august issue or thereabouts. Miami rocked, as usual! 

style guru simon doonan's book signing at barney's. i love his saying "Say No to Ho"!

    

 

Handy Monthly Guide for Men

By: Ophelia Payne 

This is a handy guide for those days of the month when a man is taking his life in his hands if he opens his mouth.

DANGEROUS: What's for dinner?
SAFER: Can I help you with dinner?
SAFEST: Where would you like to go for dinner?
ULTRA SAFE: Here, have some wine.

DANGEROUS: Are you wearing that?
SAFER: Wow, you sure look good in brown!
SAFEST: WOW! Look at you!
ULTRA SAFE: Here, have some wine

DANGEROUS: What are you so worked up about?
SAFER: Could we be overreacting?
SAFEST: Here's my paycheck.
ULTRA SAFE: Here, have some wine.

DANGEROUS: Should you be eating that?
SAFER: You know, there are a lot of apples left.
SAFEST: Can I get you a piece of chocolate with that?
ULTRA SAFE: Here, have some wine.

DANGEROUS: What did you DO all day?
SAFER: I hope you didn't over-do it today.
SAFEST: I've always loved you in that robe!
ULTRA SAFE: Here, have some wine .

 

i wouldnt want to leave out my beautiful friend Beth Kaltman. she's a pretty well-known model too!

thing is, when models have parties, tons of guys show up. beth's party was insaaane!!!

 

 

 

seems like everyone i know is an aries or a pisces, so there have been lots of bdays lately. 

Alex's birthday was at The Back Room, a super-exclusive super-hidden old speakeasy on the LES, nyc that my friend owns.

Thanks Johnny for hookin' our party up, we loved your place! Oh- and don't wear fur if you go, cuz they won't let u in.

 

 

 

just for the record, i voted against the merger of SAG and AFTRA time and again, but SAG execs pushed the merger thru.

and i will cross a picket line if we strike. Last strike those that crossed $cleaned up$ while i lost 80% of my annual income, and they faced no reprecussions when the strike was over despite being told they'd be kicked out of the union for crossing the picket line.

so this time i'm kinda hopin' for a strike. more work for me =)

and while this may seem heretic, i point out that after the last strike my SAG negotiated rates went lower on things like new media (internet) use.so sorry SAG, but i'll be the first one pounding on the casting director's door.

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TV, Film Actors' Unions Sever Ties

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Filed at 7:33 a.m. ET

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Unions representing film and television actors will negotiate separately with producers in upcoming contract talks after board members of the TV actors union voted Saturday to sever a long-standing agreement between the two guilds.

The vote by the board of the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists came hours before a meeting with the Screen Actors Guild and just three months before the expiration of the contract covering movies and prime-time shows...

...The 120,000-member Screen Actors Guild represents actors in movies, TV and other media. The 70,000-member TV and radio federation represents, among others, actors, singers, announcers and journalists.

The Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers, which represents studios, said in a statement that it looks forward to bargaining with AFTRA. It did not mention SAG.

Phili was lovely. Rocked out at a few clubs, my fav was Denim. Dinner at LaCroix was yums!
isnt my tiffany cake cute? =) 

     

 

 

 

 

 

March 21, 2008 -- A full moon on your birthday, combined with a powerful Sun-Pluto aspect, means you will have your work cut out for you over the coming 12 months.
Every step you take will have to be fought for as negative forces try to stop you reaching your goal.
They won't succeed. Aries never loses.

 

...it's a full moon on my bday, it's good friday.. what an oddly blessed year!

 

thanks mom, i love the hello kitty fruit bouquet! they even cut some of the pineapple into hello kitty-shaped heads! 

 

 

 

thanks everyone for the birthday wishes!

 

and love to my favorite robot LOL! u r so weird. xo

i know, im a dork. i couldnt resist typing that title!

 

lunch in the rv. really bedraggled. worked 5am-7pm. oh, the glamour! 

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i had a great time on my shoot with Tommy Chung in Miami! fab new pictures coming soon...

  

im totally diggin' this healthy happy thing. bye bye fashion... hello happy!  

a few outtakes from the road... miami is rockin!
beautiful, sunny, and inspiring as always.

here's a few from the job yesterday. im so proud to be representing the Burt's Bees brand!
shooting again tomorrow... much more to come.

 

 

  

 

Howdy from the Naples Beach Hotel & Golf Club!

 

 

not the most exciting place, but the sunshine feels amazing!

im here shooting covers for Charming Shoppes (fashion bug stores yada yada) catalog divisions like Montery Bay .

the team is awesome; it's like family. we get to travel together a lot. it makes the job soooo much better! and hair/makeup guru Joseph Boggess always rocks me out, so no anxiety on my part

 

 

 

don't let your child become a victim of commercialism.

communicate. uplift. encourage. empower!  

the private party was lovely!

im not sure how i felt about Lou Gramm's performance, tho natch the nostalgia of Foreigner gives me the warm fuzzies. but as someone in the field of "the performing arts", it got me thinking that maybe there is a time to retire gracefully.

what do u think?

  doesn't feel like January!

 

 

this is very easy. go to this website, fill in your info, and it will give you a printable voter registration form to mail in, pre-addressed and all!  

just staple the paper in half and mail! 

