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By Chad W

Last Saturday was the first day of spring and so far its been nothing but rain and like two days of sunshine here in New Jersey…geez..hope you’re enjoying the weather wherever you’re at! Ritas gave away free Italian ice’s (we don’t call em water ice in Jersey) over the weekend. Overall, the change is welcome after the Antarctic-like winter we just plowed through…around my area flowers are blooming and dresses are getting shorter…wink wink. For me its all about a positive mental attitude so I hopped in my car, cleaned her out and went cruising to take in some sun. But you and I both know you can’t cruise without some good tunes so below is a suggested playlist you can rock out to for the first week of spring. Of course, feel free to add your spring ride out joints too! Right now I’m rocking out to Black Eyed Peas’s “Meet Me Halfway.” Listen!

The piece to the left is “Helping Haiti” by John Overmyer. The piece was done using gouache on paper. Below is a video featuring “Fashion for Haiti Fundraiser” in response to the devastating earthquake last month. The video features Vera Wang, Kenneth Cole, and Tommy Hilfiger to name a few. Proceeds from the sale of the Fashion for Haiti T-shirt will benefit the Clinton Bush Haiti Fund (which has come under scrutiny for its lack of accountability) and features a black and lime green logo on the front with the tag-line “Hope Help Heal Haiti”.

This Sunday (Valentine’s Day) marks the beginning of the Chinese New Year, which according to traditional astrology will mark the beginning of 12 months of contemplation, sensitivity, and prosperity. Those words sound great to me considering all the drama within the industry that has been bubbling behind the scenes in my life lately LOL.

Celebrated British fashion icon and designer to the stars, Alexander McQueen was found dead at his London home on February 11, 2010. For those who are unfamiliar with the designer here is a video highlighting the genius of the late designer’s incredible legacy of work.

When I was younger I used to watch WWE (when it was WWF) and despite the fact I knew it wasn’t real I watched it faithfully every Monday, Wednesday, and Sunday. After years of watching I began to notice how characters recreated their image and teams grew and disbanded. Eventually, background characters would become the big deal and the “bad guys” became “good guys” and vice versa…who wrote this stuff???? After a while it became predictable and I moved on to better things.

Wishing everyone out there a happy Thanksgiving….enjoy the time with your family or relax by yourself with a bucket of egg foo yung….the moral of the story is to make today memorable! As for last night, music legend Bill Jolly(Google him) came by and graced us with his wisdom and creative direction…it went GREAT!!!! I’ll be posting up the video and pictures from last nights rehearsal later…leaving to go to Macy’s Thanksgiving Day parade in NYC now!!!! I’ll post up pics from that too…Gloria Gaynor will be there singing “I Will Survive”, its the 30th anniversary of that song…hopefully I’ll get some pics of that!!! Happy Turkey Day! ttyl