yes it’s been confirmed by my fellow fashion friend and designer, meg, that tootsi is not living up to it’s wonderful standards of stocking tons of costume and dries at under the $300 mark. always our nyc shoe hideout, we used to be able to go, stock up quickly and be done for the season, [...]

as i mentioned before, the winter here has been filled with snow and anxiety and this wonderful little extension of winter is acting as a sensory reminder that i don’t think any of us are happy to see. TRYing to feel the coziness of it all, but am really feeling like getting on jet blue [...]

so even though martha stewart’s board expressed their displeasure by reducing her bonus (of course it didn’t really matter in light of the $2.5 million she gets paid by the company so they can use her home for photo shoots every year) i have to say, the woman still wows me with her marketing and [...]

and so far, nary a word from me on that topic, just doom and gloom wartime commentary. in an attempt to lighten the mood, i’ll begin my shoe advice. my usual favorite has been tootsi pluhound, but i have to say their buying appears to be a bit off this season. i am not seeing [...]

went to a reading at bombora gallery last night. 20 or so poets and musicians gathered in a cozy basement room in chelsea, with a wood burning stove. chris stackhouse put the event together and it was one of the few gatherings i have been to in ny where people from different races mixed and [...]

you have to kind of hand it to puffy (p.diddy) for his major break into fashion with his label sean john. watching the behind the scenes with puffy on BET last night, it’s obvious the man has all the elements it takes for a serious fashion takeover: a very clear vision of the lifestyle [...]

on the F train this morning: a woman asked for the time and four of us scrambled to find our cell phone all buried deep in our bags or pockets. isn’t strange no one wears a watch anymore? and my brother, who is six years younger than me, never had to learn to tell time [...]

what not to wear should really be named what not to watch. posing as a self-help styling show, this new reality based TV show on the learning channel takes a person whose friends nominate them to be made over (i.e. the friends say the person’s style is hopeless behind their back) and then voila! two [...]