I just wanted to share with everyone our billboard placement in Times Square on Mothers Day. MOLI was showcased on the Reuters sign and the Nasdaq Tower!

Best of the View.” Once a week I will send a selection of what I feel truly shows the excellence of the MOLI View. This week I have included:

Arts and Entertainment


Goin' Pro
By Wendy Case/MOLI
Singing prostitute Ashley Alexandra Dupre "came across" in the Mayflower. Now she wants to get paid.

Life and Love


Wild at Heart
By Evelyn McDonnell/MOLI
The other day, for his fifth birthday, I took my son Cole to the Miami Metrozoo. We make this trip at least once a year together. The first time we were there, he was barely walking, but he toddled right up to the big black pot-bellied pig at the petting zoo and looked straight in its hairy face, in love. Another time, he was wooed by a cockatoo on a trainer's arm. This year, he had a mystic experience with a one-eyed turkey.


Sad Dad
By Neal Pollack & Erika Schickel/MOLI
Here's something about which I'm sure we're both well-qualified to talk: depression. I've suffered from it my whole life, and while it's mostly under control with various drugs now, it still rears its head. Do you think about this stuff in regard to your children? Do you talk with them about depression? Any clue to how to guide them through its dangerous shoals?


Ricochet: Will Return
By Juliana Luecking/MOLI
In a hospital room for hours, waiting for something to change, I am impatient to know the future. My mother sleeps upright in the bed, her only expression a little snore now and then. I feel bottled up, I pace the room, I search out the window for some indication that this dull moment will pass and a better one will come.

Business


Stock Villains
By Robert Levine/MOLI
In high school, they told us that smoking pot will turn you into an unhealthy, unemployed bum. But they never warned us that it could endanger the American economy. But that's exactly the result it seems to have had on former Bear Stearns CEO James Cayne, who the Wall Street Journal reported last year was playing bridge and blazing up as two of his company's hedge funds collapsed.

Sports and Fitness


Farewell, Fraught Father
By Donnell Alexander/MOLI
In the bathroom mirror, it hit me that now there's less pure expression of the Alexander look. Our resemblance had grown by the year.

Travel


Running on Tokyo Time
By Cathay Che/MOLI
By 5 pm of my first day of walking Tokyo's streets, I started to understand why so many people wear surgical face masks. I felt filthy; my feet, even in the most comfortable shoes I own, felt like lead weights; and I was in desperate need of an oxygen tank or other cleansing and energizing infusion. Luckily, a disco nap for an hour didn't prevent me from hitting one last store (shops stay open until 8 pm daily since shopping is Tokyo's main event): RagTag, six floors of designer resale.

Worthy Causes


Expert Tips: How to Keep an Archive
By Celeste Fraser Delgado/MOLI
This month the Rhythm Foundation, a nonprofit that brings the very best music from around the world to Miami, celebrates its 20th anniversary with an unusual twist: a retrospective exhibition at the CIFO Art Space. Do-Gooder is all for seeing popular music treated as art — but what really impresses us is that a modestly sized nonprofit has managed to keep such an extensive archive. We asked Rhythm Foundation director Laura Quinlan for tips on safeguarding a nonprofit legacy.

Thanks!
Jenny

New York City Fashion Week is here!
 
The hottest designers, trendsetters, and fashionistas have converged upon the city to glimpse the unveiling of fall’s newest fashion lines and take a sneak peak at the latest trends emerging in the fashion industry. Tertiary Productions and MOLI.com, in partnership with Fashiontribes, are capturing the hottest events and other exclusive Fashion Week content at this year’s festivities. Join us all week in the View as we go behind the scenes and give you VIP access to Spring 2008 Fashion Week in New York City. 
 
Next, a note from our editorial director, Evelyn McDonnell:
 
“MOLI arts & entertainment contributing editor Wendy Case first tipped me to writer Charles Bock back in the fall. She said his first novel was being published by Random House in January, and she’d be doing an interview. Wendy knew Charles because he’s a fan of her great band the Paybacks. I figured I’m a fan of any fan of Wendy’s.
 
Wendy hooked up that interview for The View. She caught up with Charles as he’s on the cusp of his Big Moment: Review in Entertainment Weekly, feature story in The New York Times Magazine (check out the picture; he’s wearing a Paybacks Tee), etc.. He talked about the decade-plus that it took Beautiful Children to get born. Risk-taking new artist, edgey subject, solid prose – sounded like a perfect choice for the MOLI Book Club’s Book of the Month. I’ve started reading Beautiful Children and am already sucked into its story of comic-books fans, suburban parents, and gaming nerds. Tell us what you think of it.”

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January is already over!  This year is off to a fast pass.  I will be getting married in one month, you can see how I am using MOLI to highlight this special day, or go there just to see pictures from my bachelorette party. J

Go MOLI
Jenny

Nikon Camera Giveaway ended January 15th. It’s time to announce the winners and send out four new Nikon D40 Digital Cameras. Drum roll please….


Best Documentary Entry: Resting Place by Sarahephoto




Best Miscellaneous Entry: Mirror of Beauty by Insaneone




Best Action Entry: Iya Kahn by PhotograffitiIndustries




Best People Entry: Classical Romance by Barkssj




New Promotion:
We had so much fun with this competition that we decided to start a new one! Stay tuned to find out more about the “Starving Artist” contest. That’s right, the people at MOLI care so much about giving artists the opportunity to create and be discovered, we are willing to pay your rent!

Critter Song:
On the content front, Tertiary Productions’ resident animator Ryan McCulloch has created another fantastic short. To check out this fun and innovative mini-musical, please CLICK HERE. Also check out his blog at www.moli.com/tertiaryanimation.

GO MOLI
Jenny