Scarlett Johanssen & Laura Linney "The Nanny Diaries"

I was going to surprise everyone and show up at The Nanny Diaries premiere Monday 4/9/07, but then I received the bad news from my paparazzi friends Margarita and Carmen that it's been postponed. There's a good chance I will still be going to NYC for a two day marathon of visiting and celebrities shootings.

We’re going to have to wait for “The Nanny Diaries,” starring Scarlett Johansson and Laura Linney. The movie version of the best-seller book was originally slated for release next month, and the folks at Weinstein Company swear it’s in the can and ready for release. But now it’s being pushed back to September.

“It’s better for awards consideration,” said an insider. “This is a better plan.” The producers are hoping to win a Golden Globe for Best Comedy after premiering the picture at a prestigious film festival. Our sources are betting it bows at the Venice fest at the end of August. I shot LL in December. I was so excited to meet her in person and thank her for being in the "Tales of the City" series by Armisted Maupin. She was so gracious. Tell me she wasn't sweet to pose for me. I wonder if I will notice the difference in their attitudes when I go back and shoot with my professional lense.

I thought there was something bizarre happening on the eve of the Republican Convention

(Digging into my achieves after recently reading the story below about NYC cops targeting innocent people to investigate before the GOP convention) On the eve of the Republican Convention I was eating at one of my favorite restaurants in NYC, Bubba Gump, watching the world go by by through Times Square as kids and adults alike were posing with Spiderman Recently I read that the NYC Police, in preparations for the GOP convention, had investigation operations, run by the department's "R.N.C. Intelligence Squad," to prepare for people who might cause problems. The police identified a handful of groups and individuals who expressed interest in creating havoc during the convention, as well as some who used Web sites to urge or predict violence. But potential troublemakers were hardly the only ones to end up in the files. In hundreds of reports stamped "N.Y.P.D. Secret," the Intelligence Division chronicled the views and plans of people who had no apparent intention of breaking the law, the records show. I guess Spiderman was on the hit listkids and adults were horrified when Spidey was unmasked and taken away in handcuffs http://www.nytimes.com/2007/03/25/nyregion/25infiltrate.html?partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

Wynonna Judd has filed for divorce

Country music singer Wynonna Judd has filed for divorce on Tuesday after her estranged husband, Dan. R. Roach was arrested in Abilene, Texas on allegations of committing sexual battery involving a child under 13. Roach was already listed as a fugitive after fleeing Tennessee when the investigation into the case began at the end of February. According to E Online Wynonna Judd filed her original divorce petition from Dan. R. Roach in Williamson County Chancery Court on February 18, citing irreconcilable differences as the reason for the split. Wynonna Judd posted on her personal website, "I am obviously devastated." Referring to the crimes that Roach is alleged to have committed against a child, Wynonna writes, "Our family will pull together, begin the healing process and hopefully-by the grace of God-become stronger. We will move forward with our faith, family and our friends to find resolution to this difficult situation." Reports claim that Roach entered the Shades of Hope treatment center in Buffalo Gap, Texas, on February 21 for drug and alcohol addiction three days after he and Wynonna Judd separated. When Roach was eventually picked up in Texas this week that appeared to be the end of the line for Judd, and she went through with an official divorce Tuesday.

Will Smith speaks helps celebrate the birthday of Philadelphia’s Civic Flag!

