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New York

Fashion fatigue

I just got back from New York Fashion Week…actually, I just went to one day of shows because I wasn’t cool enough to get invited to many. My reputation within the industry seems to be dwindling. Actually, I don’t think I had a “rep” to begin with… It is kind of annoying going to shows....

NY Fashion Week…AGAIN!

So I just bought my plane ticket and registered for Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week in New York. And I don’t even know if I could afford all of it! Well, lucky for me, I will not only be covering fashion week, but I will also be staying at the Hotel Le Bleu in Brooklyn and doing...

9 dollar cigarettes?!

Yes you heard that right. I know I should’ve blogged about this a while ago, but whatever. When I was in New York last week – Brooklyn to be exact – I was in desperate need to satisfy my nicotine fix. Yes, I have been trying to quit. Yes, I know it’s a nasty habit....

I am so immature

I took an extra long weekend and went to New York for some non-Fashion Week related fun. To get a little more cultured, I decided to go to the American Museum of Natural History and then the next day I went to The Met (a.k.a. The Metropolitan Museum of Art). I felt so refined as...

A “Rent Awakening”

I look scary It’s been nearly two months since I saw Spring Awakening in New York and I am still listening to the musical soundtrack about sex, homosexuality, body exploration, free-thinking, child molestation, suicide and abortion. It is tons o’ family fun. I hate to say it, but it’s my new Rent. I’m not saying...

New York visit photo montage: The MoMA

I went to Fashion Week for work at the beginning of February – and of course, all the time in Bryant Park started to irritate me. Ergo, the fashion shows started to irritate me. Even so, I did get to do non-Fashion Week stuff with my friends Janet and Erline: One day, Erline and I...