Casual Mondays
It started with the pants. I’m not really an Isabel Marant kind of girl, but if I was I’d definitely dress them down, like those chic women in Paris do. A casual button down, a V-neck and a blazer. I’d… READ MORE
Beautiful Dreamer
The apartment looks vaguely familiar… I know those stairs… And I recognize that view… “I used to hang out in this building,” I think out loud. My friend Ritchie Hawtin would give massive after parties in Williamsburg. One time –… READ MORE
Or are You just Happy to see Me?
It all began when I was 29 and I was having what I call a ‘mid-life crisis’. It was quite brutal actually, with paralyzing anxiety attacks and nightmares of premature aging. I thought I was a goner. One more year… READ MORE
Flexible Feet
Every season, I (Natalie Joos, the Casting Agent) get asked about the latest trend in modeling. And every couple of years or so things effectively change. You see, fashion people get bored easily. They want to see new faces as… READ MORE
White Collar Cherry
Wearing a white collar either brings out the nun in me, or the school teacher. Luckily I am neither so any fear of chastity belts or whipping is ungrounded, or overrated for that matter. But wouldn’t it be fun to… READ MORE
Mango Joos
Paris Fashion Week was barely wrapped and I was already on a plane to Barcelona. By then my suitcase had doubled in size, my toes were crippled and the bags under my eyes darker than the bottom of your purse…. READ MORE
The Secret of Lara Gigli
The way he quietly but deliberately walks across the hard wood floor to fetch my cup of espresso, the way he smokes his cigarette, so aloof and almost as an extension of his spirited mind, the way the cuffs of… READ MORE
My Pie is Baked
It’s official. I’m a kitchen wizard. I made pumpkin pie from scratch! It was dairy-free and my Thanksgiving friends actually ate it. What more does one want from a woman? Here’s the recipe. But rather than buy the pumpkin puree… READ MORE
The Israeli Diaries
I may have gone a little overboard with the pictures here, so please, I won’t be offended if you don’t get through the entire post. I’m sure you have kids to feed and cars to wash. But if you have… READ MORE
The Chief of the Tribe
It was just when we were about to shoot her second outfit that the bomb alert went off: a loud droning siren started to wail across the city to warn the citizens of Tel Aviv to run for cover. As… READ MORE
Dead Sea, Israel
It’s hard to separate the current affairs in Israel and the Gaza strip from my tourist experiences, but maybe it’s a nice distraction to remember the moments when shit did not hit the fan yet. My friend Roza (local editor… READ MORE
Seventies Soldier
I never met Mercedes’ mom but I can just about picture what she looked like when she was young: tall and leggy in a floral, A-line mini-dress, with oversized sunglasses, honey-brushed, wispy bangs, and a warm, toothy smile. Her interior… READ MORE