Inside scoop on parties from talented vendors & VIP guests

Last Wednesday night, Colin Cowie, one of the most famous party planners in the world, showed his guests just how connected he really is.  The charming host with his signature sense of humor joked with party-goers, that he had used his special “red phone to the sky” to make sure…
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It was a battle of the biceps and a challenge in cocktail mixing all at the same time.  Hosted by Stirrings, the line of all natural mixers and bar ingredients, the Naked Bartender Event at the Time Warner Center was the finale to a search for the perfect bar guy…
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It may be a socialite’s worst nightmare to have a glass of red wine spilled on her dress at a benefit but for Arden Wohl, it was all in the name of performance art and philanthropy. At The Whitney Art Party on June 9th, hosted by the Whitney Contemporaries, Wohl…
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Summertime and the livin’ is easy…that is if the season were brought to you by Belvedere Vodka and Matthew Williamson who channeled sultry summer evenings and exotic destinations for their exclusive launch event last Thursday night.   In celebration of the latest maceration, Pink Grapefruit, a new flavor distilled from…
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The closing gala of the Manhattan Cocktail Classic promised to be a, “Sunday Night Spectacular,” and it certainly lived up to the hype. Hosted at the landmark New York City Library, the lavish event featured 12 dedicated bars staffed with the city’s top mixologists shaking up original cocktails and over…
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Guest blogger Rachel Lincoln Sarnoff of EcoStiletto.com (aka our favorite green girl on the West Coast) gives us a behind-the-scenes look at the making of her latest eco-bash. It’s one thing to plan a party. It’s quite another to plan an event. A party is all about the guests—making sure…
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It may not have been your typical Bastille Day celebration, but last Tuesday night’s Opportunity Green bash was still about power to the people. Along with co-hosts MINI, Marc Alt, Notes on a Party, Neighbor, Environment and Ecofabulous, LA based conference Opportunity Green co-hosted, “An Evening Celebrating Style with a…
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For many New Yorkers, attending their first Gen Art event was a rite of passage – an entree to a city filled with art, music, film and fashion.  So, when the organization took a major blow from the economic recession last year (losing much of their corporate sponsorship), they did…
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As Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney said, during the Great Depression upon the founding of the now iconic Whitney Museum, “It is especially in times like these that we need to look to the spiritual. In art we find it.” And now with the country facing a similar challenging period, Whitney’s statement…
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Last week on a warm summer’s night, guests gathered in a beautiful West Village townhouse to flirt with the green devil at a private culinary event hosted by Le Tourment Vert, an authentic French absinthe produced by Distillerie Vinet Ege near the town of Cognac. For members of the press,…
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It was an evening of dancing, desserts and dreams.  A benefit for St. Jude Children’s Hospital, Chocolate au Vin, was a magical night where New York’s social scene turned their thoughts away from their economic troubles to focus on children in need.  Held at the lavish downtown venue, Capitale, the…
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Taste. Test. Tally. Those were the (well received) instructions on our invitation to, “An Evening of Eco-Friendly Cocktails with VeeV Acai Spirit,” an exclusive cocktail tasting we co-hosted with Delicatessen restaurant last week. To kick off the summer season in style, readers of Notes on a Party and VIP customers…
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