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Falapalooza Party a Scorching Success

Our annual Fallapalooza cocktail party was a huge success, with nearly 80 guests at the Eat My Words party pad, including Eat My Words' Gina, Rena and bartender Tina. Held on a warm fall evening, the outdoor patio was the perfect place to marvel at Chef Ciado cook his delicious paella and sip homemade Sangria. Guests included clients and friends from Landor, Perspective Branding, Deutsch Design Works, OnRequestImages, USA Today, Aerielle, Smart Design, Firewood, Sandbox Suites, and Wunderman

Here's what you missed...

Outdoor Cocktail Party + Serious Global Warming = Sizzling Fun in the Summertime

Sometimes, global warming works in your favor. That
was the case last night at our 3rd annual Summer Fling.

Held on the garden patio at the Eat My Words SOMA party

pad, guests dined on a catered Mediterranean feast, which

included succulent mushrooms, grilled lamb burgers,  fresh  

melon with prosciutto and mozzarella, and homemade 

gelato sandwiched between buttery soft cookies effortlessly

made by the culinary geniuses at Herbs & Spices Catering.

Specialty cocktails, named by Eat My Words, included

Razzleberry, Pommy Dearest, Monkey Business,

and our signature drinks, Mother Pucker and the tangy

SonicBloom, which is made with the energy drink that

we named Bloom, mixed with vodka. (Don't drink more than

seven at once).  Party guests included nearly 100 clients 

and friends from Joie de Virve Hospitality, Glu, Landor, Igor,  
Cake Financial, Pasta Pomodoro, and others. Thanks to
to our fabulous co-host's Three Girls Media and Marketing

(our awesome PR firm) and Fresh Sage Consulting. Extra 

special thanks to our generous raffle donors, including

SIGG, Spoon Me, OhMiBod, Koo-ki Sushi, ShadeCases

and Joie de Virve Hospitality. To see more photos and

learn the identities of the sexy guests pictured here,

peek at the official party page photo album.

 

    

Fallapalooza Party Photos

Fallapalooza was a huge smash and we had a full house of clients and colleagues. Guests dined on everything from mini crab cakes to mini cheesecakes. Specialty cocktails included Fall  Down Drunk, Leaf Blower, and October SKYY. Here are some of the party photos. More (with captions) in the official Fallapalooza Photo Album.
   

 

   

Hot Fun - Eat My Words Summer Party

 

 

 

The annual Eat My Words summer party was a huge success thanks to perfect weather and the great mix of the 60+ clients and friends who showed up. Held outdoors in the courtyard, the party was a who's-who of industry insiders including Landor's Global Director of Naming - Anthony Shore, techonorati Stewart Alsop,  Jay & Andy from Igor, Heidi Caldwell from DDW, Bill Larsen of Anthem, and Jon Weber of Metromint. Designamo's included packaging superstar Peter Matsukawa, Tony Auston, Joel Templin of newly hatched Hatch, and Bonnie McFarland of Del Monte. Speaking of Del Monte, the party marked the official launch of the Sonic Bloom, which is the DM energy drink we named Bloom, mixed with vodka. (Thanks to DM for the truck load of product, and to new client Metromint for the massive supply of mintwater, and to SIGG for donating 60 super slick water bottles featuring the designs we named.) Also on the drink menu, Mother Pucker pink lemonade and Mojohitos. Herbs & Spices catered the event and served mini cheeseburgers, grilled cheese sandwiches with brie and wild mushrooms, fresh crab cakes with lemon aioli, and homemade ice cream sandwiches. Yum. Despite having no less than four professional photographers in attendance, including Kevin Ng David Campbell, Lisa Keenan and Kelly Powers, we were too busy catching up to take many photos, but there are some more good ones in the official party slideshow.

