Last night I attended the Pink Carpet Premier of Sex and the City 2 at the Regal Cinemas Theatre in the Riverside Plaza. This was a charity event put on by the Pink Ribbon Place, which supports people who have breast cancer as well as their loved ones. I think this is a great organization, and fully support the cause because I know an amazing woman who passed away from breast cancer.
The event that they put on had a pink carpet with multiple photographers, as well as someone at the end of the pink carpet interviewing people before they went inside the theatre as if it were a big Hollywood premier. Inside the lobby there was an incredible turnout of people to see the movie and support the cause. When we actually went inside the movie theatre there was an amazing array of food and goodies that had been donated for the event. California Pizza Kitchen had donated pizzas, and Edible arrangements had donated snacks as well. After the movie there was an after party at Citrus City Grille, which included a raffle of goodie bags that were designed to represent each of the main characters in the movie. These also had many impressive items that had been donated by local businesses.
This was an amazing idea for an event, however it could have been executed better. After we went down the pink carpet we stood in a line inside the lobby for an hour and a half. The food was inside the movie theatre instead of in the lobby, so after waiting for an hour and a half people were pretty hungry. There was nobody regulating how much people took, so there were some people taking whole pizzas and others who didn't get any. Citrus City Grille is a beautiful restaurant with amazing food, but is a little small for the 400+ people who were supposed to be going to the after party. It was for a good cause, and I'm glad they raised a lot of money. I just hope that next time they do a little better event planning.
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