 Garbarino started his journalism career as a staff writer for "The Times-Picayune", "The Tampa Tribune" and "The St. Petersburg Times".He was then the deputy features editor of "The New York Post", the writer-at-large for Details, and the style director for "Us Monthly".In 2006, Garbarino joined "BlackBook Magazine", a style and culture magazine in New York, as the editor-in-chief, where he oversaw a redesign and expansion to 10 issues a year.