Our Official Photos Are In!

Our official photographer extraordinaire, Heather Kincaid, has done an AMAZING job working the photobooth (right behind our live-twitter screen) and roaming around site capturing the festive action, not to mention the hard work to get it all up and ready for the day after!

Check out her photos of the event here, and feel free to blog/publish with photo credit to heatherkincaid.com/blog.

And of course, give her a big round of applause online @HeatherKincaid.

Tonight's Leading Man & Leading Lady Finalists!

OK, after our #bloggerpromking and #bloggerpromqueen hashtag tallies from the twitterverse open nomination, the ones who made the final audition are:

"Leading Man"
1. @djjewelz
2. @FoodMarathon
3. @FreshHubby
4. @Kevin_Eats

"Leading Lady"
1. @brokeassbride
2. @JozJozJoz
3. @Olivejina
4. @thegirlblogger

Blogger Prom attendees, tonight cast your ballots for the Hollywood Confidential royalty to take home the glammy & fab fedora and tiara (and maybe a surprise) and bragging rights! Stay tuned and keep an eye and ear out around 8:30 p.m. for the big announcement....

A quick reminder for RSVP'd guests

We are excited to meet and party with you all tomorrow night @ the beautiful Yamashiro - but just a little heads up:

1) If you haven't already, make your minimum donation ($10 per guest) via the goldstar link that was sent your way when the committee confirmed your RSVP. This is the only way to officially seal the deal of your RSVP.

2) Also, please let us know if for some reason you and/or your guest cannot make it to the event, we are around capacity with a few more peeps in waiting so much appreciate the update so we can open up the room to let in as many folks as we can to enjoy the festivities.

Now back to your regularly scheduled programming . . .

Giveaway Time @ Blogger Prom!

One of the highlights of the inaugural prom was the giveaway, so you can definitely count on us doing it again this year. Thanks to a stellar, well-connected committee and a slew of generous sponsors, we have some amazing goodies for attendees to win!

But first, a few things different with the giveaway this year:

1) Our theme may be retro, but we are modernizing the announcement process. Instead of straining to call out numbers over conversation and music and all that fumbling for the itty-bitty ticket, we'll be tweeting out winners by their twitter handles! (We'll even have a projector screen with a live feed, so you don't need to be checking your newfangled techy devices every 5 mintues.)

2) If you happen to be a plus-one without a twitter account, we'll call you out by your companion's name (e.g. "@carolineoncrack's +1 won the XYZ prize!")

3) We're also tying this year's giveaway to our charity benefactor, Operation Frontline LA! All attendees (invited and their plus-ones) will receive one entry for the giveaway, but if you want to up your chances, you can donate $10 (or more) at the door for an additional giveaway entry! 100% of the proceeds goes to the charity, and guests who have already RSVP'd with additional donations will receive the corresponding number of extra entries (e.g. if you donated $40 on top of your $10 admission, you will receive 5 entries total.)

4) We'll be tweeting our giveaways @ regular intervals from 7:30 p.m. until the end of the evening, so donate for your extra entries early to increase your opportunities to win.

5) Finally, you don't need to be present to pick up your prize (in case you leave early, didn't notice it on the twitterfeed, etc.)

