Along Came Mary’s menu included five dinner stations that had themes like “Casablanca Airstrip” and “South Seas Steamship,” serving up dishes inspired by various destinations. Desserts included German chocolate brownie pudding, butterscotch trifles, Mississippi mud pies, and baklava. The menu used locally grown and sustainably produced ingredients. Leftover edible food was donated to local food banks and all cooking oil used for the event was recycled.
To evoke the concept of vintage travel, tabletop centerpieces included a globe in a bowl of roses from CJ Matsumoto.
Essence hosted its sixth annual Black Women in Music pre-Grammy event on Thursday at Avalon Hollywood, honoring and featuring a performance by Jill Scott.
The event, which celebrated important moments in the magazine's 45-year history, included hot pink roses and ranunculus presented in vessels made of cassette tapes for a vintage appeal. There was also old-school candy on the tables and food served on branded records.
Colgate Optic White was a sponsor of the Essence event, setting up a product station in front of a selfie-ready mirror decorated with a hashtag. Polaroids in the Colgate area were also meant to recall a sense of history.
A tiered, branded ice sculpture bore the event host's name.
The event included a Comador cigar bar and SBE catering. Inconspicuous signs in the floral arrangements bore the name of sponsor Citi.
Keurig also used its party to mark the arrival of Keurig 2.0, the brand's newest line of home brewing equipment. The evening included mixologist-created Keurig cocktails along with a variety of tray-passed snacks. A custom backlit glowing wall showcased two dessert displays and a non-alcoholic Keurig offering.
On Thursday, Delta (the official airline of the Grammy awards) feted the show at Soho House with a DJ set by the Roots’ Questlove and a performance by Charli XCX. MKG produced.
#18 Entertainment Industry Event
Designed to bridge the Hollywood and British entertainment communities, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts’ Los Angeles branch hosts numerous events, the most influential of which is the Britannia Awards. The gala ceremony—which supports Bafta L.A.’s education, scholarship, community outreach, and archival projects—draws A-list stars as presenters and honorees; last fall it was sponsored by Jaguar and BBC America. Next: October 30, 2014