Today in Philadelphia it was 82F, people were out and about and it was Philadelphia Flag Day, no really it was the 118th Birthday of the City of Philadelphia's flag. Civic Pride had a birthday party for the occassion with celebrities.I knew it had to be someone exciting as I spotted the "Autograzzi" with his tell-tale Fed-Ex envelope that usually holds photos for "graphs"The ceremony kicked off with Brenda "The Flag Lady" giving a ceremonial flag to the wife of a man fighting in Iraq Councilman Juan Ramos made an appearance Up next was Will Smith OK it's Will Smith Jr (his dad), who after addressing the crowd gets his photo taken with the flag birthday cake I think the big celebrity of the day, was this lady - Brenda Exon the Flag Lady co -founder of Partners for Civic Pride which is a nonprofit group of Philadelphia citizens dedicated to promoting and celebrating the motto on our civic flag, “Philadelphia Maneto” which means “Let Brotherly Love Continue”. Partners for Civic Pride strives to connect the Philadelphia citizenry and raise social capital in and around our city.To get involved, learn more, or order flags for your organization, call 215-870-1663 or email mailto:contact@partnersforcivicpride.org?subject=General. Doing a google search I found another image...Brenda Exon, the Philly Pride Lady and co-founder of Partners for Civic Pride Inc. at the Independence Day Ceremony, Independence Hall, Philadelphia - July 4, 2006 (I'd like to see her closet!) Hughe's Note: As I was taking my 500 shots of whatever this day, the PR person for this event came up to me and collected my info. I told her I had a blog and I would be writing about the event. She thought it was great, maybe bloggers are journalist even though I came across this today 'BLOGGERS' ARE NOT 'JOURNALISTS', SAYS LITHUANIAN PARLIAMENT...

DID I Mention it was SJP's Birthday Sunday

Sorry I don't have anything new and exciting today, but I am in the middle of editing a big job I had Saturday night, a private event with lots of exciting people. If I am not careful I might actually start making money from this photography thing!!

The Tale of Two Photos

After last Thursdays premiere, it was then my responsibility to "shop" the photos to the media to promote the film. OMG how exhausting was that, calling, emailing and be rejected by a dozen papers. Finally the People Paper "The Phila Daily News" saw that one of my photos told a story. The greeting of Angie Everhart with Sen. Vince Fumo as co-director Sal Mazzotta looks on. One of my favorite columnist Dan Gross picks up on this photo and tells the rest of the story...The edited photo they published... Dan Gross Fumo's good-luck charm STATE SEN. Vince Fumo sported a red Kabbalah bracelet as he greeted flame-haired beauty Angie Everhart and filmmaker Sal Mazzotta outside Thursday's premiere of "The Unknown Trilogy" at the Prince (1412 Chestnut). The bracelet was a gift from Rabbi Solomon Isaacson, of Congregation Beth Solomon in the Northeast. The rabbi gave Fumo the bracelet on Feb. 6 in Harrisburg just before Fumo delivered a speech denouncing federal prosecutors who leveled a 139-count indictment at him the next day. The bracelet is meant to ward off evil, says Isaacson, who has also given one to Mayor Street. It's also popular among celebrities, as Madonna, Demi Moore and Britney Spears have shown. Fumo's spokesman, Gary Tuma, said Friday that the senator "hopes it brings him good luck." Neither Fumo nor the bracelet stayed for the screening of Mazzotta's film. However, Fumo's ex-girlfriend, Terri Reilly, a stunning redhead herself, did watch the movie, posing at one point for a photo with Everhart and attorney Scott Sigman. Actors Johnny Williams, Robert Costanzo, David Proval and sandwich king Tony Luke Jr. were on hand for the premiere of the film in which they all appear. (The photo I took)Everhart plays Mazzotta's wife in "Gone," the final short of the trilogy, which deals with a couple's struggle to get over the accidental death of their young son. The model/actress danced the night away Thursday at Galdo's (20th & Moyamensing) which hosted the movie's after-party. (****HughE's note: Although Dan's coverage was great, especially since he tried to get to the bottom of the story, I was surprised that someone in photo editing cut out the Senator's wrist showing the red bracelet, hmm what would a conspiracist say?***) Here's a close up of the photo I took. http://www.philly.com/dailynews/features/20070326_Dan_Gross___Fumos_good-luck_charm.html

HAPPY 42ND BIRTHDAY SARAH JESSICA PARKER

Sarah Jessica Parker was born March 25, 1965, in Nelsonville, Ohio, to parents Stephen and Barbra. She has 7 siblings. Played a role in the original stage production of "The Heidi Chronicles," only to be replaced when the show moved to Broadway...by Cynthia Nixon, her "Sex and the City" (1998) co-star. Kim Cattrall played a role in the 1995 film version of the play. That makes Kristin Davis the only regular cast member of "Sex and the City" (1998) not to appear in some adaptation of the play. "Sex and the City" (1998) made her a fashion icon to women all over the world due to her extravagant New Yorkian style. Was introduced to husband Matthew Broderick through her brother, Timothy Britten Parker.I AM NOT OBSESSED, I AM NOT OBSESSED, I AM NOT OBSESSED, ok I might be obsessed about them, but isn't recognizing it half the solution - LOL

