Artsy Fartsy

Art Basel 2010 was a huge success. I got to enjoy (some) art, (many) parties, and even had to work in between it all. It took a good week to recover from the madness and cram for final exams, but it was worth every minute- I had a blast. Besides brunching with Russell Simmons, Serena Williams, and Kelly Rowland, walking in the biggest bash of the weekend for a YSL show by Vogue (with the aforementioned seated front row along with Gerard Butler, Emilio Estefan, Christian Louboutin, Daisy Fuentes...), I was enjoying musical performances by Metric, Mark Ronson, N.E.R.D., Twin Shadow, Rye Rye, A-Trak & Dave 1. Below are some photos from the week's events and some bizarre art I saw during Scope Art Show. My personal favorite was a pop-up Sanrio shop celebrating its 50th anniversary with a gift shop, art gallery, and tattoo parlor with free tattoos from an LA artist-- took me back to Japan and all the cuteness.

These huge pink snails were all over Miami Beach- for sale as art.

YSL & Vogue Fashion Show (photo courtesy of StyleNik)

Poolside runway (me in front)

Harajuku girls from LA

Free Sanrio tattoos!


I need to get back to Japan.

Wynwood

Pile of neon matchboxes- art?

The end of an adventure...

My apologies for the lack of entries toward the end of my trip. I was so busy running around squeezing in as much as I could of the Eastern world that I decided to wait until I got back for my final entry. My last days in Japan were wonderful and I enjoyed every minute. I'm happy with the experiences I had and that I made the most of my trip, particularly with the new great friends I made there. I'll have some pictures up in the gallery, but below are a few of the highlights. Having been back a week now, I am slowly processing and digesting it all in my attempt to readjust to life back in the states. I'm taking the next week or so as time to reflect and decide where my blog will go from here. Stay tuned and thanks for following me in my journey!

Greetings from Tokyo!

So after a long long day, or two is it? I've arrived in Tokyo safe and sound. I survived the 14 hour plane ride- which actually went by real quick to me. Many of the Japanese natives were wearing those masks over their nose/mouths when I arrived. I introduced myself to the other girl on my flight an her mom before we boarded eventhough we didn't sit together. The girl is 15 and the youngest of us. It's been a whirlwind and I can't really focus enough to write much else. I still feel like "am I really here?" but yep! I sure am. More tomorrow- I have my first casting with the girls.

Name Change?

So I have been meaning to write but it keeps getting away from me. I wish I had made more time to do so. Anyway- two weekends ago I went on a little jaunt to Long Island to see my good friend Cassie who I know from when I attended University of Miami. And lately I've been busy working this "job" as a "model" at Hollister which tires me out pretty good even though it's a pretty silly job description: saying "Hey, what's up!" to greet customers and shuffle around looking energetic and smiling while wearing the clothes for 4-5 hours straight. It's pretty funny and interesting to observe the whole store and it's marketing strategies. On another note- I think I might have to change the name of this blog since it looks like I will be traveling to Japan in a couple weeks for a few months. Eeeek! It's exciting, nerve-wracking, and still very unreal to me. I signed the contract to be placed with an agency in Tokyo today. It's starting to get more real. So I'll leave you with a link to My Gallery page where I just put up some pictures from the Long Island trip as well as many I've taken around the NY area. Enjoy!

http://gallery.me.com/che1sea