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Win Tickets to Launch Party 10 (aka Van City’s Digital Coming Out Party)

November 24, 2010 By 10 Comments

I’m a busy gal and I can’t make it out to everything or write about everything, although I’d love to, but there is one event I always do my darnedest to get to and that is Vancouver’s Launch Party.  LPV was started up by the sexy cats at Strutta and carried on under Maura Rodgers and Danny Robinson’s new endeavor, the Bootup Entrepreneurial Society. The next of which is on Wednesday December 1st at 6 pm at Canvas Lounge.

A few of LPV2's Sexy Cats as taken by Phillip Jeffrey

I cheekily call Launch Party ‘Van City’s Digital Coming Out Party’, because for me it was just that.  Way back at the first ever Launch Party, which involved more than a few beverages, dancing the night away, some sexy new technologies, and even sexier tech geeks (one of whom shall remain unnamed offered to buy me a house at LPV1 – I told him I could buy my own house), I had my own coming out tech style. Yep, even though I was not one of the technologies on exhibition, that party was my launch into the digital sphere and many of the sexy geeks in the room that night helped to launch me to where I am today.  How?  Well, you’ll have to bribe them with alcohol and see if they’ll tell you. So what’s Launch Party to me?  It’s my Homecoming, where I go to celebrate all those sexy techies who helped make me who I am, and a place to check out and help launch the latest in sexy technologies, many of which end up aiding me in my storytelling.

Shenanigans at LPV2 as taken by Mike Macadaan

What’s Launch Party to others?

A lively mixer for the city’s brightest entrepreneurs, tech junkies, and bloggers, who are doing it, have done it or want to make their ideas happen here. The goal of the event is to connect BC’s growing community of Internet and new media leaders with investors and other trailblazers across Canada and abroad.

A few locals will tell you right here what Launch Party is to them, through their favourite Launch Party moments:

Now, thanks to Launch Party, I have a pair of tickets to give away to LPV10 this coming Wednesday.  All you have to do is drop me a line in the comments and tell me why you want to attend LPV10 – whether it’s to check out the latest technologies, flirt with geeks or mix and mingle with some cool cats, I don’t care, as long as you have a reason.  Then at 9 pm on Saturday November 27th, I will stick the names of all of the commenters in a hat and draw the name of one lucky winner of the pair of tickets..

Look forward to seeing you at LPV10!

Kisses,

Emme xoxo

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Forbidden Treat

January 4, 2010 By 2 Comments

In lieu of the fact that most of you are back slogging away in an office somewhere, I decided to lighten up your first week back with some free tickets to the theatre!  Okay, Fighting Chance Productions gave me the tickets to give to you, but I’ve decided to take all the credit as the hero cause I’m just that kind of girl.

What are the tickets for you ask?

For a Fighting Chance Productions, rendition of Forbidden Broadway!  If you’re not familiar with this show, it is Gerard Alessandri’s spoof of musical theatre, taking a poke or two at a number of much loved Broadway Productions, including Wicked, Mamma Mia, Annie, The Phantom of the Opera, Les Miserables, and Hairspray.

I for one am greatly looking forward to a few chuckles to ring in the New Year. Also looking forward to being entertained by some Van City talent, including Andrea Bailey, Natalee Fera, Aaron Lau, David Nicks and Cathy Wilmot.

So how do you win?

I have a pair of tickets to give away to this Thursday night’s performance.  To enter to win, check out a Fighting Chance Productions site and comment below with the name of one other production that they are putting on in 2010, by midnight tonight PST.

It’s as simple as that.  I will stick the names of everyone who answered correctly in a hat and draw a name at random for the pair of tickets. The winner will be announced on my blog first thing Tuesday morning.

Just make sure if you enter, that you and your guest can be at Pal Theatre (581 Cardero St, Vancouver) no later than 7:30 pm on Thursday night, January 7th.

If you don’t win, don’t fret. This is not the only performance. The show continues until January 16th and I will be posting a review on my site after I see it. Tickets are available here.

Happy Monday!

Emme

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From the Producer’s Mouth on #AlwaysABridesmaid

October 18, 2009 By Leave a Comment

I know a few of you have been asking about Always A Bridesmaid and what its all about, as I’ve been tweeting about it.  And aside from the fact that it’s a project that my buddies, Ian Ferguson and Mark Leiren Young are working on, it is also a highly enjoyable, absolutely hysterical romantic comedy being filmed in front of a live studio audience in Van City.

Kris Krug was on the set of Always A Bridesmaid yesterday and got this great little interview with one of the producers, Colette Aubin, that tells you more:

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Splrg this Summer

July 25, 2009 By 2 Comments

Some of you may have noticed that I’ve been tweeting about @Splrg deals. Thats because the ever so sexy and savvy Megan Cole is up to some new mischief with Victoria Revay.  They are running some tests and gathering some stats, and in the process offering some on the spot deals.  I personally think its a rather nifty idea, am always interested in what the salacious Madame Cole is up to, and love the fact that it’s highlighting some local businesses.

If you want in on the deals and the testing, check out their Facebook testing ground or watch @splrg on twitter.  The next deals a doozie – FREE admission into Portobello West Market (at Rocky Mountaineer Station, 1755 Cottrell Street, just off Terminal Ave.)  this Sunday, July 26th to check out over 100 local artists and designers!  Always been meaning to check this out.

Hope to see some of you there! Just say Splrg sent you.

Emme  xoxo

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Looking for Love

July 2, 2009 By Leave a Comment

After realizing on the Sins of the City Tour a few weeks back that Van City sports a ratio of 2 gals to every guy and more specifically 4 gals to every single, straight guy in the West End, I decided that desperate times called for desperate measures and hit the streets in search of love:

The moral of this story: Move to Chilliwack

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