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Fiesta de Papa!

It's that special time of year again - Father's Day!  I hope you're giving your dad lots of treats.  :)   Happy Father's Day, dad, and to all other special rioting dads.

Happy Mother's Day!

Here at sweetriot we like to celebrate holidays.  And days for moms are at the very top!  Moms, perhaps more than anyone, deserve mucho chocolate!  Happy Mother's Day to my mom and all moms near & far!!

Tribeca Film Fest & Paraiso Travel

 

The Tribeca Film Fest opened this week and sweetriot was standing by for the indie community.  I was ecstatic to meet the cast of a lovely film, Paraiso Travel, which I predict to be a hit Indie film (the next Motorcycle Diaries).  The film is beautiful and set in NYC and Colombia.  I love Latin films and everyone knows I love Colombia, so I was stoked to see the film! sweetriot sources in Latin America, and it's always nice to see scenery from down South.  The story itself is touching and the actors are ones to watch.   Don't miss this film!

SVSU Museum and Mom's bday

Speaking of birthdays, my mom's birthday was April 16 (and Bill's was April 12) and I went back to Michigan.  It was 60 degrees the entire weekend - nice.  My favorite stop was at the Marshall Fredericks Museum in Saginaw - amazing sculptures and a special exhibit on the Heidelberg Project,  a public art  project in Detroit.  Very impressive for smalltown Mid Michigan!  :)

6th grader's & Matt

Matt's college roommate, Ira Rigaud, is a teacher for Teach For America and brought an energetic group of 6th graders from Mott Hall 3/MS 128 by the office recently.  They were so excited to visit.  I said a quick hello and then Matt gave them a detailed perspective on sweetriot and then answered their many amazing questions such as - 'how do you handle distribution?"  Matt and I were both impressed with their keen sense of business.   

Gary Hirshberg's Stonyfield bootcamp

For all of your aspiring entrepreneurs out there, I highly recommend a conference that Gary Hirshberg of Stonyfield Farms puts on annually.  It's all about the truth -- the truth around starting a company and how truly DIFFICULT it is.  Leigh from our Board was on a panel and we hosted a lunch session on financing your company too.  We had a great time!  Check out the snow in New Hampshire!

Dr. Weil & the OTA!

It was an honor to see Dr. Weil again, one of our world's leading health gurus.  He was speaking at the Organic Trade Association (OTA) Dinner at Expo West.  This man is smart and he loves superfoods like cacao! :)

Expo West - the largest Natural/Organic Products Show in the World!

If you're heading to Expo West, come riot with us!   It is an amazing show of natural and organic products from around the world.  Here are the dets:

sweetriot @ Expo West
March 14-16

sweetriot @ the Convention Center -  Booth # 2479
Friday, March 14 – Sunday, March 16

sweetriot @ the Think Vitality Fashion Show
Saturday, March 15 – 6:30 pm – Tent outside Marriott
http://www.expowest.com/attend/events.cfm#think

sweetriot @ the Sambazon--sweetriot--Numi--Steaz --VitaCoco- & other fun companies’ party
Saturday, March 15 – 9:00 pm – 1:00 a.m. – Hilton Pacific Ballroom

NYU's Eco Fashion Show.

NYU Stern's 'Think Social' social enterprise club put together a great Friday night event, and we stopped by to check it out.   We also gave sweetriot towards their worthy cause.  The highlight was an eco fashion show, which included models such as the school deans.  We love supporting our local university, NYU.  The students did a great job!

sweetriot at SXSW!

sweetriot Loves SxSW and Good Magazine.  Visit a very cool event this coming Wednesday in Austin.  Check it out and enjoy some sweetriot there too! 

Presented to you by: GOOD, sweetriot, NRDC's Its Your Nature & The Hotel San Jose.  A celebration of what makes Austin an amazing home.

Wednesday, March 12 - Noon to 9pm - Hotel San Jose

Performances by: Lightspeed Champion, Deadly Syndrome, Scissors for Lefty, Mason Jennings, The Exit, Langhorne Slim, Hello Stranger and surprise guests