Ted Perez, Anchorage Westward-Hilton Hotel, Anchorage, AK, 1981
Excerpt from Ted’s keynote speech at The Alaska Convention of Lodges wherein The Grand Lodge of Alaska was formally recognized by the Free and Accepted Masons. The title of Ted’s speech “Be Damned” has been widely accepted by historians as a two-pronged offensive on one-time comrades Hemingway and Sanchez.
On this date in 1972, Ted Perez, in an attempt to disprove the theory that life might exist on Jupiter, secretly gained access to Mission Control in Houston, TX.
After being discovered, Mr. Perez successfully held the security forces at bay for over 45 minutes with a broom handle and two hostages - maintenance engineers Kumar Pallana and Mary Foy. Foy, interviewed in '78 for a Parade Magazine exposé on 'The Common Transgendered Man' recalled "Guilty or not, all I know is Mr. Perez was right. We weren't hostages - we were comrades. I'll never forget his cry: Questions do not hurt - truth does not hurt - batons and mace, fuck, that hurts."
Ted Perez, on the final leg of his 1960-61 European lecture tour where he debated, town hall style, with the 'common man', subjects ranging from US foreign policy, wildlife preservation and the benefits of a fiber-free diet, is pulled from atop a young man who he'd been arguing with in the water closet of a local pub. His opponent, a Stuart Sutcliffe of Edinburgh, filed charges claiming Perez had broken his hand and stolen his scarf.
Ted Perez, The Stork Club, New York, NY, New Year’s Eve 1947
When asked if he had any resolutions for the coming year by author John O’Hara, Ted responded with, “I will always face the past with my chin up and the future with my nose down.” Ted, not an invited guest to the evening’s festivities, was asked to leave roughly an hour before the New Year. By midnight he’d made his way to a holding tank in the 13th precinct police house.
Ted's perspective on taste were refined evermore on Christmas Eve 1949. Joining bridge partner Joseph Eichler, Ted first met Charles and Ray Eames at their just completed Case Study House No. 8. "Enraptured by the couple and their spellbinding carriage", not until "well in the cups" did Ted realized the cocktail he had enjoyed so carelessly was without precedent. Pressing Ray for the brand he was rebuffed, "The gin? Puffer's of course. But the spirit is not the signature." Ted later stumbled upon the secret - an empty bottle of San Pellegrino - while hovering over the rubbish bin revisiting the evening's meal.
"Il Duce did not have a list of wishes - he had Rome."
Ted's response when asked by Vice President Nixon's second daughter Julie what he wanted from Santa. It was not only Ike and Mamie's final Christmas at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest it proved to be Ted's as well.
Birthday of Theodore Roosevelt.
Ted Perez + Associates holiday. Observed October 28, 2011.
Johnny Damon Day
Former Ted Perez + Associates holiday. Observed October, 20 2004 through December 20, 2005.
Vladimir Nabokov's 'Lolita' is published and distributed in the US by G.P. Putnam's Sons. Many believe if it were not for Ted's heartfelt, if not at times off-color, praise for Mailer's Hollywood send-off 'The Deer Park' at a dinner party in New York's Lower East Side held in honor of William Golding, 'Lolita' may never have found a domestic distributor. Unfortunately, Perez and Mailer would only speak for a brief period of time as Mailer's open letter to Castro included beliefs Perez could not comprehend nor appreciate. "I have serious apprehension accepting Mr. Mailer's claim that his is a genuine vision of the future. To praise Señor Castro and state that he, the father of communism in the western hemisphere, gives us hope...I mean sweet Jesus WHO IS US? WHO! IS! US!...I can't continue..." [excerpt from Ted's toast at his nephew Jack Ray's second marriage to Honeywell heiress Janice Varitek].
"Ask your old man about Cambodia and then listen for his spirit to tremble. If it does, he is human. If it doesn't, he is legend."
Opening ceremonies for the Central Sectional of the 1991 Little League World Series.
"If there is no horizon, let go the pick and prospect - for myopia renders industry, no matter conviction, futile and all Godly gifts immaterial."
Ted speaking to the Dutch national team who trailed West Germany 2-1 in the '74 World Cup Final. Despite Ted's spirited, if not oblique, words of encouragement, Oranje would fail to score again.
"I have never heard a grizzly nor a great white say, 'I told you so'."
