Done With Parties…For Now

            While I am trying to write out my past week of events and adventures, it is a little hard to do with the Xbox E3 conference playing in the back ground.  But I will try to type and listen at the same time.  Can you believe how shiny those horses were on Metal Gear Solid game play?

            Let me get all the SIFF movies and parties out of the way.  First up is the Gay-la; this was suppose to be the “wilder” parties but my man and I found it relatively tame.  The film that night was G.B.F (also known as gay best friend) and it was ok, a very predictable movie but still entertaining.  The after party was at a night club and when we arrived all the food was pretty much gone (thanks food hoarders) and people were acting like wall flowers and not dancing.  Well we showed them and dance for a while and left. 

            The last Saturday party was for “industry” people. The film prior to the party event was horrible.  I would highly recommend avoid seeing Drinking Buddies.  No plot, no sound mixing or any real audio clean-up, and flat characters that you don’t care about.  The party was ok, still full of people there for food, not a whole lot of industry people that I meet.  Just students looking for inspiration and hope but I know that a lot of them will not make it.

            The closing night gala was wonderful.  The film was ok, The Bling Ring, but needed to develop the characters more.  It was held at the Cinerama where I had chocolate popcorn for the first time, and oh god it is good!  The after party was at the MOHI (museum of history and industry), the layout was perfect.  Plenty of drink stations, a lot of servers walking around with a variety of food, along one wall was dedicated to just food, and there was space for a dance floor.  The best part was the ability to walk around the entire museum; it made me feel like I was at a high end party in this setting.

            SIFF was great and I will be back next year; don’t know yet if I will get the party pass of not though.  Also this past week I bought a beautiful green wiggle dress for a supper secret photo shoot with a friend of mine, stay tuned for more info and pictures later.  Be sure to follow me on twitter for what’s happening in my life.

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Bitchin’ Fridays: Food Hoarders

             

            I have been enjoying myself these past couple of week at the SIFF parties.  The films have been decent and entertaining and the same with the after parties.  The alcohol is plentiful but the food at time appears to be scarce if you show up late to the parties.  They still bring food out but it is still not enough and I know the reason why.

            Food hoarders are those type of people who will take there plate and pile on 10 pieces of food onto there plates.  This may seem like an exaggeration but I have seen it at these parties.   There is a line of people waiting to grab a little Hors d'oeuvre and the person a head of you in line take the last one even though they have 3 of the same item on there plate. 

            Over all it is plain rude to fellow guests.  Rule of thumb should always be no more than two of each item.  If you like a particular item then you can get back inline for more.  Just remember to be considerate and this isn’t an all you can eat buffet.

            This is the last weekend of SIFF parties and the festival, I am unsure if I am going to do a Party blog for next week.  I have a little project coming up with a friend of mine so stay tuned for more information on that.  See you all on Monday.

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Good Food Keeps On Coming

            Happy Monday to everyone, I have been desperately trying to avoid all the Game of Thrones spoilers from last nights show.  If you want to ruin it for me be prepared for a word lash to the likes of which you have never read!  On that note let me sum up my past week for you.

            I have been trying to get use to having long finger nails but I am afraid I am not that kind of girl and will need to cut them soon for my sanity and typing sake.  Tuesday my parents came over to visit man and I.  They game my man his late birthday present it was a waffle iron.  We went to Pikes market and had a delicious lunch at Matt’s in the Market.  The food is good but a tad bit over priced, cocktails was a little bit skimpy, and seemed like a place hipsters would hang out.  After our lunch my parents were kind enough to buy us meat and vegetables.  It was a nice afternoon visit and my dad brought me a hat fro Peru!  I will have to post a pic of it soon!

            Wednesday instead of going to my usual film & music happy hour, I went on a double date with my man and his coworker.  We had a lovely time and ate at Peso’s Kitchen, the food and drinks were decent and happy hour menu was large and not that pricy.  It was nice to hang out with people on a one on one and enjoy some drinks and conversation.

            Saturday was the Centerfold Gala for SIFF; the film was Twenty Feet from Stardom.  It is a documentary about backup singers from the early 60’s to today.  A couple of the ladies, Tata Vega and Merry Clayton, from the film were there and even sang for us after the film.  The after party was at a large house up in Capitol Hill.  It was a good party aside from the lack of food (mainly due to people piling up a huge mound on their plate I will be ranting about this on Friday) and some ass trying to dump there mother on my man and I so she could leave the party.  I’m sorry rude daughter, but I am not a sitter if I was I would be charging you an arm and a leg for it. 