Angie Everhart Red Carpet Premiere of The Unknown Trilogy

HELLO - what's going on here. I watch THE SECRET on the Oprah show and WALLAH I am wishing and projecting myself at lots of PREMIERE's and low and behold I get an INVITE in the EMAIL this afternoon to be the only OFFICIAL photographer at this PRIVATE RED CARPET PREMIERE of Angie Everharts new movie THE UNKNOWN TRILOGY. Damn guess who show's up to reuin my first shot, those damn guys (autograzzi) screwing up my arrival photo...The second beauty I captured this week with Director/Producer local Glendora Guy done good Sal Mazzotta and Supermodel of the World - Angie Everhart, former Playboy Covergirl!! Guests arriving looking fierce

Amanda Lepore, hmm no but it's Linda Axelrod who does Marilyn and Mamie Von Doren impressions and was in this movie. The guys around her are producers. More guests, and AngieBada Bing Bada Bum - I know it's hard to believe but someone from this group was in the Soprano's another in Goodfellows and yet another in Son of the Mafiesto. Some of these guys are in this movie too (its 1 AM I am too tired to look them up; no I didn't just get in, I had to prep all my ANGIE photos for potential PRESS COVERAGE, does anyone want to buy a HOT B-List Celebrity Shot, someday she might be on the Surreal World or if she married Prince Andrew, who she is alledgedly dating, she could be a PRINCESS!!)Is that Angie's sister giving us style? Hmm he could be in the movie

OK this I know, THIS GUY HAS FIVE OSCARS for Scores of movies - Memories of a Gisha, ET, Star Wars, Schindler's List and Jaws!!! And finally Bjork was there!

Philadelphia is well on its way to being Hollywood East - Halle Berry Screening

as another "Red Carpet" screening comes to the Sixth Boro, Philadelphia. Perfect Stranger STARRING: Halle Berry, Bruce Willis and Giovanni Ribisi. I read about the event in the paper, and since there was no mention of who the PR firm was, I just took my chances and showed up

The Red Carpet, so far so good, looks like these people have a little experience. Unlike the other two premieres in town, this one didn't have a "pen" for the photographers. But they label the sidewalk for the "credentialed and invited media and OMG college press" (I didn't know how to get in contact with the who was handling the affair so no place for me, I would be flying under the "Freelance" flag again - LOL (Anyone out there want to rep me, I come cheap) It was good to see some of my new photographer friends and make a few new ones. The Philly photogs are great (they show me the ropes, tell me I need to get a press pass from the police, but I have to have representation from a Philly paper) and they were kind enough to fill me in on who the PR firm was and who to speak with, I was able to get a "Tip Sheet", which tells you who is going to be there and their bios.Oh damn just like NYC, the bottom feeders show up, the autograzzi. If there is no control over them, they will ruin your shot everytime. AND these guys look meaner than the ones in NYC, ok not the creme de la creme ones that I have seen push women out of the way when they wanted to get Tony Soprano's graph at a screening. They've done it again, it's pretty on the outside, red carpet, listings for media & press, things look like they are going to go smoothly, but the truth is you can not have the media interviews (TV Interviews) first. I really think that these folks (PR people) need to observe how it is done in NYC. They will learn that the stars should pose for the photographers first, and then do interviews, not the other way around and certainly not the way they had it labeled as every other person first there was NBC, KYW, ABC then the Philly Papers, then The college TV Stations, then BET, then a photographer, then MTV, then a Photgrapher, Then a College TV Station, OY VEY. It slows down the celebrity, and the 2nd line of photographers (ME) get cameras and shadows in the way of their shots. Here is Giovani's first interview, he is practically teetering on the curb. I did what is call a "Hail Mary" shot, bascially to show you the set up (although many people do get decent photos like this, as I will show you in the coming weeks). And note how the stop sign in the back reflects my shot, often that is just bad, bad, bad and ruins it. Then SHE came. I love how that one guy is trying to get her to sign a baseball. I imagine after being married to David Justice, she doesn't want to sign any baseballs. She did spend a lot of time with them and I think the reason she was was because Giovanni was still being interviewed by the first interviewers, there really was no room for her and she didn't want to draw attention away from him; As I noted before, if any PR people are reading, the Photographers go first, the celebs pose, we shoot, they move on to the "Interviewers", where they go at a slower pace while another celebrity is being shot by the photographers, then they move on and then go inside. Plus this event did not have any outside lighting, and when Halle got to the photographer section it was dark, resulting in some shadowing in the background. As the crowds swell, I realize I am not going to get the shot I want. I have to practically followed Halle onto the red carpet so I can attempt to get the FASHION SHOT as my friend Carmen says. Halle's bodyguard is shooting me a really dirty look as I am standing in the street between her and her SUV.

