“From New York With Love” Fundraiser to Benefit Haiti and New Orleans April 25
Posted on April 8, 2010
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“From New York With Love” Fundraiser to Benefit Haiti and New Orleans April 25
Proceeds to Support Rebuilding Efforts
NEW YORK, April 8, 2010—New York event planners and culture bloggers The Dizzy Fizz and Nosalikes today announced a partnership with Tales of the Cocktail to host a benefit on April 25 in NYC’s Lower East Side for relief efforts in Haiti and rebuilding efforts in New Orleans.
The Sazerac, the official cocktail of New Orleans, will be the featured cocktail, along with Oloffson’s Punch, invented at the Grand Hotel Oloffson in Port-au-Prince and made with the famous Rhum Barbancourt of Haiti.
The suggested donation will be $5 per person during an open bar from 7 to 8 p.m., and $10 per person from 8 to 11 p.m. Drink specials will be in effect throughout the night. All proceeds will be split between the SOS Children’s Villages of Haiti and United Saints Recovery Project of New Orleans.
NYC DJs Kraff Swagger, Djette Luna Vega, and DJ Treats will spin music throughout the night. The event is sponsored by Sazerac Rye Whiskey, Rhum Barbancourt, and Herbsaint Original.
The benefit will be held at The Delancey, 168 Delancey St., New York, NY 10002.
“Everyone’s mind is still on Haiti, and yet there’s still so much more to do in New Orleans,” said Nosa Garrick, who blogs as Nosalikes and organized a United Saints volunteer project last year. “This benefit is a call to action to continue sending aid to these two affected areas—every little bit helps.”
Sazerac Company has direct ties to Haiti though Antoine Peychaud, who created the bitters used in the New Orleans Official Cocktail, the Sazerac. In the early 1800’s, Peychaud and his family moved to New Orleans from current day Haiti, then Saint Domingo.
Rhum Barbancourt is a Haitian rum producing company, which is widely regarded as being one of the best rums produced in Latin America and the Caribbean.
About Tales of the Cocktail:
Tales of the Cocktail is an internationally acclaimed festival of cocktails, cuisine and culture held annually in New Orleans, Louisiana. The event brings together the best and brightest of the cocktail community—award-winning mixologists, authors, bartenders, chefs and designers—for a five-day celebration of the history and artistry of making drinks. Each year offers a spirited series of dinners, demos, tastings, competitions, seminars, book signings, tours and parties all perfectly paired with some of the best cocktails ever made.
About The Dizzy Fizz:
The Dizzy Fizz, founded by nightlife journalist Selena Ricks, is an NYC cocktail culture blog covering everything from bar news to bartenders to drinking trends. Started on World Cocktail Day, May 13, 2009, The Dizzy Fizz has been featured in NYTimes.com, Gawker, Eater, Newsweek, and Time Out New York.
About Nosalikes:
Created by Thomson-Reuters designer and African culture journalist Nosa Garrick, Nosalikes is a tastemaker’s blog covering fashion, culture, food, trends, and anything else that inspires. Garrick is also founder of No One’s Done It Right, an NYC-based event-planning organization that raises funds for international causes.
