East Side Settlement House

Here's a picture from the preview event for the 2008 New York Auto Show Gala to benefit the East Side House Settlement. I bumped into the publicist Susan Shin and AOL exec Tatiana Platt, who introduced me to Darlene Marone, her yoga teacher. The picture above of Darlene, Tatiana, me and Susan was taken by Campion, Tatiana's architect husband.

Pinch Me Now!

My novel, Gilding Lily, won't be released until September 9th but you can already pre-order your copy on Amazon.

Believe me, I'm the most surprised of all to see it here. I feel like little orphan Annie dancing around Daddy Warbuck's house for the first time: Can somebody pinch me now!?

Lipstick Jungle Party

Last week, I attended the Lipstick Jungle premier party in Saks Fifth Avenue's huge designer shoe salon. I spent half the time gawking at the celebrities, the other half drooling over the platform Brian Atwood pumps (my current gotta-have-it). Here's a photo taken by Patrick McMullan of me and my friend, the extraordinary journalist Phoebe Eaton.