3-Day Parisian Flea Market ‘Brocante’ in Healdsburg

September 13, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Healdsburg will soon be home to a 3-day Parisian event that we are proud to be working with, get ready for BROCANTE! (French word for ‘flea market’). This beautiful event will be taking place September 21-23 from 11am-6pm at the famed “The Ivy House,” whose owner + design legend Myra Hoefer, along with Tallulah Boutique owner Denise Trefry (client) will play hosts for the event.

Myra Hoefer will be shipping in furnishings and decor straight from her ateliers in Paris (and her own Myra Hoefer Designs in Healdsburg) for the event and Denise will be showcasing her own decor items and jewelry from Tallulah, such as Andy Warhol’s Chanel lithographs and silk pillows. Attendees will be able to shop these rare pieces ‘en plein air’ in the backyard of the historic Ivy House. (Refreshments will be available Friday after 3pm.)

LOCATION:

The Ivy House, 243 Center Street, Healdsbuerg, CA

(If you are a member of the media and would like to come to BROCANTE, please rsvp to: rsvp@provocateur-media.com for special media tours, etc.)

Tallulah Bankhead

SNEEK PEEK: Coming to the online space this fall, Tallulah boutique will launch a new, 2.0 version of their online shop MyTallulah.com, allowing vintage-chic shoppers worldwide to purchase their curated picks. Until then, BROCANTE will serve as a lovely sneak peek.

We’re  big fans of unique, vintage home decor at Pro Media and excited to see all of the curated picks come together- hope to see you there!

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Family Winemakers of California 2012 Tasting Event

July 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Family Winemakers of California 2012 Tasting Event

We have a fun event coming up this September and if you are a wine lover, you are definitely going to want to listen up! The Family Winemakers of California, a reputable organization that helps get the word out and protect small and family-owned wine makers and wineries, is hosting their 22nd annual tasting event Sunday September 9, 2012 at the Festival Pavilion at the Fort Mason Center. (It is a two-day event actually, but this date is open to the public.) It is really a wine lover’s dream as it ts the most comprehensive tasting of California wines in the world! This year’s event will include over 300 wineries and over 750 different wines. Think not just the typical Pinots and Cabernet Sauvignons, but a plethora of very unique, high-quality wines with varietals literally from A-Z.

At this 2012 tasting, and for the first time ever, this year’s event will also include a special VIP Tasting Lounge, hosted by Celebrity Sommelier Courtney Cochran, and highlighting a selection of these unique wine varietals such as Albarino, Grenache Blanc, Marsanne, Muscat Canelli, Nebbiolo, Pinotage, Semillon, Tannat and Vermentino.

Event-goers can also enjoy the “Taste and Take!” program for the second year, allowing you to take home all of the wines you love straight from the event.

Also, as something extra special this year, we will be joined by the delicious Craperie Saint-Germain- providing guests an array of traditional French buckwheat & gluten-free crêpes made with organic ingredients. Yum! Totally looking forward to this here too!

Consumer tickets are now available for this event at http://fwcsf12tasting.eventbrite.com/.

Be sure to check out the Family Winemakers of California website for more information at www.familywinemakers.org

Cheers, and drink on!

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Dogpatch WineWorks Opens New Tasting Room

June 27, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Continuing to spread the word of the growth of the Bay Area’s fantastic urban wineries, we at Pro Media are working with Dogpatch WineWorks and announced yesterday the launch their new tasting room {located in the up and coming SF Dogpatch neighborhood.} This is an exciting new offering in San Francisco as now residents will have an even better option for enjoying quality wine closer to home and in a unique environment. Located within the original 15,000 square-foot loft, the new 3,000 square-foot DPWW tasting room officially opens to the public this weekend and will be open every Thursday-Sunday.

(photo courtesy Andrea Rowe Photography)

Wines that will be poured in this new tasting room will include wares from Jazz Cellars, Qualia Wines, OM Winery and Carlotta Cellars to start- with more wines signing on and joining the collective in the coming months. Wine lovers can either choose a featured flight, creating their own flight, or to order wine by the glass from a rotating list.

