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Need another excuse to go to Fashion Valley this week? Well look no further; Girls’ Night Out is happening this Thursday, August 13 6pm-8pm at Bloomingdales Fashion Valley. Enjoy hot new fall fashion in a fabulous setting with live music and deals that will cause you to SPLURGE!

Be a star with exclusive multi-chain necklace, yours when you spend 250.00 in-store on Y.E.S.*
Your 250.00 purchase also gets you a 100.00 Splurge Card to use on your next Y.E.S. purchase of 250.00 or more made from 8/14-9/10/09 in-store or online.**

I won’t be making it this week (sad) because I’ll be out of town for a wedding (yay!). But hope you all have fun and make the most of your time prepping for fall fashion!

This Saturday, Christies Boutique is hosting a coming out party for ABBL! The swimsuit line is debuting at the Mission Hills boutique who will be offering to the first 15 people (who make an appointment for a custom suit) a discount of 15% off their suit. Also, the first 10 people to spend $100 or more at Christie’s (yes, that would be ME) during the event will be entered into a drawing to win a FREE SWIMSUIT!! Count me IN!

There will also be a small runway where ABBL designs will be highlights and you will actually be able to order a custom suit - you pick the fabric, the style, get measured right away and the designer, Elizabeth Samford will custom make your suit!! Seriously?! Where have you been all my life, Elizabeth?!

So don’t miss this girls, the event is…

Saturday, May 16 at 1-5pm

928 Fort Stockton Drive
Suite 115
San Diego, CA 92103

For more information visit Christies Boutique or comment below and I can give you more info. XOXO!

Just wanted to wish you all a Happy Cinco de Mayo and to stay safe tonight!! I can’t wait for some tacos, guacamole, and of course some good Mexican beer (not a big margharita fan).

Be safe out there tonight and enjoy the celebration!!

Tonight is the kick off event for SANDIOS - San Diego Online Society - is the networking, round-table discussion and mentoring group for Southern California’s Internet executives, including leaders in software and mobile development.

The event is tonight, Friday, January 23 at 7pm
Osetra
904 5th Ave
San Diego, CA 92101
(619) 239-1800

Sign up for the event here: http://www.meetup.com/sandios/

If you want to join the group on LinkedIn, you need to have an invitation code to join. You can apply for your invitation code by joining our LinkedIn group: http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/136221

I just absolutely love Google’s creative team! They’re always in the spirit for holidays, events, special occasions, and today - the ELECTION! This is a really big day for America and Google is showing their support.

I know this last weekend and next are full of partying because of Halloween but there is a really cool event happening this Wednesday, Oct. 29 at the Keating Hotel - NetParty (apparently there are already over 400 RSVPs!!!). Go check it out! Here’s more info that was sent to me earlier this week…

http://sandiego.netparty.com/networking-events.html

More Info…

The nation’s best-attended after work event for young professionals is now in San Diego!  We already have 400+ RSVPs for this event.

As seen in Forbes (Best of the Web) and Cosmopolitan (”Top New Ways to Meet”), NetParty events are held at the hippest venues and “combine business networking with social fun” (Forbes).

We host parties in 15 different cities at some of the country’s hottest venues, including Marquee and Hiro in NYC, Le Deux and Opera in Hollywood and Pangaea in Miami and Austin (see photos).

You are invited to RSVP for Free Admission to our San Diego Launch party (http://sandiego.netpar…) which will be held at the exclusive Minus 1 Ultra Lounge @ The Keating Hotel (admission to our events is normally $20).  Open yourself up to meeting hundreds of new people for business contacts and social connections and gain access to this incredible San Diego hotspot. We expect over 500 young professionals to attend!

Please be our guest and enjoy:

• Drink specials (to be announced) from 6 pm to 8 pm
• Complimentary passed hors d’oeuvres from 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm
• Cool music played at a low volume to facilitate successful business and social networking until 8 pm
• DJ Scott Saunders spinning great music and creating a fun atmosphere after 8 pm while allowing for continued conversation and interaction
• Making the acquaintance of hundreds of new, young, fun people for business contacts and friendships like you can do nowhere else.