 

 

 

                HAPPY NEW YEAR Y'ALL!!!          

an archived Ron Contarsy photograph.

i must shoot again, love his work, and he's back in nyc! 

went to a party last nite & had a blast catching up with all my extraordinary friends in 'the biz'!
it was held at anthony's work/live studio, decorated to make a grandma proud!

anthony does the BEST hair and makeup. we've worked together on a few things, and he did my h/mup for the wilhelmina anniv party... which i am still getting compliments on.
no wonder he is booked up solid for clients like cache and saks- and that's a good thing!

so, thanks anthony, the festivities were FAB & so are YOU! xo

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

opinionated dog, lots to say.

i believe here it was something like 'put the camera down & move ur buns mom, im ready to go out.'

 

 

 

 

late this past summer i attended the Sea Paddle NYC Benefit.

my friend Marc Cosgrove (pic left) sent me this photo from the event - in the middle is the coolest, chillest guy ever, celebrity surfer Gerry Lopez.

Sea Paddle NYC is a 28-miles paddle around the island of Manhattan to benefit the Surfer's Environmental Alliance and Autism Awareness.
You can read about the event in Gerry's words here .

yeah baby, i am rockin' the tan lines LOL! 

 

pic (c) John Decker Photography 2007 

 

 

Prosper is an online community where people come together for lending and borrowing money.

Bidding on borrowers' loans, lenders get great returns by offering great rates. And that means everybody does better.

 

 

peer-to-peer lending. apparently it is the new thing.

post your needs - say, $500 - and real people contribute to your loan at x% interest. 

alternatively, some of you folks who are more monetarily endowed can loan out money in any increment and get interest back! 

forget the bank!

my makeup artist Anthony used an amazing foundation on me the night of the Willy 40th Anniv party.

it felt lightweight, but it made my skin glow with perfection!
so, i called him to get the 411 b/c i must be flawless every day. =)

He says Stila 50-watt foundation is IT. he can't keep it in his kit it is so popular.
so there you go, from the mouth of the Pro. he uses it on all the celebs.

oh- and i picked up Stila Banana lip gloss. made my lips look luscious!

plus i get 3 free samples and free shipping when i order it from sephora.com. i like that!

for inspiration, check out Anthony's portfolio . he rocks, working with Saks and all kinds of celebs.

 

everyone knows about my food allergies...
so where do my friends want to go to dinner my first night in LA?

KETCHUP! LOL. ok fine, it is the hot spot, and it is fab...
but YOU try going into a place called ketchup and telling the waiter you're allergic to tomato.

 

designer Richie Rich and model Paula Patrice attend the 40th Anniversary of Wilhelmina Models party on November 29, 2007 in New York City.

 

 

 

 

btw, i just must say that richie is the sweetest guy eva.

and i miss my girl jackie millen, photographer extraordinaire, who richie reminded me i must get back in touch with!!!

 

 

 

my Wilhelmina Models video is finished, and i love it!

they're putting them on their website so the clients can see us in action. good idea!

 

many thanks to Miss Lola at Willy and Bob Briscoe at ipopvideo for making me look fab!!! 

i attended the We Are Family Foundation benefit with my friend Joseph.

WAFF was founded by prolific musician Nile Rodgers and supports education and cultural diversity.

 

this is so great, so many memories.

the pic on the top right is my first cover try,  the top left is a magazine shoot in Morocco.
bottom left is some magazine for the UK shot in Miami, and the bottom right is Modes et Traveaux magazine in Paris.

fun times baby, fun times. i loved paris. 

i came across a couple of my early blonder model pics.

are you ready? no, really, they're nuts. theyre from my time in Paris with Marilyn Gautier Agency.

These are from The Face Magazine in the UK... and i am the long-haired model, not the raunchy short haired one.

 

gotta love the gucci gold bikini. i was hissing, pretending to be a cat, cuz i do that sometimes.

the other is Laura Whitcomb for Label, when she was sponsored by Playboy.
Hey- at least i got half a shirt!

Now THAT is rockin' editorial!!! 

ok, well it's a lil early, but it was just a dress rehearsal.

 

notice the bone trail ;) 

workin' some early mornin's in santa barbara! and it was chilleeeeez!

 

I don't even know where to start.
Was i really sitting in the middle of two ponzi schemes completely oblivious to what was going on around me? 

read the original apartment fire / ponzi con artist entries here

So this brings some of the OMG puzzle together... Maywood Capital was the landlord for my Harlem apartment building that was 'arsoned'.
Gee, wonder why?

And the further irony here is that this scheme was going on at the same time as the Alexis Quinlin scheme (you can catch up with the rest of us by reading earlier entries here), and the same reporter at the NY Post has reported the stories.

Here's my question:

Doesn't anyone believe in earning their money thru an honest day's work anymore?!!! 

JERSEY POL IN N.Y. PONZI BUST
By LAURA ITALIANO

November 8, 2007 -- A city council president from Bergen County was hauled in handcuffs before a Manhattan Supreme Court justice last night - as one of three New Jersey lawyers charged in a $40 million real-estate Ponzi scheme. 

wow- the new tv spot & worldwide campaign is getting tons of coverage... and im getting a lot of face time on the news LOL!

here's Fox 5's take, and the reaction of NYers to the new slogan This Is New York City. watch here . 

woot woot!!!

Mayor Bloomberg held a press conference today to launch the new NYC Tourism campaign. it's on all the news channels... so awesome!

i dont have a copy of it yet, so you can view it here . i love it!