Boxes

By: Gabriela Yareliz I have had this on my mind, lately; this idea of boxes. No, before you ask, I am not moving. The truth is, there is always a box in every career that you are expected to fit into. There is a set rubric and technique that you need to comply with, toContinue reading “Boxes”

Wednesday Badinage: June 28, 2017

“Some periods of our growth are so confusing that we don’t even recognize that growth is happening. We may feel hostile or angry or weepy and hysterical, or we may feel depressed. It would never occur to us, unless we stumbled on a book or a person who explained to us, that we were inContinue reading “Wednesday Badinage: June 28, 2017”

Strike a Pose

Don’t worry– these are not the shots. In this post are some shameless selfies of my hair and makeup before the photo session. I have been blessed enough to have one of my personal essays selected for publication in September in a magazine I grew up reading. Naturally, they needed a photo to accompany theContinue reading “Strike a Pose”

La Seduction

By: Gabriela Yareliz This week, I bought a fabulous little book called La Seduction by Elaine Sciolino, a Paris-based journalist. The book is about French politics and the art of seduction (no, not the sexual kind, per se)… This is an art I need to solidly learn. I mean, when I took the book toContinue reading “La Seduction”

Love’s Telepathy, Thrice

By: Gabriela Yareliz Love is a lot of things. We can go down a list that resembles 1 Corinthians 13 or a wedding vow. Love is powerful, sacrificial and one of the greatest, if not the greatest, force in the world. And while it’s all those things and more, it’s interesting to think of howContinue reading “Love’s Telepathy, Thrice”

The Power of the Pen

By: Gabriela Yareliz I absolutely loved Calligrapher Nicolas Ouchenir’s interview with Garance Dore. My favorite part of the interview was when Ouchenir said: “We can’t do without the world of pens because writing things by hand brings out our imperfections. If you grow up without seeing your mistakes, you won’t know how to handle failure.Continue reading “The Power of the Pen”

New York City: Vintage French Carnival, ‘Fête Paradiso’

By: Gabriela Yareliz I was so blessed to be able to pay a visit to Governors Island. Fête Paradiso, a vintage French carnival, has been running on the island since the end of July, and it will go until the last weekend of September. We had a nice time. The island is stunningly quiet comparedContinue reading “New York City: Vintage French Carnival, ‘Fête Paradiso’”

Top Makeup Artists

By: Gabriela Yareliz Namrata Soni: My favorite makeup artist. Pure genius; pure drama; pure fearlessness. Straight from Mumbai to the rest of the world. She was at the Cannes festival this year, making Sonam Kapoor and other L’Oreal ambassadors look gorgeous. Her hair and makeup creations are always perfection. Some of her looks: Winner ofContinue reading “Top Makeup Artists”

Modigliani

Script: Made of Honor Tom: Modigliani. Your first summer in New York City, you were dating a guy who worked on Wall Street and he asked you to move in with him. And you weren’t quite sure. Anyway, that was around the time you discovered Modigliani and became obsessed with his painting of this womanContinue reading “Modigliani”