Win Your Perfect Holiday Party...or Come To Ours!

Holiday party season is right around the corner and if you live in NYC, you're in luck! Splash, a party planning and invitation tool, is giving one lucky winner an amazing holiday party all for free. Starting today, you can enter their Mingle All the Way to win a free fiesta with the following:

v  Appetizers by Tasting Table & Celebrity Chef crafted desserts

v  Custom designed invitations at a premiere rooftop venue in Lower Manhattan

v  Sponsored bar by awesome premiere liquor brands

v  A hot New York City DJ

v  Pro event photographer

v  Photo booth to create ever-lasting memories

v  Gorgeous holiday décor & furniture

And if you're looking to attend a party instead of throw one, look no further than our annual Movember party. My friends and I host a yearly fundraising party to benefit Movember, a charity that encourages men to grow mustaches in the month of November to raise awareness of prostate cancer, and this year's is extra special because it's also my best friend Katie's 30th birthday. All the info is here if you want to join the
festivities!

And if you're not in the NYC area but still want to support, you can donate to our Mo Babes team.

Check back later this week for behind the scenes from the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, which I'll be covering on Wednesday!

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Art Basel Bound and Bicoastal Besties

Hello from the friendly skies! This is my very first time blogging from 30,000 feet high...gotta love technology. I'm currently en route to Miami for Art Basel. I've been to Miami many times but this is my first time going for Art Basel, which is a huge contemporary art fair. I'm super excited to ditch NYC's freezing temps for some fun in the sun and get some culture, of course. In addition to lots of exhibits and shows, there's also tons of parties happening this weekend in South Beach. My friend Rhiannon Ally, who anchors CBS4 Morning News in Miami, is graciously hosting me for the weekend so I'm excited to catch up with her and hit the town. Diddy, Demi Moore and Lenny Kravitz are already down there so I'm sure I'll be in good company.

Speaking of good company, I also got to catch up with another one of my best friends Whitney English this week in NYC. Whitney and I first met in LA, when we both worked at E!, and now we still get to work together at SheKnows.com. Whit, who also has her own blog, was out here to interview Jenny McCarthy. During her downtime, we hit Washington Square Park together, attend designer Monika Chiang's 1 year anniversary party, did dinner at Fig and Olive with another one of our LA-turned-NY BFFs Katie and check out Kristin Cavallari's Chinese Laundry shoe launch party at Avenue. All in a day's work!

I can't believe it's already December! Our Movember party at Southside last week was a big success and raised more than $2,000 for charity. Thank you to everyone who attended and donated! Big thank to you Roberto DePalo, who took a ton of great pics for us, too.

Credit: DePalo Photography

I'm signing off for now but I'll try to post more this weekend. Miami, here I come!

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Movember Madness

Can you believe we're halfway through November? This month is also known as Movember or "No Shave November", and if you've noticed more men than usual sporting moustaches as of late, here's why. Starting November 1, many dudes donate their face and vow to grow a mo for the whole month to raise awareness and money for prostate cancer.

Last year, Twilight hottie Kellan Lutz, Kevin Connolly and even Justin Bieber participated:

Biebs' attempt at growing a mo

Ladies can get involved, too. My dad is a prostate cancer survivor and one of my best friends used to work for the campaign, so we do a yearly fundraising team called Mo Babes where we raise money together and throw a super fun party. Here's a shot from last year, held at the Tribeca Grand:

Our fiesta this year is going down at the legendary venue Southside, and if you live in NYC, you should join the party on November 29! Southside + open bar + moustaches = guaranteed good times. You can get your tickets here. Glowstick mos are highly encouraged.

And if you can't come to the extravaganza, feel free to donate to our team here. Even a dollar or two helps. Thanks for your support and hope to see you at our moustache bash!

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