Phew! Having said all that, here's all the fab goodies that you can win this year:
From ChocolateBox Cafe (also our official chocolate sponsor for the event) a build-your-own box of sweets, simply bring the box to their Malibu location and fill it to your heart's fancy.
1933 Group is providing a sweet set of drink tokesn good for free cocktails at any of their bars.
Church & State is donating a $50 gift card for its bistro grub.
At Ortega 120, you can win 2 spots to their Tequila University classes, plus a $20 gift card for food or drinks at another time.
CakeMonkey donated a gift certificate good for their Snack Treat Gift Box for one sweet-loving soul.
The House of An family of restaurants is providing $75 gift certificates for AnQi and Crustacean
A gift basket of goodies, including teas, a bottle of wine and a $70 gift certificate, courtesy of Hugo's Restaurant
A tasty dinner for two gift certificate at Comme Ca in West Hollywood
And another dinner for two @ Zengo/La Sandia in the swanky renovated Santa Monica Place
For movie-goers, a ten-ticket pack for American Cinematheque's Egyptian and Alex Theaters
At La Descarga, you can win a rum & cigar aficionado package with 1 bottle of Zaya 12-year-old aged rum with sipping glasses, 2 hand rolled Payne Mason Haban Unos Corojo #5 cigars with cutter and a $50 gift certificate at the bar itself.
Nic's Beverly Hill donated a dinner for two with a full VODBOX experience.
Culina is giving out a "lunch for 4" to the fortunate winner.
Shell Vacations Hospitality donated a two-night stay in their Las Vegas Desert Rose Resort
At the Raymond in South Pasadena, someone will get $300 (equivalent of 2 chef's tastings w wine pairings) to spend on fine cuisine.
The Edison is generously giving a person and a downtown dream package with a $200 gift card, a night's stay in a downtown LA hotel plus a bottle of copper-encased Beau Joie champagne!
And The Sunset Strip is donating a package of its own, with a night's stay at the Andaz Hotel (our bloggerprom venue last year!), dinner for 2 at its restaurant, the RH, and 2 VIP passes plus 4 drink tickets for The Comedy Store.

Good luck to everyone, but feel free improve your odds (and do more good) with an extra donation!

Open Nomination Time For This Year's Leading Man & Lady

Of course, a prom isn't complete without a coronation ceremony, and this year our reigning King and Queen Bloggers (Zach Behrens of LAist and Nadine Jolie) will be passing on their crown and tiara to a glamorous new blogging "it" couple.

And this year, you get to decide who makes the final cut of this prom by Tweeting which two bloggers you want on the "call back list" with #bloggerpromking and #bloggerpromqueen hashtags (or for the very few of you without Twitter accounts, by commenting on this post!)

We'll be tallying up the counts for four blogging fellows and four blogging dames to partake in the final audition, where Blogger Prom attendees can vote to see who gets to be "leading man" and "leading lady" of the night! Here's the list of the RSVP'd guests who've already donated via Goldstar so far*:

For the role of "Leading Man"
@savoryhunter
@windattack
@foodmarathon
@streetgourmetla
@kungfoodpanda
@lorange
@roycifer
@sippitysup
@ravenouscouple
@s0kun
@southbayfoodies
@foodgps
@djjewelz
@glutster
@thrillistla
@kevin_eats
@DigLounge
@theotheragentm
@twohungrypandas (he)

For the role of "Leading Lady"
@theminty
@greenlagirl
@LAStory
@eatingLA
@HotPinkManolos
@nomsnotbombs
@letmeeatcake
@foodwoolf
@intellichick
@slackmistress
@conbon
@dianatakesabite
@mintcool
@etrets
@peggyarcher
@yvonneinla
@pleasurepalate
@thegirlblogger
@amandajoy
@avflox
@foodismynish
@afterdarkla
@busybethf
@dishingdelights
@gourmetpigs
@alieandgeorgia
@hanhonymous
@heathervescent
@twohungrypandas (she)
@melodysimpson
@juliewolfson
@kats9livez
@katelin
@stylesmith
@jenni0s
@jozjozjoz
@kimtracyprince
@la_story
@lkkelly
@lucindamichele
@HowWeEatLA
@fightinmadmary
@Recessionista

Check out their Twitters (as well as that of our soon outgoing King Zach & Queen Nadine) and nominate away using #bloggerpromking and #bloggerpromqueen!

*Are you a plus-one who also blog? If so, sorry we missed your Twitter handle on this list--feel free to throw your name in the pot too via comments & Twitter.

It's Official: Blogger Prom 2010 Theme & Date

You heard it here first - Blogger Prom 2010 is official and happening on Wednesday, September 22, 2010 from 7 to 10 p.m. at the historic Yamashiro Restaurant in Hollywood.

