Jordan kicked off the morning with Cynthia Steffe at 9 a.m. The collection was garden-party-meets-country-club, with feminine prints and shapes mixing with fingerless gloves and black visors (both are big accessory trends for '09).

NEW YORK — Every day except Mondays, Di Fara Pizza teems with people waiting for a pie or a slice. If they’re very lucky, it arrives in a matter of minutes. If they’re not, it might be two hours. Nobody really minds.

Aww sh*t guess who's hitting the road? Plus, why can't black bloggers learn to work together. I missed out on a chance to catch last year's Scion’s “Live Metro” concert, but you can be for damn sure that I will be there this year as it's been re

Jordan Dechambre-Childers, managing and fashion editor of M: Milwaukee's Lifestyle Magazine, and Bjorn Nasett, magazine stylist and hair stylist at Beauty, are on the scene at NYC Spring '09 Fashion Week Sept. 5-12.

Alison Scott debut album, "Wish on the Moon," introduced a young vocalist with a rich, expressive voice. It was promising stuff to be sure, but it still didn't prepare me for her terrific follow-up, "Hiding Under the Covers."