Melvin's Guide *Bridging the gap between for-profit and not-for-profit professionals* About Melvin's Guide Home | Featured Restaurant | Featured Club | Fashion Week - Fall 2008 | VIF List | Featured Non-Profit Event | Featured Non-Profit Organization | Event Submission | Download Previous Guides | Contact Me | About Melvin's Guide | Fashion Week - Spring 2009 About Melvin's Guide Melvin's Guide is a monthly publication that aims to bridge the gap between for-profit and not-for-profit professionals in New York City reaching a mix group of professionals working in finance, consulting, fashion, public relations, nonprofit professionals, etc. The publication is a unique, up/coming guide, where my staff and I write reviews on high-end restaurants, clubs/bars, fashion shows, film festivals and follow it up with information on non-profit organizations as well as a comprehensive list of not-for-profit fundraising events. In June 2008, Melvin's Guide celebrated it's 2nd year anniversary and as of October 2008, the staff has grown to a total of 7: Jeff Um - Creative Director Claire Coveney  - Fashion Editor, where she manages 2 fashion editor interns (Ariel Davis and Chris Sarasin).  Karen Verber - Photographer Mike Terry - Restaurant Critic Brendan Goodspeed - YNPN Laison We have covered Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week for the past 4 seasons, as well as countless non-profit fundraising events in the NY Metro area. We are NYC's premier publication, with a distribution of over 5,000 readers, that combines high fashion, VIP events and nonprofit organizations/fundraisers.