Happy Thanksgiving!

Thanksgiving!

Whether you set the Thanksgiving table for 2 or 200 or celebrate the holiday with Friendsgiving1, Fakesgiving2 or have one big fabulous feast on Thanksgiving3 proper--ENJOY! 

No matter how you celebrate Thanksgiving--appreciate the moment & surround yourself with good people and good food. Really, what more do you need in life? Laugh out loud, put on the comfy pants and belly up for seconds and thirds. Turn the leftovers into epic casseroles and colossal sandwiches and have a most wonderful, beautiful, awesome Thanksgiving.

Need some inspiration for a fun & easy Turkey-day decor? Check out a few ideas from our annual Friendsgiving Feast!

Painted burlap banner.. made in minutes an hour before dinner.

Linen napkins bought at an online craft store, stamped for personalization.

Family candlesticks bring together the old and the new.

Time to break out the nice china!

Dessert station is early in the day to avoid last minute scrambling.

Have a wonderful and awesome Thanksgiving!



Cheers!
K&H



1. Friendsgiving \ˈfrends\' -ˈgi-viŋ  
noun 1. the act of feasting with ones friends who are like family in the month of Thanksgving but not on actual Thanksgiving.
adjective  2. awesome
2. \ˈfāk\ giv' ing 
noun 1. the act of feasting with family and/or friends at any moment in the calendar year when said group is all together, not actually on Thanksgiving or necessarily in the month of November.
adjective 2. awesome
3. \thaŋ(k)s-ˈgi-viŋ    
noun 1.  A holiday that commemorates a harvest festival celebrated by the Pilgrims in 1621, and is held in the United States on the fourth Thursday in November. 
exclamation 2. duh 
adjective 3. awesome

Shop RVA

Shop LOCAL and keep it close to home this holiday season!

Every year we (Kate & Heather) have a holiday shopping day. Kate takes the day off of work so we can avoid the weekend craziness. We start early and keep going until our lists are complete and/or it is time for Happy Hour!  These are marathon shopping events, they are a blast and have been hugely successful in the past. Most years we have hit the big chains and have gone from the city to the suburbs and back again. However, this year we are keeping it LOCAL. It is a fun challenge that we are ready and willing to embrace. 75% of the shopping we do daily is already on a LOCAL level but this holiday season the goal is 100% LOCAL. With the number of incredibly clever, innovative, practical, artistic and just down right fun shops in RVA we have this challenge in the bag...the locally purchased reuseable holiday shopping bag that is...BOOM!

This year the calendar is marked for us to shop on Friday, December 13, 2013!  We will also be shopping on Small Business Saturday, November 30, 2013 and Saturday, December 14, 2013 in support of Think. Shop. Buy. Local. 

Below is a sampling of some of the awesome LOCAL shops we will be visiting on our shopping days:

Carytown Bikes 

For the Love of Chocolate

Franklin Goose 

La Difference 

Lex's of Carytown 

Modern Artifacts 

Mongrel

Bygones!

Murphries

O Virginia

Orange

Original Gravity

Plan 9

Richmond Camera  

Ruth and Ollie 

RVA news

Schwarzchild

World of Mirth 

Many of these are in Carytown or nearby but we won't forget all the great small LOCAL businesses and shops all over the city. On the Northside-anything along Hermitage and of course those shops on MacArthur Avenue-the Bellevue Shopping District.  Southside and the Near West End we'll visit such as the shops at Libbie and Grove and The Shops at 5807. We know there are a couple of gems in the Short Pump area like Tweed but we will be staying away from that area this year avoiding the chains, traffic and malls. 

Other wonderful shops to explore this holiday season are those located in all the amazing museums in town. Can't find a gift in the museum shop? Give a membership to any of these cultural and very cool museums. 

Whether you favor the idea of a downtown baseball stadium or not (not) we are all in favor or supporting our local team so get some Squirrels gear this holiday season from the Squirrels Nest.  Heck it could be your last trip to the Diamond...pause for a tear.

