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Potluck for God’s Love We Deliver – Success!

24 May

Last night a good friend and fellow blogger hosted a potluck party as part of God’s Love We Deliver’s “World’s Largest Potluck”. She cooked up a tasty batch of chili for friends and coworkers who all came out to support the cause. Everyone showed up with something to share: samosas, wine, meatballs, and cupcakes. OH, the cupcakes… This party not only raised money for a cause; it raised everyone’s waist size by at least 1 or 2 sizes.

The night raised almost $200 for GLWD! Thanks to McKenzie for hosting a fabulous evening of food and friends for a great and meaningful cause.

For more information about GLWD, visit their website: http://godslovewedeliver.org/

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Great American Bake Sale

13 Apr

As part of Share Our Strength’s Great American Bake Sale campaign, NYC Food bloggers are joining forces this Saturday the 17th in what should be one of the largest bake sales ever. Head to the Brooklyn Flea between 10am and 5pm, and you’ll find a variety of homemade goodies for sale, the proceeds of which will go towards ending childhood hunger. You’ll find vegan brownies made by Chris from the skint, cranberry trail mix and chocolate peanut butter bars from Elina at The Naked Beet, and pig candy cookies (what?) from Siobhan at Blondie and Brownie. For a complete list of participating bloggers, check out The JLH Life, run by Jacquie who will be serving up some homemade nutella! If you can’t make it out to the Brooklyn Flea, don’t fret: enter your zip code here to find a Great American Bake Sale happening near you!

Share Our Strength’s annual campaign encourages people to hold bake sales in their local communities to raise money towards their good fight of ending childhood hunger in America. A shocking 1 out of 4 children in America are hungry and while we can argue semantics in terms of what “hungry” really means, it’s still an unacceptable number.

National Volunteer Week

1 Apr



On April 24th, I’ll be volunteering for Hands On New York Day, beautifying a park in Flushing, Queens. What will you be doing during National Volunteer Week?

Tribeca Cinemas Doc Series presents “Dark Days”

18 Feb

Dark Days, a seminal documentary on the underground homeless network in New York City is screening this Monday, February 22nd at Tribeca Cinemas. As part of the Tribeca Cinemas Presents: Doc Series -an exciting new series of innovative and thought-provoking documentary films- Dark Days sheds light on the vast underbelly of the city and the thriving community of people living inside. Director Marc Singer, who himself lived underground for two years in order to capture the vivid snapshots and footage used for the documentary, will be in attendance Monday night. You’ll be able to grab a cocktail at the Tribeca Cinemas bar before and after the film and mingle with other doc lovers and like-minded people. With a soundtrack put together by DJ Shadow, Dark Days is sure to please your curiosity of the underground as well as your ears.

This film is the winner of three Sundance awards, the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary and an LA Film Critics Award for Best Documentary. After reading a synopsis and interview with director Marc Singer, it seems like this documentary has the potential to blow anyone away; stories of people living underneath the city for years, surviving and thriving, seem truly unbelievable and moreover, the entire (completely inexperienced) film crew consisted of the very people he set out to document, using borrowed equipment on loan or credit. If the reviews on IMDB are any indication, Dark Days is a must-see for anyone hoping to gain insight (or in NEED of some insight) into the lives of New York City’s homeless community.

You can buy tickets online here: www.tribecafilm.com/docseries

Enter the special promotional code TCDOCS10 and you’ll receive $2 off general ticket prices!

Healing Arts for Haiti

12 Feb
2010

Head to the Grand Ballroom at the Hyatt on E. 42nd St today from 12-8pm and receive some very special spa services from Healing Arts for Haiti. According to their press release, “Healing Arts For Haiti is a collaboration bringing together over 200 professionals from the spa and healing arts community and the health and beauty industry of New York City metro area for an event to bring the art of healing to the act of giving all in one location.”

Once inside, you should be able to find a slew of healing activities to partake in, from massages and facials to express acupuncture and yoga. 100% of the proceeds from the entire day will be generously donated to Unicef, chosen for their long-standing commitment to helping children around the globe. In addition to getting pampered today, you can purchase products and services (for up to 75% off retail prices) to pamper yourself at a later date. There will also be live music all day by various artists, a silent auction and raffle prizes from big names in beauty (L’Occitane, MAC, and Bliss, just to name a few).

So take an extra long lunch break today and go get a massage for Haiti. And with all those beauty and spa treatments on sale, it’s the perfect place for you guys out there who haven’t gotten your ladies Valentine’s Day presents yet. Just don’t tell them how much you paid for it…

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