Once again the wonderful city I live in never ceases to amaze me. The furniture company, Art Van, had an amazing event they hosted in Grand Rapids, Detroit, and Chicago. They gave away $1,000 shopping credit to winners at the events and they are also giving away prizes to the top 55 people with the most likes on their "SofaSelfies". Nigel Barker, noted fashion photographer of The Face and America's Next Top Model, came along for this promotion.
Nigel Barker. Ah, what can I say? I used to watch America's Next Top Model and I loved watching him. His accent, his polished look, his talent with analyzing the pictures.
So what was he like in person? I only talked to him for a minute, after all he was very busy, photo bombing Sofa Selfies, talking to crowds of people, and helping them take better pictures.
He was unbelievably nice what little I did talk to him. I was so nervous and I told him I wasn't clever enough to come up with something creative, he said, "Sometimes simple is always the best." He talked a little more about having friends to click like and using other forms of media. He was amazingly calm, poised, and friendly. Watching him walk around and take pictures with others I realized how caring he was to all the people at the event. He spoke to everyone. He took pictures with everyone. He even let people climb around on him like they were monkeys. He picked women up off the ground, staged proposals, and at one point rubbed a woman's feet. It was sheer entertainment watching this. I realize it is his "Job", because of course he got paid to be at the event, but it was really above and beyond.
In Grand Rapids there was a special game they played, "Musical Sofas". In this game it was basically a variation of Musical Chairs, just with sofas. This was the end of the event and it was really fun. I was out at the first time the music stopped. Boo. But my husband was in it for a while longer and our friend Chris actually won! It was very exciting.
There is one more part of the contest. 55 of the highest liked and most shared Sofa Selfies will win a couch. My husband's picture is below and hopefully you can go to the link and click like on his picture on the Facebook page! (Sadly that is my thumb in the corner. Maybe Nigel should have hung around a little longer and taught me how to take a picture....)
