A Little Bit About a Lot of Things

The Good Ones held their signature event of the month at the W Hotel. The theme was Candy Land. Guests arrived in bright colors and enjoyed the works of two local artists. Pictured above is Christy Chow’s “lollipops”, thin forms on the inside, layered with liquid sugar to ultimately form these zaftig women doing head stands. The pieces are 3,000 calories each! Christy was born and raised in Hong Kong and until recently she was based in Boston (now she is based in NY). Christy transforms mundane and tacky objects through mismatch of materials, tools and processes to create surprises and new definitions concerning humanity, sustainability and social justice. Her practice is interdisciplinary and involves video installations, interactive sculptures and performances. Chow holds a BA from The University of Hong Kong, a BFA from RMIT University and a MFA from Massachusetts College of Art and Design.

Local artist Markus Sebastiano was at the event, getting interactive by creating this piece live! Markus is a mixed media artist who specializes in exclusive large scale installations in restaurants, hotels, commercial spaces and homes. His latest works can be seen in The Gallows, Tavern Road, Crudo and Banyan. His mediums include a blend of multidimensional elements and textures with the incorporation of reclaimed materials as often as possible. Check out his website to see him in action. It was amazing to watch him work.

The evening’s sponsors were Corn and Co. and Bixby Bars. Corn and Co is one of my favorite brands, they are a local company (based in Lowell) that makes flavors like birthday cake, s’mores, caramel, dill pickle and pizza (don’t worry they have your classic flavors as well!). Bixby Bars are reinvented premium chocolate bars. Each bar contains a handcrafted, artisan blend of organic chocolate, fruit, nuts, spices, and brown rice crisps creating a light and truly unique indulgence for the health-conscious consumer. All Bixby Bars are non GMO certified, vegan verified, earth kosher certified and gluten free. Basically guilt free chocolate right? 🙂 Bixby Bars come in delicious flavors like crystalized ginger and pecan, goji berry cardamom, bing cherry chipotle pepper peanut, and blueberry black pepper walnut. Check out their website for all their delicious flavors. The W was serving two specialty cocktails, Skittles, Stoli raspberry, citrus vodka, triple sec, apple liquor and red bull; and a lychee bellini, sparkling wine, lychee and raspberry puree.

(L-R) Carolyn Meenan, Co-Founder of the Good Ones; ​Ben Uyeda, Founder,  HomeMade-Modern.com, which has reached over 10 million people worldwide; Tania Green, Founder, PMS Bites​. You can pre-order Ben’s new book, hitting shelves on November 17th!

(L-R) Carolyn Meenan, Co-Founder of the Good Ones; Wayne Chang,  serial entrepreneur and angel investor; Jennifer Brooke, Co-Founder of the Good Ones; Giuseppe Stuto, Co-Founder at http://www.smackhigh.com and Mentor.

Good One, Iva Nikolau.

(L-R) Deerdra Cetoute, Student and Dancer; Djenaba Takahashi, Head of Marketing at OneGigCo.com.

(L-R) Marisa Lopez and Ayesha Wilson, both Teacher Counselors for The Work Force Program, a youth serving after school program of the Cambridge Housing Authority. ​

(L-R) Sarah Friedman, Customer Success Manager at Millward Brown; Jennifer Brooke, Co-Founder of the Good Ones, Alessandra Maahs, Scientific Writer at Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School.

Alessandra in her “arm candy” outfit and Jennifer in her “Peppermint Patty” outfit!

(L-R) Alessandra; Sean Wan, Portfolio Analyst, Trader at Convexity Capital Management; Nathan Green, Product Manager, GMAT/GRE at the Princeton Review.

(L-R) Steve Osemwenkhae, Photographer and Filmmaker (check out his recent piece on the Good Ones); Iva Nikolau, Good One; ​Kupah James. Kupah is the owner of Klass Universal Entertainment (you can catch him at Highball Lounge), but so much more than that. He works at Equinox, as a trainer and he teaches cardio dance fusion, You may recognize him, as he was cast on Season 11 of The Bachelorette, and voted by STUFF magazine as one of Boston’s Sexiest (2011).

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