On Monday I’m going to be on a panel speaking at Crave’s latest Coffee Chat session, called Flirting with Words:
• Learn secrets on writing captivating copy for your website, blog, ads and more
• Discover what Cosmo can teach you about headlines that work hard but look sexy
• Check out examples of brilliant writing “dos” – and a few disastrous “don’ts”
• Get advice on how to craft enticing Twitter and Facebook updates
VANCOUVER BC
Speakers: Danielle LaPorte (White Hot Truth) and Shelley Mantei (Mediatonic PR)
Topic: Flirting with Words
When: Monday, October 19th from 6-8pm
Where: Nailpolitan, 1032 Hamilton St, Vancouver BC
Price: $25 USD per person
Straight from London to join Lindsay at Toronto International Film Fest (TIFF) 2009. She’s working her butt off (crazy hours!!) working for E1 Entertainment - they have 20 flicks in TIFF this year. We’ve rubbed elbows with Colin Farrell, Clive Owen (ladies this man is way better looking in real life, talk about ‘movie star’ GQ glam), to Chris Rock and Julianne Moore. TIFF has huge star power rolling in – from Oprah to Drew Barrymoore.
The highlight: after-party for Harry Brown (good flick guys!) which was hosted by London’s Soho House/Shoreditch in a section of the Bay Subway station. The waiting platform transformed into one of their private houses including the same ‘Cowshed’ toiletries (very funny) and on each side of the platform was a stopped subway train that you could cool off on with their AC, dance or hang out in. Very very cool. Next up, Almira’s now joined us and our trio is off to Nikki Beach rooftop on the Hyatt. See you there!
(This pic is from the ET Canada party – they ramped up the rooftop of a parking garage on Yorkville)
Beyond press junkets and lots of media events part of our job in London was See and be Scene - so I’ve got London nightlife tips!
Boujis and Sketch make for a good evening when you don’t quite want a club. Sketch is like Alice in Wonderland’s version of adult entertainment. And you have to check out the ‘pod’ bathrooms. May Fair Hotel, Sanderson Hotel and Nobu Berkley all have nice restaurants, but I prefer them for cocktails on the way to ‘next’. By the way there are two Nobu’s this is the one you want – and if you do dine there the black cod is a must.
Jalouse and Maddox are my fav nightclubs to let loose. Glam, fun, great tunes and a proper round of trouble. We saw a very plastic Mickey Rourke leaving Jalouse as he was trying to leave his mark on the town (GQ Man of Year Awards). Not a pretty way to end the nite.
Bungalow 8…what happens at 8 stays at 8….we’ve rubbed elbows with Kings of Leon, Gossip, Peaches Geldof, Take That (UK version of our Backstreet Boys lol). We were fortunate to go here, you have to know someone who know’s someone. Stick to the other spots I’ve mentioned first. And add onto your list Shoreditch House for poolside.
Enroute back from a wedding in Grand Cayman (congrats Jodie & James) I had to do a stopover in Miami to do a little bonding with Almira.
Yes, we talked shop and strategized poolside…and in between I got a smile from George Clooney…savored Nobu…got a tan. And all the while, thanks to Blackberry and a great team back home it was business per normal. Life is good!
P.S. Here are a bunch of my Miami South Beach travel tips.
One of my side projects is that I’m also the founder & editor of a trend blog www.theitlists.com. One of the perks is that I get to test alot of goodies and decide to review them or not. So we get a fair bit of packages coming our way.
My dog Theo took a particular interest in todays goodies from Covergirl and decided to help me out. Thanks Covergirl! 
Madonna played to over 60K fans at GM Place on Oct 30. Great seats, great friends, and rockin’ out to Give It To Me and Like a Prayer (I think I lost my mind to that). Now I can check off an evening with Madonna on my to-do list.