The gift of an experience and an adventure is always a route worth exploring.  One of the best ways to do this is in the form of a gift card, it really does take time to shop for gift cards and any gift is something thoughtful and to be appreciated.  An evening at the theater is always lovely be it the Byrd, The Carpenter Center or The Landmark.  Give the gift of a meal by giving a gift card to any of the culinary hot spots in RVA or let someone get their own culinary genius on with a gift card to these local food shops Bombolini Pasta, Ellwood Thompsons, Little House Green Grocery. Cocktails and Glitter is always fond of the gift of a liquid beverage of local beers, ciders and wines!  Check out these links to find the perfect beverage for your friends and family.  Better yet give the gift of taking someone on a tour of breweries and wineries. A subscription to Richmond Magazine is always a winner and of course supports local publications and all things local for that matter...if you actually know someone that doesn't have a subscription to Richmond Mag!

Can you keep it LOCAL this holiday season? Join us in this challenge and see how well you do. We will post our progress on Facebook and Pinterest!

Happy Shopping!

Cheers!
K&H

P.S. Last week we had Happy Hour at Mellow Mushroom in Carytown. We had time to kill before going to a holiday shopping event at Orange.  If you are not familiar with Orange, you need to be- it is awesome!  Mellow Mushroom rated 4 out of 5 martinis. We know it is a chain but it is in Carytown. They took the former Plan 9 location and turned it into a hip fun joint paying homage to Plan 9 and RVA in the fantastic artwork murals. The staff was wonderful, the snack of house made beer cheese and soft pretzels hit the spot and the bathrooms are some of the nicest in Richmond! Plenty of room at the bar for large groups. Minor drawbacks are the early Happy Hour of 3-6pm and though they have drink discounts there are not any food deals. We say go for the bathrooms but stay for some beer cheese, a slice and a local brew.

Veterans...

We thank you. 

Thank you for your service to our country, for your selfless commitment and for the sacrifice you and your family make everyday protecting those you know and love and those you don't.


We honor you and thank you.

Cheers!

K&H 

Shave the Date for Movember!

Long live the mustache!

This October, Cocktails and Glitter christened the month of October as "Boob-tober" to celebrate the beauty of the breast and to highlight the importance of female health. All over the world, the month of October has been embraced for this purpose celebrating female health loud and proud and in every shade of pink under the rainbow. But what month is dedicated to promoting men's health? Women will talk about health and everything else but men, on the other hand, play the strong silence type and rarely voice issues pertaining to their own health. Well, way back in 1994 a group of Australia men got together in a pub and over a few pints and came up with the idea of Movember! With the first tagline and tee shirt logo of "Growing whiskers for whiskers." Ahhh the pub, a few pints and a cocktail napkin and you have some of the best ideas ever. 

Movember is a mash up of "Moustache" and "November." The point is to publicly discuss and promote men's health by raising funds and awareness. In 2004 the cause got a serge and the Movember movement has steadily taken hold not only in Australia but all over the world, each and every continent is in support of Movember!  In 2011 Canada was the leading country of contributors to Movember charities! 

In 2012, over 1.1 million Mo Bros and Mo Sistas around the world joined the movement, raising USD $147.0 million. In the US, over 209,000 Mo’s raised $21.0 million.

It seems that men are not being so silent anymore where their health is concerned and instead are getting on board with this important cause and are having fun with it. Google has gotten involved, so has Tom's Shoes, and then there are the events all over the world such as the Stache Dash, Mustache March (which technically happens in March), No Shave November (also known as Noshember) and many, many, more. 

One of the newest and funnest (I know not a word, but it is now) ways that men and women are getting the message out is with the launch of The Moscars.  The Moscars are a contest for short and clever videos that bring attention to men's health issues in some of the most hilarious ways possible.



Movember is not just for the gents the ladies can get involved as well by being a Mo Sista!  Mo Sistas do not have to sport a mustache, just support the men, a.k.a Mo Bros, in their lives and the cause at hand.  You better believe Cocktails and Glitter founders Kate and Heather are Mo Sistas and we hope you will join us in supporting all the Mo Bros in your life.  Each Movember Heather gives Boo a mustache themed Movember gift! With the recent popularity of the stache it isn't hard to find fun goodies. One of the best places to score a mustache inspired item is Mongrel in Carytown.  

If you are having a hard time figuring out what style Mo your Mo Bro may want to fashion here is a guide.

Cheers!

K&H

P.S. We found out how mom's can eat free at Social52---your mom can eat free at Social 52 if you are an adult with an income.  Meaning you hopefully live on your own (not in mom's basement, but if you do that is fine too), have a job that provides a living wage, you invest in your 401K or at least know what a 401K is, have gotten over the teenage years of thinking mom knows nothing and you know everything and you can admit you were wrong so so wrong-then your mom can eat free at Social52.