Inspired by the classic series that has captivated audiences for generations, this immersive event promised to be a journey into the surreal and unknown. Guests embodied their favorite characters from Rod Serling’s classic The Twilight Zone series, donned Beetlejuice inspired costumes, and created looks that defied explanation, embracing the spirit of surrealist art (Pinterest inspired costumes). Was it just a party, or did they truly cross into… the Twilight Zone?
The evening featured the mesmerizing tunes of DJ Bells, a professional DJ with 40 years of experience, and captivating photography by The Cocoanco, a company known for their creative and high-energy approach to capturing events.
View photos with highlights from this unforgettable night.
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At her residence, Christon Gibson, Potter League Board member, orchestrated a delightful soirée, welcoming nearby entrepreneurs and acquaintances to heighten interest in Potter League for Animal’s noble mission, community strides, anticipated festivities, and the diligent personnel working behind the scenes to ensure its triumph. This event was truly a heart-warming and uplifting celebration of humanity’s commitment to animal welfare.
Present from the Potter League were Chief Executive Officer Brad Shear, Chief Mission Officer Todd Cramer, Chief Philanthropy Officer Liz Isdale, and veterinarian Dr. Sarah Crain
To learn more about the Potter League for Animals and offer your unbridled support as they gear up for the annual LOVE Bash fundraiser coming up on May 6th, 2023. Let’s come together and make a meaningful impact on the lives of our furry friends.
Thank you to Morgan Gabriele Bucki for bartending the event. You can find her behind the bar at Pasta Beach of Newport
If it’s hot, and behind a velvet rope, then you know Newport Living & Lifestyles will be there. And if Newport Living & Lifestyles is THROWING the event, then you better be there because it is going to be epic.
And EPIC it was, as Newport’s own hostess with the mostess, Newport Living & Lifestyles CEO Christon Gibson hosted THE Halloween Party of the 2022 season; the first annual “It’s Better to be Bad” Ball.
Conjuring up the creepy, costumed revelers packed the Top of the Pelham as the party space was transformed into a den of delicious debauchery. Newporters threw caution, and maybe their dignity, to the wind as media displays, a DJ and live musicians drank and danced into the wee small hours.
Touted as an evening of liberating libations and purging pretensions, the event did not disappoint. Far from it. There was complimentary bubbly for the first 50 guests, VIP booths, bottle service, and cash prizes for the costumed contestants.
It is fair to say that the 1st Annual “Bad Ball” will go down as the party that made the Salem Witch Trials look like a day at the county fair.
$250 MOST ORIGINAL PRIZE went to : Dark Snow White
$250 MOST ORIGINAL GROUP PRIZE went to: The Addams Family
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Newport is a vibrant, yet quaint, seaside resort community. Its charming character shines most brightly in the Spring & Summer months. Truly a “walking city” you can reach to the bustling waterfront, quiet colonial streets, magnificent mansions and some of the best beaches anywhere by foot, bike or trolley.
Gourmet cocktail & dining experience paired with a psychic reading wows guests.
OCTOBER 19, 2022
Newport Living and Lifestyles shines an astral light on Newport’s drinking and dining scene with it’s recent COSMIC COCKTAIL event at the CLARKE COOK HOUSE at BANNISTARS WHARF.
The 2nd Annual Cosmic soiree paired craft drinks, fine dining and personalized psychic readings from Patti McGarrahan and Hilary Grenier from The Mindz Eye. With a the limited guest list of 16, the event is always a sell out and promises to be even bigger next year so mark your calendars now.
Guests enjoyed complimentary champagne upon arrival to the 12 Metre room and mixed and mingled with hostess Christon Gibson and then enjoyed a fantastic dinner and a prize giveaway with new friends and acquaintances. Psychic readings were available for all attendees daring enough to peer into their futures come what may!
Event photography was provided by @TheCocoanCo, a fixture on the Newport scene and all the social media feeds that matter.
Sea-captain Clarke Cooke built the original house just across from the wharfs on Thames Street in 1780. Nearly 200 years later, as part of a plan to restore Bannister’s Wharf to its original glory as a commercial hub, David Ray purchased the building and spent six months moving it, piece-by-piece, to the wharf in 1973.
For more information and access to public and private events, turn to Newport Living & Lifestyles on the web.
Newport is a vibrant, yet quaint, seaside resort community. Its charming character shines most brightly in the Spring & Summer months. Truly a “walking city” you can reach to the bustling waterfront, quiet colonial streets, magnificent mansions and some of the best beaches anywhere by foot, bike or trolley.
Welcome to: The Women’s Wealth Strategies Club June luncheon was held at the elegant hotel and waterfront restaurant Forty1 North in Newport Rhode Island. The NL&L Wealth Strategies Investment Club is one of the philanthropic arms of NL&L. The goal for the series of speakers and meetings is to empower women in the financial market and become more confident, educated, independent, and most importantly, independently wealthy financial investors. The goal of this exclusive educational speaker series and its meetings is to provide knowledge to empower women to become more confident, educated, and, most importantly, financially independent investors.
~ Helping You Navigate to a Secure Financial Future ~ Sponsored by: Randal Poirier, ChFC Financial Planner, Partner of Independence Financial Partners provided access to two of his financial firm’s extremely qualified Asset Management Team Co-Directors, Marcin Krolikowski, Ph.D., CFA and Alfonso Cumplido, CFA . They intricately offered their current market outlook and how it may impact investors as we head into the second half of 2022 and beyond.
AS A FINANCIAL PLANNER AND FIDUCIARY, and as a Partner with the largest and oldest privately owned RI based Financial Services Firm, Randal’s mission is to help his clients navigate to a secure financial future. With that sole objective in mind, he is committed to listening to and understanding his clients’ unique financial goals and then using those specific goals as the foundation of a written Financial Plan for their future. His written recommendations will help you accumulate, manage, and preserve your wealth in a tax-efficient manner, while also ensuring that a risk management focus is part of every recommendation made. Once your Financial Plan is completed, you are welcome to implement his planning recommendations on your own, with another Advisor, or you may choose to hire Randal as your Advisor to implement them on your behalf. Either way, Randal is committed to delivering unbiased fee-based financial advice which is solely in your best interest.
Newport is known by many names; City by the Ocean, Sailing Capital of the World… but it is also home to some of the best kept summertime secrets in the Northeast.
Once again, Newport Living and Lifestyles opens the door on the best that Newport has to offer. A velvet rope gets set aside and you instantly have access to the Rooftop Bar atop The Vanderbilt Auberge Resort Hotel. Perched high on the hill that rises above the harbor in the Historic Hill neighborhood, this one-time mansion is now a luxe accommodation with a spa, library-lounge, a solarium patio for brunch and a cozy dark bar-restaurant where craft cocktails and the occasional secret are shared.
This night, the NL&L faithful gathered for drinks and small plates on the rooftop and Newport’s most epic harbor view. As the sun set over the bridge, cool breezes brought out the sweaters and shawls, but nothing could beat the warm glow of good friends, cocktails and fireworks.
Newport is a vibrant, yet quaint, seaside resort community. Its charming character shines most brightly in the Spring & Summer months. Truly a “walking city” you can reach to the bustling waterfront, quiet colonial streets, magnificent mansions and some of the best beaches anywhere by foot, bike or trolley.
For more information and access to public and private events, turn to Newport Living & Lifestyles on the web.
