April Showers Bring May Flowers

Thank God it's April.

Cas did walk away a winner on Friday. I didn't get another pair of jeans. Instead I got a hand-dyed organic silk scarf retailing at $350. Sweet deal.

I just glanced at my calendar and it suddenly hit me: April. Where did February go? Where did March go? Is it really April already?

I'm not sure if I'm really ready for April. Every day is booked with something to do, or an event to look forward to. April brings May, and May brings Geneva. Where did the past couple of months go?

Tomorrow we get to judge models and cast the official looks for our show. I feel as if we're on the edge of some huge bubble that's going to break (this is a good bubble though). We put a client into Henri Bendel today! This was major exciting news and our client, Angel Lust, more than deserved it. She works so hard and is such a sweetheart. Again, tomorrow is the model casting, with five different agencies sending girls and boys over to us. Interesting. We'll see how that goes. Tomorrow night and Wednesday night I have coffee dates with old friends, Friday is the Guggenheim Party, and then the weekend for visitors!

Thank God it's supposed to be mid-5o's, 60's all week....All we need to do is stop the rain.

It's Always Sunny In....Midtown?

I got inspiration to write again from my friend Shona, who is studying abroad right now in Australia.... I wouldn't want to let her down!

It's starting to become easier living here. Not that it was hard to begin with, but my love/hate relationship with this city is slowly becoming more of a love/slighty hate relationship as the weather gets warmer. As I analyze my surroundings during my daily commute, I've come to realize this is the concensus amongst New Yorkers in general. Everyone has an extra beat in their step and a rare smile, okay more of a rare grin as New Yorkers don't smile, on their face.

Which makes me to believe also, that New Yorkers don't know how to handle warm weather. For example, Wednesday was just shy of 60. What did everyone do? Go outside...in mass quanities. We at work even decided to stop working and go for a run in the park. There were more people in Central Park that Wednesday at 1 pm than I have seen on a Saturday or Sunday. Does anyone work in New York? Seriously, doesn't everyone have a job or something? Maybe that's why the economy is in recession....everyone in the financial district decided to leave and go for a 5-miler around the Resevoir.

I'm not gonna lie, we at the office didn't know how to handle the warm weather as well, as following our run we took the rest of the day off more or less and went to eat at Republic and had outdoor seating. On the subway ride to Union Square we saw girls in short skirts and tank tops, men in flip flops, shorts, and wearing straw hats, and other fashion ensembles that were a little too revealing for the increase in temperature. This I guess only proves my point, people here don't know how to handle the warm weather.

Today was a wonderful day at work, as I went to the Loomstate showroom to pull pieces and create looks for our event. In the process, I got a free pair of jeans! The PR girl was so grateful that we included them in the event, that Cas walked out of the showroom with a pair of jet black, skinny, 100% organic cotton Loomstate jeans! Sweet deal, as I've been itchin' to buy a pair, and spending anymore money right now just simply doesn't work in my budget. Tomorrow consists of pulling more pieces and looks, but this time from Carasan. Their showroom is in Brooklyn by the way. Maybe I'll walk away a winner again?

Toodles!

They don't love you like I love you...

It takes a day like Saturday to realize how much there is that I love about this city.

I love that on a lazy afternoon, there's the ability to stumble upon a restaurant a friend has been searching for. There are moments where you pause, and are able to get lost in the scenery. In doing so, you are finally able to get lost in yourself.

I love that on a Sunday at 11 PM when I'm craving a cannoli, I can go out my apartment door, walk less than 20 meters, and get one.

I love how the wind picks up from the Hudson and brings new life into your face, or how the sunlight glimmers off of the resevoir.

I love that there's the option to stay in the bustling, fast-paced lifestyle of all that is Midtown, while at the same time being able to retreat to the confines and privacy of the village.

I love how a certain corner, a coffee shop, or a particular moment brings back romancers of the past, as well as the dreams and foresight of future lovers.

I love that at the end of the day, no matter how many couples I see on the street, I know that my boyfriend, New York City, is the best out of all of them.

If you’ll be straight with me, I’ll be straighter with you...

"I had confronted my ghost. I had accepted and released him. But now I was more haunted than ever because what I felt out there was no ghost. It was real."
~Sex and the City

These Words Are My Heart and Soul.

best weekend. pretty much ever.


I can't explain it. I don't think words would do anything justice. Everything was perfect; yes even the rain.

Taking Off To The City On Down

At this time tomorrow, this girl is going to be very happy.

I just have to get through tomorrow first, and tomorrow seems like a super long day comprised of meetings, proposals, contracts, templates, literature, and venue touring.

That doesn't matter though. I've been anticipating this for almost a month now.

Touch Me, Take Me To That Other Place

"New York is definitely haunted. Old lovers, ex-boyfriends, anyone you have unresolved issues with you are bound to run into again and again, until you resolve them."

Not like this is anything new, but I've been watching Sex and the City again and again. For some reason, I've been transfixed with a particular episode from season four called "Ghost Town", where Carrie sees Aiden for the first time since they broke up. I can't help but feel like I'm in the same position. Everyone from all all sorts of different pasts is becoming my present again, and my present is already involved with too much to think about.

Thursday night was a great way to spend the last traditional night of February. An old friend came in after work and we cooked a wonderful dinner and caught up for hours. After dinner we went out to Serendipity for dessert which proved to be the perfect remedy to our insanity of leaving the apartment and braving the cold and the wind.

This was without a doubt the most productive week at work we've ever experienced. Then again, when pretty much two people are producing a show worth an estimated $75,000 or so, yeah that's a lot of work for two people. The show might actually be more, and probably is. We haven't even gotten in contact with media yet. I feel as if we're on the verge of something big. Our project is going to explode at the perfect time.

Speaking of work, gotta go find that passport of mine...