Lauren profile picture

Lauren

E cosi desio me mena (And so desire carries me along)

About Me

I am an independent public relations representative, consultant and writer based in New York. You can read my thoughts on art, politics and style at LuxLotus.com .

My Interests

Cocktails, Design, Sunglasses, Eleventh Avenue, International Style, Innuendo, Romantic Decay, Birdsongs, Silver Lockets, Words Like Jasper, Wabi-sabi, Shabu-shabu, Dance, Marxian Theory, Collecting Butterflies, Architecture, Arte Povera, Politics, Tea, Travel, Stars, Clandestine Smoking, Things That Are The New Black, Dress Like a Cat Until You Get What You Want .

I'd like to meet:

Patricia Franchini, Sophie Calle, Cecilia Dean, Lisa Yuskavage, Tyler Brule. Architects, Buddhists, Surfers. Conceptual artists. Photographers. Muses. Shabby aristocrats. Thoughtful revolutionaries. Smart women. Handsome men. You.

American Wanted!
..
Add to My Profile | More Videos

Have You Found Her from Milk Products on Vimeo .

Music:

Mingus, The Distillers, The Fiery Furnaces, Sophie Auster, Klaxons, Sondre Lerche, Sam Cooke, The Grates, The Blow, Santogold, Los Super Elegantes, Paul Wall, The Miracles, The Rays, The Coasters, Fleetwood Mac, Roxy Music, Nina Simone, Foxy Brown, Devon Sproule, Kelley McRae, Au Revoir Simone, Looker,'60s French pop, big beats and love songs.

Movies:

Blow-Up, My Summer of Love, Crash (dir. Cronenberg), The Conformist, 2046, The Apartment, Cool Hand Luke, The Dreamers, Breathless, The Last Seduction, Before Sunset, Secretary, Birth, La Dolce Vita, The Outsiders, Grey Gardens, The Umbrellas of Cherbourg, Walk the Line, Nói albínói, anything atmospheric

Books:

DV, Collected Writings of Robert Motherwell, The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock, Satori in Paris, Swimming Sweet Arrow, Strangeland, The Wild Party, Frantic Transmissions To and From Los Angeles, American Tramp and Underworld Slang, Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, Among the Bohemians, The Fashionable Mind, Poems of Akhmatova, The Mysteries of Pittsburgh, Memoirs of Hecate County, Skinned Alive

Heroes:

Avalokiteshvara, Fleur Cowles, Andy Warhol, Clyfford Still, Bjork

My Blog

Letter From the Pacific Northwest

Hello from Vancouver! I thought it would be dreamy to see the Pacific Northwest by train and so that's what I'm up to at the moment... (more)...
Posted by Lauren on Tue, 08 Jul 2008 11:04:00 PST

Boutique/Vintage/Designer Sale (Cheap Cheap for Charity)

Please join us for the 5th Annual Court"yard" Sale at John Street United Methodist Church. Thursday, June 5, and Friday, June 6, 10am-4pm at 44 John Street between Nassau and Williams. Toys, accessori...
Posted by Lauren on Tue, 03 Jun 2008 08:11:00 PST

(Mar 25) NYC Stories: Tales of Excess + <3 Gone Wrong

Hey beautiful:TUESDAY MARCH 25, 8PM, FREE: Please join us at Rapture Café (www.rapturecafe.com; 200 Avenue A between 12th and 13th Streets) for an evening with former BUST columnist Janice Erlbaum (ww...
Posted by Lauren on Mon, 24 Mar 2008 06:22:00 PST

Upcoming: NY, VA, CHI, NE, ONLINE + MORE

Upcoming cultural events in New York (that I'm publicizing):7 FEB: "What is Green Architecture?" -- Launch of a year-long series.8 FEB: New art space Ludlow 38 opens downtown.13 FEB: Anne Enright + Ca...
Posted by Lauren on Tue, 05 Feb 2008 10:41:00 PST

Vote for FREE FOOD (by 5PM today!)

FREE FOOD FOR MILLIONAIRES is in the running to be the 1 pick for the Wall Street Journal's Juggle blog reading group but it's a very close competition (that ends today at 5PM!). If you have a moment,...
Posted by Lauren on Fri, 14 Dec 2007 09:44:00 PST

"Promotion and Publicity for New Authors" (January 14 in DC)

The Washington, DC, Chapter of the Women's National Book Association (http://www.wnba-books.org/wash/) has invited me to speak about "Promotion and Publicity for New Authors" on Monday, January 14. De...
Posted by Lauren on Thu, 13 Dec 2007 10:20:00 PST

"An Insider’s Look at Book Publicity"-- 12/1 in New York

I'll be discussing innovative PR this weekend, as part of the New York Center for Independent Publishing's 20th Annual Independent and Small Press Book Fair. Details here....
Posted by Lauren on Wed, 28 Nov 2007 10:24:00 PST

FREE in NYC Week of November 5th: Berlin Art + "Upstairs" + African Writing

TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 6: Talents II: New Photography From Berlin Artist Talk/Opening at the Goethe-Institut New York. Opening reception from 6:30 - 8:30PM, following an artist talk at 5PM. Talents is pre...
Posted by Lauren on Tue, 06 Nov 2007 10:10:00 PST

Week of October 15th: 1,2,3,4,5 events in NYC!

MONDAY: Dallas Hudgens + Patrick HughesTUESDAY: "Upstairs at the Square" with Nick Hornby + Josh RouseTUESDAY: The Jeffrey Leonard InvitationalTHURSDAY: Girls Write Now 10th Anniversary PartySUNDAY: S...
Posted by Lauren on Fri, 12 Oct 2007 12:57:00 PST

1000stories.com national info/NYC event details

If you're in New York, please join us next Thursday evening. If not, please visit 1000stories.com and tell Florian what's up in your town.FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASEGERMAN FILMMAKER SAYS: "AMERICANS WANTED"...
Posted by Lauren on Wed, 19 Sep 2007 11:22:00 PST