Liz (Jacqueline Bisset) and Merry Noel (Candice Bergen) become friends as college roommates and their friendship endures over the years. Liz becomes a respected "serious" novelist. Merry Noel marries, has a daughter and writes, too: "trash" fiction which becomes enormously successful. Their story begins in college and jumps ahead some years at a time to show their relationship with each other and those in their orbits as they grow and mature.

Charles Street and West 4th Street, Manhattan.

Carnegie Hill Mansion, 2 East 91st Street and 5th Avenue, Manhattan.

Algonquin Hotel, 59 West 44th Street and 6th Avenue, Manhattan.

5th Avenue (btw East 51st & 52nd Street) Manhattan.

Waldorf-Astoria Hotel, 301 Park Avenue (btw East 49th & 50th Street) Manhattan.   The hotel is a 47-story, 190.5 m (625 ft) Art Deco landmark, designed by architects Schultze and Weaver and dating from 1931 and was the first hotel to offer room service.

Park Avenue and East 50th Street, Manhattan.