Thursday night was the Us Weekly Hot Hollywood Party at Aurum Lounge in midtown. I was sooo excited for this event, but I didn’t know what to expect exactly. I thought it turned out better than I could have ever imagined!
Us Weekly seems to want to celebrate their readers by throwing events like it puts on for celebrities out in LALA land, but for its readers all over the country. This year the magazine chose Chicago, Atlanta, and Austin as event locations. How perfect! The event advertisement said there would be music, complimentary cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, etc. I sent out a text message to see if anyone wanted to come along and RSVPed immediately!
Thursday night came along and I couldn’t decide what to wear. I went through so many outfit choices, but decided on a summery colorful dress from Forever 21. (Its almost time for fall, so I might as well get in some final wear time with my summer clothes, right?!)
Although I RSVPed for 12, only 3 (me, Donna, and HWMNBN) of us actually went. The others sure did miss out, let me tell ya! Aurum Lounge is a small club-like event space in midtown Atlanta. I had never been there before, so I can’t tell you what was changed for the party. It was a really beautiful location though- lots of gold and sparkles :o)
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| Aurum Lounge, Atlanta |
When we arrived we checked in and went straight to the step and repeat. (A step and repeat is the backdrop you see celebrities stand in front of at events in order to take photos. It usually has the name of the event and its sponsors tiled all over it.) The Us Weekly step and repeat happened to be PINK with a black carpet aka perfection.
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| me and my dates |
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| Date 1 |
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| Date 2 |
Like I said before, the event space was so cool. There were gold couches with Us Weekly magazines on the tables. Servers were walking around with different snack foods- (what looked like) mini burgers, mini tacos, meat skewers, veggies and dip in cups, etc. The only thing I tried from them (unfortunately, since it was delicious and I should have tried more) was some sort of seared sea scallop. They also had mini dessert tables. A cute thing about the desserts was that they matched the flower arrangements on their tables. Instead of having water in the vases, they had Essie nail polishes (a sponsor) that matched the desserts! LOVED! I had the cake pops and let me tell you, they were heavenly!
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| Cake pops with blue icing swirls to match the Essie polish in the flower arrangement on the back corner of the table. |
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| Mini cupcakes |
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| I think this was key lime pie! |
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| Close up of the polish display that matched the cake pops |
The event was only open to 21 and over because they had complimentary drinks. I usually don’t like wine, but I tried this delicious white wine they had from Seven Daughters. Best wine ever! They also had complimentary Seven Daughters red wine, Michelob Ultra, and Bacardi Ice drinks. (They had a full bar as well if you wanted to pay for it.)
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| Bar menu and Seven Daughters wines |
Other than the complimentary food and drinks, there was a DJ and a green screen for photo ops. You could take your photo in front of the green screen and then choose a background for it- either the Hollywood sign or downtown LA at night (although HWMNBN thinks its NYC at night).
The event was supposed to go from 7-10pm, but I think it lasted longer. We left around ten because I wanted to be sure to get a swag bag (plus Donna had another event and I had work in the AM)! The bags were actually really cool! They had three Essie nail polishes (I think they were absolutely shore, braziliant, and aruba blue), TRESemme dry shampoo, 20% off coupon for Seven Daughters wine and a wine opener, Bodycology body mist and lotion, Garden Salsa Sun chips, the latest issue of Us Weekly, and an Us Weekly bag.
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| Swag bag |
Overall, it was a wonderfully fun night and I definitely recommend going if it comes to your city! Thanks, Us Weekly!
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| I had Donna take a picture of me with my camera – just a random pose by myself at the end of the night- but then the photographer wanted to take it too. Secretly, I am glad because now I have this one celeb-like photo that I can frame and keep it hidden under my bed so I can look at it and dream of being a celebrity in another life ;o) Aww, a girl can dream. |
Other random photos from the event/my camera:
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| This one cracks me up! |
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| Early in the night as you can see from the lack of people. Later in the evening I tried to read Us Weekly and they turned off the lights on me :o( |
Seriously. Your dress is SO freaking cute!
Thanks! I haven’t worn it in over a year, so I figured perfect occasion!