            This week it the last week of SIFF parties.  I have the Gay-la on Wednesday, Saturday is a film maker party and film event, and Sunday is the Closing night gala.  Let us see just how well I can type on Monday.  Be sure to follow me on twitter for more up to date events and happening in my life.

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Happy Memorial Day

            Happy Memorial Day everyone, hope you guys are having fun and safe this holiday weekend.  This past week was crazy as every with SIFF parties and movies.  Just wanted to keep it brief this week so here comes the summery:

• Monday I made some awesome ribs
• Tuesday was the big Xbox One reveal, just take my money now Microsoft
• Wednesday my ear was bothering me, and tried a new restaurant called The Innkeeper; highly recommend for dome Spanish/Mexican cuisine.
• Thursday went to the doctor and found out I have a minor ear infection and started taking medicated ear drops, which suck if you want to know.
• Friday went to a SIFF happy hour event and panel, will defiantly have to check out more of those for next year.  I also went to a moral event hosted by my man’s work and was groped by a good girlfriend of mine.  It was rather funny dinner conversation later that night at The Innkeeper, yes we went back.
• Saturday was another SIFF film and party, what sucked that night was were put on standby to get into the film.  So rather than try our luck we just went to the after party early!
• Sunday wrote to SIFF on how they can improve their ticketing issues when it come to party pass holders.  We are only restricted to the films that are inconjuntion with our pass and on the web site it says nothing about seating not guaranteed with this particular pass.

            So that sums up my week pretty nicely.  If you haven’t checked out the latest party up date it was on Sunday, follow me on Twitter to get more updates on me and SIFF.  See you all on Friday for a rant.

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The Start Of My Month Long Party-A-Thong

             Good Monday to you all.  This past week has been delightful and amazing with the kick off of SIFF and the after parties.  I had an amazing time at the opening gala and you can read all about it here, and I have to toot my own horn when I say that I look amazing (oh and my man did as well). 

            The next party we attended was on Saturday with a film.  It was a French film called Populaire set in the late1950’s and very reminiscent of an old Doris Day and Rock Hudson film with a splash of Mad Men thrown in.  The story is about a girl named Rose who is a dreadful secretary but a mind-boggling typist, so her boss resolves to make her the fastest typist in the world.  Weird plot but it is great how the film makers keep the audience entertained and enthusiastic about typing competitions.  

           

Following the film there was an after party hosted by Il Fornaio with fashion by Oska.  The party was very relaxed and the bar tenders were all very generous on pouring there wines.  I didn’t really sample a lot of the food but there was something fro everyone and what I did have, the brochette and mini cupcakes, were scrumptious.  Sadly not enough networking opportunities at this party again but I was able to do a little networking with a producer I meet at the party!  

            Aside form SIFF events, I have been franticly trying to train the new kitten, Tali, from now clawing or jumping up on certain things.  I can tell it has been really stressful on my cat Neko.  Somehow we will find a way to all get along with each other, though it would help if my man would be a bit more involved in training since it is his new kitten.

            Coming up this week I do plan on making a party Wednesday with a little Shakespearian flare.  Also stay tuned for more party updates and going on in my life via twitter.

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Bitchin’ Fridays: SIFF Opening Night Gala

             

            Last night was the Seattle international film festival’s opening night gala.  I had to great opportunity, due in part to my man buying the party pass for SIFF, to attend the gala.  Sadly we were not on the red carpet, that is an additional 200 buck on top of the party pass, but we did get to see Joss Whedon’s film Much Ado about Nothing. 

            The filming of this movie was done at Joss Whedon’s house, and damn it was a nice looking house, and was filmed in 12 days.  After the film there was a little Q&A with Joss Whedon and cast members Alexis Denisof, Amy Acker, Nathan Fillion, and Clark Gregg. 

            Following the movie there was a party, and since we have the party pass we got unlimited free drinks, if you just bought general admission you were limited to two.  There was a ton of food from different restaurants, bakeries, and chocolatiers; all of which were sponsors of SIFF.  It was nice to have stationary food venders and people walking around with hors d'oeuvres.  Sadly the director and cast did not attend the party so we didn’t get pictures of them.

            One day Fillion, one day.

            Over all it was a great night full of drinks and dancing.  I still have 7 more parties to attend for SIFF, and of course I will keep you up dated with pics ( I bought a new camera) and info.  I will have Monday’s blog up at its usual time and I plan on doing a Party Wednesday blog this coming week as well.  Here is a couple of pics of me getting ready to head out for the party:

My man and I on our way out.  I had 5inch heels on.

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