Some of the varietals featured at the present time include Carignan, Marsanne/Rousanne, Petite Sirah, Pinot Noir, Rose, Sauvignon Blanc, Syrah, Syrah-Grenache, Zinfandel and Viognier. Wine will be offered in 2 oz. and 5 oz. pours, quartinos and also by the bottle; 5 oz. pours range from $5.00-$12.00 each and retail bottle prices range from $16.00-$48.00 each.

Want to learn more about wine, go out for a tasting with friends in SF, or test your skills and create a wine of your own? Check out Dogpatch WineWorks at 2455 Third Street in San Francisco or check out their website at www.dpwineworks.com.

 

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The Business of Blogging

June 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment

If you live in San Francisco, odds are you know all about the blogger scene here. With everyone from tech to fashion bloggers, each niche has a strong online force. Bloggers are even making their own money , and big money at that. Companies have started using bloggers to talk about their products, giving the company another level of consumer awareness and ‘cool factor’ outside of advertising, public relations, etc. Using bloggers also goes beyond normal social networking, like Facebook and Twitter, because bloggers are more independent and act as an outside voice. You know what they say - People take their friend’s opinion or word of mouth advertising over actual advertising. However at the same time, if bloggers are being paid and given free loot, how independent are they really? We found THIS awesome article on WWD last week that hits the topic right on the nose. Read To Pay or Not to Pay: A Closer Look at the Business of Blogging and let us know your thoughts on the bloggers and helping to promote brands.

(image courtesy SomeECards)

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Rock Wall & SHN’s ‘American Idot’ Opening Night, “VIP” After Party

June 12, 2012 By Leave a Comment

With a slew of great musicals hitting the stages at San Francisco’s  SHN, we are excited to have our client Rock Wall Wine Company participating in the festivities! One of those ‘new’ greats, American Idiot, showing June 12-July 8 at the Orpheum Theatre, will be accompanied by Rock Wall’s Wines for their opening night “VIP after party.” The invite-only after party will take place Wednesday night, June 13th at 9:45, directly after the opening night performance. {We thought the name “Rock Wall” was particularly fitting for a play all about rock music.}

If you aren’t familiar, American Idiot is based off of  Green Day’s album {of the same name} and features hits “Boulevard of Broken Dreams”, “Wake Me Up When September Ends”, “Holiday” and “21 Guns”. Check out a sneak peek of the musical here: American Idiot Montage.

If you have tickets to the opening night of American Idiot, {find tickets HERE if you do not yet} rock out!

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Laline’s “Beauty & The Beach” Summer Kick-Off Event

June 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Pro Media was happy once again to work with international bath & body care company Laline for their summer kick-off event on Wed. evening, ‘Beauty & The Beach’. {We previously helped to launch one of their first U.S. stores, right here in San Francisco – check it out HERE}. San Francisco’s beauty bloggers, loyal Laline customers, and local media tested and tried Laline’s new scrubs, lotions and scents for the summer (Ocean, Cherry Blossom & Coconut Verbena)– getting ready for summer in style!

   

  

Aside from luxurious products, event-goers also enjoyed our summer-themed photo booth (decked out with beautifully crafted “beach cruiser” bikes provided by SF’s very own PUBLIC located in South Park.) We were in great company with Chandamheer Stacker of Pancake Stacker, Punam Patel of Nothing Broker, Britt & Whit, Kim Mitchell Stokes of Kimair, Annie Wilson of Poetic and Chic, and San Francisco Chronicle’s Nerissa Pacio, among others. Check out the pics below!

                            

        
Bloggers Chandamheer Stacker {of Pancake Stacker} and Punam Patel {of Nothing Broker}
Brittany and Whitney {of Britt + Whit}

  

Amazing bites were supplied by local Marina-based caterer, Chef Ronnie Woo of The Delicious Cook.

Bites provided by The Delicious Cook
Bites provided by The Delicious Cook

  Our lovely bartender Melina, from SOMA’s new bar Sofa served us a ‘Los Osuna Margarita’ and a ‘Blackberry Bliss’ cocktail using locally based Los Osuna tequila - such a treat!

       

Drinks Provided by Los Osuna Tequila

Our amazing bartender Melina from SOMA’s Sofa

Also on hand were exotic ice cream flavors from Abel 1950, serving tequila and mexican hot chocolate flavored ice cream {the tequila one is what originally caught our eye when we were first introduced and is more vanilla-flavored and delicious.} They are carried in Whole Foods & Draegers…in case you want to pick some up to try it yourself.

