Jaqueline Kennedy Onassis

This was sometime in the 80's when I was a lot younger, working in a gas station. We knew who she was because she used to ride horses at her friend's house in Peapack-Gladstone.

One night when I was waiting on another customer, she pulled in in her blue BMW. I immediately ignored that customer and went to wait on Jackie. She seemed a little disoriented, and had lost her way after going horse riding. I went to shake her hand, told her I had always admired her, put her hand to my lips and kissed it.


She must have been in her 50's then, but was still beautiful, and full of grace. She wasn't even startled when I kissed her hand. Maybe she was used to having men do that all the time.

As I said, she was very graceful, a truly nice woman. My friends kidded me about it after that, but I had my moment, and took it.