It’s hard to look neat and pressed for an event when you have pets at home that shed. With that in mind, the Best Friends Animal Society’s “Lint Roller Party” awards ceremony and fund-raiser at Smashbox Studios brought in cigarette girls to hand out lint rollers, and they included the sticky staples in guests’ gift bags. Plus, the invitation welcomed guests to bring their pets along for the fun. Best Friends’ event marketing and promotions consultant, Kathy DeClesis, oversaw the event, with sponsor help from Smashbox Cares, the Evercare Company, and Halo Purely for Pets.
The event included a vast silent auction, filled with dozens of pet-related items, as well as a bigger-ticket live auction. Gobos on the wall above the auction lots announced the host and sponsors’ names.
Caterer GoodFood set up generous vegetarian-friendly spreads at Asian stations (scallion tofu, buckwheat soba noodles, steamed vegetable gyoza); antipasti stations (breads, crostini, tapenades, fire-roasted peppers, hummus, and babaganoush); and dessert stations (banana tempura with powdered sugar, watermelon granita, and chocolate coconut sticky rice). Corazon tequila was among the liquor sponsors, with staffers pouring the spirit at bars decked with dog- and cat-shaped ice sculptures. Other beverage sponsors included Sofia, X-Rated vodka, Landy cognac, Welsh Stewart Wines, Finest Call mixers, Evian, and Izze.
To end the evening, Irish rocker band the Young Dubliners performed for the crowd of two- and four-legged revelers.
—Alesandra Dubin
Posted 09.21.06
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The event included a vast silent auction, filled with dozens of pet-related items, as well as a bigger-ticket live auction. Gobos on the wall above the auction lots announced the host and sponsors’ names.
Caterer GoodFood set up generous vegetarian-friendly spreads at Asian stations (scallion tofu, buckwheat soba noodles, steamed vegetable gyoza); antipasti stations (breads, crostini, tapenades, fire-roasted peppers, hummus, and babaganoush); and dessert stations (banana tempura with powdered sugar, watermelon granita, and chocolate coconut sticky rice). Corazon tequila was among the liquor sponsors, with staffers pouring the spirit at bars decked with dog- and cat-shaped ice sculptures. Other beverage sponsors included Sofia, X-Rated vodka, Landy cognac, Welsh Stewart Wines, Finest Call mixers, Evian, and Izze.
To end the evening, Irish rocker band the Young Dubliners performed for the crowd of two- and four-legged revelers.
—Alesandra Dubin
Posted 09.21.06
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