Work is finished, it's time to (go to a) play!

Picked up discounted tix to see Cinderella last night.  It really is incredible that we only have to walk two blocks to see a Broadway show! It's so close we both wore our 4" heels! Did you know they charge $10 for a coke at the Broadway shows, and $5 for a bottle of water!  WOW!  Cinderella was absolutely fantastic.  Hoping to catch another show tonight if we can agree on what to see.  And if Catherine gets lots of homework finished!

And that's all folks! (Unless there's more.)

We wrapped up the last show this morning!  A nice runway show that left Catherine sporting black bangs and red lips!  I hardly recognize her in these photos!  She loved it!

The show was two blocks from Kleinfeld's Bridal, made famous by Say Yes To The Dress on TLC.  We stopped in to take a look.

The "end of fashion week" party for BMG and their clients was really fun.  A chance for Catherine to go clubbing with the safety of mom near by :-)  I enjoyed talking with the other moms.

At 3pm today I walked three blocks to the discount ticket place on 47th street at Broadway and got tickets to see Cinderella tonight.  We're eating up some of the food/snacks in the house for our pre-theater meal, then we'll head out about 7:45 to walk the two blocks to the show.

The moms

Catherine with her agent, Ricky

Bye Bye Subways!

Booked show # 7

While we were out exploring the Upper West Side we got word that Catherine booked another show, her 7th.   Very excited for everything except the 6:45 a.m. call time.  Tough to get your hair washed and dried by 6:30, eh? Not complaining, though! Walked around Lincoln center and had lunch across from Julliard.  Lots of paparazzi around Lincoln Center.  Always fun to see what people are wearing as they come to the shows.  Unfortunately almost all shows this week are "by invitation only" so it's impossible to watch a show except on line.

We hopped on the subway to go uptown because I wanted Catherine to see a less manic part of manhattan.  I loved it and think it would be nice to stay up closer to 75-90th streets, but Cath says she LOVES where we are.  She loves the craziness of Broadway and being able to look down 10 blocks to Times Square.

Tonight Cath has an 8pm casting, then we have to rush home, change, get glammed up and head back downtown to the BMG party.  That's gonna make the early call time tomorrow even tougher!

Today's agenda

Today is a homework day, with planned excursions to the Lincoln Center and to addresses of other apartments we may want to consider for future trips. Then we have a casting at 8pm tonight, and the BMG Fashion Week Party at 9:30.  A quiet day, "Unless breaking news changes everything!" (I miss my Fox News!) Found some pics of the Christina Yi show....

Love It / Hate It

I have developed a bit of a love/hate relationship with the subway.  It is sooo convenient and offers a great value.  We just purchased our third week of unlimted rides.  But man am I tired of the cold, smelly, wet, dark, loud underground.

And can you believe I'm starting to think I'd stay in this same apartment if we ever come back! Even though we can't use the second bedroom, from what I'm hearing about other people's hotels/apartments...we've got it pretty good.  Our location is excellent.  Far enough north of the not so glamourous Garment District, but still within 15 minute subway ride to most castings. Other folks are paying about the same amount, but are an hour away!

Gotta take the good with the bad...

Last night's show was top notch...Hope I can come up with some pics...The footwear was interesting and certainly had Catherine wondering if she'd be able to make it down the runway!  But she did, and from what I hear from her agents, did it well!  Check out the heel-less shoes and the dmage they did!

Monday morning Catherine had a "test shoot",  That's something that benefits both the model and the photographer.  Catherine gets some photos for her book, and the photographer gets a "free" model to shoot for his portfolio.  Being in New York  gives Cath a chance to work with photographers she doesn't see in Chicago.

Now for the less than wonderful side of things.  Catherine was cast for a show tonight along with a couple other girls she's gotten to know.  I dropped her at 3 and headed to the big Macy's to waste some time.  Have to admit, I was hoping the night would go well, but because I knew some of the people involved in the sat. night fiasco were also involeved tonight, I had some reservations.  At 6:00, after 3 hours, I got a call from Catherine that they had booked twice as many models as they needed, and even though Cath's hair and make-up was done, they didn't seem to have clothes for them.  She had already called her agent and he told her ( and her firends) to leave.  I jumped in a cab and met them at a McDonald's. In the McDs bathroom Cath took off her make up, worked out her hair and changed her clothes.  We had two castings to get to, so off we wnet to those locations, then arrived back to our apt at 9pm.

"'Celebrities" and Friends. We choose friends!

In spite of the chance to hang with Deena from the Jersey Shore, Hip Hop artist Lil Kim, Nicki Rae Walker (alright, how many of you actually know who ANY of these people are ???), last night's benefit runway show was less than fun.  Six hours of hanging around a very chaotic scene for a short time on the runway.  Oh well...we don't exactly get to choose whose shows Catherine is cast in.

Today's agenda was def better..with a trip to The Plaza and Central Park with Gina and Elizabeth Hoffman for Ebeth's 16th birthday! What fun to experience Central Park in the snow.  It was beautiful. And the company was wonderful!  Then lunch at our first Pret A Manger.  It seems they are on every street corner...and we will definatley go back!

With a 2:30 call time we were soon on the subway heading to 38th street for the Christina Yi runway show.  I dropped Catherine at the door, then headed home.  I'll hang in the apt. til it's time to pick her up at 7.  Sure hope today's show is better than last  night.