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Thursday

Nov182010

{Event News} Oxfords & Oysters updates

If you received a VIP gift bag at this year's Oxfords & Oysters event and haven't used your Elizabeth McKay $50 gift certificate yet, now is the time! The company is having their first sale of the season - 25% off - and you've been invited to use your gift certificates during the sale this weekend. We're slightly obsessed with the Bassett coat's details: printed silk linings, tortoise shell toggles, large gold grommets and the elephants incorporated into the stitching.

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The Oyster Recovery Partnership (ORP) will reveal Chesapeake Bay oyster restoration results for 2010, including final shell recycling collection numbers from the region’s first Oyster Shell Recycling Alliance, this Saturday inside the Old Ebbitt Grill -- an award-winning member of this influential group.

The Alliance, launched by ORP earlier this year, is made up of dozens of restaurants, caterers and seafood wholesalers from the D.C., Maryland and Virginia region, as well as citizen volunteers who donate and/or collect their used oyster shells to aid in restoring the Chesapeake Bay. Party guests put this concept into action during this year's Oxfords & Oysters event at Little Havana >

Oyster shell is a limited natural resource and oyster reefs are among the most endangered habitats in the world. Reused oyster shell provides crucial natural habitat for new oysters in the Chesapeake Bay.

Get Involved! To make a contribution to the ORP or to learn about volunteer opportunities, you can learn more here >

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Have you selected holiday greeting cards yet?

Take a peek at Nico & Lala's collection of preppy prints and patterned designs. Our favorite gals from the South will custom-design something swanky for you this season, including festive photo cards, cheerful Christmas notes, new year's wishes and more, all with colorful coordinated envelopes.

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November 18, 2010

Monday

Sep272010

{Event Update} Oxfords & Oysters 2010 : Party Pictures

The Event: the first annual Oxfords & Oysters bash in support of Oyster Recovery Partnership, a vital non-profit organization dedicated to sustaining the Chesapeake Bay’s oyster population.

Special Guests: Representatives from the ORP were on hand to make sure the raw bar's oyster shells were collected for recycling and to educate guests about how the Shell Recycling Alliance can make a significant impact on the health of the Bay.

The Venue: Little Havana

The Setup: Guests enjoyed a raw bar of amazing oysters, cocktails in commemorative cups and passed hors d'oeuvres on the patio underneath bluebird skies and abundant sunshine while taking in majestic views of Baltimore's Inner Harbor. Inside, the J. Brown Jewelers' pearl and diamond earrings drawing captured everyone's attention while Burnt Sienna rocked and had everyone dancing.

The Party Picture Slide Show >

We'd like to thank University of Baltimore and b free daily for sponsoring the first Oxfords & Oysters, as well as Dixie Patches, Red Door Spas (Cross Keys), Studio 921 and Mission Tix for their support.

We'd also like to thank the following companies for making the 2010 Oxfords & Oysters VIP bag such a highly coveted item. Preppy Monogrammed Gifts monogrammed the canvas O&O boat totes for us and we filled them with a variety of deluxe products and gift certificates (retail value, $480+) from the following sponsors and contributors: