bollywood cowboy

Just returned from 8 mind numbingly tedious hours, helping set up the dining room for this year's Fashion Cares. 160 tables, 2600 place settings....14 of us schlepping away our saturday stuffing napkins into the pockets on cute jean placemats, putting mini cowboy hats on cacti and watching the screamingly gay volunteers salivate over the gazillion scantily clad models and dancers milling about.

loved every minute of it.

The sheer magnitude of the event is incredible and what is more incredible is how seamlessly it seemed to come together today,...so many simultaneous pockets of activity, so many strangers working side my side. I'm missing the actual event tonight which is a shame - my favourite part of working on any event is watching it play out...very few get to experience an event from its conception to its completion, to have intimate knowledge of all the minute details that go into its execution and because of this fact, I think I will always prefer to work or run an event then merely be a participant or guest. I may miss out on the fancy meals, the flowing booze and the indulgent opportunity to glam it up, but my satisfaction and feeling of being a part of something beats the goody bag and hangover the guests end up with anyday.