Saturday, June 23, 2018

I've Launched a New Career







Jeff—Saturday


I’ve always thought of “launch” as such an imprecise term. After all, leaving the pad doesn’t mean you’ll make it into orbit.  That’s particularly likely to prove problematic with the career I’m talking about.

Or rather not talking about, for on top of everything else, the event that has me writing this post is confidential, more precisely Mykonos Confidential.

Into its thirteenth year of publication, Mykonos Confidential is the often imitated, but never equaled, summertime bible of the passions, pastimes, and peccadillos of a place like no other. 

This year, as in the past, its publisher, Petros Bourovilis, invited me to contribute an article to the issue. It’s always a great pleasure and honor to be part of MC, and so I of course accepted.

But this year Petros didn’t stop there. And here comes the confidential part. DRUM ROLL, PLEASE. He asked me to participate in what has become a core part of the magazine…its fashion shoot on island locations.  Yes, you read that correctly. I was asked to model for a magazine, and not MAD.





Whatever possessed him, I do not know, but I shall await the results (and editorializing) to see how it all comes out—and how much of my “work” makes it into print.  Though I cannot share any of the shots, or give away the theme, I do have a few photos of my colleagues at work. 


We shot for three days on beaches in Mykonos and its environs, and had a blast. The people were great, the laughs many, and my role as the senior model (by multiples over the ages of the professional Russian, Swedish, and Italian-Brazilian models) did not dampen my fun in the least. I guess that comes from being used to younger souls offering me their seats on the NYC subway.

And I learned so much from them too. For example, how many of you know what’s a “Boomerang shot?” Okay, let’s amend that to how many of you over thirty.

Well, enough of the chit-chat. Here’s some photos of my last three days away from the keyboard.  I can’t wait to see the finished product. Nor though, can I wait to get back into writing Kaldis #10.  But I’m returning with a new vigor toward that project, and a bandbox of grand new ideas for Kaldis and crew from this experience.


Plus, another bucket list accomplishment marked off the list.  I’m a fashion model! Of sorts.










All I can say is, thank you, Petros, Stefanos, Thanasis, Marios, Iris, Angeliki, Eva, Maya, Daria, Lucas, Michele, Dana, Ari, and Panos for great fun and introducing me to your world.

Can’t wait to see my tear sheets.

—Jeff

12 comments:

  1. And did you consider that 'work' in any way , shape or form ? Sounds like you had a great time.

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    1. Putting on clothes two sizes smaller than you're used to wearing I can assure you is work. Especially when it's a bathing suit [preceding two words sung castrato].

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  2. My brother, I have heard you brag that Barbara was a model. I think she is still a model human being in every way. It remains to be seen if she starts bragging about your modelling career. Or if you are dropping a few tears heets. Oh I meant tear sheets.

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    1. Sis, I'm not sure I'd call she-who-must-be-obeyed's observations on my budding career as bragging, but one must endure the slings and arrows accompanying one's art. By the way, you threw me for a moment with your reference to "heets," because that's a popular brand of VAPE cigarette that some of the people working on "the shoot" were smoking!

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  3. I see what you're doing there, and here around and on the Chesapeake Bay, we do not count that as work. Whatever it is, I'm sure you'll continue to do it well.
    Maybe you need someone to carry your camera bag???

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    1. For the sake of keeping my Pittsburgh homies proud, Dave, I tried my best to keep it all together while being told to jump, dive, eat, drink, and swim about fully clothed, while smiling for the camera and trying not to drown. As for how it all came out, we'll see in a few weeks. You've just been bumped to the top of my camera bag list...now, if I could only remember where I put it.

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  4. My hat's off to your 'efforts' (not to mention that last picture...)

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    1. EvKa, if you knew what that hat had been through...and what further inhumane treatment it was about to endure soon after that photo...you'd show it more compassion.

      By the way, I apologize for not responding sooner to your and the others' comments, but I'm not getting notification of new posts or comments and my brain is too rattled to remember to just check in regularly. Sorry about that.

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    2. Nobody expects an old fart who's been out in the sun to remember anything. Or even something. Or whatever we were talking about. Were we talking?

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  5. The scenery on Mykonos is spectacular. What a fantastic place to make your modeling debut!! (And of course, I'm sure you look as fantastic as the scenery :) )

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  6. My Dearest Susan, on behalf of old rocks and desolate landscapes everywhere, we thank you for the compliment. :)

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  7. See that Lindsay Lohan has opened a resort of some time on the island. Wonder if this will help Greece's economy!

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