Namer Party Gossip

   

 

The first annual Bay Area's namers' summit was held at the Eat My Words party pad on Tuesday, February 13, 2007. Sponsored by Igor and Eat My Words, the event was a smashing success.  So much juicy gossip was exchanged, but I am under NDA so you won't be hearing it from me. Attendees included hotshots from Landor, Catchword, Lexicon and more. More scandalous photos posted in the official party album. If you missed the fun, lick the screen to taste the menu...

SPECIALTY DRINKS

• iTini (Apple martinis - get it?)
• Mother Pucker  (a lemon drop with a cooler name)
• Neopolitan (what we call a Cosmo around here)

FOOD (by Chef Pelle)

• Pesto baked brie & imported cheeses with fresh fruit, rustic breads & olives
• Miniature filet mignon with balsamic caramelized onions & Roquefort
• Spicy crab & scallop cakes with a cilantro lime aioli
• Mini phyllo cups filled with spinach sun dried tomatoes feta cheese & olive tapenade
• Smoked salmon wraps with baby spinach sweet onions & goat cheese
• Marinated mushrooms, roasted beets, artichoke hearts, grilled asparagus platter with a roasted garlic saffron aioli
• Ahi tartars on crisp wonton chips with wasabi aioli & tobiko caviar

See you all next year. And remember, if you don't come, we'll talk about you.

Namer Convention at Eat My Words

Eat My Words and Igor are hosting a namer party/reunion/gossip fest at the Eat My Words party pad next week. We invited every namer in the Bay Area, and just about all of them are converging here to tell everyone how successful they are. In addition to the professional namers, a professional mind-reader will mingle with the guests and steal their ideas for me and the Bad Boys of Igor, since we don't have any ideas of our own. We're also spiking drinks with truth serum (more commonly known as sodium pentothal), to get namers to spill their guts and reveal closely guarded patented processes.

THE NAMERS
Abnu, Wordlab
Alexandra Watkins, Eat My Words
Alton Wright, Wright Brands
Amy Sherman
Andrea Michaels, Acme Naming
Anthony Shore, Landor
Aaron Hall, Catchword
Beth Gerber, Gerber Creative
Burt Alper, Catchword
Carol Miller, Red Pentameter
Daniel Edelstein
Eunice Park, Landor
Dave Hurlbert
Deborah Schatten, Brandese
Frank Binney
Jay Jurisich, Igor
Jonathan Littman, Simmer Branding Studio
Lisa Awrey
Marc Hershon, Simmer Branding Studio
Maria Cypher, Catchword
Mark Gunnion, Mark Gunnion Names
Marty Neumeier, Neutron LLC
Nan Budinger, Metaphor
Nancy Friedman, Wordworking
Reed Kirk Rahlmann
Sandra Lee Messer
Shannon De Jong
Steve Cecil, Wherewords
Steve Manning, Igor
Steve Price, Lexicon
Susan Manning
Susan Carp, Imagineering
Tate Linden, Stokefire

Stay tuned for a full report...

Eat My Words FFS Party Recap

    

The second annual Eat My Words office party bash after the Fancy Food Show was a blast. I lost count after 60 people and that was just downstairs. There were cool people here from just about every firm in town including clients and friends from Landor, Charles Chocolates, Zeist, Igor, Deutsch Design Works, Brand Engine, Salt Branding, Dine Marketing, Mani Pedi, and Gloria's Gourmet Cookies. Plus I had my usual assortment of random guests, recruited by me and partner in crime, Cici, on Sunday and Monday at the Show. More fun party pix here. Thanks to everyone who came, especially Joyce from Charles Chocolates who brought treats. Same time, next year. 

Summer Party Photo Album

Thanks to global warming, the weather was perfect for the Eat My Words Summer Party. Guests included clients and friends from Charles Chocolates, Peas of Mind, Artesa Winery, Del Monte, Brand New Brands, and nearly every branding agency in town including Landor, Philippe Becker Design, Addis, Bedrock Branding, and Brand Engine. See more photos of people you know here...