Neither Hair Nor There

For any regular readers, I may have forgotten to add in one key detail - I cut off all my hair and nixed the blonde. I'm not sure what exactly sure what inspired me to do this, but hey you only live once right?

Before:

After:

The good news is that I don't regret the choice. We'll see how long I stick with it now that I'm trying new stuff.

More to come,
Nicole

Welcome to Miami

Shortly after coming back from New York, our client let us know that we were on board for Miami Fashion Week in October. Not unlike New York, it was a bit of a whirlwind. But at least this time I didn't break my toe...or rather someone didn't break it for me with their shoes.

The weather was beautiful, the people were odd but the media was bountiful and that's all a gal like me needs.

Here are some of my favorite photos from the week:

The group I worked with for the week, our models on the outside and clients (or, as we were calling each other by the end of the last trip: fashion week family) before it all kicks off:

The Bejeweled swimsuit show at the Setai Hotel

The girls celebrating the close of the week at the Russell Simmons show afterparty.

While a little crazy, this week was another successful venture and a nice burst of warm weather in October!

More to come,
Nicole

Start Spreadin' The News

I realize my blog is obscenely behind and neglected as of lately. Surprisingly enough my life has become increasingly busier with the wedding behind me (as you're about to read). These past few months have been filled with craziness, laughs and lots of hard work.

Back in September, one of my clients was able to secure a space at New York Fashion Week and after some vigerious follow up, or as most might see it, moderate stalking (and I mean borderline restraining order stalking here) of the New York national media our client determined that they needed a hand. Additionally, my company decided it would be wise to have a presence at an event of this magnitude.

The week was nothing less than a marathon for all participants - from 7 a.m. until 1 a.m. every day for four days my colleagues and I worked the runways. We had incredible success and face time with national media outlets and some really great celebrity sightings (and who doesn't love those?). The cherry on top was staying with the Mizzi family, Margaret and Chris - who were just married in June. These two are some of my favorite people and getting to spend a week with them made it just that much better.

While photos can never truely nor accurately describe the hilarity and awesomeness of the trip I've posed a few below. Hey, what would an NW-Life post be without photos?

My coworker Elin and client, Amanda smile big before the event kicks off in front of the sponsor board

Models on the runway doing a practice run of the show. I always liked these best as they were half ready and had their hair in curlers, some had shoes some didn't. It was just funny to me.

Clients and I share a celeb sighting and photo with Danielle from America's Next Top Model

I was lucky to end the week by having a girl's night with Margaret and the client. Margaret's husband later joined us, because everybody loves chris:)

New York was definately a whirlwind, but it felt great to be in good company and think on my feet for a while too.

More to come,

Nicole

U is for Urbanik, That's Good Enough for Me!

Shortly After Greg and I came home from our honeymoon, we had more weddings to see! Our friends Nikki and Phil decided to celebrate their bachelorette/bachelor parties and wedding in the same weekend and what a time it was!

Before I bother to describe what a fun time Nikki's bachelorette party was, I must first say that her friends who also attended the celebration had a lot to do with it. What a fun and nice group of people to spend the weekend with. Plus, it was fun to adventure with not one, not two but THREE Nicole's.

The photos below chronicle the fun parts of the night I was able to capture before my camera sadly died (RIP camera of fun...)

The bachelorette, Nikki rocked Elton John glasses along with whatever else we could fit on her dress to appropriately embarass her

All the girls excitedly pose in front of the limo before heading out for a night on the town!

Smiling with Nikki before ending our night on the town in Royal Oak and heading home.

Overall, it was a really great night and as usual, the best part about bachelorette parties is making friends with new people who are already simliar to the bride you love.

Now comes the fun part - the wedding day! The night before, my husband and I went our seporate ways to stay with the betrothen two before their big day. Nikki was such a breezy bride the day of her wedding and they had beautiful weather all day long.

The two were married at Holy Family Church in Grand Blanc and celebrated their reception at the Flint Institute of Music. The reception hall was a really unique choice and offered the couple and guests something different to celebrate the day with. The photos from the day were stolen from my husbands camera (since the recent passing of my own, i still think of it daily) and may not do the beautiful couple and day justice, but here's a taste:

Meet the Urbaniks! Phil and Nikki breathe a sigh of relief once they're really married, the ceremony is complete and they are officially on the party bus

A little background: Nikki's dad is the anchor for ABC12 in Flint and her brother is one of the camera men for the station and Nikki is a sports fanatic. For the grand entrance, her family made a SportsCenter-themed broadcast for the entrance. To make the most of it, the whole bridal party donned eyeblack and Big League Chew, here are some of the bridesmaides having a good laugh

Towards the end of the night, I even stole a photo with one of the groomsmen (okay and he's my husband too)

This was a great weekend and time well spent celebrating with good friends.

More to come,

Nicole