Collaborations and Lots of Cake
Oh, they say you can’t have your cake and eat it too. I’ve never understood that adage... and, “they” certainly didn’t ever know me. No, for the past month of Beverly Hills #BOLDbh on Rodeo Drive and the past weekend of Los Angeles Food & Wine, I feel like I’ve been doing just that - having my cake and indeed, eating it, too. 🍰 With @lafoodwine last weekend - brought to us by this guy here, my buddy David Alan Bernahl - I enjoyed 4 days of delicious food, wines I love, new-to-me wines, old friends coming together in fellowship, and new friends experiencing an entirely new experience with their first Los Angeles Food & Wine Festival. As my @DawnMcCoyMedia team is currently busy tabulating the social media impact created from our end of the event from our kickoff party at #LouisVuittonRodeoDrive, I’m reminiscing and tabulating the memories and new faces that came into my life because of it, yet again for another year. This year’s @lafoodwine brought new friends, new partners/collaborators into my life, new followers here and new clients I’ve been enjoying conference calls with these past few days after we all had time to recover from the decadence of it all. When I raised a glass to Dave - and the festival - at our kickoff a few Thursdays ago, I say what I always say: “This event is one of the best places to meet people. In the past, I have left with love interests, business contacts, good friends & epic leisurely summer days with no end with those people.” As much as I love the food - and, the wine of course - it’s what I love most about the festival. 💗 So, as I head out on a “walk & talk” conference call this early Saturday morning in Beverly Hills with one of those aforementioned new clients, I want to thank @dbernahl for creating a space in which culinary treasures, vineyard visionaries, foodie fanatics and Hollywood creatives can co-mingle in a delicious, elevated camp-like space. There’s truly no place else like it. Now, onto planning my first trip to Pebble Beach Food & Wine this spring... **also, a VERY special note of thanks to Hansen Cakes for that gorgeous cake and to Jason Rhee of Rheefined Company Weddings + Special Events for stepping in & designing a beautiful & impactful event. — with David Alan Bernahl and Jason Rhee at Louis Vuitton.