Sole Sister Calendar
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Glam-A-THON™ Kick-Off Sole Sisters Soirée was a Smashing Success!
The Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty Six & the Fort Lauderdale Sole Sisters with event chairs Renée Korbel Quinn & Lisa Scott-Founds welcomed the Pink Heals Tour for one of several amazing parties during the Glam-A-THON™ kick-off on September 21, 2010.
Over 100 guests mingled under the portico while enjoying pink lemonade spritzers and learning about our cause while breast cancer survivors signed the pink fire truck. Next, guests rode the glass elevator to the rotating Pier Top and were greeted by pretty-in-pink Carolin Mueller & Kelly Gazo. A $10 suggested donation included splits of Korbel Brut Rose (with a pink straw of course!), a selection of Martinis, Margaritas & Wine from our Sole Sister’s Beverage Station with delicious passed appetizers and mini pink cupcakes! Our Sole men enjoyed their own “den” that included craft beers, Crown Royal, Dewar’s White Label and Glenfiddich 18 year Scotch Whisky.
Rotating Pier Top, Sole Sisters and guests grooved to the beat of DJ Angelo, perused the amazing Auction…and the highlight of the evening was the Fab Shoe Party with Hot Pink Style (over 25 pairs of shoes sold!!!). Our Sole Men voted on The Most Luscious Lips in Lauderdale Contest, and the winner will be announced soon! We raised over $3000 for our Team while celebrating all things Glam-A-THON™! Funds raised benefit the Sole Sisters TEAM efforts.
Special thanks from your Divalicious Chairs:
Lisa Scott-Founds & Renée Korbel Quinn
This amazing Soiree would not have happened without our Sole Supporters donating over $7500 in-kind donations:
Photographers: Jason Leidy, Renée Korbel Quinn, Ginny Fujino and Glenn Heino
The Hyatt Regency Pier Sixty Six & the Fort Lauderdale Sole Sisters with event chairs Renée Korbel Quinn & Lisa Scott-Founds welcomed the Pink Heals Tour for one of several amazing parties during the Glam-A-THON™ kick-off on September 21, 2010. Sole Sisters Soiree
Tags: Fort Lauderdale, Hyatt Pier Sixty Six, QuinnProQuo
Posted in Breast Cancer and Creations and Glam-A-THON™ by QtinuuMi7 on September 25th, 2010 at 11:08 am.
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Riverwalk Trust’s Urban Market
Join us at Esplanade Park on the New River
One of the initiatives Riverwalk Trust undertook during their Transition was an Annual Event Permit. I am proud to share credit for this “first ever” annual permit with Genia Duncan Ellis and Courtney Crush, who conceived, planned, prodded, pushed and promoted the Trust through this new partnership with the City of Fort Lauderdale.
Riverwalk Trust received permission from the Fort Lauderdale City Commission to launch a pilot program that will bring year-round activity and events to our downtown along the Riverwalk Park. They will execute an annual event agreement with the City, rather than approaching the City Commission with each individual event in Riverwalk Park. It is an “umbrella” approach — providing a new way to plan, activate and manage annual programs in the public right-of-way and on City land.
EVERY SATURDAY, beginning April 24 from 8am to 1pmRiverwalk Trust will sponsor an Urban Market on Saturdays at Esplanade Park along the New River from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. The market will feature fruit and vegetables, baked items, seafood, cheeses, pottery and other goodies. The goal for providing the market is to activate the Riverwalk and to provide a service to the downtown and surrounding neighborhood residents.
