Last week I attended the music geek party of the season. Ganucheau’s set was a super trippy ride that soothed the soul. A perfect intro to the baile funk beats that Zuzuka Poderosa followed with backed by DJ David Last.
Thanksgiving with my family has become an interesting affair in the last couple of years. As a whole, we are a tried and true American family. The men like football, the women like shopping, and we all have a penchant for a good, strong drink.
Much to my family’s confusion and dismay, there are now three vegetarians in attendance during the holidays: myself and my two lovely blond cousins. Although most of our family members ask time and again, “but if you don’t eat meat, what DO you eat?!” my Aunt Lynn has majorly stepped up her Turkey Day game and that is precisely the only thing left off of our plates: the game. This year was absolutely the best Thanksgiving dinner I have ever had.
Anyway, a few photos from the holiday. I actually happen to be in a couple as there was a budding photographer in the house digging my camera.
From left: Kelley + Sarah (the other vegetarians)
Left: my grandmother, Marilyn Rollo; Right: my brother, Matt, myself, and my father, Rick (my dad recently had hip replacement surgery and I wanted to showcase his sweet cane)
My father is the oldest of 5. My poor grandmother has had to put up with him for close to 60 years… but he still makes her laugh.
Clockwise from left: Aunt Nancy with a beer from my Uncle’s keg; Nancy, my cousin Jessica, + me; Aunt Lynn letting me test out her amazing cranberry sauce (this year with oranges in it!)
I don’t speak Portuguese which makes it slightly difficult to write a review on these two Brazilian bombshell musicians. That and the fact that I am in no way a music journalist. But I’ve seen the crowds these two bring out in their respective urban audiences that span across two hemispheres. Zuzuka, who happens to be my roommate and key to the multilingual nightlife of my beloved city, emcees over ghetto fab baile funk beats. She’s just posted some new tunes featuring El Negro Mozambique, another Brazilian dj and emcee with whom I am fortunate to call a friend Now if you’ll excuse me for a moment as I appeal to the inner design geek in me, but take note of her dope logo featuring her sexy lips that our dear friend Juliano Domingues designed for her.
Now about Miss Supervixen. One half of the band Sunsplash, that of which stands for “happysongs.” I quote from their bio that they
“are south americans traveling around the world, making records & art for life. We like to sing songs in many many languages as we discover things on the road and get to meet amazing people in the process.”
Sounds about right to me. Sounds like sultry summer nights dancing on the beach. Which reminds me how glad I am to have booked a trip to Brazil for the holidays. In about one month that is exactly what I will be doing.
Anyway, I shot these two at Collective Hardware in July. They were stunning in their Choos.
First outfits (the darker ones) c/o Honey Magazine and shoes c/o of Jimmy Choo.
Second outfits (the colorful ones) were the ladies’ own.
In my most recent shoot for Honey, we trekked out to Bushwick to photograph HOT 97’s newest AM DJ, K. Foxx. One thing I can tell you – and after checking the photos I’m sure you will agree – is that this chick most certainly does not have a radio face. Read the Honey interview here.
Some days my job is just about all I can ask for out of life. Those are usually the days I get to photograph sexy sirens like Lové Anthony. If you don’t already know who she is, allow me to enlighten you: food critic/world traveler with an up-and-coming television show, “Love2Eat.” The HoneyMag article can give you a much better rundown on this foxy foodie. I just wanted to share the fotos with you.
Photos by yours truly!
Hair by Vaughn McIver
Make Up by Sir John Barnett
Styling by Charles Wade
The votes are in and these two photos are now part of Pingg’s Brooklyn’s Best designer series. The one on the left was taken in July 2008 in Coney Island. The image on the right was taken in April of 2008 in Dumbo. I highly recommend checking out the rest of the series — beautiful photography all around. I’m honored to have been chosen as an artist to represent my favorite borough.
What to say about this shoot… oh man. In short, she was amazing to work with. She loved the clothing, asked if we could take photos of her in a shopping cart, and called us out when she caught a waft of some “mixed greens.” When I overheard some chick on the street saying “What is she WEARING??” and reported back, her response was “Well, that means we’re doing something right!” Read the interview and check out the photos by Angela Boatwright at HoneyMag.com.
I’m about to bombard you with a whole lotta behind the scenes stuff, but alas, stick with me and I’m sure you’ll be happy to drool over her pretty face while you scroll.
No one declared this to be a launch party for Honey. But after several stabs at planning one months ago when we first relaunched and each time falling through, it seems like this one just came together on its own accord. (Not really of course — our PR girl, Christina, and several others put a lot of work into planning this event. Total props to them. They just made it seem easy.)
So coming back from a photo shoot one day, we pluck this guy off the streets of Soho on the basis that we totally dig his jacket. And what do you know? Studded by him. Done by him. All of it. Pace. That’s his name. He’ll be at the event studding whatever you give him. But let’s try and keep the goods PG-13. No studded crotchless panties this time around, please. Although I’ve thought about it because let me tell you that once you place an order on StudsAndSpikes.com, it’s over. The world is a blank canvas and anything can be studded. Dangerous territory. But also extremely wallet conscious as studded goods cost an absurd amount at retail price. Seriously, DIY here, folks.
Anyway, according to the invite this is where you can “meet the new faces of HoneyMag.com.” Hence the unofficial launch party. Along with the many fantastic artists currently participating in the Black and White art show, including the renowned Kara Walker, Honey will be showcasing our favorite original work to date.
We gave Pace some of our stuff to rework and made him stop by to take some photos. Can you see what I mean about this dude’s style? Badass.
Also below are Shanel’s boots, the bees (with a placeholder for moi), Charle’s boots, and the Head Bitch herself: Shanel. We’ll see you Thursday.
Let me preface this by letting you in on the fact that I am much more of a Free People than Rocawear kind of girl. But between their fall 2009 and 10th Anniversary collections, I was definitely left drooling over more than their beautiful 38th floor midtown office-slash-gallery space. Erika, Honey’s fab photo editor, and I agreed to a foot modeling session to show off the sexy stuff that ladies will be stepping out in this fall. Honey article here.
Fefe is back and this time around with a sharper edge. Between her leather pants and multiple chains, she’s clearly got “rocker chick” in her blood. Check out the photo shoot and interview we did over at Honeymag — it’s doubtful you’ll be disappointed. These fotos were taken at her performance at Mercury Lounge. The girl can put on a show… and it helps that her band is totally cute.
Now if you’ll excuse me for a moment as I appeal to the inner design geek in me, but take note of her dope logo featuring her sexy lips that our dear friend
