Save the Date

 

Join us May 16th at Bronx Diba for a Discover your style Workshop. We will be giving tips and tricks on how to look glam and make it fit into your current lifestyle. Admission is an item to donate to Connections to success.  Space is limited to the first 30 RSVP's. Email Amanda@dibashoes.com. 

Happy Birthday Tan Boo

Yesterday marked the 5th anniversary of when we found Tanner, my cat-child, in the wood pile out side of our house.  The cute little ball of fur is now a 15 pound  fat cat that steals tortilla chips and donuts when we aren't looking.

Behind the scenes at the Diba True and Luichiny Fall 13 Photoshoot

This week we shot the Fall 13 campaign for Diba True and Luichiny. The Diba True campaign was shot at Hotel Ignacio and Luichiny was shot at a studio downtown. I am so excited to see the final product! We used clothing by Sierra Moses, Michele Sansone, Lauren Bander, Elizabeth Smith and some fill in clothing from local re-sale shops. 

Blessing of the Bikes 2013

Sunday was Freedom of Road Riders, Local 24's Blessing of the Bikes. It is our biggest fund raiser of the year and a really great time. We had about 700 people come for the event which included, food, music, vendors and of course the blessing.

Some religious motorcycle groups, such as Christian Motorcyclist Association, go to each of the bikes and pray that the rider has a safe year. It is a great event for a great cause.

An Event I missed...Vegas

I wasn't blogging when I went to vegas, so here are some images from our Diba True Launch Party.
We held the party at the Chandelier Bar at the Cosmo and it was GORGEOUS!!! 3 levels of crystals, delicious drinks and really fun people.

I might have had a little "too" much fun, but lesson learned and I had a great time.

Some of our Diba Team

Michelle and Katherine from CLD PR

Our owners, Diane and Joe

Jon and Sarah from our Marketing Team

The venue filling up

Some friends from "Diva Box"

The Diba True Blue drink

Bad Luck and the Year of the Snake

I am a huge believer in the Zodiac and how spatial alignments affect human nature.

2013's year of the black snake : "The Black Snake will bring people unexpected changes, instability, and changeability."
So Far this seems to be true. 


So far in 2013:
Pope Benedict is the first pope in more than 600 years to resign from the papacy.
Boston Marathon Explosion
Texas Factory Explosion
Presidential Inauguration
Club fire kills 223 in Brazil
North Korea threatens nuclear war
Meteorite Fragment lands in Russia
Hugo Chavez dies
Same-sex marriage legislation
Gun control legislation
Fiscal cliff

Year of the Snake in History:
1905
Jan 9th – Jan 22th – Bloody Sunday-demonstrators fired on by tsarist troops in Russia
Sep 27th – The physics journal Annalen der Physik published Albert Einstein’s Paper “Does the
Inertia of a Body Depend Upon its Energy Content?”  Introducing the equation E=MC2.

1929
Oct. 29th – Black Tuesday, Stock Market crashes triggers the Great Depression

1941-
Dec 7- Attack on Pearl Harbor

1953
Jan 7th – Pres Truman announces development of hydrogen bomb
Mar 26th – Dr Jonas Salk announces vaccine to polio [myelitis]  

1965
Mar 31st – US ordered the 1st combat troops to Vietnam

1989
Mar 24th – Worst Oil spill Exxon’s Valdez spills 11.3 million gallons off Alaska
Jun 3rd – Chinese troops kill hundred of pro-democracy students in Tiananmen square, Beijing
Jul 6th – The Tel Aviv Jerusalem bus 405 suicide attack, the first Palestinian suicide attack on Israel
Sep 30th – Foreign Minister of West Germany Hans-Dietrich Genscher’s speech from the balcony of the German embassy in Prague.
Oct 1st – Thousands of East Germans flee to West Germany

2001
Sep 11th – Terrorists hijack two passenger planes crashing them into New York’s World Trade Towers causing the collapse of both & death of 2,752 people.
Sep 11th – Terrorists hijack a passenger plane and crash it into the Pentagon causing the death of 125 people
Sep 11th – Attempt by passengers and crew of United Airlines Flight 93 to retake control of their hijacked plane from terrorists causes plane to crash in Pennsylvania field killing all 64 people on board
Nov 13th – War on Terrorism: In the first such act since World War II, US President George W. Bush signs an executive order allowing military tribunals against foreigners suspected of connections to terrorist acts or planned acts on the United States     

7 years together

So last weekend was Ricky and my 7th anniversary. We both completely forgot about it, but we had an abnormally fun weekend, so I guess we celebrated with out realizing it.

Here's to another seven years.

 

Biker Chick

If you don't know me you may be surprised by a hobby of mine....I ride a motorcycle.

My dad is a biker. Full on fury tattooed grey beard. 

He has ridden a bike my whole life, so biker rally's, poker runs and long road trips on the back of the bike are natural to me. 

I never thought that I would be a biker, but my graduation from my dad and step-mom was my very own big girl bike. I got off to a VERY slow start. One would think that having been on bikes my whole life, I would be comfortable with the thought of riding by myself, but I was terrified.

I rode around the parking lot the first couple of times. Then around the circle in the front of my dad's house for a few weeks. I then spent the next few months riding around the neighborhood and finally took the big step to cross Lindbergh road. I'm still not comfortable on the highway, but I officially consider myself a biker. 

I am also part of a Motorcyclist Rights Organization (MRO) called Freedom Of Road Riders (FORR). "The main purpose of this organization is to guard the rights of all motorcyclists; to keep them informed of the laws that will help or hinder them as motorcyclists; to promote safety, rider education, brotherhood and freedom for all motorcyclists."

The Day I got my graduation present

My very first ride

Some bonding time between me and my step-monster