Big Lux News

Hi All:

We wanted to announce that soon you will be able to get Lux Goodies at a fabulous new coffeeshop opening in Williamsburg!
We will give more details as the time approaches (w/in the next week).

Big News Coming Soon

We are announcing some big news on Friday, October 31st at 9:00a.
Make sure you stay tuned...

This Week's Events

We have several great events going on this week.

LuxSugar will be participating in the Cupcakes for a Cause Cancer Care for Kids Event which will take place via a bake sale at Mount Vernon High School in Mount Vernon, NY this weekend. A portion of the proceeds will be donated to Cancer Care for Kids. We will announce more details this week.





Also on Friday, 10.24.08:

LuxSugar will donate mini-cupcakes to another great event "The Choices for Change Benefit" sponsored by Midtown Community Court - a nonprofit organization in Times Square. The benefit will be hosted by Fox 5 Anchor, Rick Folbaum and will take place at a private lounge at 240 W. 52nd Street from 7:00p - 9:30p.
They will premiere a performance through the Women's Project featuring the voices of program participants and also will they will be holding a top-notch silent auction featuring donated items from the Marriott Marquis and Microsoft.

Per their site--

"Proceeds from the event will help support services for women at the Midtown Community Court. Women served by the Midtown Community Courtparticipate in onsite programs geared to help them escape lives ofprostitution, sexual violence and human trafficking. Celebrating itsfifteenth anniversary, the Midtown Community Court is a public-private entity which seeks to address quality-of-life crime in Manhattan byproviding alternatives to jail and building partnerships between thecourt and the community. The Midtown Community Court is a project of the Fund for the City of New York, a registered 501(c)(3) organization."



FOR TICKETS OR TO DONATE, VISIT:

http://www.brownpapertickets.com/eve/36717
Tickets are $40 in advance/$50 at the door. Checks must be made payable to the Fund for the City of New York, a registered 501 (c)(3) organization. All donations are 100% tax deductible. Your contribution to the Fund for the City of New York will support programs for women at the Midtown Community Court.

For information and ticket discount code for students and nonprofit/government employees, call 646-264-1328 or e-mail to harrisonb@courtinnovation.org








------------Make sure you come out to donate to these great events!---------------

LuxSugar and Brownstone Tasting Pics

Hi.

Sorry for the late, late post, but we've been really busy planning new and exciting things. We'll tell you about all the new ventures soon.

In the meantime, check out a few pics from the event we had last Thursday 10/9/08.

Giveaways

Apps/Salad Course

Luxie Fan

Pecan and Lemon Bars

Table Set-up

Marilyn Monroe Red Velvet's Mini's

Perez Hiltons Strawberry Mini's

SATC Samantha Lemon Vodka

Super Exclusive LuxSugar Tasting Party Tonight

It's Party Time---
Tonight along with Brownstone Catering , the LuxSugar Team is having a dinner and dessert tasting party scheduled to take place at a rooftop loft in the city!

On the Lux dessert menu:

Featured Personalities

Marilyn Monroe : Beautiful classic red velvet cake topped with a cream cheese frosting.
Diddy : A rich milk chocolate cake with semi-sweet chocolate frosting.
Audrey Hepburn : Classic vanilla bean cake topped with vanilla butter cream frosting.
The Big “O”: Our ode to Oprah, a rich and beautiful cheesecake with a deep-dish cookie crust and caramel topping.
Samantha: A fabulous lemon cake with a hint of vodka frosting in honor of our favorite Sex in the City character.
Brad P: A sweet sunshine lemon pound cake with lemon frosting.

Also Including:

Lux Lemon Bars
Lux Brownie Bites
Lux Pecan Bars


Here are a few preview pics:

Mini Bundts

Mini Cheesecakes

Pictures will be posted from the event tomorrow!

LuxSugar PhotoShoot Update

It was a long day yesterday, but we had a great time at the Photoshoot with Mark Helenese and his assistant & professional model Dori B.

We will announce when the pics are up on the website via twitter.

In the meantime, check out the pics taken by Lux's P.R./up & coming photog Peggy :-)

Mark Helenese

Mark shooting the Mini Brownie cupcake

Mark & Dori...they work great together

The Diddy by Peggy

Betty Paige by Shari

LuxSugar Photoshoot

Today we have our Lux photoshoot w/ Mark Helenese, a great professional photographer and his wonderful assistant, Dori B. They just got here so we're prepping.

Look out for new pics and an updated website coming soon!

Winner of Fling it Girl Cupcake Giveaway

We wanted to congratulate Sara from Rhode Island, the winner of the Fling It Girl Mini-Cupcake contest.
Out of all of the comments posted Lux chose Sara's comment:
"Shakira! Shaking up a sweet party with coconut and pina colada, yummmm sounds delish!"

Sara decided she wanted the strawberry mini-cupcakes A.K.A. the Perez Hilton;

Perez Hilton Cupcakes

We wanted to thank Fling It Girl for collaborating with us on this contest. Look out for more contests with Fling it Girl in the future.