Archive for April 2010

Last Thursday night, New Yorkers for Children celebrated their 7th annual Spring Dinner Dance and our Dutch ambassador Lonneke Engel graciously agreed to serve as a guest blogger for Modelinia. Read on for a full account of her evening, including Twitter nicknames and her bid for a gorgeous bag! Read the rest of this entry »

With photographer Steph Goralnick

"I was sitting on the Milanese Metro. My biggest worries were limited to thoughts and considerations such as ‘Can the lady next to me hear my music?’, ‘I am sweaty’, ‘Where the hell is my next casting?’ and ‘Maybe she can’t hear my music, but maybe she can smell me. That’s bad..Then, a boy walked in, without any expression on his face. Somehow, I always have difficulty estimating the age of children, but I would say this boy must have been between seven and nine. The kid turned his back towards where I was sitting, showing me the little violin case on his skinny back.." Read the rest of this entry »