For this year's prom theme, the committee has chosen Hollywood Confidential, so be ready to get your old Hollywood glamor or classic chic on for this year's festivities.

Stay tuned for more information about our fabulous venue, refreshments and other goodies we're planning for this year's bash!

~ BP Committee

Vote for Blogger Prom King and Queen

It ain't a prom without a king and queen! Vote for your favorite bloggers to hold the coveted titles. The winners will rule over the land...well, just the prom at the Andaz West Hollywood, but still! They get fancy tiaras and congratulatory back pats.

Just choose from the list of blogger attendees here, or if you meet any blogger tonight that you think is really deserving of a crown, send a tweet to @blogger_prom with the hashtag #promking or #promqueen.

Deadline is tonight at 9pm and we'll tally up the votes with plenty of time for them to enjoy a celebratory walk around the ballroom.

Who's Who at Blogger Prom

As this is a bloggers-only event, only bloggers are attending. So we thought it would be cool to show just who is going to be part of this oh-so-special liquor-infused prom. These are just some of the many cool peeps. If you're not listed below, please add your info in the comments and we'll update the post.

FYI, this isn't the master check-in list outside of the blogger prom committee. That's going to be printed off Pingg so, and this is very important, please make sure to add your full name and that of your guest's to the Pingg rsvp (this won't be publicized).

However, this following list, my dears, is just for fun. -- Caroline on Crack

Abby, Pleasure Palate
Adri, Once there was a girl
AJ, Confessions of a Fat Girl
Alexia, LA Weekly
Alf, Take a Swig of Alf
Alli411
Andy, Netzoo and LAist
Brainlagirl, exeuntomnes.vox.com
Bren, Hello Pretty
Brooke, Food Woolf
Carina, Uncouth Gourmands
Cathy, gas*tron*o*my
Cbeanshop, All the Days of My Life
Charity, Intellichick
Chris, Neverlost
Christine, Hot Pink Manolos
Citizen Robot
Clare, clareiswriting.com
Connie, Hey Hey Scenesters
Daily Gluttony /Rantsandcraves
Dana, Variety's The Knife
Danit & Paul, LA Decostified
Danny, Kung Food Panda
Dave, eecue.com
David, creepyla.com and la.metblogs.com
Diana Takes a Bite
Eddy & Divina, Dancing Hotdogs
Elina, LA Times Daily Dish blog
Elise, Here, Eat This
Elizabeth, Traded My BMW for a Minivan
Elliott, LAist
Emilia, Natally Wounded
Emily, LAist
Ericka, Seven Vices
Erin, LA Weekly
Fightin' Mad Mary
Film Femme
FishBowlLA
GloZell
Heathervescent
Javier, Teenage Glutster
Jaydi, Fun With J D
Jennio, I Just Lost My Stain of Thought
Jessica, LA Times Daily Dish blog
Jin Yoo-Kim, Where the Lines Blur
Joshua, Food GPS
JozJozJoz
Julia, Julia's Mexico City and la.metblogs.com
Justin, HolyTaco.com
Kaelin Burns, Hungry? City Blog
Kate, Savour Fare
Kat O'Dell, Eater LA
Katy, LA Blogger Gal
Kevin Eats
Kim Tracy Prince, House of Prince
LA Pretty
Lauren Messiah, Ask Fashion Kitty and ThisNext
Lisa Borodkin, lisaborodkin.com
Liz, Everyday Goddess
Lucinda Michele, la.metblogs.com
Matt, DigLounge
Matt, Rumdood
Michael, Mayor Sam
Michael JB, South Bay Foodies
Michelle Woo, michellewoo.com
Mike & Maria, Franklin Avenue
Molly, examiner.com
Moye Ishimoto, G4TV.com's The Feed
Nadine, Jolie Nadine
Nancy, Nanciful
Neil, Food Marathon
Nina aka SlackMistress, The Slack Daily
Noelle, Drink 'n' Dive
Pat Saperstein, Eating LA
Peggy, Totally Unauthorized
Penelope, peneloper.com
Potential Gold
Rachel, Live on Sunset blog
Recording LA
Robert Dean, Lorange blog
Ryan, Only Eat What Feeds Your Soul
Sandra, Debutante Clothing
Sarah Gim, TheDelicious Life and Tastespotting
Shelley, Faux LA Hipster
Siel, Green LA Girl
Susan, Reservation for Three
Travis Koplow, la.metblogs.com
Veronique de Turenne, Here in Malibu
Wandering Chopsticks
Wesley and Evelina, Two Hungry Pandas
Will BetheBoy, betheboy.com
Zach Behrens, LAist
Zack, Lost Angeles

