Alex Geana is a writer and photographer, who’s written a book called Side Step Me about pill-popping and culture.

Alex started out life in Romania and came to the States at an early age and has been here ever since. He went to school for luxury hotel management which gave him his eagle eye for people (and food). He is now a confirmed Manhattanite, possessed of a shrewd yet compassionate outsider perspective on contemporary society.

Blog Entries by Alex Geana

Gay Pride in New York; 40 Years after Stonewall

Posted June 30, 2009 | 01:12 PM (EST)


I bounced around on Sunday, taking pictures and watching the diversity. Strangely, 40 years after the protests spurned by drag queens, hustlers and the mob, Pride is a stayed affair, and most in the gay community feel it's not needed. We're proud every day. The street is filled with out-of-towners....

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In the Land of Punk, Wealth and Cody Ross. Priestess NYC

Posted May 12, 2009 | 11:58 AM (EST)


The night I met Cody Ross, a dog was placed in the microwave. He gleefully stated, "He can go for 52 seconds!" I promptly screamed, ran over and popped him out, onto the floor unharmed. Vice previously mentioned his love for animals; he received death threats from PETA.

The line...

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Fashion's Divided

Posted February 21, 2009 | 12:29 PM (EST)


During Fashion Week the stock market searched for bottom, again. Roland Burris was caught in an expected scandal. The BCBG Max Azria Group, which showed three times this week, was downgraded by S&P from "B-minus" to "CCC-plus". A move showing Wall Street does follow fashion.

The week started...

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Richie Rich is Back. Without Heatherette!

Posted February 18, 2009 | 01:50 PM (EST)


We finally have some glam and glitter at Fashion Week from former Heatherette Richie Rich. Without partner Traver Rains! Pamela Anderson gave us the final look and roller skated with Rich down the runway to a standing ovation and a warm welcome back to Fashion.

The duo broke up...

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Color is Back for Fall! A Report from Fashion Week

Posted February 15, 2009 | 07:20 PM (EST)


Fall Fashion Week is half way through. Color is back as designers try to give us a rosy outlook on a pared down budget.

If Wall Street rises and falls with the state of hemlines, we're in for a bit of a tumble as the fashion world drastically...

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Fashion Week Preview (Photos)

Posted February 15, 2009 | 05:06 PM (EST)


Here's a round up of the day before Fashion Week (at least the events I saw), many shows and new concepts, designers trying to break through and creative people trying to figure out how to interpret the new world we're entering through clothes. Today (when this post was published) we're...

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Delving Into Fashion Week

Posted February 13, 2009 | 12:05 PM (EST)


I'm heading to Bryant Park for my second season in the tents. I'm excited. Trying to focus on the shows and my ability to absorb lots of details quickly.

Michelle Obama is supposed to be at The Hearts Truth, and Lacoste is always a spectacle. Although I'm not even...

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The Inauguration of Barack Obama, the 44th President of the United States

Posted January 20, 2009 | 11:00 AM (EST)


Today, Barack Hussein Obama will stand on the steps of the Capitol, where only forty-three men have stood before him. In a city built by slaves, he will be our first African-American to ascend to this high office.

Over the past two years, groups small and large have banded...

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The Obama Health Care Transition Project at New York City Hall

Posted January 13, 2009 | 04:26 PM (EST)


Post Highlight: Monday there was a community discussion, at the request of the Obama transition project on health care, sponsored by Council Speaker Christine Quinn at New York City hall.

The news worthy items: Tom Daschle is working on health care...

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Will You Marry Me?

Posted November 18, 2008 | 02:38 PM (EST)


Something larger then the quest for marriage is swelling the gay ranks. A sort of massive re-think, as we collectively must understand what marriage means to us.

I was morbidly surfing Facebook and came across my ex-bf, with my ex-bf's fag hag (does that make sense?) in the odd scenario...

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The Negotiated Rate: 35% on a Merrick Bank Credit Card

Posted November 11, 2008 | 05:19 PM (EST)


Just like millions of American's out there, I'm fighting with my Credit Card companies. I'm well aware of their tricks. I do the best I possibly can to keep up on the changing due dates & amounts, as well as the forever fluctuating interest rate. I call them on six...

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An Obituary for the Bush Administration

Posted November 4, 2008 | 02:24 PM (EST)


In the final hours of this long election cycle, everyone is reflecting. Piecing together trend pieces and the last of the poll numbers, the reflections of this very long race and the inability for the current administration to focus on their legacy.

In the past eight years we've seen...

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Does My Vote Matter! Take Action!

Posted October 21, 2008 | 06:03 PM (EST)


I've talked to voters, for many elections now. Yes, I've been a politico for a while. In this election voter apathy is at an all time low. This excites me. Yet voters still have to show up to the polls.

This idea stems from an Indiana voter who I...

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The Necessary Quest for Readers

Posted October 16, 2008 | 03:16 PM (EST)


One of the oddest things about being a new writer? The publishing industries new requirement. Writers need to have a reader base before a publisher will touch them.

There are lots of reasons for this. Mostly because the outlay for a book is so great, between the marketing budget...

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Fashion Week: Brooklyn Royalty

Posted September 11, 2008 | 03:37 PM (EST)


Rarely have I seen such a stunning evolution from one collection to the next. Bob Bland, the designer behind Brooklyn Royalty, has come into her own. This season I've been on the Fashion Week sidelines because of housing drama and evil landlords that just want to suck up my time....

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Pill-Popping Culture

Posted September 2, 2008 | 04:46 PM (EST)


It's late at night and a friend takes out a small Prada pouch; in it - his collection of pharmaceuticals, he's got everything from Adderall to Xanax, throw in some Vicodin for good measure. I'm there with my best friend, it's a rainy day, we've rushed over, the meds have...

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Early Preview: The Fashion Week Tents are Being Built in Bryant Park

Posted January 30, 2008 | 05:42 PM (EST)


I've always loved watching things being built, the inner workings of systems. The many people that contribute their time and energy to making this city run and who shape the worlds perception of New York. For Fashion Week, in all it's iconic glory, before the drinking and the parties, the...

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Iowa's Caucus on Gay.com

Posted January 2, 2008 | 01:58 PM (EST)


As I recovered from my New Years Eve hangover, I was overcome by the random desire to talk to people in Iowa, so I turned to gay.com, the only place I know of, (other then AOL, which I don't have) to magically ride the nations spotlight and talk to people...

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Opening Night with The Ten

Posted July 25, 2007 | 11:33 AM (EST)


I was happy to go to The Ten premiere and afterparty on Monday night; the movie itself was nerve-wrackingly funny. I didn't think it was possible to break any more movie taboos yet somehow David Wain succeeded. Describing the movie is nearly impossible -- part Borat, part Woody Allen. Winona...

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NYC Pride 2007: Standing Out, Making Out, Marriage and Moving Forward

Posted June 25, 2007 | 01:44 PM (EST)


Lots of people seemed to stand for marriage. The kind of guy who once was dressed in leather, now had on a wedding dress, it was liberating -- odd, sort of cool and made me aware of the importance of standing out. Couples that had been together for a long...

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