http://www.eventistas.com NYC selected events Wed, 03 Feb 2010 18:00:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Most of us know too well that it takes a die-hard Eventista to stay motivated and keep up with event attendance in the NYC winter temperatures. I believe everyone in the city get this feeling that curling up on their couch would be much nicer than going to "yet another ... http://www.eventistas.com/2010/02/winter-soiree-by-chapman-pr/ What better opportunity to stick with the New Year resolutions than attending an event featuring free yoga and organic food cooking demonstrations? Thanks to the pop-up event held Saturday January 23rd at Graceline Court to show the new condos New Yorkers were able to do just so. The teachers of Harlem ... http://www.eventistas.com/2010/01/yoga-foodies-gather-at-graceline-court-condos/ A new decade for a new beginning and your Eventista wants it all from a fulfilled social life, to an organized abode, successful career, fit bod and more. Your Eventista will put her social network to use and find out the best of everything and help both you and me to ... http://www.eventistas.com/2010/01/2010-i-want-it-all/ On November 4th I gladly joined  my social media geeky friends (largely constituted of the Obliterati crowd) at the Blip.tv celebration at Mocca lounge. Attendees at the recently opened Mocca Lounge included media mavens such as Peter Feld, Richard Blakely and Matthew Caldecutt. No lists at the door to fit in with ... http://www.eventistas.com/2009/11/blip-tv-bash-mocca-lounge/ Who doesn't love the fab creations sold at Blue & Cream! I stopped by a few days ago on a rainy day for a friends & family reception celebrating the launch of  FreeFingers by Nina Wexler a gorgeous collection of "Fingerfree" handwoven gloves. [flickr album=72157622475036637 num=20 size=Thumbnail] http://www.eventistas.com/2009/10/freefingers-blue-cream/ After Blue and Cream I walked over to the infamous Beauty Bar to celebrate the anniversary of Brooklyn beauty shop. The back room was booked for the event and each guest received a ticket for a free drink and a free manicure and left with a bag filled with goodies. [flickr album=72157622599771122 ... http://www.eventistas.com/2009/10/miomia/ After Kara Ross cocktail party I stopped by  the Running With Heels launch  at the Single Dress showroom and briefly enjoyed  an interesting and quite fashionable shoes loving crowd to celebrate the launch of the E-zine. If you are not familiar with this online mag dedicated to shoes trends and ... http://www.eventistas.com/2009/08/running-with-heels/ I braved the heat on August 19th to attend the Kara Ross NY website launch reception and I can say I am glad I did. Right after being welcomed by a charming team, Kara walked me through her line of creations which were each more gorgeous than the others- bold ... http://www.eventistas.com/2009/08/kara-ross-website-celebration/ Half way through summer it was about time for me to head out east and enjoy the 2nd Saturday of the Polo season followed by a cocktail reception, dinner, fashion show and a silent auction all of it benefiting the children of Liberia through the MacDella Cooper foundation. Host committee members ... http://www.eventistas.com/2009/07/macdella-cooper-is-champion-of-education-in-southampton/ I can't believe we're mid-July already as I have been so busy with work, travel and more that I didn't even noticed Summer is here. THere has been no happy hours for me yet nor good dinners on terraces of cute restaurants. I won't let summer go by without catching up on my after-work ... http://www.eventistas.com/2009/07/berimbau/ As some of you have noticed Eventista was down for a while as it turned out my url renewal somehow  didn't go through my url. Anyhow after much trouble and a long unexpected break and the spring weather Your Eventista is ready to take on the city again as early as ... http://www.eventistas.com/2009/04/eventista-is-back-on-track/ Like many New Yorkers I have been really sick  recently- but worst of all I have been on bed-rest for several weeks due to some injury therefore being unable to attend many promising events to which I had RSVP'd. Knowing how I had turned into some sort of event-addict for the past three years I have lived in ... http://www.eventistas.com/2009/03/event-lifestyle-change/ On March 3rd, Phillip Rossillo & Gustavo Penengo founders of the architecture & design firm PRdg, Inc. celebrated their company's 6thBirthday withan art exhibit of their architectural work along withthe launch of a coffee table book of photography taken by the partners of their travels around the world. PRdg  along with Jordana PR did quite a ... http://www.eventistas.com/2009/03/pr-design-group-art-exhibitbook-launch/ After such an amazingly sunny weekend it seems like it was a while back that I stopped at Cain for the latest Hamptons Undercover event-February 26th, the date in itself screams cold and winter but the word "Hamptons" made me realize we only have a few months before being able to enjoy the ... http://www.eventistas.com/2009/03/hamptons-undercover-2009-series/ Here I go again.. trying to escape the cold and still be somewhat social. What better way to warm up than a good Scotch tasting? I left work last Wednesday (the 18th) to stop by The Brandy Library for a Glenlivet tasting made extremely interesting by the knowledge of an extremely personable ... http://www.eventistas.com/2009/02/glenlivet-tasting-at-the-brandy-library/ Today is not only the day in which Emily "The Eldrige" Brill shot down her website but also the day of Your Eventista'ssite rebirth! Since I am slowly resuming my event-going I chose to stop by Greenhouse for Poull Briaen's NYC Television Industry cocktail reception followed by the ZooZoom Fashion Wars ... http://www.eventistas.com/2009/02/out-there-again/ Is it the economy, the striking cold or just plain laziness ?!? Oh sad is it that I am not in a mood to achieve what I am known for and do best : fabulously working the crowd at parties! I am even thinking about sending someone on my behalf to ... http://www.eventistas.com/2009/01/changing-mood/ I am quite sure I am not the only one in the city fed up with the freezing cold we have to put up with. Anyone caring some minimum about their looks should find it quite a mission to put together several outfit that are not only warm but alos ... http://www.eventistas.com/2009/01/freezing-fashion/ This is the year of changes and hope and I am promising you a major change on Eventistas.com: I swear that I will take the time needed to keep this site up and running with cotnent that is about to become more and more interesting and complete. http://www.eventistas.com/2009/01/new-year-new-president-and-new-eventista/ Dare I say the this terrible economy isn't having much impact on me-Let me explain I had no money before and therefore have always been a fabulous recessionista! Except that now it is "in" to deem yourself recessionista. Just like me, you have always been thrifty and somewhat frugal without showing it all ... http://www.eventistas.com/2009/01/recessionista-no-more/ I can't believe it has already been a over a month since I went to Citrine for the release of the 2nd issue of Gradient. I have not been in such an eventist mood recently- most likely because of the cold- I tend to stay home during the great cold. Therefore ... http://www.eventistas.com/2008/12/gradient-and-flute/ For my first style post I wanted to simply re-state the basics any fashionista should own I am aware that it may not seem the best time to talk about shopping- especially when you realize that "The Essentials" are often luxury brand names - and in the current economy I understand ... http://www.eventistas.com/2008/11/the-fashion-essentials/ October 22nd...! It does seem like a million years ago- that is the evening I enjoyed at the Trump Wollman rink at the opening celebration they hosted for event planners. As soon as I got there I was offered to put on a pair of ice skate to try out a ... http://www.eventistas.com/2008/11/how-late-can-you-be/ On October 20th my friends from Missbehave magazine got me "Under The Gymfluence" - totally against my will at first. But once I skipped the crazy line in front of at 404 Lafayette, walk their purple carpet and got over all the torture machines surrounding me I manage to go back into my usually celebration ... http://www.eventistas.com/2008/11/the-latest-crunch/ It was about time- the time to relaunch Eventista in an improved version.so exciting! I am really sorry it took that long but you may have noticed that IT is not my major strength. I am still learning how to use Wordpress but you will see that after a couple of weeks ... http://www.eventistas.com/2008/11/welcome-to-the-new-eventista/ I promise this is one of the last time that I will let many days pass by without even a single post. I have a good reason for that though I am finally about to move EVENTISTA to a real platform - a real website looking layout that will enable ... http://www.eventistas.com/2008/10/oops-i-did-it-again/ After the longest day at work yesterday I almost dreamed of passing out on my lame couch and watch something uninteresting on TV- for a change. I was so exhausted that it almost sounded like a good idea-�even for an anti-TV gal like me. I got saved by a phone ... http://www.eventistas.com/2008/10/ella/ I�don't know what the deal was with event planners but this Wednesday September th there seemed to have been some type of Women Day coincidence going on- Not that I would complain about attending three spa events in one short evening! I chose to start downtown at the loft like Red ... http://www.eventistas.com/2008/09/an-evening-of-spa-marathon/ Unlike some fellow bloggers I do have personal obligations and this�little writing practice is for now just a side gig that I enjoy�between my full time job and my busy and - I have to admit- a bit troubled life So this Tuesday I had to get somewhere after work which ... http://www.eventistas.com/2008/09/missed-out-on-the-manhattan-media-launch/ First of all I want to apologize for still not posting on the regular basis I want to reach but I am in talk with a few webmasters who will help me rebuild this blog to make it as fabulous as it should be. I am also about to invest in ... http://www.eventistas.com/2008/09/jeremy-piven-hosts-black-brown-1826-launch-at-lord-and-taylor-with-gq/ Last Thursday I went to Saks Fifth Ave in the idea of attending two events in a row there. On different floors. I started around 620pm�at a very low key but nice reception thrown by Esquire and Black Label - Ralph Lauren on the Men's floor obviously.