{"id":1050,"date":"2007-06-16T00:47:52","date_gmt":"2007-06-16T04:47:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.com\/blog\/?p=1050"},"modified":"2007-06-16T00:47:52","modified_gmt":"2007-06-16T04:47:52","slug":"best_of_detroit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/best_of_detroit\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;best of detroit&#8217; party pics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/06\/15\/best_13.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Best_13\" alt=\"Best_13\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/06\/15\/best_13.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a>The <em>catching fireflies<\/em> crew got all decked out for Hour Magazine&#8217;s <strong>Best of Detroit Party<\/strong> at the Max M. Fisher Music Center this past Thursday.<\/p>\n<p>This is the <strong><span style=\"color: #ff3399;\">all-star<\/span><\/strong> team that makes the <em>catching fireflies<\/em> magic happen&#8230; starting from the left with Danielle &#8211; the charming Berkley manager, me, Steve (my hubby) &#8211; the business man behind the curtain, Dena &#8211; the comedic Rochester manager and our latest addition, Sara &#8211; the webmaster and graphic girl extraordinaire.<img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Best_3\" alt=\"Best_3\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/06\/15\/best_3.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Best_4\" alt=\"Best_4\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/06\/15\/best_4.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We decorated the trees in the <em>Suburban Bliss<\/em> area with our enchanting <a href=\"http:\/\/www.shopcatchingfireflies.com\/Qstore\/Qstore.cgi?CMD=011&amp;PROD=1172252888&amp;BACK=A0004A1\">firefly jars<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/06\/15\/best_12.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Best_12\" alt=\"Best_12\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/06\/15\/best_12.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a>And passed out over five hundred $5 gift cards to the party goers!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/06\/15\/best_10.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Best_10\" alt=\"Best_10\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/06\/15\/best_10.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>As the night continued on, we enjoyed delectable food &amp; drink samples from over 40 restaurants on three different dining levels.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/06\/15\/best_8.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Best_8\" alt=\"Best_8\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/06\/15\/best_8.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The party was buzzin&#8217; all night long&#8230; fashion models, fancy drinks, swingin&#8217; music &#8230; fun times.<a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/06\/15\/best_9_b.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Best_9_b\" alt=\"Best_9_b\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/06\/15\/best_9_b.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>We even bumped into Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick!&nbsp; Love him or hate him, that man knows how to work a room like a rock star.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/06\/15\/best_7.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Best_7\" alt=\"Best_7\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/06\/15\/best_7.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>Later in the evening we moved onto the dance floor and that&#8217;s when things started getting a little crazy.<a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/06\/15\/best_6.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Best_6\" alt=\"Best_6\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/06\/15\/best_6.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a> <\/p>\n<p>There&#8217;s Danielle in the blue doing her <em>John Travolta<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Best_14\" alt=\"Best_14\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/06\/15\/best_14.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/> <img decoding=\"async\" title=\"Best_2\" alt=\"Best_2\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/06\/15\/best_2.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>&#8230; more silliness.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/06\/15\/best_1_2.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-full\" title=\"Best_1_2\" alt=\"Best_1_2\" src=\"http:\/\/catchingfireflies.typepad.com\/photos\/uncategorized\/2007\/06\/15\/best_1_2.jpg\" border=\"0\" style=\"FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 5px 5px 0px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Needless to say good times were had by all.<\/p>\n<p>It feels great to be voted Best Gift Shop in Detroit!&nbsp; Thanks again for all of you who voted for us and cheers to another year of fabulous gift giving!<\/p>\n<div id=\"flaresmith\" class=\"feedflare\"><script src=\"http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/~s\/http:\/\/feeds.feedburner.com\/catchingfireflies\/TyNo?i=http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/best_of_detroit\/\" type=\"text\/javascript\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div><div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" id=\"http:\/\/www.catchingfirefliesgifts.com\/blog\/2007\/06\/best_of_detroit\/\"><\/div><script>\n<!-- \/\/LinkWithinCodeStart\nvar linkwithin_site_id = 944859;\nvar linkwithin_div_class = \"linkwithin_hook\";\n\/\/LinkWithinCodeEnd -->\n<\/script>\n<script src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/widget.js\"><\/script>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.linkwithin.com\/pixel.png\" alt=\"Related Posts Plugin for WordPress, Blogger...\" style=\"border: 0\" \/><\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The catching fireflies crew got all decked out for Hour Magazine&#8217;s Best of Detroit Party at the Max M. 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