I'm back... (back in the NY groove).

Hi everyone.

Suffice it to say I've taken a long break from this blog.  But for good reason-- my first book is coming out in August of 2011(published by FT Press) and I finally turned in the first draft. It was a long and arduous process that took me to far away lands and experiences I only thought existed in the movies, but I did it.  And when I mean "I"  what I really mean is "we" since I had a killer research assistant, a great office assistant and an incredible editor. My team = beyond awesome.

Even with all of the help, writing a book and trying to blog at the same time wasn't going to happen.  But now that the first draft is behind me, I am ready to focus on all things retail and the business of fashion. Excited? I am! As always, I welcome your questions and comments on basically everything. Just no questions on the weather. My guess is as good as yours...

Live from Times Square...

I have to get on a flight tomorrow morning to Atlanta- hence the reason why I am not in D.C. rocking  it out at some ball right now. Despite my totally insane shoot/travel schedule, I wanted a story to tell about my future kids, nieces, nephews, grand kids, etc.,  instead of the "Yep, I was busy so I watched Obama on CNN in my apt" situation. So one of my best friends Joy and I ran to Times Square to watch the president take the oath. Here are the pictures taken by the amazing Joy Sohn:

Watching the screen and listening to the president take the oath. Most of you are fully in the loop of my political views. Despite that, it was hard not to be excited about bearing witness to history.

A Brazilian TV crew had the camera on me for about five minutes. This is me telling them I am a journalist and to please stop. "I always feel like, someone is watching me. Tell me is it just a dream?"

My favorite picture from today. I love it.

It's true! No one really sleeps in New York City!

Including me during fashion week. I was just looking at my calendar in the last eight days I covered 33 shows, did 15 designer interviews, 10 celebrity interviews, had 9 outfit changes, 5 blow outs,  was quoted 4 times as a "fashion and retail expert" (only one interview made it to print), went to 3 after parties, was on TV twice and had one panic attack. Total hours slept for the past 8 days? About 24...