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"Pools and Puddles of Purple Passion": The Boss' Love Letters

"Pools and Puddles of Purple Passion": The Boss' Love Letters

Thinking of deceased Yankees czar George Steinbrenner conjures up images of pennants, World Series rings and eggplant calzones, not love letters—but that's what Mary Jane Schriner remembers. Schriner, nee Elster, became friends with Steinbrenner in 1949, when she was just 16 and the Boss was 18. She says he sent her over 60 letters between then and 1952, and she has 19 of them intact today. Her son, Michael Schriner, told the Post, "It was puppy love, but more about the innocence than about the passion of two people. They held hands and they kissed." Now Schriner wants to write a book about the relationship and publish the letters, but the Yankees are not letting it happen. more ›

Signed, Sealed and Delivered from Brooklyn

Signed, Sealed and Delivered from Brooklyn

Former FHM editor/MTV Road Ruler, and current all around fun-making machine, Jake Bronstein, is at it again. The NY Post (and everyone else) is reporting on his love letter service. That's right ladies (and gents: his girlfriend Kristina Hoge is a fellow scribe) if you hand over your address, you'll get a hand-written love letter in return. Not an email, mind you--this sucker is actually going to land in your mailbox, just like in the olden days. more ›

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