�I am not going ... http://www.eventistas.com/2008/09/men-followed-by-women-at-saks-5th-ave/ Wow. It is been way too long since I last wrote about an event I attended but I have been going out more with friends and on dates that attending events- I needed a break after attending an average of 10 events per week for almost 2 years now! Too ... http://www.eventistas.com/2008/09/sexy-evening-at-kiki-de-montparnasse/ Again, I let this blog a bit abandoned as my social life is quietly shifting to something new-�I�don't really know what these changes entail yet and where they are bringing me.��Maybe I am just in anther "I-am-becoming-a- adult" phase?Although I have had these for over 10 years�now and I still ... http://www.eventistas.com/2008/08/muito-calor-at-the-park/ I am going trough a rough time and therefore I am not so eager to be out and about as usual- BUT I definitely do still feel like writing. I have to put something out here anyway as I have been forced to update my posts by the only one person who know ... http://www.eventistas.com/2008/07/a-bit-off-subject/ I am getting there, posting "only" two days after attending an event. I was even going to write about it yesterday but technical difficulties prevented me from doing so- oh well. I was so looking forward to get out of my apartment and therefore� was simply hoping�for a nice time, enjoy ... http://www.eventistas.com/2008/07/hamptons-undercover-launch-at-highbar/ Feeling much better,� I should be able to go out tomorrow...and I can't wait any longer. It is horrible for someone outgoing like me to be stuck at home. Earlier today I was googling�someone I recently met�and I came across the Patrick McMullan pics of the�House of Campari event �that took ... http://www.eventistas.com/2008/07/house-of-campari-hosts-defining-a-moment-25-new-york-artists/ A couple of days before I got stuck in bed I took a walk to the Field store and found myself in Noho looking at a building in construction that looked familiar- no wonder it did - I attended what was supposed to be a " rooftop pool party"on W4 ... http://www.eventistas.com/2008/07/new-noho-construction/ Now that I finally arranged my schedule so I could spent more time socializing and giving you the nitty-grittty details on my event experience- I get a stupid little sickness that will keep me in bed for a few days. Luckily I have a few events I haven't posted yet so I ... http://www.eventistas.com/2008/07/hello-world/ I have been a bit out of schedule with posting all the great events I recently attended so I'd like to catch up on these past couple of weeks - and then I promise I will update this blog regularly. Let me first go back to May 8th which was a ... http://www.eventistas.com/2008/05/a-busy-tuesday-evening/ Drew Tal and Nanjo Shunsuke Francois Opening reception March 20th 2008 Despite its remote location-all the way west on 28th� - Point of View gallery is always worth the journey. Co-operated by Emmanuel Fremin, a former french model who also runs EFG investment gallery�and photgrapher Amelie Sourget The recent opening of Drew ... http://www.eventistas.com/2008/04/french-model-reconverted-into-art/ Long awaited for some, the newly redesigned Elle Accessories is finally out and the magazine is celebrating by partnering with Henri Bendel. The 19th was the first evening of an ongoing series of stores events for the launch of the mag latest issue . Editor Anne Slowey was present to ... http://www.eventistas.com/2008/03/an-evening-at-the-stores/ Thursday 13th : Moma reception for corporate members and friends Safe Space at Soho House Tuesday 11th: 4th Bday of "One": attended by Lindsay Price- who I also saw had the Lipstick Jungle opening at Saks 5th Ave. Barney's Coop Keg party: VIP Gen Art Collector Circle at Point Of View Gallery / Wednesday ... http://www.eventistas.com/2008/03/march-listings/ On February 24th I braved the cold to attend Jane Zhu's fashion show at Spice Market. I am so glad I did. Everyone had a wonderful time discovering Jane's fabulous Qipaos. Half designer- half custom tailor Jane perfectly master the art of this traditional chinese outfit. Qipaos are all about combining glamour ... http://www.eventistas.com/2008/03/jane-zhu-brings-qipaos-to-new-york/ I am starting this blog to share my point of view of NYC events with readers. Being interested in a wide range of events from fashion through art and everything lifestyle related; I want to share my thoughts regarding what I hear and see when I am out and about. I would ... http://www.eventistas.com/2008/02/this-is-not-your-typical-blog/