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Cause for Drinks – event THIS WED

Published August 17, 2009 Art , Events Leave a Comment
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Holiday Matinee is celebrating 10 years of creativity and they want you to join! The Cause for Drinks event is happening THIS Wed in SD at the rooftop bar at the W hotel, downtown. If the 10 year anniversary isn’t enough cause for drinks, you will be pleased to know that they have teamed up with Friends of TOMS shoes and will be giving 25% back to the charity. *Good Stuff*

OH and there is still time to enter the 10 for 10 contest! They are giving away 10 prizes from TOMS Shoes, W Hotel, Pat & Oscar’s, Furni Creations, Feelgoodz, No Star Clothing, T-Post, Field Notes, EA Sports and a pair of tickets to Def Leppard & Poison. To get these prizes, all you have to do is take a photo/video of yourself doing something creative that you have never done before and email it to HM. CAKE. I think I’m going to try gymnastics. Who wants to video it?!

There will be tons of creative minds at the event, and of course, great drink specials. We will see you there…

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Who is Holiday Matinee? (You want to know these guys)

Comic-Con San Diego 2009

Published July 24, 2009 Art , Events , Funny , Random 1 Comment
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comic-con09-googleSo, if you don’t know by now… Comic Con is a big deal. Even google got the memo. Comic Con is a 4 day event held at the San Diego Convention Center. It was originally created to feature comic books, and science fiction film and television, but has now expanded to pop culture artists, anime, manga, video games and all things sci-fi. You can find guest appearances by celebrities, artists and pop-culture icons and of course LOTS and LOTS of costumes! The convention is the largest of its kind in the world, filling to capacity the San Diego Convention Center with over 125,000 attendees in 2007. Everyone is tweeting and posting pics from the event AS WE SPEAK. Here are some good ones from the past 2 days:

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(Photos by Lantern Waste)

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See more photos by Lantern Waste and Crazy Critics.

Learn more at The Official Comic-Con Website

Starbucks drops logo and goes local

Published July 21, 2009 Events , Random 1 Comment
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starbucks-logoAs I sit here and eat my free Starbucks pastry, I am reading about the next big change for Starbucks. Turns out that people actually miss the integrity of their local coffee shops with art and music and sincere help. According to The Seattle Times, Starbucks is dropping their corporate logo and re-branding the shops to fit their environment. They are testing this out in Seattle and are preparing to open “15th Street Coffee and Tea.” All of the bags and mugs will be branded as 15th Street and they will serve wine and beer, host live music and poetry readings and sell espresso from a manual machine rather than the automated type found in most Starbucks stores. Not sure they will be able to hide the corporate beast behind a friendly logo, but we shall see. Read more about the switch here.

I must tell you that my experience at Starbucks today was very random. Everyone was wearing some sort of animal mask on their head, the lady behind the counter asked me “if my adventure was complete,” and a Starbucks employee yelled at a woman for setting her coffee on the window sill. It reminded me why I love my local Cafe Calabria so much!

PRIDE in SD this weekend

Published July 17, 2009 Events Leave a Comment
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It’s time to show your PRIDE in San Diego! This year has been a rough year politically for the LGBT community, and I know many San Diegans have taken the time to organize events and peaceful protests, but this is a time to party! I know it’s hard in the shadow of prop 8, but let’s celebrate how far we have come. The theme this year is “Stonewall 2.0- Activism for Equality” and it’s a 3 day event full of music, food, drinks and of course, the parade. The event kicks off tonight with hundreds of parties and drink deals all over Hillcrest. The Parade is on Saturday at 11am and goes down University and then turns on Sixth street. See the map.

The San Diego Pride Celebration is the 5th largest in the United States attracting 160,000 spectators to the Parade and 50,000 to the weekend Festival. The Pride Parade is the best attended and largest single day event in San Diego. The two-day Pride Festival features multiple stages of entertainment, musicians, bands, comedy and dance performers, 300 participating vendor booths, an Art exhibit, a Green With Pride Zone, Farmers Market, cultural presentations, great food and much more!
The event is for EVERYONE gay and straight alike. It’s about peace and love and being yourself. :) Come out and celebrate. For more info on tickets and event details go to SanDiegoPride.org.

Thanks for celebrating with Collar Free!

Published June 30, 2009 Events Leave a Comment
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Our Collar Free 1 yr anniversary party was a success! Thanks to everyone who had a chance to stop by and say hello. Thanks again to Syrah who provided us with excellent wine, wonderful cheese plates and a great atmosphere. I think Pat had a good 30th birthday too. :) We will be posting all the pics from the party later this week.

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Collar Free Inc. is always expanding. See our new projects at Artistic Hub.

25% OFF Collar Free Tees and Party TOMORROW

Published June 25, 2009 Events , Mel & Michelle Leave a Comment
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It has been a while since we threw a killer party. We know you miss the fun and we do to and we have two reasons to party this summer. The first is the 1 year anniversary of Collar Free launching. The second is that Pat is turning 30!