Many unique and unusual products will be available at the market, including organic produce, an heirloom tomato producer, seafood vendor, organic soaps, spices, sauces, pastries, specialty fruit drinks, specialty coffee vendors, organic granola, jams, jellies, olive oils and spices, olive mixes, pastas, pasta sauces, mozzarella and oils, breads, doughnut muffins and special coffee, orchids, herbs, Peruvian food, guacamole and organic healing herbs. More than two dozen vendors have signed up for the market:
- Robbie Bell – Speckled Dog Pottery
- JC’s Ceviche and Salads
- Carrie Stephens – Captain Redbeards Sauces
- Jodi Swank – Hydro/Natural Produce – Swank Specialty Produce
- Walter Ross & Debbie Doll – Farmhouse Tomatoes – Heirloom Tomatoes
- Susana Garcia – Caribbean Fruit &Juices
- Big Easy Olive Oil Company
- Vito Volpe – Mozzarella & Olive Oils
- Judy & John Mioduchoski – Everglades Seafood Express Fresh Seafood
- Marci Boland – Jams, Jellies & Sauces, L ‘Hermitage Catering and Gourmet Emporium
- Jan Northrop – Gourmet Granola
- Brothers Product Market – Great Vegetables and organics
- Sisters Jonny Altobell & Penny Sanfillpo’s Homemade donuts, muffins, pastries and coffee
- Margaret Chapman – New Orleans Style Spread
- Gerri Ash – The Bean Grinder Coffees & Teas
- Kenyetta Graham – JoLe’s D’Lites – Organic cakes, cookies & Mango preserves
- Audrey Burg – Auggie’s Doggies Handmade Gourmet Dog Biscuits
- Flavia Snitcovsky – Bistro Blends – Gourmet infused Olive Oils, Salts & Balsamic
- Brian & Rachel O’Neill – Papperdelle’s Gourmet Pastas and Sauces
- Lisa Romano – My Sweet Dolce – Cakes & Cookies
- Warren & Marcie Spears – Key West Soaps – hand-made natural herbal soaps
- Jim Dixon – The Tea Cart – loose tea, tea wares, soy candles
- Jim & Alice Welton – Weltonart – Handmade began aromatherapy soaps, sea salt scrubs
- Kortney & George Sortino – Potted herbs, seasonal flowers, native plants and vines & select vegetables
- Amanda Capece – Good Vibes Teas – organic tea, raw honey, tea accessories
- Karen Orlosky – Juice Plus + (May 8th)
- Maria Mogyorossy – Java Coco Vino – specialty coffee – iced coffee & teas
- Rosa Blanco – Estraela Orchids
- Gwen Watson – Healthy Coffee – custom coffee
- Jon Albee – Urban Farmer – Organic growing and demonstration
The market is free and open to the public. For more information or to get involved, visit www.GoRiverwalk.com, or call (954) 468-1541.
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Posted in Creations and Events and Fort Lauderdale and GClub @Riverwalk Trust and Riverwalk Trust by QtinuuMi7 on May 8th, 2010 at 1:00 pm.
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Impressions of Florida
Bonnet House Museum & Gardens’ “Impressions of Florida”
10th Annual Juried Art Exhibit & Fundraiser
Bill Stanton, Managing Director of LXR Luxury Resorts & Hotels in Fort Lauderdale, contacted Renée Quinn in the fall of 2009 to add her unique talents to one of his favorite charities’, The Bonnet House, signature fund raising event. “Impressions of Florida” , the annual juried art exhibition and fundraiser to benefit the public programs of Bonnet House was celebrating its 10th year and Bill wanted to add a new spin to the event. Without hesitation, Renee agreed to co-chair the event with Bonnet House Board Member Arthur Crispino.
On Saturday, March 6, 2010 at 6:00 pm the exhibition opened with a private showing for VIP guests at 5:30 pm. They were treated to a signature drink and hors d’oeuvres, previewed the exhibition, and experienced a rare viewing of the exclusive private living quarters of Evelyn and Fredric Bartlett, Bonnet House’s former owners. The theme, inspired by the cool casualness of Tommy Bahama, featured cocktails with rangpur limes—the signature ingredient of the Bartletts’ house cocktail. Additional highlights of the evening included unique tapas and food stations, wine and spirits with live entertainment throughout the house presented by the Hyatt Pier Sixty Six’s 360˚ Catering. The GClub at Riverwalk Trust and Go Riverwalk magazine hosted a new Edible Art Dessert Competition, created by Renee for the event.
The juried art exhibit, presented by LXR Luxury Resorts & Hotels, showcased artists from throughout the state and the artists’ personal interpretations of “Florida.” All guests and participating artists were invited to cast votes for their favorite artist in the exhibition. The artist receiving the highest number of votes received the coveted People’s Choice Award . Winners of the Edible Art competition were featured in Go Riverwalk magazine’s Wine & Food issue, May 2010.
The 10th annual Bonnet House Museum & Gardens’ “Impressions of Florida” sold out and raised the most money to date for this Bonnet House signature event.