OK and here is what happened as the frenzy action went on, the PR people did not control the fans, and the freelancing photogs like myself are shut out from the front of the press line because ordinary people, you know like me last year before I started doing these gigs for pay, ordinary people broke the press line and wouldn't get out of the way for the working press. If I were in NYC, this is when I would be grateful as Luisa or Carmen would be yelling for the "Fans and Autograzzi's" to get out of the Press Pit. I now must suffer with hats and throwaway cameras in my frameA shot to show you the coat, not my best, but one I really like. Hopefully next week you will see one of my shots in People Magazine as my NYC agency will be pushing it nationally.An interesting thing to note, most of the photographers are salaried, they don't really have to be creative to get shots, they just have to get a shot, so as this chaos is happening, they are still in the same spot where I left them when I shot Halle exiting her SUV. After Halle went in, I noticed her car went around to the back. I thought she would be inside for at least 30 minutes, but I was wrong and she popped out after only 10 minutes and I totally missed her because I was standing around sharing gripes with the other photographers about the set up. It was very aggravating and I won't make that mistake again. **** The only decent shot I got of Giovanni Ribisi. I was caught up in the Halle effect.One of my favorite Halle shots! My other favorite shot - reminds me of the little bears Nutri-System gives you everytime you lose ten pounds, of course thats a different blog which I haven't updated in a month - Yikes

How they met stories

I finally did another post. These blogs can be hard work. I have no idea when I will be writing about my delicious Nutri System Diet, but here's another Love Story.

http://howwemetstories.blogspot.com/

Do you Watch Medium, my family was witness to an amazing gift of love or as I like to say "Kevin where's Pop-pop?!"

