Yearly Archives: 2023

…………………..If you have ever been to Maui, Hawaii one of the suggested excursions is taking a car ride to the town of “Hana”. The actual highway is approx. 64.4 miles long of winding roads….mostly at the cliffs edge. For drivers who attempt this trip there are places to stop a long the way to see the tropical rainforest and waterfalls…..On one of our days off during our stay on Maui, we, Jac, Joe, Connie and myself decided to take this drive…..not really knowing what we were in for. We should have realized the tee shirts that were being sold that said “I made the trip to Hana” was a warning! So we rented a car and on our merry way we went. I was the driver. The photo is of Jac at one of our road stops where there was a lovely waterfall. Out of the car we got…took our pictures, and back in the car continuing our trip. We finally made it to Hana, had lunch, looked at some shops and started back…I can tell you for the driver this is not a fun trip. You really had to keep your wits about you on this windy road……When we got back to the hotel I had a huge headache, but everyone loved the trip and the beautiful views of Maui. I got a great picture of Jac….which unfortunately is fading with age.

……………….Jac and took this trip to Hawaii for business and pleasure! I was doing a trunk show for “Liberty House” which was the major store on the Island of Oahu…….We went with Joe Stafiniak, my sales manager at Anne Klein, and Connie Francis who was my publicist and basically my Girl Friday. We flew to LA and then connected to the flight to Oahu…..When we landed everyone’s luggage arrived…..except mine!!!!! At the time I had luggage from a NY store called “Hunting World”. It was beautiful, and very expensive!!!! We notified the airline that my luggage was missing and they said they would locate it and send it on to the hotel. I only had the clothes I was wearing! When we got to the hotel Joe called our buyer at Liberty house and told her what happened. She said not to worry there must have been a mix up in the connection….DUH! In the mean time I had to go shopping for essentials until my luggage arrived. I was happy it was my luggage that was missing and not Jac’s!!!! Well no luggage showed up the next day! The buyer picked me up and I went to Liberty House to get a new wardrobe for the trip. The photo is of me in my new clothes. It was a good thing at the time I could fit in off the rack clothes! I had to get two suits, shirts, ties, tees, shorts, underwear, two bathing suit, shoes and sneakers and flip flops….ABSOLUTELY EVERYTHING!……My beautiful luggage never came, nor did my Armani suits and everything else I took with me…..What can you do?! I hoped that when I got home it would show up behind my door, but it never did. I never replaced the luggage, because to tell you the truth, as beautiful as it was…it was heavy as hell! The rest could be replaced. I wasn’t, and I’m still not a jewelry person so I was wearing my watch and ring……I got myself some great vintage Hawaiian shirts and shorts, and the four of us had a wonderful time. The show was a success….the people at Liberty House were happy, and they ended up giving me the clothes for free…..They weren’t Armani, but what the heck! On one of our days off we took the perilous drive along the winding coast to Hanna [I drove all the way], and made stops to take pictures. When we reached Hanna we ate and I drove back!…..Was it worth the trip? For me who was driving….not really, but everyone else loved the views. I had to keep my eyes on the road so we didn’t go off a cliff! I have more pictures of our trip somewhere. I’ll have to look.

………………………In the front of each new “Look Book” that AK put out….a current photo was taken of me to put in the opening pages……..We used this photo for both a Spring Look Book and press kits. I always liked this soulful picture of me. i believe the photographer was Michael Doster.

…………………..It’s almost May….do you have your perfect Spring/Summer earring? For me this is it!…… QVC is running a 5 EZ PAY promotion. Take advantage of it while it’s on!

……………………..YEP!……….that’s me….age 2I used to stand on the cement step. but was still too short to reach over the cement basin, so my Dad use to pick me up so I could press the silver or maybe 2 1/2…..We were in some park in Brooklyn…..I remember I was always fascinated by the drinking fountains like the one behind me, and the silver button you had to hold down to get that stream of water…..I would get up on the cement step, but I was still too short to reach over the  basin and press the magic button that would release the stream of water……so my Dad would pick me up so I could press the button MYSELF……The only problem was I didn’t want to stop well after I had my sip of water……………….. Funny the things you remember