Last week I attended the Supima Design Competition held at the New York Times Center on January 19, 2010

Finalists: Gina DeSilva, Nadia Ivanova, Sachika Twins (To-Tam and To-Nya), Heber Sanchez, Robin Tomas and Michael Venker.

The winning t-shirt will be appearing in Bloomingdale’s along with the current Supima collection.

The giftbags also included some nice t-shirts too!

I recently switched from Blackberry to Iphone (jailbroken of course, more on that later) and something went wrong with the Cydia app I was using to capture pics/vids.

The video is courtesy of TheFatAppleNyc.com

Episodes 6 &7- Cigar Inn 12/12/2009 NYC-ended up editing so much footage into 2 episodes to end 2009.

Cigarfilms Episode 6: Cigar Inn Miami Cigars & Don Pepin –

Shot on location at Cigar Inn Lounge NYC on December 12, 2009.

This event features discussions with:

• Don Pepin Garcia, Jaime Garcia of  El Rey De Los Habanos Cigars
• Nestor Miranda of The Miami Cigar & Company
• Edde Ortega & Erik Espinosa of United Tobacco Inc

Cigarfilms Episode 7: Cigar Inn Miami Cigars & Don Pepin –

Shot on location at Cigar Inn Lounge NYC on December 12, 2009.
This episode features discussions with:

• Eddie Ortega of United Tobacco Inc.,
• Ray Dawson, Creator of the Nocturnal Peacock Cigar
• Gus Fahik Owner of the Cigar Inn
• Nestor Miranda of The Miami Cigar

This show is dedicated to Avelino Lara ( March 20, 1921-October 27, 2009)

Check out more episodes at cigarfilms.com

Today I was on a panel  at a conference that was held at Norfolk State University titled-

The Evolving Face of New Media:

Digital Technology’s impact on Media Careers and American Life

Panelist consisted of:

Derek Dingle, Editor-in-Chief, Black Enterprise Magazine
Brenda Andrews, Publisher, New Journal and Guide
Donald Luzzato, Editorial Page Editor, The Virginian Pilot
Kevin Ross, President, 3 BAAS media Group
Kia Hicks, Free Mind Communications,e
Barbara Ciara, Managing Editor and Anchor, WTKR-TV 3
And more (along with myself)

A great conference with great information shared and discussed!

In the 3rd episode of CigarFilms, Dan-ell Morales and I cover the Miami Cigar & Co.event held at Jersey City’s Sky Tobacco, sponsored by Presidente Beer.
(Not all the Presidente Beer models showed up as promised, but the one that was here was cute)

Christopher Lenzo walks through the new line of Nestor Miranda Cigar’s.
Featuring the BigMixEvents.com van.
I had a great time doing this episode.

Music by ViceLounge-available on Itunes

It’s Been awhile since I posted an actual blog.
Posting from my blackberry via Twitter to Flickr+Facebook+Myspace, Frienfeed, etc-pretty much serves the purpose to document what I’m up to and let people know what’s going on with me in real time.

Blogging seem so…2005

Since I only snapped a few pics, no signal in some places and acorrupted blackberry OS-no way to tweet-I figured a blog post was past due and necessary.

First up, last Wednesday April 29, I was invited to the private viewing of the Tesla Model S at the IAC Building.

I met Evgrrl (Green Technology+Bikinis-hmm) Shannon -who introduced me to Chris Paine,the producer/director of Who Killed the Electric Car,( if you have’nt seen the documentary, shame on you!)Elon Musk , chairman of Tesla Motors.
Elon was on David Letterman that night and it was cool to that he was in attendance when the show aired.

Here is the full interview:

Dave is hilarious, hoarse voice and all.

Of course, I had to get myself IN the Tesla Roadster.

I will ut my order in as soon as that big $ deal comes through!

The next night was the First Annual Karavan 1st Anniversary party and right around the corner the Kodak Tribeca Film Fest Party-Karavan was cool. Bollywood is bigger and beyond Slumdog Millionaire for sure.

The pics pretty much tell you how the Tribeca party was.

In between the fun and drinks I did meet someone from YOUTUBE and managed to have a great conversation about the new Screening Room that they started-Full length features on Youtube-

Good news and even better opportunities on the horizon.

Stay Tuned!

2009 New Years Eve Celebration

@ SKY Tobacco

344L Grove Street

Jersey City, New Jersey
7 minute ride from the WTC Path Station to Grove Path Station and walk 80 steps (walk 120 steps if you are wearing heels)

Advance $30.00pp
Door $40.00pp
Includes One Premium House Blend Sky Tobacco Cigar Champagne, Hor’dourves and Great Company

Raffle Drawing for
CAO 100 Cigar Humidor /includes 18 Limited Edition CAO America Anthem Cigars.

Call (201) 432-4072 for more information
www.cigarfilms.com