Special shout out to Alex Akamine for all of the pictures!

For more information on Laline check out their website HERE or stop by one of their SF stores in the Marina at 2106 Chestnut Street or down at Pier 39!

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SF’s Love Affair With Food Trucks & Rock Wall’s “Food Truck Frenzies!”

May 31, 2012 By Leave a Comment

San Francisco is arguably one of the culinary capitals of the U.S., some of the finest restaurants and chefs call the City By The Bay home. So who would expect something so basic {and fast} to become so popular in our city, let alone become more than just a fad?

Food trucks {and similar variations} have been revamped, and now include everything from a pizza oven on wheels {Pizza Politana} to the on-trend cupcakes {Cupkates} a cream puff truck {Pacific Puffs} and lets not forget the SF favorite {and our own little taste of heaven}, The Creme Brulee Cart.

Pro Media client Rock Wall Wine Company  has thrown a series of events around food trucks called ‘Food Truck Frenzies’, with each ‘frenzy’ circling around a different theme. Their upcoming frenzy, ‘Food Truck Frenzy 6: The Return of Neptune Beach!’, taking place Saturday June 9th, features Bay Area food trucks including Arki Truck, Le Truc, Nom Nom, Chairman Bao, Fist of Flour, Little Green Cyclo, Tandori Chicken Mobile USA, Suzie Q’s Lunchbox, Nick’s Wheely Good Breakfast Koja Chicken and Sweet Treat Stop.  {For more info on Rock Wall Wine Company’s upcoming frenzy or to buy tickets, head HERE.}  Each Food Truck Frenzy continues to grow, with more people and more trucks participating each time. As you can see, there is no shortage to the “frenzy” that is food trucks in our city!

Food Truck Frenzy at Rock Wall Wine Company

With a range of options able to satisfy any SF foodie’s appetite, paired with the unique branding that is the truck {or cart} itself, we can see why these are such hot items. There are even websites dedicated to tracking their locations so you can get just what you want, when you want it {check out Off The Grid and Roaming Hunger}.

However, with their continued growth and popularity, food trucks have come up against schools and other restaurants when it comes to their proximity. It seems they are taking a bite out of the restaurant business and pose a threat to school lunches. On the other hand, House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi has referred to this food-nouveau of sorts as “a model for small business innovation“.

So while the country weighs out the pros and cons of food trucks, we’re going to go grab a bite from one of them {if only for the fact that they’re tasty and fun!} Happy trucking!

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Andy Cohen in San Francisco!

May 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Andy Cohen – the man himself!

Last week we were treated (someone must really love us!) to the chance to see one of our favorite TV personalities and icons face to face – Andy Cohen! The Commonwealth Club of California put on the event, allowing Andy to talk about his new book, “Most Talkative: Stories From the Front Lines of Pop Culture”.  The man behind the oh-so-popular The Real Housewives series talked about everything from growing up in St. Louis, his 10 years at CBS News (and tricking Oprah Winfrey in an interview- subsequently almost being fired), the importance of internships to get where you want to be in the entertainment business, and more. We were lucky enough to be in the third row for the event, and Andy is just as charismatic, if not more, in person as he is on TV. He may joke around a lot, but we were most impressed with his tenacity. It may have been a hard climb to the top, but his true love for TV and pop culture is evident in everything he does and more importantly — he knows what viewers want.

We decided to pass on waiting in the endless line for book signatures (it looked like it would be at least 2 hours of a wait- too bad! really wanted to meet face to face and chat) but we are nonetheless very excited to dig into his book and so happy we got to see him speak in person. Way to go Andy, and thank you for never “shutting up.”

Find out more about his new book here: http://us.macmillan.com/mosttalkative/AndyCohen

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Digital Style Digest Launch Event

May 22, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Last Tuesday evening, friend SFIndieFashion founder and Fashion+Technology writer for the San Francisco Chronicle, Lorraine Sanders, officially launched her new website Digital Style Digest and we at Pro Media were happy to lend our PR services!

