the wordVogue printed on it； and her brown hair was cut in a short bob with thick；
bronze…highlighted bangs。 She continued to type。Note： Ask Jed where the film came from。
Vanessa considered nudging her gently and saying； ？I made it；？ but she decided it would be more
fun to stay quiet and see what happened。 Maybe someone would detest the film and make a big
stink about it and Vanessa would bee known as the infamous filmmaker whose bitterly honest
portrayal of New York had been a real downer at Fashion Week。 She wondered how Dan was
doing at the Better Than Naked show。 She imagined him asking that hot new Brazilian
super…model？Anike； or whatever her name was？for a light without even knowing who she was。
That was the thing Vanessa most loved about Dan； his divine innocence。
The film came to the part where she？d filmed two old men wearing matching red…and…black plaid
wool jackets and black wool caps playing chess in Washington Square Park。 One guy？s head
bobbed against his chest； his burning cigar perched precariously on his sagging lower lip as he
began to fall asleep。 The other guy snapped his fingers to make sure his partner was asleep before
moving the chess pieces around and nudging his sleeping friend awake again。
Inside Highway 1 the sounds of the storm faded and boisterous big…band music began to play。 A
giant cardboard boat was hauled onto the stage by muscular male models pulling thick white ropes
and wearing only simple navy blue briefs。 The boat came to a stop and the gangplank was lowered。
Out came the models； two at a time？there must have been a hundred of them； and how had they all
fit into that boat？？all dressed in navy blue satin