Please also join us in connecting in our exceedingly new NetParty San Diego Facebook Group,  NetParty National Facebook Group, and on LinkedIn.  You can also follow our daring exploits on Twitter.

Situated in the “chill subterranean space” (Riviera Magazine) of what MSNBC designated one of the four “coolest hotels in the world,” Minus 1 was designed by the same folks who crafted such exotic autos as Ferrari and Maserati, and the lounge was created to possess that same sleek, smooth feel. The bar in this “sexy underground lounge” (CITY Magazine) is ultra high-tech as it’s made entirely from aluminium and steel.  Conversely, the walls reveal peeks to the original brick and stone, showing off the heritage of the hotel building.

We look forward to meeting you!
For more information, pictures and spot to RSVP please visit the main site http://sandiego.netparty.com/networking-events.html

In an effort to get all of our San Diego tech/web friends together I am organizing an event set for tomorrow, Thursday, October 9 at 5:30pm at WineSteals Hillcrest. The road has been rough for some of our fellow web peeps and I am (along with my company who is sponsoring (aka buying booze) the event, MindTouch) trying to get people together who are looking for jobs, looking to fill jobs, freelancers, designers, developers, web marketers, recruiters, etc. etc. This is a casual event to invite anybody who wants to further develop out their personal and professional networks within the San Diego tech market. I know times are tough out there right now so this is a time when we all HAVE to stick together - we cannot bend. If you have any (even a small amount of) time to stop by tomorrow night please make an effort to come out and support our industry, our friends, and our colleagues who need it most.

So far we have almost 40 people rsvp’d - which for such short notice is an AMAZING response! Come on San Diego (and Southern California!!) and get our industry moving & shaking again!!

Please RSVP here for the event. If you have any additional questions you can refer to my blog post on the MindTouch blog, dm me @sarahmcarr or email me directly sarahc (at) mindtouch (dot) com. Cheers and MANY, MANY thanks to our wonderful community!!

A couple of weeks ago was the (fifth I believe) San Diego Tweetup at the W Hotel in downtown. Thanks to Jenn Van Grove (@jbruin) for yet again hosting & organizing another fabulous meetup. I met some cool local peeps including Dmitry Shapiro, founder of Veoh Video Network and others. There was a GREAT turnout - I would estimate between 100 to 120 people showed up (Awesome!!).

Again, Dan Tentler was the photo master at the event - so I’m using photos from him taken that night below. More photos can be found at his Flickr stream.

The next SD Tweetup is Tuesday 9/23 at 7:30pm at the Pearl Hotel in Point Loma.

Learn more here:
http://blog.meetup.com/413/calendar/8696518/

See you all at the next Tweetup! Cheers bitches.

Overview of the bar at the W

Free drinks is never a bad time…

Melani Gordon & Me hanging in the cabana

Gema and Me - Partners in Crime!

I went up to SummerMash LA on Friday to kick it with Pete & his entourage of thousands. It was good times. The venue was a little disappointing - a lot of dirt/sand, grass and stones around so definitely wasn’t easy for a girl in 3″ heels to get around. But overall the atmosphere was laid back and people were extremely approachable and friendly. I met a few cool people - some from MySpace, Investing.com, ThisNext, Veoh and of course Pete Cashmore himself. Well, I guess you could say I “met” him - it was more of a ‘Jump in the picture with him and bail out’. It was actually thought it was really weird. All night Pete would just take pictures will people - like he was this robot of some sort just making rounds through the crowd, taking pictures, appointing his assistant to get your name so you’re tagged appropriately, and moving on. I guess that’s what you have to do when you’re the “Face” of the company, no?

All in all it was a nice party. It was executed very well, the people were great, the drinks & food were free and plentiful, and the pictures were better than ever!

Me & Pete Cashmore

Gema, Me & ChrisChrisChris

San Diego crew - @mattsurfs, @gwaveconsulting, @gemalynn,
@hugkennyloggins, & @sarahcarr84