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  • Blue Water Red Cross Red Carpet Soiree and Arti Gras at Braemar

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    Galas galas everywhere. First up was North Vancouver’s Braemar elementary school where parents and friends donned Mardi Gras beads and masks to celebrate “Arti Gras”. There was music, a casino, silent auction, food, drink – and a live auction of 20 “art-irondack” chairs each painted and decorated by a classroom in the school. Overall the gang raised $22,000 – good job. Next, it was the Red Cross Red Carpet Soiree held at West Vancouverite Jack Evrensel’s fabulous Blue Water Cafe. Sushi, a live auction, raffle prizes and more helped raise funds for this very worthwhile cause.

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    01 – Beautiful Red Carpet Soiree co-chairs Renee Fischer and Erin Treloar welcome guests on the red carpet at Blue Water.

    02 – Red Carpet Soiree volunteer Alex Cubitt peeps out from behind a pair of disco red flashing glasses as she sells raffle tickets for the night.

    03 – Red Carpet Soiree past president Anita Cheng, seen here with guest Jean Paul Walden, had to forgo her duties this year as she is soon to be a new mommy. Congrats.

    04 – Gala Committee members Kathryn Peck, left, and Deanna Eckstein work the bids in the room at the Red Carpet Soiree.

    05 – Arti Gras volunteer Susanne Morris shows us that purple is her passion at the Braemar school fundraiser.

    06 – Dolled up in party beads and pink sequin masks, Arti Gras gals Candace Walker, left, and Deanna Loychu get into the spirit of things at Braemar.

    07 – Bridgitte Anderson, left, and Elly Safari aren’t masking their good time. A big round of applause for all their hard work and decorations at Braemar’s Arti Gras celebration.

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    By Catherine Barr – May 28, 2011

    Also as seen in print in the North Shore Outlook Newspaper on June 2, 2011

  • Blue Water Cookbook and Red Cross Gala

    Kermit the Frog said it best – It’s not easy being green. However, thanks to some new sustainable programs (like the Vancouver Aquarium’s Ocean Wise program), Vancouver chefs are responding with enthusiasm. Such was the case at Blue Water Cafe last week. West Vancouver owner Jack Evrensel, along with his talented team, launched a new seafood cookbook focusing on “Spare the Ocean, Spoil the Palate”. The restaurant also played host to the Red Carpet Soiree – a toast to the 100 year celebration of the Red Cross – an organization known for its care of third world, health and sustainable recycling programs.


     

    01 – Red Carpet gala co-chairs Anita Chow, left, and Linda Low look very glamorous under the red tent awning.

    02 – Lindsay Thom, left, Erin Treloar and Renee Fischer celebrate this important date with smiles, cocktails and sustainable seafood.

    03 – West Vancouver restaurateur Jack Evrensel, who owns Blue Water, Cin Cin, West and Araxi, chats with PR Gal and former NS Outlook reporter Jennifer Maloney.

    04 – Blue Water gals Shelley McArthur and Kate MacDougall have a double reason to be proud helping promote both the Red Cross and a green way of life.

    05 – It’s a green light all the way for the food at Blue Water thanks to restaurant directory Stephan Cachard, left, and exec chef Frank Pabst.

    06 – West Vancouverite and Dundarave Fish Market owner Kim Hurford, seen here with daughter Brooke, knows all about life in, and on, the sea and came out to celebrate.

     

     

    May 23, 2009 (published May 28, 2009)

     

     

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