New York was BUSY and FUN! The Drift photo shoot went great — two full days of shooting with Elena Height, Jacqui Berg and Alexis Waite for a 12-page feature.

The whole crew was really fun to work with. Everyone was young and cool, and I’m sure that there will be some great photos coming out for the mag, so keep your eyes out this fall! I also managed to do some damage on the shopping front. When you’re on a roll, you’re on a roll and there’s no sense in cutting back when you’re in NY!

I stayed two extra days after the shoot in order to have meetings and get some work done with my cultural mentor, Amy Stanton (cultural mentor is our term for someone who represents an athlete … a.k.a., an agent). If you’ve been reading Kara Lynn’s blog, you’ll know that Amy Stanton is the Stanton in the recently formed Stanton Shade agency; Sheryl Shade being the Shade.

These women are smart, passionate and are doing some great things in the sports world by representing mainly women athletes. So Amy, being one of the most determined and productive people I know, had jam-packed every single second of those two days with meetings for potential projects, sponsors and self promo opportunities, etc., etc.!

It also just so happened that while I was in town, Steph Davis, one of the world’s top women rock climbers who is also represented by Stanton Shade, was in the city doing a slideshow to promote her new book called “High Infatuation.” So Amy, Sheryl and I went to her slideshow, and it was mind-blowing! It’s so fun to be involved with this group because all the athletes have become this clan who keep in touch with each other and are constantly being updated, by Sheryl and Amy, on what everyone’s up to and accomplishing. It’s a really cool little family of kick-ass women athletes!

I also made friends with Mateo Ambrose, who was the makeup artist for The Drift shoot, and we ended up doing a separate shoot together with a friend of his named Andrew Zaeh, who is a photographer and senior visual director for Atlantic Records, and another friend Barrett, who is a stylist. This was just for fun and something for all of us to have for our own promotional use. Mateo and Barrett put me in the craziest outfits that I LOVED but would never have the nerve to wear in public, and we had a really fun fashion shoot! This was a highlight because the guys were all fabulous. We got some really fun, great shots, and I got to play dress-up with Prada pumps, Chanel cuffs and David Yurman! Thanks Mateo, Andrew and Barrett!

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