(Written March 23, 2005) Last Thursday, on St. Patrick's Day, we celebrated my father's life by spreading his ashes about 2 miles off the Florida Keys (he had died unexpectedly the year before in an accident at this house). It was a beautiful ceremony. We had a St. Patrick's Day memorial party in the afternoon at the house as dad had requested. Spreading yellow roses In the evening (about 9PM) the family (including the under 15 set who were not at the house during the day) gathered on the patio to enjoy mom's key lime pie and other desserts by CANDLELIGHT. My nephew Kevin was the only youngin' to join us on the patio as the other kids ate inside watching TV. Kevin is a little over 2 years old (he had only met my dad about a handful of times as his family lived in another state) He doesn't really talk yet, as they say he is a slow learner and at the time we thought he was autistic, but he can usually put a word or two together once in a blue moon, and knows sign language for the important words like Eat, Food and Drink. Otherwise he talks gibberish as his speech teacher has told my sister. (Kelsey, Dillon & Kevin Dec 2004)He's never been to my parents house in Florida, and he was never in the backyard before this night (we all rented houses on a different parts of the island and had dinner at one another's house the previous nights, [he never saw my dad on a boat, we only have one photo of Kevin and my dad together, he was 1.5 years when my father died and he had only met him a handful of times as my sister lived out of state.] As we sat around the table on the patio, and after about 20 minutes of eating and chatting KEVIN stands up and points into the darkness towards the water where my dad's boat use to be docked (as it was sold after dad died) and states "POP-POP, boat." He says this a few times. He goes on to say Pop-pop, minnow. "Pop-pop, home" "Pop-pop hello." "No bait to fish" A very emotional Mom then asked me to go get a photo of dad and give it to Kevin's dad. His dad, Frank says to Kevin, "Who is this? Kevin said Pop-pop." Kevin where is pop-pop? And then Kevin pointed towards where the stern (back) of the boat would be, and where my dad spent many hours tinkering (the boat was 26 feet long and has a definite stern, middle and bow section). (house and boat that I took on the day dad died when I flew to the Keys to see dad in the hospital before he passed. We were all sitting to the left, at the far right in the darkened part of the patio is a hammock that dad spent lots of hours on reading and snoozing)As time went on, things got quiet and Kevin went back to gibberish, my sister Tracy said to me that it was like the movie the Sixth-Sense, I leaned over to her and said "Can Kevin see dead people?". (I don't think Kevin heard me, but his mother came over and tapped me on the head) About 5-10 minutes later, and just as some of us were getting ready to go home for the night, Kevin stands up and happily states, as he was raising his arms in the air like he was going to do a cheer, "NO ONE is DEAD," "NO ONE is DEAD," "Don't Be Sad, No one is Dead," Don't be scared, No one is dead." After about a minute or two he stopped and began playing patty cake with Pop-pop?. Then he played hide and go seek, even stating BOO a few times. Then he walked to the far (and less lit) side of the patio, about 25 feet from where we were all sitting, to where the empty hammock was. He then started pushing the hammock with TWO HANDS gleefully squealing "WHEEEEEE WHEEEEE ISNT THIS FUN...." Finally running back to where we were sitting stunned, Kevin stated one last time "NO ONE IS DEAD, DON'T BE SAD" "Pop-pop HOME" At this point Kevin went on to play a game of stepping on someone's toes, and then someone trying to step on his toes. This was a sight to see as he was clearly communicating and playing with someone (Pop-Pop?) as he was squealling in laughter and looking up. After a bit, as we were all sniffling and in a bit of shock, Kevin's frazzled dad Frank said it was late, and time to go, at that point the usually mild manner boy just burst out crying and actually threw himself on the ground backwards (not violently though). As his dad picked him up, Kevin turned 180 degrees towards the water, where the stern of the boat would have been, where my dad spent so many hours, and said bye pop-pop, bye as he blew Pop-pop a kiss good-bye We all know how blessed we are to have had this amazing experience. And for months following this incident, Kevin would occassionally see Pop-pop and announce it to his mom and once had his mom call Nana to tell her, but sightings haven't occurred in about 2 years, and once in awhile when I see Kevin I ask him if he has seen Pop-pop, nowadays he has no idea what I am talking about, and that is just fine with his mother, as she doesn't want Kevin remembering seeing Pop-pop after he had died, so please don't tell him!

The Phila Film Festival Cocktail party for Press and Sponsers

As I start out on my serious journey of learning to be a paparazzi in Philly I have learned a lot of secrets about the business. 1) This one is universal, if you know the right people, the right doors open for you 2) PR people run the world (of course I told you about them last year) 3) the competition (other photographers) are friendly and have been generous in showing me the ropes in Philly. (not that some of my Paps in NYC weren't friendly too, but it took them months and months to warm up to me) 4) Sometimes reporters think they are better than the photographers who capture the images for their stories. (more on this later) Last night the Philadelphia Film Festival held a cocktail party for the press and the sponsors of the PFF taking place April 5 - 18 (who knew the press got wined and dined, nice!!) http://www.phillyfests.com/templates/home.cfm

