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Wednesday, August 11th, 2010 | Fab Events, Haute Press, New York, Social Diary, Style, TopPictures

Luxury Champagne Brunch, POSHGLAM Style, at Bistro Milano this past Sunday

By Kimberly

POSHGLAM and FashInvest sponsored a tasty Luxury Brunch this past weekend. Italian-made handbag collection, Lena Erziak, co-hosted the brunch and had beautiful handbags on display. The goal of the get-together was to build organic relationships with online friends at polished Midtown New York restaurant, Bistro Milano, Sunday, August 8th, 2010. Brunch guests had an opportunity to mingle with others in the fashion community, dine and sip strawberry garnished mimosas, peach bellinis, or champagne (their choice) and meet sponsor David J. Freschman, Founder of FashInvest and Chairman of both FashInvest.com and POSHGLAM.com.

As guests arrived, they were greeted by Kimberly Stone, owner of POSHGLAM.com, and Leona Erziak, one of the designers and owners of Lena Erziak. Leona represented herself and her sister, co-owner and designer Hasna Erziak. At the brunch, Erziak mentioned everyday women and vintage pieces inspired her Fall 2010 collection.

Fortunately for the handbag-lusting patrons of the event, Leona and Hasna didn’t let their guest go away empty handed. They gifted each adoring guest with a touch of classy gratis, and personally gave supple leather card holders and a luxury tassel key-chains as a fabulous parting gift and delightful taste of the brand’s finesse.

Ginger and Liz, a newly branded vegan nail lacquer, treated guests to mini-manicures. The Ginger and Liz team set up a table with lacquers in an array of unique colors and displayed their new fall collection in a wonderful assortment of hues. They even took the names of each guest to mail them a polish of their choice. Our guests were thrilled to get more gifts.

Sarah of Style it Online and her contributor Lesley were amongst the guests who indulged in a mani while sipping champagne with a strawberry garnish.

Sabina Les, designer and owner of Sabina Les printed scarves, also brunched with the POSHGLAM team. Les told POSHGLAM reporters the inspiration behind her line was “metal chains and hardware.” Les is making her Bloomingdale’s debut this fall and, according to her, it is “keeping her very busy.” As busy as she may be, we are eagerly awaiting her line.

Throughout the brunch, the room buzzed with conversations from both young and experienced entrepreneurs happy to make each other’s acquaintance on a summery Sunday afternoon.

The delicious brunch menu included salmon croquettes, espresso, French toast, custom omelettes, fruit, and hash browns with toppings. As guests dined, waiters passed out Mimosas and Belinnis. A tasty assortment of chocolate ganache, red velvet and vanilla cupcakes from Craving 4 Cupcakes were displayed. Adding a personal touch, the cupcakes were customized using the logos of POSHGLAM and FashInvest. Needless to say, it was a bit too easy to overindulge with the all the scrumptious food and drink on hand.

As guests left the restaurant, they were given one last thank-you gift—tote-bags from Siggi’s filled with gifts from Estee Lauder, Craving 4 Cupcakes, Lash Royalty, Leila Lou, Metromint and Siggi’s coupons for gourmet yogurt.

The event was photographed by Travis Levius. High profile guests from Louis Vuitton, Elizabeth and James, Valentino, Essence, Bismarck Phillips, Vogue, Morgan Stanley and the former Creative Director for Baby Phat were all in attendance.

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Thursday, December 31st, 2009 | Fab Events, Haute Press, News, Social Diary

MateVeza the Best Beer to Bring in the New Year.

By Samantha

While some are popping champagne and others are drinking oddly colored mixed drinks, have a casual, yet totally fun New Years Eve, and don’t worry about being the first to pass out while drinking MateVeza Beer. MateVeza (yerba mate + cerveza) is a true unique beer, as it is organic and the first naturally caffeinated to be made with yerba mate, the South American herbal tea. Yerba mate gives a fabulous herbal tasting finish to the beer, and gives you just the boost you need to make it through your night. Yerba mate is to South America what a “cup of Joe” is to America. Yerba mate provides the same amount of caffeine as is in one half cup of coffee, per twelve ounce serving, but isn’t as harsh as the caffeine found in most coffee, and is longer lasting.

MateVeza has two fabulous beer offerings, Yerba Mate Gold and Yerba Mate IPA, both of which are brewed with organic yerba mate, Cascade and Centennial hops, alongside other fabulous ingredients. Yerba Mate IPA was just recently released and is an organic India Pale Ale that mixes earthy, herbal tones with bright hop flavor and aroma.

MateVeza was founded in 2006 by home brewer, Jim Woods after he had a cup of brewed yerba mate followed by a hoppy pale ale, and realized he had a fabulous idea on his hands. Woods learned about yerba mate from his cousin, but then experienced the yerba mate culture in South America when he traveled to Argentina to learn more about the herb. Woods’ beer is brewed and bottled in Ukiah, California by the Mendocino Brewing Company, and it USDA certified, you can rest assured with every sip that you are supporting both organic farming and local business. Woods’ was working in San Francisco as a real-estate broker for Deutsche Bank, and found himself promoting his beer on nights, weekends and vacation days. With the recession on the horizon and numerous changes taking place at Deutsche Bank, Woods’ politely asked his boss to lay him off, so that he could use his severance, unemployment and time to put toward making MateVeza a success. Days later, he was laid off, being one of the few people to thank his employer, and he took the opportunity to build MateVeza, and bring naturally caffeinated beer to the masses, both casual beer drinkers and beer connoisseurs alike.

MateVeza is available in single 22-ounce bottles and 12-ounce four packs nationwide at Whole Foods and BevMo, as well as throughout California, Oregon and Washington and select local retailers, co-ops and natural food stores. Visit MateVeza.com for more information.

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