Come join us for a night of food, wine, friends, and fun!
We are hosting the event this year at Syrah. Syrah is an awesome wine bar in downtown gaslamp with a cool atmosphere inspired by Alice in Wonderland. Syrahwineparlor.com

Hope to see you there!

And don’t forget about the awesome discounts at Collar Free! Use code: “anniversary” SHOP NOW

Collar Free Anniversary Party & Discount

Published June 11, 2009 Events Leave a Comment
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Collar Free has been in business for 2 whole years! I remember when we didn’t even have a website or a product. I remember recruiting and selling and researching to find the best damn t-shirts blanks out there! (we did it) Now, 2 years later, we have an awesome team and some sweet t-shirts designed by artists across the US.

Come celebrate our 2 year anniversary on June 26 at the NEW Syrah wine parlor downtown. Hope to see you there!

Syrah_CollarFree_Emailer_v3As part of the celebration, we are offering a discount on all Collar Free tees!

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You can also find Collar Free in these San Deigo Boutiques:

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Interactive Day San Diego T-Shirt Design Contest

Published May 6, 2009 Events Leave a Comment
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It’s time to show off your design skills!! Artistic Hub teamed up with Interactive Day San Diego and is running a t-shirt design contest for their upcoming conference on June 18, 2009 in beautiful, sunny San Diego. This is a great opportunity to show off your design skills, build your portfolio, win free entry to the conference and become the official shirt for this great event. Interactive Day San Diego is an interactive advertising conference that delivers the Internets top thought leaders with topic driven panels and workshops for best practices approaches to online media. The contest is almost over, so hurry up and dust off that computer and get your submission in asap. The winner will be announced on June 5th.

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What: Interactive Day San Diego
When: June 18, 2009
Time: 8:30 am- 5:00pm
Where: Hilton Bayfront, San Diego, CA

Not a designer? We still need your help! Come and vote for your favorite design to help determine the winner.

WE HUB: Austin City Limits Music Festival

Published May 4, 2009 Events , Music , We Hub You Leave a Comment
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WE HUB: Austin City Limits Music Festival
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WHAT IS AUSTIN CITY LIMITS? Austin City Limits is a 3-day Music Festival in Austin, TX featuring 130 bands on 8 stages. Get the complete festival experience with local food, art and organized events for the kids. See music by Pearl Jam, The Dave Matthews Band, Beastie Boys, Kings of Leon, John Legend, Lilly Allen, Thievery Corporation, The Decemberists, Brett Dennen and more! See complete lineup.

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WHY WE HUB THEM: We hub music. ACL is famous for headlining some major mainstream musicians as well as some up-and-coming bands you SHOULD know. Not only are they creating a whole weekend of fun in the sun, they also do it the green way. The festival is 100% carbon neutral and they are doing their part by banning styrofoam, plastic bags and more. You can also help off-set your carbon footprint by picking up a Be Green Fan Tag for $3. Learn more here.

HOW WE CAN HELP: Musicians and Artists go together like peanut butter and jelly. Artistic Hub would love to team up with Austin City Limits to run a t-shirt design contest for the festival coming this October. Why not let artists from around the world create and submit their t-shirt designs for the event? The public would vote for their favorites on the ACL website and the one with the most votes would be the official t-shirt of the event. Plus, all of the designs in voting are available on-demand, so anyone could go online a purchase a design on a hoodie, t-shirt, tank top and more. This would be a fun way to get artists involved in the event and to get some really killer t-shirts that everyone would rock for years to come!

-Mel & Michelle

High Trek Adventure San Diego

Published April 9, 2009 Events , Mel & Michelle 2 Comments
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Last weekend Mel and I teamed up to participate in San Diego’s first ever High Trek Adventure. We designed High Trek’s new storefront and decided a team building exercise with the Artistic Hub/Collar Free crew would be a perfect Saturday afternoon. Split into teams of two, Jimmy and Pat and Mel and I hit the streets of San Diego. Dressed to kill with our matching Collarfree Obama tees, headbands and matching socks we were ready to dominate anyone that got in our way. Mel and I recommend High Trek Adventure to everyone! We had a blast exploring the city in a new way. There were about 180 participants ranging from teams of two to groups of families, and there was even a baby!

High Trek Adventure is a unique urban race where brain meets brawn. Teams solve clever clues and face fun challenges all while navigating the urban landscape via foot or public transportation. That means: no cabs, bikes or skates. You have to bring your digital camera and take pics in front of each checkpoint. Mel and I prefer to jump. Jason Hofsess, High Trek’s head honcho was super nice and excited to have everyone there. The next adventure is April 11th in Austin.

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High Trek Results:
Jimmy and Pat came in 8th with a time of 2:02:35
Mel and I came in 22nd with a time of 2:33:55

You know what that means?!!! The top 25 qualify for the Vegas Championship in November and we’re there baby!

Check out High Trek and find out when an adventure is coming to a city near you:
High Trek Blog , High Trek Adventure Official Gear , High Trek Adventure website

We just wanted to thank High Trek, specifically Jason for letting us come out and particpate in such a great event! Can’t wait to do it again.

-michelle & mel

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