I love Halloween. I have dressed up every year since I was a kid wearing my mom's homemade clown and angel costumes. In college and beyond, it got a little darker. I was Uma from Pulp Fiction, complete with huge syringe sticking out of my sternum. One year MILo and I/… Read full post »

I'm going to be serious for a change today. I noticed this bike tied to a light post while out riding with my boys. I've seen these white painted bikes parked at various points throughout the city. They cause a shudder every time I see one.

An organization called Ghost Bikes, which… Read full post »

The long, long, very long wait is over. The Project Runway finale is here! Poor Jay got ousted by Mila last week so our three finalists are Mila, Emilio, and Seth Aaron. I am expecting quite a bit of black on the runway.

We start the episode with the… Read full post »

This is the week when the designers are given $9000 and four months to design their collections to show at New York Fashion Week. You may recall that Emilio and Seth Aaron are definitely showing collections. Mila and Jay must show three pieces and then the judges will decide who… Read full post »

Finally! The moment we've been waiting for all these looooooooong weeks. Which three designers will go to Bryant Park? 

The morning starts out with some horrible singing voice waking everyone up. Is this American Idol or Project Runway? Anthony attempts to tease Emilio, but everyon… Read full post »

I woke up Thursday morning and remembered that the judges voted Anthony off last week. It kind of bummed me out for the rest of the day. While his dresses were more cotillion than couture, his happy quips were a welcome distraction from the nonsense in the workroom. Well, perhaps… Read full post »

I don't own a car. I don't have a backyard. I don't eat at the Olive Garden. In short, I am not a suburbanite. However, I harbor a secret jealousy for these 3000-square foot- house-dwelling, SUV-driving, mall-shopping denizens. I envy them their SPACE, and as a subset of this, their… Read full post »

In case you live in a hole, the Oscars were on last night. Shockingly, I'm not writing about the dresses. (Though the Givenchy haute couture dress worn by Zoe Saldana, above, prompted quite a few discussions in fashion circles last night.)

Thanks to an assignment at my internship job, I/… Read full post »

After last week's Project Runway hiatus, I sat down on my couch hoping that I could still remember everyone's name. Ping is gone, right? Oh, yes. Janeane went home last week and Seth Aaron was the winner with that cool black and white jacket. 

We are back at the Atlas… Read full post »

 This is not my story, but I think it needs to be told. As you shall see, Lu has no time to tell it, so I'm happy to do it for her.

I met my friend Lu when she was pregnant with her second baby. She had just moved to NYC… Read full post »

I have to admit that I was a tiny bit relieved  to see that Project Runway was a rerun this week. I love the show and love doing the recaps, but this involves me staying up til 1am to write then up at 530am to edit quickly before going to… Read full post »

Lately I've been trying to figure out how to merge my two hobbies, fashion and writing, into a new career, or at least a mini-career. On a whim, I applied for and landed a job as an intern at a commercial fashion blog. (More on this internship in another post;… Read full post »

This is the week that Project Runway completes its Lifetime-ization. The challenge is to create a look for a little girl that is "age-appropriate and fashionable." Awww, that's adorable! Just not very fashion forward. I have two kids, and I think there is probably nothing less… Read full post »

This week our designers face THE BIGGEST CHALLENGE IN PROJECT RUNWAY HISTORY. Oh my goodness. What is it? Design a dress for Michelle Obama to wear? Many a fashion career trajectory has been skyrocketed by Mrs.O, right Jason Wu? No. It is designing a dress for Heidi Klum. Oh. For her to… Read full post »

I am attending New York Fashion Week this week. How this came about will be the subject of another post. Suffice to say, I'm beyond excited about this. Anyway, I was at the Geren Ford presentation on Wednesday night. As I was scanning the room looking for famous people (this is… Read full post »

My one foray into management happened when I was 17 years old.  I was a swing shift manager in a fast food restaurant. I worked up to this illustrious post the usual way: I cooked a lot of frigging french fries before my natural talents were recognized. Just imagine this scenario.… Read full post »

I approached this week's "Project Runway" with some trepidation. I recently learned that its  ratings have plunged.  According to experts, a bad cast may be to blame.  Ping, the most entertaining character on the show, is now gone.  I am going to do my patr… Read full post »

It is morning at the Atlas (shameless plug) luxury apartments. The designers frantically dress and apply makeup and copious amounts of hair gel, anticipating the challenge for the day. Ping, while trying to put her contact lenses in, says, "I can only see through one eye!"  Anna, the sweet young… Read full post »

I think I'm fat. A day does not go by that I don't criticize some part of my body. It's been like this since I was a teenager. And in the logical and rational part of my brain, I know I'm fit. I'm a size 6 (holy crap, did… Read full post »

I went shopping this week for a look at pre-spring fashion. Pre-spring is a real category now. There is no longer just Fall and Spring on the fashion calendar. Designers are actually doing shows for pre-fall and pre-spring. Pre-spring used to be called Resort, but I think that has too many… Read full post »

One often sees the oddest things while walking the streets of New York City. My Blackberry is always in my hand, so occasionally I can document them. I should start carrying a real camera. Moments like these happen pretty frequently here. Reason #8617 why I love living in NYC Read full post »

So yesterday was my birthday. It wasn't a particularly traumatic one or one of the traditional milestones ending in a zero. But nevertheless I've been feeling the weight of it the past year or so. Some have accused me of being in the throes of a midlife crisis. Perhaps this is… Read full post »