Just know that the Monday before Thanksgiving is always a rainy day, as the Fairmount Fling has been held on that date for the past 5 years, and I recall that it has rained for each event.
The Fling was a night of toe-tapping jazz, 
delectable culinary delights from Fairmount restaurants, 
and exciting live and silent auctions to benefit the Fairmount Community Development Corporation. 
This is a great opportunity to swap stories with your neighbors, learn more about Fairmount restaurants and businesses, and support Fairmount neighborhood improvement projects and for me see a lot of old friends that I’ve neglected while pursuing vapid celebrities in NYC. Here are few now Barbara and John
Chet and Marjika
Drew Philipe
Mimi
Neil (missing from picture is Allyson)
Former Director of the FCDC, Lori Salganicoff who I volunteered for the first 2 years of the FCDC before I moved to SF then NYC. I remember the long discussions with the other volunteers on what date would be best. I thought November would be good, but wasn’t keen on the week of Thanksgiving, but it turned out to be a great choice.
Where the heck is the Belgium Waffle place?
What a super turnout. Another thing that was so great was the diversity of the crowd, young, old, owners, renters, black, white, straight and gay or otherwise known as the FAIRMOUNT COMMUNITY
Lot’s of decisions to make
THREE 3 Three rooms with over 200 auction items
Sometimes there were bidding wars, like this one regarding a Bahamian vacation, Congratulatiosn Julie Welker who was the winner!!
Tim Clair, Executive Director of FCDC
Jeff and Mark
The Martins
I was good, I bought a dozen raffle tickets, and nothing else. I am well on my way to decluttering my house for 2008
The Fling was a night of toe-tapping jazz, delectable culinary delights from Fairmount restaurants, and exciting live and silent auctions to benefit the Fairmount Community Development Corporation. 
This is a great opportunity to swap stories with your neighbors, learn more about Fairmount restaurants and businesses, and support Fairmount neighborhood improvement projects and for me see a lot of old friends that I’ve neglected while pursuing vapid celebrities in NYC. Here are few now Barbara and JohnChet and Marjika Drew PhilipeMimi Neil (missing from picture is Allyson)Former Director of the FCDC, Lori Salganicoff who I volunteered for the first 2 years of the FCDC before I moved to SF then NYC. I remember the long discussions with the other volunteers on what date would be best. I thought November would be good, but wasn’t keen on the week of Thanksgiving, but it turned out to be a great choice.Where the heck is the Belgium Waffle place?What a super turnout. Another thing that was so great was the diversity of the crowd, young, old, owners, renters, black, white, straight and gay or otherwise known as the FAIRMOUNT COMMUNITY
Lot’s of decisions to make
THREE 3 Three rooms with over 200 auction items
The live auction was livly. This auction sold a weeks stay in Ocean City NJ for $1800, and we have a winner. If you know the women in the front, then you know someone that won a weeks stay in OC
Sometimes there were bidding wars, like this one regarding a Bahamian vacation, Congratulatiosn Julie Welker who was the winner!!Tim Clair, Executive Director of FCDCJeff and Mark
The Martins
I was good, I bought a dozen raffle tickets, and nothing else. I am well on my way to decluttering my house for 2008
The Gorgeous runway show will featured fresh fashion, hair and makeup from the hottest local boutiques, designers, salons and makeup artists, including Eleganza presenting Versace and Roberto Cavalli, Dennis Basso, Nicole Miller, Joan Shepp, Matthew Izzo, Ettore, Pierre & Carlo, and many others. 
One of my favorite places to hang out was the hallway leading to the runway, it was here the models would wait for their cue to sashy down the runway
sometimes there were obstacles on the way to the runway as waiters used this hallway too
The runway, Jay Carrolls back, the man in the red would time the girls and then send them down the runway
Noel Zayas of NSquared Productions
the male lineup
struts their stuff
I guess the underwear showing is still in
Fierce
and The Philadelphia Film Society’s Tim Ferretti
When I got a tip today that the “Groundhog” would be posing with Paris Hilton at her signing at Macy’s, I just couldn’t pass it up. I spoke to the Groundhogs people and they said that the State’s mascot did not get any special treatment and had to buy a $55 bottle of “Can Can” like everyone else, then stand in line (for 3 hours), before Paris would pose for a photo.
After waiting what must have seemed like an eternity in the Groundhog suit, the rodent was finally upon Ms Hilton
When suddenly a voice from across the room shouted at the Groundhog
and told him that he could not put on his head piece as it was a security risk and 
Ms Hilton would not pose with a Groundhog
I don’t know what is scarier, this shot or these videos promoting the Groundhog 
Boyz II Men preformed a few hits before they commenced signing their new CD “Motown Hitsville USA”
Nathan sports some bling
and signed it. Then she asked for a quarter.
some of you may be wondering how they do this type of lighting: This building is lit with individual color lights that sit on the ledges along the building and shine up.
and this style of lighting
is controlled by this projector room across the street. (I was wondering what this box was when it was built about two weeks ago)
see the projection figures on the passing truck. It looks like two lit lines on the panel truck.
Bush wacking the shit out the Bill of Rights
Group winner, Dalmations and Cruella de Ville
Ed would turn dick away
The devil was fine though
Ed brought his security detail, who would take the photos
sometimes
if a photo seemed questionable and could come back to haunt him, Ed had his security detail set up the photo and then be in the photo too
Another dick came along, Moby Dick
Ed probably wouldn’t pose with these two, but Bush did
Tune in tomorrow for the rest of my Henri David Halloween Shots!!