Vagina Monologues

Last Night Greg and I went to go see the play, Vagina Monologues, co-directed and acted in by a friend of ours Pia Padukone. For those of you that don't know, the play is an assortment of monologues from various women on the topic of their vagina. The play brings you on a ride of emotions from hysterical laughter to complete society disgust and sadness, back to laughter again and all the other emotions along the way! The play is a wonderful experience for both men and women! These women (Samantha Deka, Asia Drag, Ann Fisher, Suzette Freedman, Hannah Kim, Jessica Krause, Nitika Nadgar, Nina Padukone, Pia Padukone, Cathy Sun, Ilona Walldid) did an amazing job putting on the production- the house was packed! It was an incredible way to kick off Valentine's day weekend! Below are pictures of each of the women as they acted out their monologue. All proceeds from the show went to Women for Women. http://www.womenforwomen.org/





























The directors! Bravo to all!!!!!!!!!

Cousins

One house, 3 homes, 4 adorable children! The first two are siblings and twins and the second two are siblings! To each other they are cousins. Each had their own little personality that was so much fun and sometimes challenging to capture! Who is in the third home?? Grandma! Lucky kids!

A Proposal in Central Park

The plan was discussed. Maps were laid out. Times and locations exact. Gustad had thought of everything for his perfect proposal to Tanaz on Bow Bridge in Central Park. The proposal was so beautiful, I will let the emotions of these two speak for themselves.

















After some time Gustad pointed Greg and I out to Tanaz, surprise!! After congratulations were given we went into a full on engagement shoot! It was great to play around in the park and take pictures of these two as they were flying so high with so much happiness and love for each other!













Tanaz and Gustad, we are so honored that we were the ones given the great privilege to document this special moment in your lives. We wish you a lifetime filled with the love and happiness that we saw on this day. THANK YOU!!!

"One Nation Under a Groove"

Those were some of the chants we heard today as we watched Mr. Obama be sworn in as the president on 125th Street in the heart of Harlem USA! It was a warm day in Harlem even though the mercury only rose to be in the 20's. The human spirit that showed up to witness this historical event was represented by all the colors our flesh tones are able to create! Together we cheered and cried and celebrated a new way of thinking.



(The statue in this picture is Adam Clayton Powell, the first African American elected to Congress from New York.)































I love days like this in New York City. Days when we forget about ourselves and join together for a greater purpose. I have witnessed days like this in the city only a handful of times, they are rare and so incredibly precious.

As an educator I am so thrilled to imagine the minds of young Americans and how they will NOW truly be able to dream and imagine themselves growing up to be ANYTHING- even the president of the United States of America!

"O-BA-MA!!! O-BA-MA!!! O-BA-MA!!! One Nation Under a Groove!!"