It was snowing, so we took a cab down to the Ford apartment and moved Ali in. It was really nice, with a large central room with a long table. There's a spiral staircase that leads to a living room in the loft. Two bedrooms and a bath are upstairs and there is a small bedroom with bunk beds downstairs. Ali has the bottom bunk because she doesn't want to bang her head on the ceiling. There is another large bedroom and bath next to her room and we peeked inside. It looks like Ali's room at home - clothes everywhere, and the beds are a mess. Something tells me we are in the right place.  There is a housemother that lives here too but she has her own room. We looked in the fridge and all the food that was in there (very little) was labeled with each model's name. We left Ali's things there and went to meet Ali's agents at Ford.

We decided to walk there, and it wasn't long before we were walking in the wrong direction. I asked a nice young man where Houston (as in Texas) was and he said, Oh, you mean Houston and he pointed us in the right direction. The agency is on Greene street (it has since moved uptown). Ali was a little nervous, but everyone was so nice and made her feel so welcome. (I am going to refrain from using names except for a really special lady named Charlotte who later became Ali's agent when she was moved to the main board) We met the new faces agent, she talked to us about Ford's plans for Ali while she was in NY.

She told us that Fashion Week runs from Feb.6th through the 14th and they would like Ali to try out for the shows. Today she had go sees at Teen Vogue, Vogue and Cosmo Girl. She also met with a women that was casting for a Levi's commercial. Ali said the woman asked her if she could ride a horse.