Blog Promo Friday!

I have been blogged about most charmingly by Stephanie Corfee, who found and is inspired by my beer bottle cap necklace. Stephanie has a lovely Etsy shop full of gorgeous, colorful prints to beautify your home or office. I'm especially drawn to her witty and mesmerizing Barefoot Hippie print!



I felt a lot cheerier reading her blog, so I'm adding it to my blogroll and hope that you'll check her page out, and her shop, of course!

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What's wrong with this picture?

It's the Trump Skating Rink in Central Park, today, March 19.

Note the orange danger cones dotted across the ice.

Then, note the apparel of many skaters.

T-SHIRTS!!!

Yes, there is ice skating in 71 degree weather. There may be spots to avoid, but if you wish to skate, you can.

Look at the Weeping Willow tree, newly green after a week or so of spring/summer freakish temperatures. The plants must be so confused!!!

The End of a Trend?

Maybe 2 years ago I started to see this poster everywhere, dating from WW2 Britain. I loved the phrase, and even made some key chain charms using it that I sell in my shop. I did well with them and only have a few left, but they hardly sell any anymore, as its moment has passed.

I was stopped in my tracks by this display last week at my local Barnes & Noble. I didn't have time to check the manufacturer, but I feel that now that it's mass marketed (the image doesn't seem to be owned by anyone), the demand will wane.

Now I enjoy the parody posters that started springing up last year....

Dolley Madison on PBS Tonight!

Last summer I worked as assistant costume designer on this production, "Dolley Madison" for Middlemarch Films, for The American Experience, and it will be on TV tonight on PBS in my area! (Check your local listings)

I worked with Candice Donnelly, who designed the beautiful costumes, and this was my second time around with Middlemarch Films; in 2006 I worked on "Alexander Hamilton" and had a marvelous time. Eve Best stars as Dolley, the first First Lady to define the role and create a blueprint for all future First Ladies.

If you can't watch this evening, you can view it online at this website after tonight - just click on the top link that says "Watch Films Online", if you have a fast internet connection.

Lost New York

Here's an article in the New York Times lamenting the loss of Mom & Pop businesses that Harvey Wang used in The Last New Yorker. The comments are worth reading, also.

I am Featured in Belle Armoire Jewelry Magazine

The Spring edition of Belle Armoire Jewelry magazine, chock-full of delicious goodies to covet and inspire, has chosen two of my Steampunk pieces to feature! There's a section called "From the Boutique, A Gallery of Jewelry" and my pieces are there, nicely photographed, within a collection of other wonderful creations. Thanks to Christen Olivarez, editor, for finding my pieces at Flickr, getting in touch, and making this feature happen.

If you're not familiar with this magazine, it's published by Stampington & Company. They put out a collection of delicious craft-focused magazines that spot trends and highlight new designers making original and noteworthy jewelry, clothing, accessories and paper arts. I find their magazines at Borders Books in New York City, but any bookstore with a serious collection of magazines, like Barnes & Noble, may carry them. I'm quite fond of Somerset Memories, their paper arts magazine, as I often make my own cards and can find plenty of inspiration there! It's worth checking out their site if you don't already know about them.

Shameless Promo Post for The Last New Yorker

Here's a great set of interviews with Dominic Chianese, Kathleen Chalfant, Dick Latessa, Harvey Wang for TLNY filmed at the screening a couple of weeks ago.

You can still catch the film at the Quad Cinema through March 4!

TLNY Opens at the Quad!!

The Quad Cinema on West 13th Street in New York City


Director Harvey Wang and Director of Photography Derek McKane

Dominic Chianese, Dick Latessa and Harvey Wang during the Q & A. There was no lighting at the front of the theatre, hence the poor photo.

It was a very fine turnout on Friday evening for the 8:15 showing, and was so exciting to be there seeing our film open at last! Afterward, Harvey chatted with Dick Latessa and Dominick Chianese at the Q & A during which many wonderful questions were asked and answered. I so wished that Dad could have been there, but thankfully, he saw the film last year on DVD at home.

Anyone interested, please hie to the Quad this week before it concludes its run!

Costume Pictures from "The Last New Yorker"

Photo by Harvey Wang/Brinkfilm

Dominic Chianese as Lenny Sugarman

Dick Latessa as Ruben

Kathleen Chalfant as Mimi

Natalie Silverlieb and Josh Hamilton

Josh Hamilton

Joe Grifasi

Jen Jones and Irma St. Paule as two Bar Crows


As promised, I am uploading some pictures from my continuity files. This was low-budget filmmaking and I served as wardrobe supervisor as well as costume designer, but that was manageable as it was a small film with short time-span, plot-wise. I think that there were only seven days in total to keep track of, which was wonderfully easy.

I can't upload all of them, so please jump to Flickr to see the whole collection. There are also tons of crew shots that I hope to be able to post. Sorry about the huge watermark; a necessary evil, I'm afraid.

This is The Week of The Last New Yorker

Photos of Dominic Chianese, Kathleen Chalfant and Dick Latessa by Harvey Wang

As my feature film is opening this week, I continue to run the risk of spamming my readers and the blogosphere with tidbits culled from the web. The marketing team is doing a lovely job of getting the word out about our little film, which we made in 2005 on the streets of Manhattan.

It's all very new and exciting...it's my first film and I'm enjoying what I find every day in my inbox, thanks to Google Alerts. I don't know what future the film will have after its run in NYC, other than life as a DVD, but it will be an adventure watching this unfold.

The Last New Yorker, written by Adam Forgash; Directed by Harvey Wang, produced by Rich Macary, Danny Vinik, Adam Forgash, Todd Olson, and Jonathan Lia. Cinematography by Derek McKane, Production design by Tamar Gadish, Edited by Jeff Flohr, Music by Dario Eskenazi, Makeup by B. Cohen.

Tomorrow I will post cast pictures in costume from the filming...stay tuned!

Here are today's links:

The film's website

An interview with Dominic Chianese on WPIX-TV

Huffington Post article on Harvey Wang, Director

You can see lovely pix that I took during the shoot at my website

The film's trailer at digg.com

The Quad Cinema - click on the "Coming Soon" link

The film's page at the IMDB

FRONT PAGE!

It doesn't happen often...but I am on the Front Page of Etsy right now, and it's prime time on the West Coast! The keyword is "romantic", and I'm happy that one of my new locket necklaces was chosen.