"If I have a little bit of time, I like to
write at home on my laptop," says the
Content staffer, who enjoys going to
New York restaurants with friends. "I
really like the quiet of the morning, and
I'll often wake up at 4:30 just to have
two or three hours of silence, which are
hard to come by in New York City.
"I like to sit in my bedrooin with
this TV table that I keep under my bed
and a folding chair. That's when I do
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brother, Craig, and his wife, the for-
mer Amy Mickel.
"My life is a lot of fun," says Lash,
who became a bat mitzvah at Temple
Israel. "I love New York City and the
opportunities here. New York maga-
zine is pretty hip, right on the edge of
trends, so I think it's exciting."
Lash spends weekends with her
boyfriend, Todd Miller, a business
student at Harvard.
Meltzer also came to New York
magazine from Conde Nast, where
her particular assignment
Robyn Lash and
Worn rki Oviifs Vsarai litieg • it Greek (Orthodox) Drama
was Glamour.
"The environment at
Rachel Meltzer —
New York magazine is warm
New York'
and friendly, and it's like
Robyn Lash and Rachel
family," says Meltzer, who
Meltzer were 15 when
finds her current hours are
they met on a trip to
more regular and give her
Israel. The next time
time to spend evenings at
they saw each other,
art events, charity auctions
both were graphic
and parties. "The client
artists, T ash already
spectrum is really broad
working at New York
and provides a variety for
magazine and Meltzer
designers. It's a lot of fun."
applying for a job there.
Meltzer attended
Now they work side by side, doing
Cranbrook, where she studied many
artwork for promotions that go to
disciplines. She took design classes at
advertisers and prospective advertisers
the Center for Creative Studies and
with the goal of building business.
realized that she loved the field.
We have a really good time," says
"It was a happy medium between
Lash, 27, now a senior designer. "Our
fine arts and learning computer-
styles are completely different, but we
applicable skills that I could use at
love each other's work. It's amazing to
work," says Meltzer, who relocated to
see how we tackle each problem and
New York and graduated from the
project differently.
School for Visual Arts. "I moved
Lash, who has been with New York
around a lot because I didn't want to
magazine for two years, liked graphic
have any regrets, and I don't."
design all through school, including her
Meltzer, the daughter of Gerald
years at Andover and the University of
Meltzer and Sandra Seligman,
Michigan. Originally, she had wanted
believes that people have an image of
to work on the editorial side of publica-
her life as a little more glamorous
tions but after being hired to do pro-
than she's living it.
motions, she decided that was for her.
"I do feel I have a million oppor-
Relocated to New York just after
tunities and meet interesting people
college, Lash landed a job designing
every single day," says Meltzer, who
children's books. A switch to maga-
celebrated her bat mitzvah at Temple
zines took her to publisher Conde
Beth El and comes home for the holi-
Nast, where she worked for 15 peri-
days. "I'm continuously getting invi-
odicals, including Vogue, Glamour
tations to parties, and I'm continu-
and Gentleman's Quarterly, before get-
ously going to parties. My romantic
ting her present job.
interests are continually in flux, and
"This work gives me a chance to be
that can be glamorous too."
creative," says Lash, who also designs
To give herself some fresh out-
ads that appear inside the publication.
looks, Meltzer travels. Recent week-
New York magazine is great because it
ends were spent in California, Palm
has so many different special issues,
Beach and Nantucket. Last summer,
ranging from catering to fashion to
she went to Europe.
anything you can imagine. I did a series
"I'm active with the Seeds of Peace,
of postcards for a fall preview issue."
an organization that raises money for a
Lash, the daughter of Nancy and
camp where Israeli and Palestinian chil-
Harvey Lash, returns home a couple
dren are brought together to learn
of times a year for holidays or spe-
about each other, and I go to some
ADL events," she says. "I want to keep
cial events. She recently was a mem-
ber of the wedding party for her
doing more, learning and changing."

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