One Week Countdown: E-vites & RSVPs

Wow, did time fly by that quickly? BloggerProm is less than seven days away! If I had two extra fingers I can count them on one hand.

Anyways, see below for the e-vites with the basic event info (click to enlarge) of course, keep an eye on this blog for additional details, last-minute updates and other juicy gossip.


Needless to say, much thanks to all our sponsors for making this happen!

And one final note for RSVPs: if for some far-fetched, outlandish reason you or your plus one cannot make the event after your replied 'yes' or 'maybe' to our Pingg e-vite site, please change your RSVP so that we can bump up the bloggers-in-waiting on our waitlist. Thanks!

~H.C.

A Holler on Twitter for #BloggerProm!

tweet tweet . . . what's #FollowFriday?

Hey, H.C. here and wanting to let you peeps know (as if you didn't already) that we of the BloggerProm Committee are not only prolific bloggers, we are some crazy tweeting fools as well! Should you care to find out more #BloggerProm gossip in-between our posts, not to mention all the exciting going-ons we have in our individual lives, check us out at:

Caroline @CarolineonCrack
Esther @estarla
Marni @happygomarni
yours truly @LAOCFoodie
Maya @shopeatsleep
Lindsay @SquashBlossom
Natalie @TheLiquidMuse
Tara @tarametblog

And of course, there are our sponsors who are making some pretty kickin' donations*, from the venue to hold the event, to the alchy and food to keep us happy and full, to plenty of schwag to give out (more details on that in upcoming posts.) So a big THANKS to:

Andaz WeHo (the "Riot Hyatt") @andazweho
Martin Miller's Gin @MillersGin

Pinky Vodka @pinkyvodka
Fresh & Easy @fresh_and_easy
The Langham Huntington Hotel & Spa @LanghamPasadena
Threadless @threadless
The Lek @thelek
Lago Santa Monica @LagoSantaMonica
Goldstar @goldstar & @goldstarla
Kiss My Bundt Bakery @kissmybundt
ArcLight Cinemas @ArcLightCinemas

CKE Restaurants @HappyStar & @CarlsJr

Also, to hear every twitterer's hullabaloo about this enchanting event, do a #BloggerProm search. Got your own #FollowFriday twitterers to share? Drop a line in the comments.

All right, over, out and tweeting! Let's make #bloggerprom a top twitter trending topic on July 22!

*P.S. It's not too late to get into the sponsoring game and reach out to many of the top bloggers (and twitterers) in the Greater Los Angeles Area; for more information, feel free to contact me or the others on the BloggerProm committee.

Your Blogger Prom Committee

Esther and I (Caroline on Crack) have chosen some of the most well-known L.A. bloggers to be in the blogger prom committee, not only for the blogging personalities and their Web presence but, let's face it, for their contacts so that we can ensure that we get all the best swag for this event and its giveaways!

Here are the blogger Prom Committee members (in alphabetical order):

H.C. of LA and OC Foodventures

Lindsay of LAist

Marni of Happy Go Marni

Maya of Shop Eat Sleep

Natalie of The Liquid Muse

Tara of When Tara Met Blog

Together we're getting liquor sponsors so there's free booze for the entire event, as well as giveaways and of course the awesome Andaz venue complete with free food!