Aloha Yems

Talk about HUGE WASTE OF TIME! VinoModa has definitely figured out how to get the masses to come to their events with promises of UNLIMITED Tastings. UNLIMITED! And then you get there and it's unlimited until 7pm-ish when their event is suppose to end at 9pm. I feel so bad for anyone that paid the money to go to this event. Families/people came for the unlimited cupcake and wine tastings, energy cocktail shots but they failed to mention it was unlimited $3.00 cupcake tastings and $3.00 Smart Energy cocktails. $3.00 for a cupcake on TOP of the $55.00 cover? And this so called Smart Energy Cocktail ? Disgusting! Who the hell are they kidding? It was so gross I didn't even finish it. I didn't see too many people at this event actually drinking this stuff. And the people at this event? Drunk and totally UNDERAGE. I could count the amount of kids running around here completely trashed, cutting in line and just being plain sloppy. But what can you expect. When we first walked in, they checked my I.D to make sure our names matched the ticket and that's about it. And then you go to a separate line to get your glasses (that were wiped down with a dirty cloth).. Yes, gross. So after all this, what did I learn? I learned that I could come to any VinoModa event (and there's no way in f'INg Hell that I'd go to another one) and not pay. Just go to the event, grab a glass and get into the non-existent "tasting" lines and help yourself to glass after glass of wine. And!! Don't forget to bring ear plugs because the music so deafening you'll get more irritated and want to leave. I think it was they're "get these people out of here" tactics. In the end we had a few tastings, bought wine from Cupcake Vineyards (which we've tried previously so we knew it was pretty good and they actually ran out so we had to get our bottles shipped..- they ran out at 6:30ish) we each had ONE free cupcake each from this one random cupcake place and SERIOUSLY. The girl had to warn us that they weren't the best cupcakes and told us which ones to grab. I mean, wtf??? Can you imagine telling someone, these cupcakes are kinda funky but eat these two because they're the most normal of the group. Luckily for them, the frosting was pretty decent. I threw most of the cupcake away because it had this weird after taste. It was some pink champagne cupcake with cream cheese frosting and Cam had a moscato flavored cupcake with a cream cheese frosting as well. Not the greatest and obviously not impressive enough for me to wanna go find out who they were. That's pretty bad if you ask me. And I'm a dessert hunter. If I'm curious enough, I'd take all the effort to go get a cupcake. But in the end, all I really wanted was a Kingdom Cake cupcake but they were all sold out. Sucks for me.

Finally stepped foot in the New People store. It was hectic, hot and overwhelming all at the same time. I'm glad I finally got to check it off my to see list. Checked out all the stores, Baby the Stars Shine Bright and 6%DokiDoki. I wanted to buy a hat but it was one of those things where you could only wear it there because any other time you'd look crazy. It looked cute on and I wish I snapped a photo. Roscoe can seriously win the cutest dog award. I think more people have photos of him than I do. Every step was a "OMG what a cute dog" or what is he dog?? I'm starting to think we should get him a shirt that has all his stats on it. "Roscoe, 3lbs, Bichon/Poodle Mix.. likes belly rubs and bullysticks"... lol. 

After the launch party, Cam & I went across the street for some drinks. 

*my drink

Ginger Rogers

Gin, fresh mint, ginger syrup and lemon juice topped with ginger ale. Served on the rocks in a tall glass with a squeeze of lime.

An adaptation of the ‘Favorite Cocktail’ from Drinks, (1914), by Jacques Straub

They had the most extensive wine list I've seen in such a small restaurant. *Don you would of loved it.* I think there was about 42 pages of wines & bubbly. 42 pages divided by country, dessert, reds, whites, it was quite overwhelming. They also had a great list of Absinthe drinks available ranging from $11 - $19. We obviously picked the one with the highest alcohol volume. I still can't get past the liquorice taste. Cam had fun creating his own drink and I'm glad they did the Absinthe up correctly, sugar cube and all. I'll post pictures later.

Last night Cam & I stopped at Azalea Boutique to see the Obey Fall Collection. Which I never really got to see since it wasn't showcased very well. I RSVP'd but for some reason they didn't get it. Oh wells. It didn't really matter anyway. It was our first time in there even though Dan (old Acxiom co-worker/husband of Tobi/Azalea owner) told me about it years ago. I just never had a reason to head out to that area. We walked right in and my eyes were immediately drawn towards the bright jewelry filled glass cases. Rows and rows of hand crafted/local made jewelry. I was in love. 

Low Luv by Erin Wasson (supermodel) is now my new obsession. These medieval knuckle rings made you want to run around with swords and slay dragons. Yes, I went there. 

It was pretty crowded and they ran out of the free shirts they were giving away. Well, they had shirts left but only size large and what am I gonna do with a large shirt anyways? Like most launch parties, you can always expect an open bar. 

They offered complimentary cocktails by Vitamin Water x Blue Angel Vodka. 

We both had the lemonade x vodka. 

The customer service at Azalea was horrible. If I weren't on a mission to buy beauty products from their Z beauty bar, I would of just left and found the stuff online somewhere. The sign says ask for samples. I wanted a damn sample. I've never tried their products so I didn't want to buy something that might potentially jack my face up. BUT I bought it anyways because it had the Allure seal of approval. (You know a herd of girls were used as test dummies to try this product.) I've really been into facial products and anti-aging creams. I bought:

So back to the horrible customer service. When I asked one of the hard to find workers, (Yes they all looked the same, all hipster'ed out so I had no idea who was a worker and who was a customer.) I asked him if he could get me a sample of the product. He tells me, we're busy. They had a lot of people but they weren't busy. There weren't that many people actually buying items. More people just standing around waiting for free drinks. So when I asked if he could point me to someone less busy he grabs the facial bottle and puts it on his hand and goes, that's what it'll look like. WTF? REALLY? Are you kidding me? I put the stuff back and went to walk around. Cam & I made our way to the mens beauty products where we found the Sharps deodorant and the ONE helpful worker walked up and started telling us about the product. SEE, that's all that I was looking for. Someone to tell me about the product. She even managed to find me the sample that I was looking for and she was so informative about it that I bought the bottle. That's what I call a great employee. Goes above and beyond. It wasn't that hard to take 2 mins out to talk and that was a $50 sale that they would of lost without her. I totally understand that Oh, one $50 sale is nothing because some of our products are so expensive it won't really matter. But in reality, you want that customer that's willing to spend $, and that will probably love those products and will keep coming back. Not that one time $200 sale. Oh well, I'm glad Cam got to experience his first clothing launch party. It wasn't too exciting but it's a first.