Events From Hell - An Evening With The Joe(')s

From Gawker comes news of "The Political Event of the Year!" - a tea party fundraiser featuring the "Three Stooges Most Influential and Conservative Joe's". 

Yep, that's right - Joe Miller (failed Republican Senate candidate from Alaska), Samuel "Not Joe - Not a Plumber" Wurzelbacher, and Hispanic-hating Maricopa County (AZ) sheriff Joe Arpaio - together at long last! Featuring a special appearance by Sharron Angle! (failed Republican Senate candidate from Nevada). One night only - TONIGHT!!

Seriously.

BTW - that unnecessary apostrophe ("Joe's") is FREE with your $2012 donation!!!

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Events I'll Be Attending in 2011

Won't you join me?

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Kitty Bradshaw's One Year Anniversary Event

I was lucky enough to attend an exclusive event here in NYC on Wednesday - my girl Kitty Bradshaw's one year Blogiversary party. In addition to celebrating KittyBradshaw.com's one year mark, we also celebrated Kitty being named a Gap Brand Enthusiast. Because of this, there were cute boys walking around in Gap jeans during the event ... which, of course, I enjoyed immensely.

The party was held at the Nightingale Lounge in the East Village - which was the perfect-sized venue. The crowd was cute, friendly, and Kitty looked fantastic. When the official photos are released, I'll see if I can share some of them with you all. In the meantime, fab blogger The Shoenista (who I was so happy to finally meet) has some pictures HERE.

Let me tell you one thing - Kitty Bradshaw knows how to throw an event (and remember bitches, I'm an Event Planner). There was no fuss, no drama, lots of friendly faces and lots of networking. And Kitty served as Guest of Honor and Mistress of Ceremonies with the greatest of ease. Thanks again to Kitty for the invitation.

But to REALLY show you that Kitty DOES NOT MESS AROUND, take a look at the gift bag (AKA Swag Bag) I received on my way out the door. Unfortunately I had to leave early so I could get back to the apartment and take notes for my Top Chef Masters recap.

This is what I walked out with...

Here is a partial list: bottles of Sprite Green and FYXX Energy Water, a copy of Uptown Magazine, M&M's, condoms from LIFEbeat, a tote bag and luggage tags from Cabot Creamery (Candace Karu - the Cabot Rep - was a DOLL), the most fantastic "Island Punch" candle from Yum Yum Candle, and "Almond Cookie Shea Body Lotion" from Carol's Daughter (which smells good enough to eat). I have been to many events over the years - and just those items (I'm sure I'm forgetting something - sorry) would have been PLENTY.

But Kitty Bradshaw has to go the extra mile. The day before the event, she called me and asked me what my shoe size was. Because I GOT A PAIR OF SOUTHPOLE SHOES!...

And finally, since this WAS a Gap-sponsored event, Kitty made sure I got a gift card for A FREE PAIR OF GAP JEANS!!!...

Seriously, I think this was probably the best Swag Bag I have ever gotten in my 16 years of attending NYC events. Thanks again to Kitty for looking out for me and the rest of your guests.

For a complete list of Kitty's sponsors, please go HERE. And make sure to visit KittyBradshaw.Com often.

Another Successful Event...

Lord, I don't know HOW I did it, but the attorneys got fed, liquored up, and left happy. The restaurant barely had phone service, but we certainly had enough kick-ass hors d'oeuvres. And the smoke smell dissipated before everyone got there. Thank Jeebus.

On the other hand, I DID stress-eat (I swear I ate an entire sheet-pan of onion tartletts - but DAMN were they good). But I will be back on track tomorrow. In fact, I plan on doing an entire recap of my 1st week of Weight Watchers this Friday. And if all goes smoothly, I'll have good news to report.

But the icing on my stressful cake came at about 9:30 pm, when my mother left me a message saying that she, my grandmother, and my grandfather (who are visiting her from Texas) are taking the train to NYC TOMORROW!!!! They want to see a show and then go back to Mom's house in Pennsylvania afterwards. And also visit with me in the 23 spare minutes they might have between the show and their return train. I was more than a little hysterical when I finally got to speak to Mama Bunny. That woman is certainly full of surprises.