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Magazine Features
Erwin Gomez Salon & Spa is proud to present our Magazineazine features section.
 | Article: The Washington Post Erwin Gomez Featured as the celebrity makeup and eyebrow guru of choice. - Nov 2008, The Washington Post |
 | Article: The Examiner Erwin Gomez Featured as the salon that is in talkes with the Obamas about doing hair and makeup. - Nov 2008, The Examiner |
| Article: The Washington Post Erwin & James raise 17,000 at the Knock Out Abuse Gala - Nov 2008, The Washington Post |
 | Article: FW Erwin Gomez Featured as one of the best wedding artists. - Nov 2008, FW |
 | Article: Rene Moawad Foundation. Program for event. Erwin Gomez Salon & Spa was a featured sponsor. - Nov 2008, Rene Moawad Foundation. |
 | Article: Knock Out Abuse Gala Amazing!!! Erwin & James raise 17,000 at the Knock Out Abuse Auction. - Nov 2008, Knock Out Abuse Gala |
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DENISE AUSTIN
Jimena's Dream Wedding
This feature section is updated randomly with articles and features from around the world. We have articles ranging from highlighted features to Guests accomplishments. Feel free to read more amazing stories.
CRAZY FOR LOVE
It wasn't a Mexican or American who stole the Mexican singer's heart. The lucky guy is Christian Carlsen, a Danish-Brit (born of a German mother) who travels around the world in search of wood to build eco-design furniture.
THE DRESS Without a veil, and ready to dance! For a fast and nontraditional wedding, Melissa Sweet designed a silk dress to suit Jimena's style. The star of Objetivo Fama looked spectacular.
THE CEREMONY WAS AT A FURNITURE STORE?Yes, but not just any furniture store! The King´s Road Home, a store owned by Jimena's now-husband is located in the heart of Soho in Manhattan, where you're bound to see Bono, Lenny Kravitz, Jerry Hall, or Whoopie Goldberg picking up furniture and accessories for their home on any given day. But on this hot June day, the stars of the store were the newlyweds, accompanied by their family and close friends.
THEY TIED THE KNOT!The judge, Omar López (left) and the newlyweds, accompanied by the Spanish-Phillippino make-up artist Erwin Gómez (right).
THE COUPLE, WITH THE CULPRITS Jimena y Christian Carlsen con Erwin Gómez y James Packard-Gómez: los grandes culpables de la locura de amor de la cantante mexicana con el diseñador de muebles ecológicos. Si quiere saber por qué, léalo en la edición de agosto de PEOPLE EN ESPANOL que sale a la venta desde julio.
WHAT A FAMILY! Los couple, with Jimena's family: her mother is none other than the writer, Lilia Reyes Spíndola (Despierta tu conciencia.
ADDING TO THE FAMILY The Carlsen clan came from cold Denmark and Britain, and loved the warm tenderness of Jimena's Mexican family, and the beautiful flower arrangement by Colombian Juan Carlos Castillo of Tierra Floral Design.
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Guest Accomplishments
Faerber beats the odds every time he dives
Miracle baby is now nationally ranked diver
by Jennifer Beekman | Staff Writer
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Brian Lewis⁄The Gazette
Eighth-grader Timothy Faerber was born clinically dead 13 1⁄2 years ago, but he survived and now is a nationally ranked youth diver competing in national and international competition.
It’s amazing Cabin John Middle School eighth-grader Timothy Faerber is walking this earth, let alone leaping off diving boards in international competitions.
Faerber was born clinically dead on Oct. 15, 1994, and his prognosis was not good. Meconium aspiration had partially dissolved his lungs and he’d been choked by his umbilical cord. After two weeks on an experimental heart and lung machine — doctors made an incision in his neck — Faerber was sent home healthy.
‘‘He’s a miracle baby,” Timothy’s mother, Yolanda, said. ‘‘They never expected him to be an athlete. They put him on that experimental lung thing and they’re going through this whole list of things that could happen. He could have cerebral palsy, he could have this, he could have that. The doctors at Children’s Hospital are amazed at what he’s done.”
Though he doesn’t remember the fight for his life — doesn’t often think about what could have been or harp on what he’s been through — it’s always in the back of his mind. And it’s instilled in him a sense of fearlessness necessary to be an elite diver; one that, coupled with his sheer natural talent, drive and will, separates him from the rest of the field.
Currently the No. 3-ranked Boys 14-15 diver in the country, according to USA Diving, his top-5 finish at the 2008 Spring East National Championships April 25-27 qualified him to represent the United States at the British Junior Elite National Championship in Leeds, England.
This spring marks Faerber’s second consecutive trip to the British championships, but first in the 14-15 age bracket; he won East Nationals in the 12-13 group in 2007. Faerber will leave for England May 23. He developed a stress fracture in the growth plate of his right hand and is wearing a cast, but doesn’t plan on letting that affect his performance.
Montgomery Dive Club coach Petar Trifinov said if Faerber avoids serious injury and maintains the dedication and drive he’s displayed the last six years, the Olympics are a realistic goal. Faerber has competed with the Montgomery Dive Club since 2002 and has worked with Trifinov for three years. In that time he’s won four AAU Nationals gold medals and represented the United States at the U.S.-Canada meet in 2005.
Faerber is a natural; he taught himself to do front flips off the diving board at age 3. But as easy as he makes everything look, the way he so smoothly executes his twists, turns, flips and entry into the water is anything but simple. So much goes into being a top level diver: strength, smarts, understanding the body’s movements and the ability to break those natural tendencies, comprehending the intricacies of each dive and executing them to perfection, work ethic and fearlessness.
The fear factor is huge in diving. Athletes are constantly learning new, dangerous tasks. Though there are safety precautions, and dives are learned in progressive fashion, nothing tops the fear of the unknown.
A dive may take five seconds to complete. But in that short amount of time, the athlete’s mind is racing, thinking of getting his feet to the end of the board, getting the correct arm swing, keeping his head up, completing the dive, looking for the water. Trifinov said Faerber’s fearlessness and his overall mentality and smarts set him apart from others his age.
‘‘Everybody gets scared,” Faerber said. ‘‘If you’re not afraid of anything, you’re crazy. I’m just as scared as anyone else, but I think I’m able to keep it to a minimum. I’m able to hide it and get the dive done. Getting to this level is a tough process.”
Faerber has defied all odds. He knows how fragile life is and he’s vowed to take advantage of whatever opportunities life throws at him.
‘‘The doctors thought I wasn’t going to be alive,” Faerber said. ‘‘And I don’t think about that too much, but subconsciously, maybe. It’s neat that I’ve been through something like that and been able to get to be a top-level athlete.”
Online Article
http://www.gazette.net/stories/051408/germspo202354_32358.shtml
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Designer Sets
Designer brodie neil will be showcasing three new designs at the rubin chapelle boutique in new york during the upcoming new york design week. from may 16th to 21st, brodie will show his 'e-turn' bench, '@ chair' and 'intro' seat. the designs all have seamless forms that are fluid and organic. his '@ chair' was recently included in time
magazine's design 100. he is also taking part in the 'CRYSTALLIZED™ - Swarovski Elements' exhibit at the ICFF. at this show he will present 'jet', a desk with a similar seamless form encrusted with swarovski crystals.
Wow talk about style.
