National Arts Marketing Project Conference... MIAMI!

Last weekend I attended the National Arts Marketing Conference in Miami, FL with a big group of Arts Marketers from Philly. The Greater Philadelphia Cultural Alliance offered a scholarship and, no surprise, response was overwhelming from the Philadelphia cultural orgs. Just under 50 of us found ourselves in sunny, construction-laden downtown Miami for four days of conference (web 2.0 and "viral marketing" were the catchphrases of the weekend) and indulging. Somehow I slept less there than I do on a given weekend in Philly...

Here's a link to the pictures and some video of the people dancing on the wall in Southbeach (also below): http://picasaweb.google.com/arindenise/NationalArtsMarketingProjectConference.

Enjoy!

Happy Halloween from Gang Green

That's right, Gang Green. Need I say more? Thank you Kendra, for having the vision and making it a reality.

Link to pics of Gang Green attending Len's party here.

Casey Boyle & Kevin Bittle Wedding

On Thursday Andrea and I drove down to Virginia Beach to see one of my college roommates, Casey Boyle, marry her Navy sweetheart Kevin Bittle. It was a long, rainy trip (and Andrea and I travel SO well together) but the wedding was great. Casey was gorgeous, of course, and it was great to finally meet Kevin after hearing so much about him.

We spent Thursday night with Chuck and Carrie in Waterman's Bar and Grill (with the locals, including a couger who definately left early to get it on in a car parked directly 0utside). Carrie was in rare form and dug through the cougers bags of halloween costumes, trying them on herself, the bar's manager, and Chuck, Andrea and I.

It was great to see most of my college roommates (and Charile Fidele). Adrienne was definately missed, but we all drank one in her honor!

Click here to see the pictures from the weekend.

Rochester Visit

So, in the middle of all of this total insanity of new jobs and end of Fringe Festival, Andrea and I took a little road trip to Rochester to spend some quality time with friends. I didn't take nearly enough pictures but we did see just about everyone we could in a 48 hour period!
Des and Maison's toy-littered front yard with (with Fennel and Andrea in the foreground and Pancetta the Pig in the background) pretty much sums the trip up. Violet (see second picture) was simply exhausted. Click here for more pics, including some of Andrea's BEAUTIFUL nephew Makhi and the lovely Madonia kids. Oh yeah, there are also pictures of the Tubia-Scahill hellions!

Second Annual Spring Garden Beer Olympics

Ridiculous outfits. Slosh ball. Gym class rejects. Beer. Add in a little perfect weather and you've got the Second Annual Spring Garden Beer Olympics. I don't think I can actually explain this event - you may just have to look at the pictures. All I can say is that we started the day with an opening ceremony complete with a torch and the Star Spangled Banner and ended it with beer pong and a Miller Chill bottle. You'll have to look through the photo album and discover the rest of the highlights yourself. My muscles are too sore.

Your captains, Dan and Arin, would like to thank you for all of your hard work. See you next year!

Seafood Extravaganza II

Before the lovely Shawnda Urie and the handsome Chris Holden left town to buy houses and have babies, we celebrated the feast of fish. Rachel, Kendra, Andrea, Chris, Shawnda and I played some Twister, soaked ourselves in butter, and ate until we could no longer move. Then, because it was the next natural step, we put small dog shirts on our fat fat cats. You can see all of that and more if you follow this link.

We'll miss you Chris and Shawnda! Rochester is lucky to have you back.

Mary & Nate Preston's Hawaii Wedding

So, the whole Sullivan family packing into the plane (okay, a couple different planes, but you get the picture) and traveled to the Island of Oahu, HI for my little sister's wedding ceremony. Mary's the middle child, the quiet one, and probably the nicest one. She married her long-time boyfriend Nate in a beautiful beachfront ceremony at 9am on Tuesday, July 24th. This was the most low-key, low-stress wedding ever (outside of adventures in bobby-pins and Angela's intimate engagement with the paved parking lot). I'm the hottie in the strapless dress with the sweet sunburn.

Here's the link to the web album.

Of course, after the wedding we had time to relax and enjoy some time with each other in the AWESOME house Mom rented for the week (rat watch, pina coladas and a beautiful backyard pool). We also had adventures playing in the waves at the North Shore, snorkeling in Hanauma Bay and wandering around Waikiki.

Here's the link to the rest of the pics.

And here, just for fun, is a little sample of my brother Andrew's best Arnold Schwarzenegger impression:

Girl Scout Theme Parties Rule!

That's right folks, although I was never a real girl scout (which I think actually angered some of the top cookie sellers in attendance at the party) Kendra, Martha and I threw a girl scout themed party. Yes, those are badges you see on our official Martha-style sashes. What you'll also see (in the below slide-show) is a fine pair of green knee high socks on each of us. Oh man, we were HOT.

However, you'll see in the pics at the website (click on the below slideshow), Andrea prefers Brownies...

Happy Birthday Kendra!

I can't believe I haven't posted these yet - here are a few of the pictures from Kendra and Jen's "Goodbye 20's Hello 30's" Birthday Party (guess how old they were...). It was theme heaven - thank god our friends love us and dressed up too!

Here's the link to the rest of the pics.

Makhi Joseph Matthew Farrier

Kendra had her baby (Andrea's nephew) on April 25th at 2:52am. She pulled through labor like a champ, and although he was 5 weeks early he was 19" long and weighed 5 lbs and some change (I'm getting the stats from Andrea). He's a beautiful little boy, and I promise not to call him "Big Mac" too much (because Kendra hates it - but really, she should accept the inevitable!)

Andrea drove up to Rochester to meet him and took these great photos. There's also some video that I'll toss on youtube and link to once they are uploaded.

Here's the link to the pics - there are some super cute ones!

A Very Busy Week!

The last week in March was BUSY. Troy and Gus came down to Philly to see the Justin Timberlake concert (Pink opened and was AWESOME). They stayed Mon-Fri and then on Friday we all drove to Rochester. Troy and Gus just needed to go home and Andrea and I needed to a) see our friends, b) see Anna's play (Godspell) and c) see Andrea's pregnant sister Kendra. We did all of the above and had a great and busy time.


Picture links:
Troy and Gus Visit (and concert photos)
Trip to Rochester



These girls knew Justin was singing only to them!


Pink's awesome closing number - with an aerial display!

St. Patrick's Day 2007

I actually can't believe I survived St. Patrick's Day this year. No, I didn't drink as much as some (no Irish Car Bombs for me - see video below) but I think I ate my weight in irish soda bread. With butter. Lot's of butter. Lot's of fun and food were had by all, and we ROCKED Guitar Hero like it has never been rocked before.













Okay, like always, click here to view pictures of the party at my yahoo photos site. Martha, there are at least 2 new MySpace pics in there for you!

Dan and Shawnda compete! Shawnda (almost) wins!

Shawnda and Chris RAWK! And my video skills are awesome.