Ally Sheedy was an original “brat-packer” and starred in the wildly influential and successful mid-1980s films, “The Breakfast Club,” “St. Elmo’s Fire” and “War Games.” By 1989, her career had taken a nosedive. She…
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“After the Glitter Fades”: Remembering Laurel Canyon Vintage in Words and Images
The shop was located at 63 Thompson Street in New York’s Soho neighborhood where Elisa had operated a different vintage boutique called Chelsea Girl for twenty years. In 2012 she expanded that shop and moved around the corner. This allowed me to take the Laurel Canyon concept and move it from my mental queue to prime real estate directly across from the Thompson Hotel. In a fever of enthusiasm, I set about transforming a hundred-year-old storefront in what was once a part of New York’s Little Italy into a California Craftsman fantasy on Lookout Mountain Road circa 1972.
“Cash Cab” Deception! The Totally True Story of How I Got Tricked into Doing the Show
The backstory of how my friend of thirty years, Elisa Casas and I became contestants on the Discovery Channel’s Cash Cab, the wildly successful but completely gimmicky game show set in the back of a yellow…
Guest Columnist Elisa Casas on Halston
Halston (few know his first name, Roy, or his last name, Frowick) was one of the most influential designers of all-time. A charismatic, over-the-top personality, master of promotion, and flamboyant spender who lived life…
Who Posed in a Supermarket Refrigerator Better, Me or This Lady from BuzzFeed?
Imagine my bewilderment when I was scrolling through yet another inane BuzzFeed list and noticed this woman doing something that I had heretofore believed that only I was silly enough to do: lumber into the…
Rags To Bitches: The Little Reality Show That Couldn’t, or Didn’t, But Should’ve
In the aftermath of my involvement as an original cast member of the Sundance Channel/World of Wonder reality show Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys, people have occasionally asked me, “Whatever happened to the show…
My Favorite Photo of Me: the Village Cigar Store, Christopher Street and 7th Avenue, 1984
Elisa asked me yesterday to write about my favorite picture of myself. It’s hard to choose just one image when you’ve been photographed for nearly thirty years by someone as talented as she, but…
Greetings from Ft. Worth, Texas!
It seems like fans of the show crop up in the strangest places! This weekend, I travelled down to Dallas Ft. to visit my friend Gus. We decided to drive to Ft. Worth to…
The Strangest Birthday Ever? My 25th Birthday Party at the Howard Johnson’s Motor Lodge, November 9, 1989
Oh boy. It seems like a million years ago and yesterday at the same time. It was (my dreaded) 25th birthday and I decided to have a party at the old Howard Johnson Motor…
“Elisa, meet me at the corner of 23rd and 6th, and bring me a bagel!”
Over the many years of our friendship, Elisa and I have spent more time shopping, picking, sifting, flea-ing and treasure hunting than just about any other activity. Wherever we go, our eyes are always…
What We’re Wearing During a Visit From Sahil
Yesterday we had a surprise visit from Sahil, cast member of, “Girls Who Like Boys Who Like Boys.” We had a nice lunch and talked about the show. ELISA is wearing Genetic denim, 1960s…
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