Success

zandertoy April 29, 2011

What is success? What defines success. Is it money, happiness or is it simply what your family thinks of you.

B has been interviewing at some companies and if he switches over into a new job title he will probably get a pay cut but that’s ok because happiness is what pushes you to go the extra mile. If your not happy with what you do you’ll never really be successful.

I am happy and feel good about my efforts. I given it my all and for the most part I always see a return so life is pretty good.

Life is never easy but definitely rewarding. :-)

Brunch at Viceroy

zandertoy April 23, 2011

This morning woke up on this lovely saturday morning and went to have breakfast at Viceroy. Its this little cute place across the street.
Now I am going to work for a little bit and then head to see my mom in Queens.

Tribeca Film Festival

zandertoy April 22, 2011

So tonight Furry and I went to the Tribeca FIlm Festival. We first had dinner at this cute sushi place called Momoya.

This was actually the second time we went to this restaurant. I honestly thought that I would never go back because I was really really rude to one of the waiters because at the end of our meal I asked politely for the check and it felt like the waiter took his sweet ass time to get the check. I got so flustered after he WALKED by our table to give another customer something and as he did that I walked towards the cash register to get the check myself. He then followed me passing me the check and said he was bringing it and I just grabbed it then and paid for it with a different cashier. I was so frekin pissed that I don’t even remember leaving a tip. It was really rude and I probably should have not reacted that way but glad that we had a pleasant dinner there tonight.

After dinner we stopped by booty bread bakery and got ourselves some sweet bread. I got a delicious tasty strawberry and cream cheese bread. After that we walked over to the theater on 23rd street where the Tribeca film festival was showing.

We saw The Hideaways. It was a really strange movie about this guy with strange powers. Basically whenever put in a situation of extreme fear everything would die around him. This all changed when he met this girl who changed everything and kind of turned his curse/power into giving him the power to heal and give things new life. Overall the movie was OK.

Looking forward to the next film next week. :-) So glad its friday for me. Yayyyyy

My Girlfriends Boyfriend

zandertoy April 17, 2011

So today we are going to see My Girlfriends Boyfriend. Nancy reccomended this to us and im hoping that this is going to be hilarious.

Its actually a beautiful day outside and I am sitting on our bed soaking up the sun. Thats probably one of the best things about this apartment since every morning we get the sun exposure. I bet come summer time Ill regret saying that but it’ll be fine.

After breakki I am going to return a few things at Home Depot and then stop by Tekserve to see if they have any cool iPad2 cases.

Lovely saturday

zandertoy April 17, 2011

So this morning Furry and I walked around the west village for a bit. We had to kill some time since our reservation at Dell Anima was not until 11am.

We stopped by Urban Outfitters but nothing really got my attention.

We then headed to have Brunch at Del Anima and it was so delicious.

I ordered poached eggs with mushrooms over polenta. It was so delicious and creamy and served with two perfectly toasted pieces of bread.

Afterwards we went home and I decided to run a few errands. Dropped off laundry went to have my weekly massage at this place by the Gym. The massage was excellent and it did not end with a happy ending Yayy!

I went to Home Depot afterwards to get some stuff for my closet. When we moved in I knew that I had to redo the closet shelving in my closet but have not had the moment. I just finished all of the shelving and it was a success. I installed 3 shelves plus a bar to hang clothes- Now I finally feel like I am maximizing my tiny closet.

Now Furry and I are just chilling at home and about to enjoy a nice dinner at Alpha Sushi. :-) Seriously I love these kinds of Saturdays. :-)

AToy Fall11 Shoot

zandertoy April 14, 2011

Last Saturday I had my AToy fall11 Shoot.

IT was fantastic. I just got back from Italy the day before and I kept checking the weather because the Forecast was RAIN for saturday but when I got back into the city- Bright beautiful spring weather! It was amazing.

We had a total of 2 guy models and 4 girl models. It was amazing because thanks to Nicola everything worked out. She styled the shoot and made everything work out. It was amazing how seamless and perfect everything worked out.

Overall we had an amazing shoot- We even had time to work on my headshot which suprisingly I am very happy with.
I am so glad that it’s all over. Completely exhausted and so glad that there will be new product on the website.

Lineapelle

zandertoy April 14, 2011

I am on the plane right now after an amazing trip at Lineapelle leather fair in Bologna.

Joy and I stayed this time in bologna and it was fantastic. We stayed at hotel Commerciante near the Duomo in Italy.

We first arrived on Wednesday morning with only like three hours of sleep on the plane and off we went to the leather fair straight from the airport.

We worked right through the whole day and even skipped through lunch. We met Jeff at the end of the day and went for a drink near the Duomo.

It was hilarious because after our appertivo we went to the taxi stand and gave our address to our hotel and the driver said that actually the hotel is walking distance away. We laughed and walked to the hotel.

The 2nd day we went to the fair very well rested and and split up and walked the show. After that we had to attend a meeting at 4 so that was kind of a short day.

After we went back to the hotel worked on corrections and then went to meet Jeff, Tony and Dragana. We had dinner at Scacco Matto. It was so amazing and the food was so delicious.

After dinner Jeff and Tony stayed the night at our hotel. A slumber party.

Milan Day 1

zandertoy March 14, 2011

Wow. Milan is so amazing. It’s very cool industrial city. There’s lots of run down buildings and stuff but it honestly adds to the character of the city.

After we got to our hotel we dropped off our luggage and decided to go shop at Il Corso Como. It’s basically like a Barneys.

We had such a great time there and they even had a Barneys warehouse type sale that we went to. I got these amazing RAF Simmons kicks for like 160 or something. I also got a new Parfum fragrance called Untitled by Martin Margiela.

We then decided to grab some lunch at this pasta place and had An excellent lunch.

After lunch we went back to hotel to drop off bags and go to the office to get work done.

OMG the MCM office is incredible. The front entry way is insane and the interior of the space is totally breathtaking. Loft like white space.

After the office we head into the shopping area and stopped by a few shops. And as we are walking BAM- it’s the Duomo! Fucken so insanely gorgeous. That totally made my day.

We ended the night with dinner at La Rinacente on the top floor restaurant called MAIO restaurant.

Landed in Milan Day1

zandertoy March 14, 2011

Just landed in Milan. Wow. Leaving for the airport was stressful as hell because I had like no time todo anything.

This was my saturday before leaving:

– Went to apple-store
– Att wireless store
– Forever 21
– Dentist and got cavity filled
– Went to office and sketched-for 3 hours.
– packed for my trip
– went home to pick up Miki and take to happy paws
– ordered sushi
– went home got luggage
– picked up sushi

Hoping this will be a fun trip- after we set up for the meeting I think that were going to have some free time today.

Flying to Vegas for AToy Capsule

zandertoy March 12, 2011

So right now I am on a flight to Las Vegas and going to show Atoy at Capsule.

I am super excited because I really feel like this season will be strong only because the prices are so much better this season.

This will be my actual first trade show so really glad that I am doing this. My last show Project was just a tag along thing but this time I really feel like I have enough product to actually make a presentation.

It definitely looks Stronger and I hope I get positive feedback.

Well I am hoping that all goes well. Funny thing my bag that I checked in that has all of my Vegas set up stuff from S hooks to product weighs a total of 95lbs. I was charged a total of $175.00 for the dam bag. They said that if I split up the weight into two bags it would have been like $50.00 additional but oh well. Now I know for next time.