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What a week.
It's been a bit of a rollercoaster since getting back from Costa Rica. First I found out that my brother was not doing well at all, and was in fact suicidal. I found this out early last week and was really emotional for two days.
Then Weds my boss got fired. We now have two "creative consultants" looking at and ripping apart our spring 2010 line, ( Read more... ) -
I can breathe for the first time in two weeks...
It has been a very busy trip. I'm now in Hong Kong after spending all week, literally, at the Hyatt Dongguan. Meaning, we didn't leave the hotel for five days (though I think I did step outside on my balcony to make a phone call one night). It's an unhealthy way to spend a week, but it WAS productive ( Read more... ) -
Farewell to another shelter mag
I've come to the conclusion that I have a special knack for making magazines go under right after I've ordered a subscription. It's happened twice now, first with the beloved and short-lived Blueprint (a Martha Stewart mag for the young and hip, with recipes, fashion and home decorating including DIY ideas) a few years ago. I never received a ( Read more... ) -
I work with children. Seriously.
I have come to the conclusion that the aforementioned testy coworker who refuses to talk to me is a complete baby.
This is based on a conversation I had with a friend from work over the weekend; she has observed that he gets into a grumpy mood whenever someone pays me a compliment, or when something of mine makes it into the collection at the ( Read more... ) -
Outsider Art
My brother is showing his paintings this weekend in a show here in NYC called the Outsider Art Expo, which celebrates artists outside the mainstream: self-taught, visionary, perhaps struggling with a disability or mental illness (schizo-affective and manic-depressive disorders, in my brother's case). He was accepted into the show via the Fountain ( Read more... ) -
Ah, there's nothing like Christmas with the fam.
Darren and I flew out to Nantucket on Tuesday morning (a fortuitous flight schedule since NOTHING had gone between the mainland and the island for four days before that) for Christmas with my mom, her husband Jim, and my brother Seth. These visits always have their issues and each causes a bit of angst for me, but this one was particularly fraught ( Read more... ) -
Wow, November already...
It's been a busy few weeks. Work has been frustrating and totally crazy at times, but at least creatively fulfilling in some form or another. The Fall collection has been well received and I have a few shoes that are being shown to editors for possible magazine placement, which is exciting ( Read more... )
