Adventures in the World of Mobile Knowledge Workers

LA and Chicago: An Essential Difference, Part 4

You know that I'm new to the photo game. I've never had to prepare for a photo shoot, especially not one that included changes of clothes. Until now.

The morning of the shoot, tensions were running high in our household. Terse remarks were the order of the day. As my fiance and I were both trying to figure out what we were going to wear, I asked, "How does this look?" indicating a dress and patterned stockings combination.

"I can't believe you're asking me for fashion advice. Call Jessica [you remember the Fabulous Jessica, my hairstylist who is an expert on everything]. Jesus!" he said.

"Leave Him out of this." I snapped.

Since this is a verite blog, I should mention that I invoked the name of God, myself, at many moments during the prep. For example, I moaned "Oh my God" when I put on my dress. Thanks to a solid month of holiday cheer and getting ready for the new decade, the dress was a little more snug than was ideal. I had suspected that everything was going to be a little tight, so my strategy was to put off the inevitable until the morning of the shoot.

The downside of this strategy was that I did have a mini- "What am I going to wear?" meltdown.

LA and Chicago: An Essential Difference, Part 3

At the cliffhanger ending of my last post on this topic, I was working with my Photo Guru who was teaching me the ways of picture-taking (that is, looking good in any picture that's taken of you).

I think I may have finally arrived in the world of Angelenos. But don't worry, I won't forget my Midwestern roots and will remain as charmingly down-to-earth as always.

What's the excitement? My fiance and I need photos so I called Photo Guru. She is going to make a photo shoot for us, because she's also a wonderful photographer. Yes, it's very thrilling.

Our phone conversation to set up the shoot was hilarious.