On May 15 the generous Zappos SF team allowed us to take over their space downtown and host a crowd of 100+ fashion bloggers, lifestyle editors and technology start-up gurus. On hand were amazing bites from San Francisco’s own Kitchit featuring Chef Nicole Poirier (seriously, check her out for your next event. still craving the bruschetta!), candied treats and demos from the team at Threadflip, cocktails from Art In the Age and wine by Rock Wall Wine Company.

Other sponsors and companies in support included 7×7 magazine, DODO Case, Curator, Red Bubble, Trumer Pilsner, WedCoupon, Avital Beauty Salon, CODE Salon, Mariposa Allure and Good Vibrations. We’ve pulled out some of the best photos from the event below. In the meantime, head over to Digital Style Digest, follow it on twitter, like it on facebook to be up-to-date and in the know of all things fashion+tech.

We also want to thank our fab PR partner in crime, Lindsay Stevens for helping us put together such an amazing event.

Some of our favorite features/write-ups from the evening:

Launching the Digital Style Digest at Zappos in San Francisco (Pics!)- stylenik

Digital Style Digest Launch Event- RYAN CHUA UNLIMITED

Digital Style Digest Launch Party- pancakestacker

Digital Style Digest Launch at Zappos- voila

 

Lorraine Sanders with fashion designer and SFBAFN Founder, Joseph Domingo (photo courtesy Andrea Rowe Photography)

Fashion Bloggers Britt & Whit (photo courtesy Jennymay Villarete)

Photo booth fun! (photo courtesy Jennymay Villarete)

Fun candy display and guest offerings from sponsor Threadflip (photo courtesy Andrea Rowe Photography)

More stylish party-goers (photo courtesy Andrea Rowe Photography)

Cocktails provided by Art In the Age (AITA) (photo courtesy Andrea Rowe Photography)

Stella + Dot Stylist, Courtney Heinze showing off a silver skirt, Shian Simms, Fashion Blogger Rebecca of 35-inch inseam, and Fashion Blogger Meghan of  Voilà! draped in blue (photo courtesy Jennymay Villarete)

  

Beautiful display from catering sponsor, Kitchit (both photos courtesy Andrea Rowe Photography)

Member from the Zappos SF team poses with shell bra (photo courtesy Jennymay Villarete)

One word to sum up the night…

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The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk

March 15, 2012 By Leave a Comment

Leading up to the Jean Paul Gaultier exhibit at San Francisco’s de Young Museum, the museum has been hosting a series of lectures lead by different noteworthy individuals. These include Melissa Leventon, a curator, professor and specialist on European and American costume and textiles and Nathalie Doucet, a French-born former designer and professor who founded Arts of Fashion Foundation. lectures included everything from Gaultier, to the history of couture and more. Being fashion fans ourselves, we put  these lectures (as well as the upcoming opening) at the top of our to-do lists!

           

Heralded as both the ‘enfant terrible’ of fashion and the savior of couture, Gaultier’s work as always blurred the lines of fashion. Whether it was Madonna’s Blonde Ambition cone bras or transexual collections, his designs have always strived to fight the known social-sexual conventions involved in fashion. Entitled ‘The Fashion World of Jean Paul Gaultier: From the Sidewalk to the Catwalk’ this exhibit will display Gaultier’s work and his two main inspirations: the London grunge punk scene and the Paris femme. the show is split up into 6 parts, each showcasing a certain aspect of Gaultier fashion and inspiration.

The Odyssey of Jean Paul Gaultier: features signature Gaultier pieces including the Breton stripes.

The Boudoir: looks at perhaps his biggest statement making pieces: lingerie. underwear as outerwear from Madonna’s Blonde Ambition tour to corsets for men.

Skin Deep: more sex + fashion. this time looking at bondage and body art inspirations and pieces.

Punk Cancan: it’s the French vs. the Brits in the ultimate catwalk vs sidewalk showdown. the French femme and the British Punk.

Urban Jungle: haute couture as well as the influences of cultures from around the world for Jews to Mongolians.

Metropolis: looks beyond Madonna’s famed cone corsets into other work Gaultier has done for films, music and more.

The exhibit will run from March 24 thru August 19. For more information on the exhibit and happenings head here: de Young: Gaultier

image: de Young

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