Ted offers his thoughts on the state of international affairs at the groundbreaking ceremonies of the NORAD COC.
Young, brazen and perhaps not exactly challenged by his responsibilities as researcher at The New York Daily News ['New York's Picture Newspaper'], Ted wrote, typeset and ran just under 1,000 copies of the Daily News with the headline 'Iron Widow Loose' before being caught by a graveyard shift janitor [Elmer Dills of Brooklyn]. The 'Iron Widow' was of course Ruth Snyder, who at the time was awaiting trial for the murder of her husband Albert. Weeks after the stunt, Snyder was found guilty by a jury of her peers. On January 22, 1928 Snyder was electrocuted at Sing Sing. A picture of her hooded, dead body, ran in the Daily News the next day. In a letter to esteemed photographer Paul Aubin, Ted wrote, 'I'm certain you've seen the Widow image. And to think, I get shitcanned [sic] for a prank and those monsters are free to print a snapshot unfit even for Charon's bill fold - America is truly coming undone.'
On this date in 1972, Ted Perez, in an attempt to disprove the theory that life might exist on Jupiter, secretly gained access to Mission Control in Houston, TX.
After being discovered, Mr. Perez successfully held the security forces at bay for over 45 minutes with a broom handle and two hostages - maintenance engineers Kumar Pallana and Mary Foy. Foy, interviewed in '78 for a Parade Magazine exposé on 'The Common Transgendered Man' recalled "Guilty or not, all I know is Mr. Perez was right. We weren't hostages - we were comrades. I'll never forget his cry: Questions do not hurt - truth does not hurt - batons and mace, fuck, that hurts."
Ted Perez, on the final leg of his 1960-61 European lecture tour where he debated, town hall style, with the 'common man', subjects ranging from US foreign policy, wildlife preservation and the benefits of a fiber-free diet, is pulled from atop a young man who he'd been arguing with in the water closet of a local pub. His opponent, a Stuart Sutcliffe of Edinburgh, filed charges claiming Perez had broken his hand and stolen his scarf.
Johnny Damon Day
Former Ted Perez + Associates holiday. Observed October, 20 2004 through December 20, 2005.
"If it were not for the wood, iron and blood of this shrine, ours would be a kinship of a singular bond: Gluttony."
Ted bids farewell to the crew he oversaw during the construction of the landmark Pioneer Saloon. Ted left Idaho with the clothes on his body, a dog named Inez and one goal: Find True Love.
Vladimir Nabokov's 'Lolita' is published and distributed in the US by G.P. Putnam's Sons. Many believe if it were not for Ted's heartfelt, if not at times off-color, praise for Mailer's Hollywood send-off 'The Deer Park' at a dinner party in New York's Lower East Side held in honor of William Golding, 'Lolita' may never have found a domestic distributor. Unfortunately, Perez and Mailer would only speak for a brief period of time as Mailer's open letter to Castro included beliefs Perez could not comprehend nor appreciate. "I have serious apprehension accepting Mr. Mailer's claim that his is a genuine vision of the future. To praise Señor Castro and state that he, the father of communism in the western hemisphere, gives us hope...I mean sweet Jesus WHO IS US? WHO! IS! US!...I can't continue..." [excerpt from Ted's toast at his nephew Jack Ray's second marriage to Honeywell heiress Janice Varitek]
On holiday at the Sweeney Farm, Great Pride, in County Cork, Ted hears of President Ronald Reagan's call for public and congressional support of his SDI - Star Wars - defense initiative. Torn, Ted discussed the news with his host Ewan Sweeney. "Is he a good President? Who am I to say? I can vouch for him as a man and as an accomplished card player. If pressed, I'd say no. No, Dutch is not a good President and that hurts me because I consider him a dear friend. I simply can not find favor - especially when challenged by bold faced lies such as 'The United States does not start fights.' If he was here today, I'd say, straight-away, 'Listen Dutch, we're Americans, we were born fighting. Embrace it good man and cast aside any commie who dares question our right to enforce the law.'"
Today, March 16th, marks the first full year of residence in Venice for Ted Perez + Associates after 5 years in neighboring Santa Monica.
We are grateful for the good fortune we have enjoyed in our new home, the lessons learned and reward of building and curating from scratch and the consistent and collaborative support of those who truly pay the bills...our clients.
Thanks to all who have helped raise the flag.