Out with Landscape, in with Fashion Designer

Puma put my design, selected by them and the Maasai Wilderness Conservation Trust, on a teeshirt. It's for sale at Puma stores and online, right now (half the proceeds go to the Trust):


If you know me, you might accurately guess that I don't love the colors they selected. But still, it's an honor. I get some free gear out of the deal, too. Below is my design- I'd envisioned orange on a red-orange shirt, but you can't have everything.



The marathon's on November 1st. If you have a TV, you may have seen Edward Norton plugging the cause on any number of shows. For more about the Marathon effort, go here. For more about our team, the Thousandmilers, go here. We're having a fundraiser benefit on Tuesday (with "special guests!")

Run, Brian, run! (also Maasai warriors, Edward, David Blaine, and Alanis Morisette! And people from AECOM Corporate Communications, and NYC hedge fund tycoons! YESSSS!!!)

thinking of you this fall

engross yourself in the spirit of autumn!

love, ERiKA

observation

I have all sorts of theories about New York (surprised?).

It is often noted that there is a large quotient of attractive people in NYC. This may be due to many factors but I used to wonder if more-attractive people were more likely to be well-received in life and be given more opportunities, and thus be successful and perhaps drawn to A-type New York. This could be. It could also have to do with the distribution of types of industries here- the high presence of theater, arts, fashion, in combination with money-making industries.

Though more at play is probably less the capital costs, and more the operations and maintenance, in construction terminology. The old saying about how it's about what you make of what you've been given. There is a lot of maintenance occurring here, it seems, by the amount of teeth-whitening, wrinkle-reducing, weight-losing ads I see above people's heads in the subway, and Bloomingdale's bags I see at people's feet.

Viva the American Dream.