Calzone
Gear Whore #1
Saturday was an interesting day. First went to visit a new boutique set up by a friend who has returned from California who is back in NYC. The shop is on Sullivan Street below Houston.
A comment was repeated which I have heard before, that "Maggie" and I should promote ourselves as a couple to get gigs. These are young people saying this.
Later we had a late lunch with Maggie's first agent who got squeezed out from "Elite" in London. She also said we should promote ourselves as a couple for gigs. I was asked if I would want to walk the runway for a particular brand. Let's see if anything happens...
So we talked for several hours and I learned lots of insider smut. Seems like Maggie's Literary Agent is like a machine they process you into. Not the best for your career necessarily. Understand that Maggie has an agent (talent) and the literary agent is separate.
So it is possible I could get boot strapped by getting an agent. Vanessa will be back in NYC in 2-3 weeks. After leaving "Elite" London she has been filling out her stable of artists. Vanessa attended a celeb wedding. Guests could not photograph because Vogue has an exclusive that will be published this summer. Three planes were chartered for the guests to fly to Mer-ICK-Kess. BTW I'm a fan of this man.
The Wall Street Journal had an excellent article on "Late Bloomers" in the Weekend Edition that explained a lot as far as brain development, mental capacity and skill development that broke down the notion of the young success stories being the exception and not the norm; it stripped away the myth of age-ism and reframed this rebirth I'm undertaking.
Then Friday I saw a place in Beacon (lower Hudson Valley about 1 1/2 hours north of NYC) that I would want to buy. Pretty much is a condo that formally was a school that has 30 foot ceilings, one bedroom, two bath with Hudson River views, and exposed timber frame beams. 2018 Taxes were only about $5.5K and it is 1100 square feet. No garage, but I would get two parking spaces. Unlike a house I'll have a sewer connection, so that promotes a darkroom.
Was a relief that I could afford a dream home. Only thing I need to know is the maintenance costs.
Now that Maggie is retiring, I don't want to waste the next 4 years working a day-job anymore. I figure I only have about a year and a half to two years more to give. That means sometime when I'm 63 no day-job, so I better have some other gig happening. I don't think it will take 5 years like Maggie, because we already are insiders.
Cal
A comment was repeated which I have heard before, that "Maggie" and I should promote ourselves as a couple to get gigs. These are young people saying this.
Later we had a late lunch with Maggie's first agent who got squeezed out from "Elite" in London. She also said we should promote ourselves as a couple for gigs. I was asked if I would want to walk the runway for a particular brand. Let's see if anything happens...
So we talked for several hours and I learned lots of insider smut. Seems like Maggie's Literary Agent is like a machine they process you into. Not the best for your career necessarily. Understand that Maggie has an agent (talent) and the literary agent is separate.
So it is possible I could get boot strapped by getting an agent. Vanessa will be back in NYC in 2-3 weeks. After leaving "Elite" London she has been filling out her stable of artists. Vanessa attended a celeb wedding. Guests could not photograph because Vogue has an exclusive that will be published this summer. Three planes were chartered for the guests to fly to Mer-ICK-Kess. BTW I'm a fan of this man.
The Wall Street Journal had an excellent article on "Late Bloomers" in the Weekend Edition that explained a lot as far as brain development, mental capacity and skill development that broke down the notion of the young success stories being the exception and not the norm; it stripped away the myth of age-ism and reframed this rebirth I'm undertaking.
Then Friday I saw a place in Beacon (lower Hudson Valley about 1 1/2 hours north of NYC) that I would want to buy. Pretty much is a condo that formally was a school that has 30 foot ceilings, one bedroom, two bath with Hudson River views, and exposed timber frame beams. 2018 Taxes were only about $5.5K and it is 1100 square feet. No garage, but I would get two parking spaces. Unlike a house I'll have a sewer connection, so that promotes a darkroom.
Was a relief that I could afford a dream home. Only thing I need to know is the maintenance costs.
Now that Maggie is retiring, I don't want to waste the next 4 years working a day-job anymore. I figure I only have about a year and a half to two years more to give. That means sometime when I'm 63 no day-job, so I better have some other gig happening. I don't think it will take 5 years like Maggie, because we already are insiders.
Cal