The event was hosted by the very congenial and charismatic executive director Thom Cardwell of the Film Society, picture here with sponsors Liz Martin and Helen of Caviar Assouline (which I LOVE as they have delicious tea sandwiches)Did you know if you looked up my yahoo profile you would see that one of my hero's is Sharon Pinkenson, Director of Philly's Film Office (I wrote that in 1998 but it wasn't until just tonight that I had the courage to even speak to her, sure my friend Greta over the years, and more recently, Phylis wanted to introduce me, but I have such an admiration for her that I could never speak to her without getting nervous and tongue tied, sorta like my Madonna complex, in the 17 months I was in NYC, I could never bring myself to seek out Madge and shoot her as I feared I would have some sorta breakdown. It's the Bette Davis/Joan Crawford/Rosalind Russell/Cher simplex, strong women who broke the mold and blazed the trail for others. OK that's enough about what's going on in my head! Here's Sharon and the director of the Philadelphia Film Festival (which I will be shooting for in the upcoming weeks), my other hero, RAY MURRAY who is also the owner of TLA Films and TLA Video Store. http://www.pvla.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=33&Itemid=46The crew from the Philadelphia Tribune and the Philadelphia Sun. Bobbi Booker Tribune Staff Writer is on the left. These guys were a hoot to hang out with, and helpful with my journey. When I lived in NYC, some of you know my favorite celebrities were the gossip columnists like Liz, Roger Friedman and Cindy Adams, well the same goes for Philly, except I only got candids for some of these people. 2nd to the left is Mary Frangipanni Patel of the City Paper's fun and informative Political Notebook, Chad Jenkins Photographer for the City Paper, and one of my favorite columnists Michael Klein INQlings at the Phila Inquirer.I couldn't figure out who these two were, I googled their name tags nothing of note came up, but love his flickr page http://www.flickr.com/photos/josephagervasi/406399545/in/set-72157594517112817/This piece could appear in the Phillygossip.com Overheard column... AT A PARTY: Reporter: "Who do you work for?" Photographer (me): I am shooting the event photos for the Festival; Reporter: "Oh you are the hired help, not part of the press corp, I see" PGN and their friends

Who knew City Council at Large Andrew Toy was on the Board at PFF. Andrew Toy, formerly Program Officer at Philadelphia LISC is running for an At-Large seat on City Council. I've met him and spoken to him extensively, I think he would be a great Councilman: http://actionphiladelphia.wordpress.com/2007/01/18/andy-toy-a-new-face/ Not Pictured: a lot of shots that I will be submitted to the Philadelphia Metro newspaper that I love as its lite, informative to the point and entertaining http://www.metropoint.com/cgi-bin/WebObjects/Metro.woa. *****Finally, for the most part, I met a lot of nice people last night, hopefully some of them will pan out for gigs in the future as I continue my journey towards paparazzi and event photography paradise.

Neve and Christian Campbell

I fell in love with them in the 90's... and fell out of love in the '00s - Pictured here at Sundance 2007

Damn what happened?

Sarcasm on - It's nice when they find God and want to change the world

THIS could be the death of Death Row Records, which launched the West Coast hip-hop sound of Tupac Shakur, Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre. In an exclusive interview, Marion "Suge" Knight, 42, told Page Six he's ready to pull the plug on the label he founded in 1991. His change of direction occurred after he made two visits to the City of Refuge Church, near his hometown of Compton, near L.A., where preachers Noel Jones and T.D. Jakes eerily gave him the same message. "You've got to be able to let the past go, and move forward to the future," he quoted Jones as saying. Two weeks later, Knight heard Jakes, who was visiting from Texas, say, "You can't keep living in the past. God gives you a chance to move on." Knight says, "They talked about the same thing, and it felt like they were talking straight to me. I don't want to be tied up with this for years. I want to move on with my life in a more positive direction." (***I hope this is true, even though the damage of his message is already done) "My approach to music now is different. I'm not Delores Tucker, but you do have to be careful what you say," observed Knight, who no longer uses the N-word. "We shouldn't be constantly feeding negative energy to these kids," he said. "You can get rich with the devil's money, but you can only be happy with God's money." (***I think the real reason for this change of heart seems to be avoiding a lawsuit that is currently going on) Knight, a 6-foot-4 behemoth who played football for University of Nevada, Las Vegas, has been battling in bankruptcy court since Lydia Harris won a $106 million judgment against Death Row by claiming that her crack-dealing husband, Michael, now doing 28 years in prison, co-founded the label and was entitled to a 50 percent stake in it. Knight - who did prison time himself, for attempted murder - gave Harris a check for $1 million several years ago, "but once the money ran out, she sued again," he said. The bankruptcy court wants Knight to keep operating Death Row under Chapter 11 reorganization, but he now wants to liquidate his publishing rights, pay off the creditors, and end his Death Row misery. So will Snoop be singing about the Lord or will he be forced to go to another label?

