Best Apple, go to the farmers market now, and wait for it to open

The headline says alot.

I was at Gods Love We Deliver shooting the cover for this years holiday catalog and Susan Oher the head of the volunteer department foisted this apple on me. She only had one and offered it to me like 3 times. I was the best apple I have had in years.

What kind of apple was it?

A Macoun.

A Macoun apple giving a very Maxim Magazine moment, note the dew, focus behind the subject and it was shot at night? Very saucy. This is the "wet t-shirt on the knees in the surf at sunset" shot of the produce world.

I grew up on a farm upstate. We had a couple of apple trees. We lived down the road from an orchard. I was in 4H with a girl who's family ran an orchard. I know from apples, and this one is amazing.

It is like a Macintosh, but crisper and juicer. It is best suited to the northeast and is in season in October and November. It is a popular road stand and pick your own apple.

I am getting a bunch and then any Rosh Hashanah things I am going to I am bringing them as a hostess gift with a great jaw of raw honey.

Catherine Holstein Party for WWD

Last fashion week post, then it is back to my favorite kind of apple and CCR clips from youtube.

This was a party thrown by WWD for designer Catherine Holstein.

Catherine Holstein

Catherine is a super cute girl. She looks like she just got off the bus from a liberal New England boarding school. She has New Hampshire written all over her, but girl, rock a comb next time WWD is throwing you a party.

The party was sponsored by The Bryant Park Hotel, The Cellar Bar and Jane Iredale.

Catherine Holstein and Jane Iredale

See what I mean about the comb?

It was in Sunday night. A friend who is not in fashion kept saying "Who is going to go? It is on Sunday night." I told her that during fashion week Sunday night might as well be Wednesday afternoon.

The Cellar Bar

It was a great party. The drinks were strong and DJ Dave Ransone was great. He really covered a bunch of different genres from Dion to contemporary dance stuff. He kept the party going and was nice. He was much better then DJ for the Philip Lim party 3 days later. That guy was a whiner and he sucked as a DJ. Anyway Dave Ransone was great and I am looking foward to doing another party with him again.

DJ Dave Ransone

Ruby Slipper event at Saks

One of the first events this fashion week was a party at Saks that was all about ruby slippers. Fashion week was not gay enough, so now we had to add Wizard of Oz references.

Designers did different versions of the ruby slippers and then they were auctioned off for charity. They also were on display in the tents. Swarovski had a tie in as well. They are doing very well right now. I did a career fair for WWD and the Swarovski booth was not getting nearly as much traffic as I think they should have. They are doing marketing right, left and center. I am sure that they have jobs to fill.

Back to the party. Here are some shots of the notable people that were there.

Stuart Weitzman

Shoe designer Stuart Weitzman did a pair of heals for the event.

Lorraine Bracco

Lorraine Bracco was there.

Lindsay Price

Every fashion week there are certain themes with the celebs. Bunches from different shows go out and do all the parties. This fashion week it was Gossip Girl and Lipstick Jungle. Lindsay Price proves my point. They are like the it shows of the week and their cast comes out to support.

Molly Sims

Molly Sims was there. I wonder what she has been up to.

Nigel Barker

I don't think I have ever watched an episode of ANTM all the way through.

There were tons of famous-ish people there. The Bravo family was in force with Project Runway people and make me a supermodel cast members getting their free drinks.

I am going to say what everyone is thinking. Project Runway has jumped the shark. Done. We no longer have to care about any of it. You are free to use that brain space to obsess over MMA fighting, or whatever.

Fern Mallis

Queen of fasion week Fren Mallis was there. Her attendence dubs a party as an official fashion party. It could be Fern an a bunch of muppeteers, and technically it is a fashion party.

Perry Reeves

Rounding out the party was Perry Reeves, Ari's wife on Entourage. I did not chat with her. We were on our way out and my editor was like "We are done!" I would have just kept shooting people for the fun of it and making small talk with a cavalcade of nobodies had she not reigned me in.

I do want to say that on last weeks episode of Entourage Ari gets into a pissing contest with another, younger agent, that culminates in Ari storming into the guys office, calling him out then slapping him. I think the audience is supposed to feel satisfied when the other guy caves, but I am rooting for him.

Intermix Party for WWD

One of the jobs I shot this fashion week was the Intermix 15th anniversary party. I covered it for WWD. There were tons of people there. Below is a smattering.

The party was at the Bowery Hotel. I was shooting through dinner, but managed to get a caprese salad and it was amazing.

Ashley Olson

Ashley Olson was there. In the pic above she is almost smiling.

Jane Krakowski

Jane Krakowski was also there. I have only watched 30 Rock a handful of times. I liked her performance the few times I have seen it.

Yigal Azrouel

Yigal is everybody's favorite hunky Israeli designer. Everyone drools over him at these parties. The gay guys cause he is cute and the straight women cause they want his dresses.

Zoe Saldana

At these fashion week parties people come just to get photographed and then bounce. This was the case with Zoe Saldana . She was there for like a second. I don't recall her sitting down. I do hope she got a gift bag, cause there was a blackberry curve in it.


Ashley having a giggle.

Becki Newton

Becki Newton of Ugly Betty was there and gave a dramatic pose.

Damon Dash and Andrew Rosen

One time, at a show I called Damon Dash "sweetie" to his face. He called me out on it. He asked "Did you just call me sweetie?" I looked him in the eye and said "Yes, I did." He let me take his picture.

Last one!


I have no idea who this woman is. She looks kinda famous. I am too lazy to look it up, but I though I would add it here. If you know who she is, please comment.

WWD Ad

I have been lazy about blogging. I can own that. I have a ton of stuff from Fashion Week, but have yet to post any of it.

Well that is all changing right now.

Today an ad I shot for WWD came out. It was a party WWD threw with Belvedere Vodka, Conair, The Bryant Park Hotel and The Cellar Bar. The party was for Philip Lim.

Here is the tare.

This was a great event for me. The girls at WWD are the best to work with. One told me that she was chatting with her friend at Vanity Fair about me. She recomended me to her friend and told her that I was the best, and that she could not afford me. She then told her friend that I cost 5X what my invoice actually was. I want to put that in the about me section of my site somehow.

I am kinda waiting for the Vanity Fair friend to give me a call.

The Best Pen

This is totally a random aside, but I love these pens. They are the Varsity from Pilot. I knicked one from a friend and it is the best. It is a fountain pen. It has a metal nib. Very old school.