New Year's Eve in Hell's Kitchen & Local Designers: Elisa Jimenez and Tania Bass
Ah, so I’m going to miss all the hooting and carrying on after the ball drops this year. I’d have missed it anyway, ‘cause I’m going to be in the East Village tonight, but I have to say, I always liked spending New Year’s Eve in the ‘hood when I could. I can’t say I understand how anyone’d want to spend all day standing around squashed like sardines in Times Square so they can be there to see that ball to drop but, hey, the aftermath is always super cheerful.
A word for a couple of Hell’s Kitcheners of note before the year ends…
For those of you who didn’t already know… Elisa Jimenez, Hell’s Kitchen fashion designer (OK, so she moved to New Mexico a few months ago, but she was one of us for a long time) has been successfully making the rounds on Project Runway this season (Bravo, Wednesdays, 10pm). Give her a big hand and watch it if you can. She’s great. And if you’d like to catch her on YouTube, her friend (Hell’s Kitchen artist), Gwyneth Leach has created a channel just for her:
http://www.youtube.com/ElisaVids
And while we’re on fashion, especially those of you who are into figure skating, I hope you know that the skating couture designer, Tania Bass – who designs costumes for many of the big winners (like Miki Ando in the World Figure Skating Championships earlier this year) – is a local; lives on Ninth Avenue right in the middle of Hell’s Kitchen! And she is one fabulous person.
Check out her creations at:
http://www.taniabass.com
So for these great people and for all the others, hoot and cheer away tonight!
And may 2008 bring you all much joy.