Salvatore Ferragamo Windows, Christmas 2015.

December 26, 2015 § 1 Comment

In 1955 my grandfather, Ben Benjamin, then the general manager for I. Miller shoes embarked on a European trip to help improve the production value of the I. Miller shoes being manufactured in Europe.  In the letter below, written while they were in Italy, Salvatore Ferragmo’s sister, Rosina Ferragamo, is mentioned as worth seeing.DSC_9246

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Christmas Eve On 5th Avenue.

December 25, 2015 § Leave a comment

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Remembering 911.

September 11, 2015 § 1 Comment

My gorgeous sister in her other life dancing outside of the WTC. My son came home and told us the teachers shared their 911 stories today, so we shared ours. I told him about how I was working on a tv show downtown during the day, but had just switched to nights and was sleeping when the planes crashed into the towers. How it was a beautiful day. The mishegas that followed. Who remembers the duct tape we were suppose to buy?  The Anthrax scare at NBC and the men in full hazmat suits who came in to investigate while the editors and producers had to continue to work unprotected. The burning smell that lasted for weeks maybe months? I can’t remember now, but can’t forget that smell. The pasted photos of the missing persons and how everything is just different now…

 

Rock ‘N’ Roll Project | Martin Scorsese

July 3, 2015 § 3 Comments

Walking down 48th Street and Lexington Avenue today I found myself wondering where I was as I passed by Colony Music.  At first I thought maybe it had been reopened as a smaller version of itself until I realized I had walked into the middle of the set for Martin Scorsese’s new HBO show Rock ‘N’ Roll.  Alas the PA who asked me to move along snapped me out of my fantasy flashback in time.  They even dirtied up the streets and a couple of the drivers for the vintage cars were engaged in a real life drama as they verbally duked it out.DSC_6433 copy2 DSC_6435 copy2DSC_6523 copyDSC_6460 copy copyDSC_6438 copy2DSC_6393 copy

Salvatore Ferragamo On Fifth Today.

July 3, 2015 § 2 Comments

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Rainbows Everywhere.

June 29, 2015 § Leave a comment

The city is all about color right now.  Leave it to Barneys to create the grooviest window displays and Gap has teamed up with  Big Gay Ice Cream for 30 days of tees and ice cream. Loving The Pride.

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STUART WEITZMAN.

June 24, 2015 § Leave a comment

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Sun And White | The Shoe Retailer, March 16, 1929.

June 13, 2015 § 4 Comments

1920s Summer Fashion.

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Yellow Purse.

June 3, 2015 § Leave a comment

New York State Capitol, Legislative Correspondents.

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In Honor Of The Last Episode Of Mad Men, My Own Mad Man, Arthur L. Benjamin.

May 18, 2015 § 6 Comments

Arthur L. Benjamin (far right) at the offices of Schwartz and Benjamin Inc., New York, NY. Luigino Rossi founder Rossimoda Footwear (center) 1973 .

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