I would have loved to have chatted with Daniel Patrick Moynihan (did I spell that right?).

Moynihan. I don't know if it's spelled right, but I loved the man. He would have made a good chief executive.

There are some really great responses here. Thank you all for telling. I like it that (most of) you chose people who you really would just like to hang out with and listen in on.

I would love to join that Dolly Parton gaggle, could we ask Loretta Lynn to sit in too?

We could spend the day at Dollywood.

I love your response as to why you chose James Baldwin, eoe!

Let's get Dorothy Parker (the dead person I'd most like to hang out with) at that table, open some wine, and really make a weekend of it.

Chrissy Hynde and Patti Smith for Swimpy - that makes sense! Rock chicks rule. If I can't sit in, can I bartend?

Bill Clinton. On a typical day at the office up in Harlem (are his offices still uptown in NYC?) We'd walk the streets, greet the people, I'd bask in the glow, we'd have lunch at one of the wonderful soul food restaurants, maybe I could sit in on a few meetings with whomever he meets with (just to watch his mind at work).

And of course, the day wouldn't be complete if he didn't try and hit on me.

Sean 'Puffy' Combs. Because he lives such a lux life with no shame.

Joan.


um, of Arc. I really would love to talk to her.

There was a hot chick.

Bada bing

Tiger Woods