Tag Archive for 'nyc'

A Night Out with Birchbox & Gossip Girl

  As an avid viewer of Gossip Girl since the very beginning, I was beside myself when I was invited to attend a private screening of the Gossip Girl season finale with fellow beauty and fashion addicts in NYC. The sponsors, Gossip Girl/The CW and Birchbox just added to the excitement (and awesome giveaways). The [...]

Twitter’s #party4good to benefit @charitywater

On Tuesday, October 4th, @Twitter hosted a #party4good that showcased IRL their powerful reach as a social platform. The Twitter team did this effortlessly by combining the start-up and influential elite together for a night of music by Funkmaster Flex (so amazing) and showcasing a gallery of powerful tweets and images shared via Twitter around [...]

NYCWFF: Godiva Chocolatier Presents SWEET – A (late) night of wine and sugar.

Friday evening was filled with hours of sugary, alcohol, and caffeine tastings at “SWEET,” the late-night dessert-only event during New York Food & Wine, hosted by Sandra Lee. As an attendee, one’s goal was to taste as many things as possible – and give your “token” (pictured above) to the single restaurant/bakery that satisifed your [...]

SupercalifragiLIPSTICK! A Night Out with Poppy King & Kate Spade

A night out with lipstick queen Poppy King, while surrounded by Kate Spade bags and champagne? Um, hard to say no to that one! On Thursday night, I ventured to the 5th avenue Kate Spade store to experience the infamous Poppy King lipsticks for myself. What I didn’t realize is that upon arrival, I would [...]

Techyness meets Hilary Duff: Disney Memories

Growing up (or even as grown ups) each one of us has a disney star or a show that we watch even though people (aka my brother) would tease us about it. Therefore, I have to come clean: I am a closet hilary duff fan. I watched Lizzie McGuire. I’ve seen her movies. I was [...]

Pursuing Techyness in the City

SO, IT’S OFFICIAL. NYC. HERE I COME! Our pursuits – in life, love (and TECHYNESS, in my case) can take us many places, many of which we wouldn’t exactly expect or predict. It’s taken me to Syracuse, Florence, Atlanta, Houston, Cincinnati, Shanghai, Danbury, and Schenectady, NY. Each location has had it’s pros and its cons, [...]

Let’s Go Play “Find the Future” at New York Public Library

When was the last time you checked out a book at the library? While reading an article about Jane McGonigal’s most recent project, NYPL’s game, titled “Find the Future,” I thought to myself… how long has it been. High School? IT has to be about 8 years ago, which is rather incredible to think about. Now, if [...]

NYC, Hot Guidos & A Few Chicks To Follow on Twitter.

Last weekend, I found myself in the city for a few days. And while I was there, I realized that when you combine NYC, Hot Guidos and a few (hot) chicks on twitter, your total # of followers can increase substantially (and you’re going to have a lot of fun). And the best part about [...]