Feeling the PMc Love

Something special that happened to us on Fashion's Night Out was being asked if we could be photographed by a Patrick McMullan freelance photographer. Getting on patrickmcmullan.com is a treat and my previous showings were solely because of my job at PF, which is a thing of the past.


“Mr. McMullan seems like a character out of an earlier era, when getting your picture in the newspaper was something to be proud of, not feared.” NYTimes.com article - And here's the pic of me and Katie on Patrick McMullan in watermark hell.


I paid to buy a hard-copy for each of us and break us out of watermark jail.
Here's the hard copy that I purchased scanned-in low-res and fuzzy. Sorry.


It is a whole experience of goodness, because you are approached, asked politely, and then the photographer snaps a bunch of quick shots. Then you speak your name into a teeny little recording device and spell the hard parts. Then you wait nervously for your photo to appear on the website which is full of fancy celebrity parties.

Wikipedia states: The Patrick McMullan photo collection is one of the largest topical photo archives of famous, living people in existence.

(The initial photos from our event - CH Carolina Herrera flagship opening, special guest Christina Hendricks - appeared overnight... me and Katie took about 72 hours to appear. I'm just happy we made the cut!)

Saturday Harlem Party

I had these 2 accessories that I've wanted to figure out how to wear -

This red elastic bow belt from H&M for $9.99:

This belt was one of those didn't even think about it - just snatched it right up purchases. It's made from a very casual material if that makes sense. It's like knit elastic.

And this bird is a queztal and he's from Guatemala. My niece & nephews are adopted from there. It was an earring, but I don't really do dangly earrings now with such short hair. I turned him into a pendant. He was down for this party!

I wore this old, reliable dress from Target and my trusty Charlotte Russe bow wedges.


This party was nuts! I drank BLUE ALIZE and didn't remember that I drank blue Alize until this afternoon:


Matt was cutting up and having fun with all his cool ladies he works with.


I can't even tell you what they're laughing about, but it's hilarious. Trust me. And this photo is telling 5,000 words.

Stitch Fest!

Martha Stewart on Twitter is boss. I just found out about this Stitch Fest book-launch party next Thursday.
Not this Thursday, because I'm checking out a potential co-ed volleyball team, but April 1st.

What if my craft is in this book? It could be! Cross your fingers and pet your voo-doo dolls! When I went on her show, I literally signed my craft's entire life away. I signed off that they could put it in print, magazine, books, t.v., cartoons, or what the hell ever Martha ever wanted to do with my craft. I signed my signature big and proud and I'm still happy about everything that happened to me surrounding my special time with Martha.

I puke a little in my mouth thinking about wearing my craft necklaces, but I think it's going to be like a little reunion so I'm going to wear one. And Sarah Foster told me Martha remembers absolutely everything, so maybe she'll see me and I'll tell her how she can be the maternal grandmother to my baby when we have one.

So I'm happily taking myself to this party. I hope I meet some radical crafty ladies. I know these cocktails are going to be deee-lish! $30 grants entry and a copy of the book. Done and done!

24 Hours of 30

I've almost been 24 hours since I turned 30 and it's been absolutely wonderful so far...

Highlights include: Last night's make-up party at Lyndsay's apartment on the Lower East Side. It was THE PERFECT environment to roll over the old age odometer to 30!

I really enjoying spending time around those who I can learn from. I like discussing how we can learn and grow and move forward. That's my mantra for 30, move forward. A.J. taught us make-up skills and it was a cute girl time.

The main new eye shadow trick I learned was to work up on the brow bone and do lots of brow-bone & crease blending with a nice fluffy brush like this one.

I tried it out tonight.


Then I started a Flickr group called "Face of the Day" to show daily make-up looks. There are so many "outfit of the day" and Wardrobe Remix groups but not Make-Up face of the day groups. It's public and I want people to join and I hope I can recruit some members in my free time in the near future.

Matt let me take his "Wardrobe Remix" photo today when we were going out to dinner.

He's like: This is dumb.
I'm like: Just shut up and stand there, you'll be the only boy in Wardrobe Remix for days...

So, all we did for my b-day was chill really hardcore, clean a tiny bit and we rode the cross-town bus to the Shake Shack on the Upper West Side. Their b-day gift to me was that there was NO LINE! Normally you wait in line forever & ever.

I spoke to my Grandmother on the phone and she called my aunt a "Shit-ass" in regard to her winnings on their recent adventures in gambling. It was a good day.