Beating back the title of least attractive people in the US that readers of a Travel & Leisure magazine bestowed on our City, NSquared Productions and the Park Hyatt rolled out the red carpet for Gorgeous, a spectacular showcase of art and fashion paired with a high-energy dance party. There were beautiful people on the runway, in the audience and working the crowd Friday night in the beautiful city of Philly.
Acting as host for the evening’s festivities was the fabulous Jay McCarroll, winner of Project Runway’s first season and Bump’s Fabulous Cyoni
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
another favorite spot was the dressing room; I was very careful not to shoot the boobs and bods of unsuspecting models
sometimes I screwed up
There was entertainment, like this Latino dance troupe
Noel Zayas of NSquared Productions
the male lineup
struts their stuff
I guess the underwear showing is still in
Fierce
soft and sensual
matching
meat on display
and The Philadelphia Film Society’s Tim Ferretti
OK it’s my favorite model and I can’t recall her name. She looks fabulous here,
and here http://hughe2030.blogspot.com/2007/06/gorgeous-elegant-showcase-of-fashion.html
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!!
HUGHE DILLON / For The Inquirer
Nathan Lane tells a story, and gets his own punchline 
Dan Gross’ reported in his column this nugget: “You’re the third person who said they built this place,” said Nathan Lane to developer Carl Dranoff Monday night at the opening of the Suzanne Roberts Theatre in the Symphony House (Broad & Pine), which Dranoff Properties did build. (In a further effort to cross brand, please check out my other blog for photos of Terrence McNally christening the Suzanne Roberts stage 
