“Parties are the nightly ritual of the sophisticated society.”
- Dominick Dunne
Notes on a Party is a new digital media property that celebrates the art of entertaining by covering Events from the Inside Out™. Written for the stylish and sophisticated audience, the site features daily posts or “notes” on the most talented vendors in New York, cool resources from the Web, original gift ideas and tips on party planning. Featured columns include:
Lazy Hostess
Entertaining made simple with a little help from the experts
It’s My Party
Amazing venues for all types of social occasions
Behind-the-Scenes
Inside scoop on parties from talented vendors & VIP guests
Celia’s List
A peek into the coveted rolodex of a seasoned event planner
Ask Celia
Get party planning advice by sending in your questions
For more stories on entertaining, visit our column in Style section of the Huffington Post.
Founder & Editor-in-Chief
Celia Chen has been planning parties since she was a young girl. With a degree in art history from McGill University in Montreal, Celia briefly contemplated graduate school and a career as an academic. It took 4 short weeks of a summer internship at a museum (archiving paintings and artifacts in the subzero basement) for her to realize that her finely tuned social skills would be wasted and she headed to New York City.
More than a decade later, Celia is a leading marketing and public relations executive having planned events for high profile clients including Prada, P. Diddy, Chrysler, Conde Nast Publications, MINI Cooper, Miss Sixty, W Hotels, FIJI Water, Beauty.com among others.
In March 2007, Celia launched the digital media property, Notes on a Party, to share her knowledge and passion for special events with others. She relishes in the fact that she can now call herself an Internet entrepreneur, albeit one that wears Manolos.
Contributors:
Kids + Babies
Kelcey Kintner believes you can still look hip while pushing a double stroller and drinking from your toddler’s sippy cup. A former White House staffer, TV reporter and anchor, with a master’s degree from the Columbia School of Journalism, Kelcey is the creator and author of the mama bird diaries, a smart and edgy blog about motherhood.
This urban mama has two young daughters and tries to suppress their endless zest for complete chaos, while finding time for her husband, Rick Folbaum (a Fox anchor), ashtanga yoga and really bad television.
For Notes on a Party, Kelcey reports on all things kid-related from fun activities around town to helpful tips on entertaining the little ones.
Food + Wine
Lauren Shockey is a freelance writer who specializes in culinary journalism. Her articles have appeared in The New York Times Style Magazine, Gastronomica, ELLEgirl, Zink, Metromix, and BRIDES.
A graduate of the University of Chicago and The French Culinary Institute, Lauren is currently pursuing a Master of Arts in Food Studies from New York University. In her spare time she enjoys playing squash, reading, and baking cannelés (a delicious French pastry).
For Notes on a Party, Lauren writes about the city’s best new restaurants and bars as well as the top chefs, caterers, sommeliers and mixologists that make up the culinary scene.
Green Entertaining
Danielle Venokur believes that parties are important but, thinks the planet is, too. It’s these beliefs, coupled with a deep love of organic cake, that led Danielle, the former Event Director of L’Olivier Floral Atelier, to launch dvGreen, her sustainable event design and production firm.
She hosts “The Green Party” on MNN.com, was one of Modern Bride’s 25 Trendsetters of 2008, and has appeared in The Knot, GOTHAM, InStyle, Wired, NY Times, and TreeHugger.
For Notes on a Party, Danielle dishes on what’s new and exciting in the ever-expanding world of green entertaining.
Web site design and brand identity by Base Design.
Web development and site maintenance by Mutant Media.
In the Press
Partying Green in Tough Times - Mother Nature Network 03.27.09
The Lazy Environmentalist on a Budget - Josh Dorfman Book Party - The Daily Green 03.27.09
Just an Online Minute - MediaPost 03.26.09
The Big Chill For Holiday Parties? - CNET’s The Social 11.21.08
Summer’s Soiree - Celia Chen Shows Us How to Throw an Eco-Chic Party - Treehugger 08.24.08
Throw a Grand (and Green) Party - NBC Today Show 08.20.08
Digital Invites Suit Up for Black-Tie Affairs - CNET’s The Social 08.12.08
Eco-Chic in Silicon Alley - The Deal’s Tech Confidential 07.30.08
A Night of Eco-Chic Entertaining - Socially Superlative blog 07.30.08
Green Parties - Good Day New York (Fox News) 05.22.08
Eco-Chic Entertaining Tips - Treehugger 04.15.08
A Night with NY’s Green Who’s Who - Ecorazzi 04.12.08
Chicer Than Thou - New York Insider 04.11.08
Eco-Chic Entertaining - pingg.com 04.09.08
A Night of Eco-Chic Entertaining - Lazy Environmentalist 04.08.08
Founders Club - Where the Bar is in the Elevator - The Social 02.20.08
Women Entrepreneurs Gather for a Different Kind of Brunch - Ground Report 01.23.08
Celia Chen’s The Party Queen - Fashion Week Daily 12.10.07
Hello Day Spa? This Order is for Delivery - New York Times 11.29.07
Live from New York, It’s Founders Club - Alley Insider 11.07.07
Notes on a Party Founder Blogs Founders Club - Alley Insider 08.09.07
Interested in becoming a contributor?
Please send a short bio and an original post written in our editorial style to post@notesonaparty.com. If we use it, you’ll get a by-line on the story. Posts may be “lightly edited.” Popular guest bloggers may be considered for regular contributing roles. (Please do not submit posts about your own companies or clients.)
Have the inside scoop?
Send news on your latest discoveries - cool event spaces, great gift ideas, savvy party planning tips as well as your favorite local vendors and web sites to tips@notesonaparty.com. (PR folks - we prefer pitch letters, press kits and low res jpeg images to be sent digitally)
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