RE - grouping : nobu los angeles, a stylist, and a connie bang

all i can say about NOBU in los angeles,
is that if you take insanely delicious food
a loud (maybe too loud?) and glittering environment (though maybe a bit too vast?)
and sprinkle in eddie shacknow and his humor,
connie bang and her love of the lens,
and tim and his new scorpion beaded polo . . .

well, it's the best kind of belated
a birthday can be.

even if they mis-spell your name.

i mean, they even got the colors worked out right!

FALL FITTINGS -

and so it went,
the style team geared up,
and the next round of models got fitted, flexed, and formed for our fall television spots.

as usual, ashley forgot her shirt:



eddie was in high spirits:




i was in high fashion:


richard and kira were in high pose:

behind the mtv shoot - split screens

the day,
in slices:

the old navy episodes - neon nights part 3

it was day seven of the shoot.

it was night, we shot from dusk til two a.m.

richard placed every piece of neon. we wet the streets. we ran film (and marilia) over and over.




paul, counting down the last few hours:



the grafitti we had to negotiate for,
placed on the back wall of the monastery.
their only comment?
"too much blue"
wha?



kira, taking on the red camera for a few passes:


my girls,
my enablers,
and i don't wanna go to rehab:



hidden in the neon,
messages. "sarah". the year we were founded:



the wind down, at the end, we projected the film from all seven days on the wall,
watched, and remembered the intensity:


although obvious,
this is something i will never forget.