Boathouse Row at Dusk

Now that I have recovered from my minor frostbite, after spending a couple hours in the cold capturing these shots the other evening, I can post them. This is Boathouse Row where the colleges keep their scull boats for the races. I'm lucky as its right across the street from where I live, so these house will become my new obsession now that I have given up the Empire State Building for now. In the evening the Boathouses are illuminated. They lit them in 1976 for the Bicentenial Celebration of our Country. Last year they changed the light bulbs to LED bulbs and now the lights change colors according to the season (a rip off of the ESB) Opposite of Boathouse Row is the Waterworks and the Philadelphia Art Museum. In the 1800's the Waterworks pumped water from the river to the City of Phila. Now its a tourist attraction and restuarant.

The 2007 Philadelphia Flower Show - “Legends of Ireland ”

The Legends of Ireland has unfolded at the Pennsylvania Convention Center, March 4 – 11 as the Flower Show kicks off the season with more than 10 acres of gardens, flowers and entertainment celebrating the emerald isle. There were several homes on display with colorful yards filled with fairiersand Irish folkand some kind of legend, is this Pan?and dinosauers, com'on was Dino in Ireland?ideas for city living terraces...there were flower arrangements, like this one, which is my favorite of the nightthere were rosesMorning Glories opened in the evening.......flowers on the vinePeople with camera's and cell phones photographing flowers (this women is being held from falling into the display, which I thought was funny) table settingsthere were competitive table displays and people carrying bundles of sticks to display somewhere in their homes (on left, really in Center City when you see people carrying these sticks you know the flower show is in town, its the only time of year you see these sticks in the tri-state area) there were contests...this harps string was a blade of grass and won First Prize among high school kids this hanging chime won First Place this hat hung by a strand of wheat, came in 2nd Necklaces made of leaves and parts of plants. Starting closest to us, Honorable Mention, 3rd Place, 2nd Place and barely able to see First Placea 150 years old bonsai

Then there was the 6 rows of vendors selling the most interesting products like: This contraption that is the perfect flower arranger, much better that the thing with nails where you have to stab the little stems, instead the stems are arranged within a spring like contraptions which you can see up close here: http://www.cottagegoods.com/ This Floral Preserve liquid. It was only $40 and you could save up to 200 flowers for life. http://www.floralpreservekit.com/Mr. Trump I know why there was a million dollar profit loss at the your casino today, some of the patrons were spending the day at the flower show.

The following shots were taken by my friend Lee Ann who was nice enough to accompany me to the show. I leant her one of my cameras and I have to say she did a darn good job. Today's her birthday, Happy Birthday Lee Ann:)

until next year....

A Slice Of Life In NYC

One day I was rushing down 6th ave at lunchtime and came across these two characters at Pronto Pizza. I stopped and shot a few rounds and like the result, capturing "A Slice Of Life" from all walks of life, in NYC. Of course I am irritated I cut that guys feet off in the foreground. Now that Awards Season is over, celebrities will be returning to NYC and the weather hopefully will get warmer, I will be making plans to return to the Big Apple for a few paparazzi outings.

Did you know I never saw an entire Friends episode, but I photographed their Apt bldg.

Friends is an American sitcom about a group of six friends living in the Manhattan borough of New York City. It was created by David Crane and Marta Kauffman and was originally broadcast from 1994 to 2004. The series focuses on the lives of a group of six twenty-somethings (eventually thirty-somethings), consisting of three men and three women residing in Greenwich Village. Friends was one of the most popular and longest-running sitcoms in television history, gaining tens of millions of fans all over the globe. The show won many awards during its run, including an Emmy Award for Outstanding Comedy Series, and six consecutive People's Choice Awards for Favorite Television Comedy Series. Although the series is set in Manhattan's Greenwich Village, it was filmed in California. The exterior shot of the Friends apartment building is located at Grove and Bedford streets in the Village. (The building, located at 90 Bedford Street, has become a popular tourist attraction and residence.)[11]

Another Nut, Ann Coulter calls John Edwards

The Nut and his Brother

Mayor Street Milton Street who wants to be mayor, but is likely going to jail with the rests of the Mayor's cronies. This is hysterical. Milton had a political rally today, and said that if 5,000 people didn't show up he wouldn't run for political office. Not only did 5,000 people not show up, but after he broke into song, the 50 people who did show up began to leave.