Sep 4th-Sep 9th - Interview With Abrams Artists Agency, Fashion's Night Out and Susan G. Komen Race!

Tuesday was my cousin Amanda's first day at St. John Fisher College as well as my best friend Liz's first day starting graduate school there! I am proud of them and I hope they enjoy it!

My interview with Abrams Artists Agency was the next day so I did my hair and got my portfolio and everything ready! Wednesday morning I woke up and was very excited to finally have the opportunity to interview with Abrams! I finished straightening my hair, put on the cute outfit I put together and hopped in a cab.

Anxiously I waited in the lobby and then was shown into Joe Thompson's office who is in charge of on-camera beauty and commercial print. I gave him my resume and told him a little bit about my background and what experience I have. He was nice and said that he recommends that I take a commercial acting class just to get a feel of what auditions would be like as well as to be able to meet people in the industry.

I was not sure if he was going to tell me to take a class and come back and they would consider representing me then so I was feeling a little nervous, but I was still hopeful because I knew that Abrams and I would be a good fit for each other. He looked through my portfolio and said they would tell me specific classes they suggest and that they would start letting me know when castings come up!

*So Thankful*

As soon as I left I called my loved ones and we were all so happy that I was going to be represented by such a great agency! It is truly a great feeling to be given a chance and get a step closer to doing what you love. Thank you to everyone who I have worked with in the past who helped me and my portfolio grow and to my family and friends for supporting me on this journey!

That night I worked a buyout at Maialino where a company paid to have the restaurant to themselves. The people were really nice and my job was just to greet everyone and inform anyone who came in that we were not open for the evening. It was fun and I am glad I had the opportunity to work that event! When I got home there was a card that said congrats and a huge chocolate peanut butter cupcake from Dennise which was so sweet!

Thursday morning Sarah and I went for a run together along the East River. It was a fun but challenging workout and it was good training for the Susan G. Komen 5K Race for the Cure on Sunday. That was the first day of Fashion Week and so the city was having the Fashion's Night Out event where stores were having parties and celebrities were making appearances.

Sarah heard that Alessandra Ambrosio would be at Victoria's Secret in Soho so we headed there first. We got there early and after walking around for a little while we thought it was strange that there were not that many people there. It turned out that we were at the wrong Victoria's Secret as there was another one a street away! We went outside and there was line down the road waiting to get in. I asked a security guard if we were in the right line and they said that if you bought $65 worth of merchandise then you get to go into a shorter line and would be guaranteed to meet her... so I did and they also gave me a free shirt with my purchase.

We still had to wait in line but while we were outside Whitney Port and Kelly Cutrone from The City and Rob Evans the model and and America's Next Top Model judge walked by us to go into another store. Finally we met Alessandra and she looked beautiful in a pink dress and cute silver shoes, obviously she was gorgeous!

Afterwards we headed to the meat packing district to go to the new Alice & Olivia store where we heard that there was a bracelet making station and a movie playing but when we got there it was not open. My friend Ritz was down the street so we met up for a minute and I got to meet her son and daughters which was nice! Then Sarah and I were so tired we decided to head back to the apartment. We had an interesting but fun first time experiencing Fashion's Night Out!

The next morning I volunteered to help with registration for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure that was coming up that weekend. Me and another woman shared a station where we worked together to check people's registration, give them their bib for their race number and a ticket to pick up their t-shirt. It was fun and I am glad I was able to help out!

I worked later that night and the maitre d Roger introduced me to Tony Vavroch who works at Elite Model Management and he was very nice! The next night at work actor George Lazenby came in and I found out after that he was James Bond in 1969.

On Sunday I woke up early and headed to Central Park where there was a huge group of people in the road waiting for the Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure to start. I headed towards the front because I knew I was going to run and I wanted to run the whole way! About halfway through I was really having trouble and wanted to rest but I just slowed my speed for a minute and then pushed on. Towards the end I was getting thirsty and I saw people on the sides handing out cups so I went to take one and try to drink what I thought was water while running and ended up splashing gatorade all over me! I just laughed and kept going until I finished the race in 29 minutes!

It felt good to accomplish something that I do not normally do in order to raise money for a great cause, thank you to my parents and Aunt MaryAnn for making donations! Afterwards I listened to a group that was singing and I walked around the tents of the different sponsors where I got a Modell's Sporting Goods towel and a Ford Warriors in Pink scarf which was really nice. I also went down by the water where there was an artist feeding turtles and he gave me some food to feed them and I looked through his work and got a picture. Then I headed back to the apartment, showered and took a nice long nap!