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i was a nursing student and going to cal state la, and, you know, hanging out and doing what most 20, 21yearolds do. And i was dragged to this club, and there was lev parnas. Gold chain and his cartier glasses and his christian audigier goldfoiled hoodie. He said he was in la to produce a movie. The evening went by. We were talking. We were relating. Me and lev are both immigrants from ukraine. Similar background, similar upbringing. The foundation, it s still the soviet union. The next day, he shows up in a stretch limo in front of my house to pick me up for lunch. It s just a certain way that they produce people out of russia and ukraine that s different than anywhere else. He proposed four days later, and we were married within six months. All of our friends and family thought we were completely off our rockers. It was like, nobody matters. Nothing you say can stop us. Like, that s it. It s like beyoncé and jayz, bonnie and clyde. Like, let s do this. We re going to conquer the w ....
I was a nursing st and g, and, you know, hanging out and doing what most 20, 21yearolds do. And i was dragged to this club, and there was Lev Parnas. Gold chain and his cartier glasses and his Christian Audigier goldfoiled hoodie. He said he was in la to produce a movie. The evening went by. We were talking. We were relating. Me and lev are both immigrants from ukraine. Similar background, similar upbringing. The foundation, its still the soviet union. The next day, he shows up in a Stretch Limo in front of my house to pick me up for lunch. Its just a certain way that they produce people out of Russia And Ukraine thats different than anywhere else. He proposed four days later, and we were married within six months. All of our friends and family thought we were com ....
[music playing] little did i know, i was making a brand. i have been told that by many advertising executives, by many madison avenue types, that what i was doing was really making a brand developing it, nurturing it, building it, protecting it. the big, big turning point was when i wrote my first book. 10 years after i published entertaining, i sold more copies that year than the first year. so it kept going like that. snowballing. every single book was a big bestseller. and it s exciting that the voice has found, the brand is built that s very valuable. at the very end of entertaining, martha asked if i d do a second book on weddings. of course, i said, yes. the book, weddings, comes out, which is a really beautiful book. now this, this is weddings. now, tell people what you ve done here. could you do a wedding for me? i absolutely could. now, what would that entail? well, you would consult with me. because i m not catering anymore. i used to cater i cater lots of t ....