Sparklecorn 2010: We Done Blowed NYC Up, Son

08/10/2010 11:03 am by

screen capture 1 300x203 Sparklecorn 2010: We Done Blowed NYC Up, SonI didn’t think we could top last year’s party. I didn’t.

But I think we did.

Sparklecorn 2010 was bigger. Bolder. Badassier. Other awesome things that start with the letter “B.”

Quoth Omar from The Wire: “Oh, indeed.”

To those of you who were there Saturday night in NYC: thanks for kicking ass and shakin’ that ass — the spirit of fun and real, unrestrained joy you each brought to the party is totally what made it rock. YOU made it rock. Thank you, all of you.

To those of you who weren’t there: BlogHer11 in San Diego, anyone?

Which reminds me: huge, weepy thanks to everyone at BlogHer (but especially Lori Luna, hand-holder extraordinaire) for their time and help, for getting us kick-ass sponsors, and for putting up with my insane, micro-managey perfectionism (I’m really a nice person! Just VERY VERY opinionated, is all! TRUE FAX!).

And big, blowing-up-fistbumps to Charm City Cakes for The Unicorn Cake To End All Unicorn Cakes. Lawd, THAT will be a tough one to top. You guys wanna drive something out to Cali next year for us? Pretty, pretty please [bats eyelashes]?

MamaPop’s Photographer In Chief, the great Mister Ryan Marshall, took scads of photos and a ton of great video that night for us, and though processing those things takes time, we wanted to give you a little something right quick to remember the night by. So, without further ado:

One of the best nights of my life right there. Thanks, everybody.
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Sweetney is a writer, geek, and professional smartass from beautiful Baltimore, MD.

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  • http://southcityconfidential.com KBO

    Dude, Palinode hugging Barack should be my wallpaper.

    • http://www.thepalinode.com Palinode

      There’s a photo of me somewhere licking Obama’s ear.

  • http://www.mommaruthsays.com mommaruthsays

    much awesome :) hopefully I’ll make it to Sparklecorn ’11!!!

  • http://issascrazyworld.com Issa

    No, you did. You blew that shit to the roof. (My coolness is only in my head. Hope that made any sense.) Whatever. It was amazing. Better than last year and last year was great.

    The cake? Oh I’d marry that if I could. So good. Looked great too.

    You all did a GREAT job. Truly.

    So…now? I can has ticket for next year? Please and thank you.

  • http://mytornadoalley.com Jen O.

    What a good-looking group of sonsabitches staring at us right there in the still shot.

  • http://www.momofali.com Momo Fali

    Mind blowing and more fun than should be legal. That’s all I can say.

  • http://www.mommyalwayswins.com Colleen – Mommy Always Wins

    Can’t wait to see what cardboard cut-outs you’ll have next year. BOWM-CHICKA.

  • thenextmartha

    As part of the group that was responsible for turning the unicorn onto smoking, I must say it was a BLAST! The whole party had such a wonderful energy. Like rainbows. Thanks for the effort for putting this together. You rock.

  • http://www.dutchblitz.net/ Angella

    There are no words to describe how amazing that party was. You guys rule.

  • http://draftdaysuit.com Sarah

    Love. Love. Love.

  • http://www.agirlandaboy.com/journal agirlandaboy

    You had me at Double Rainbow.

    Thanks so much for the awesome party of awesomeness. Already looking forward to next year!

  • http://depressionsandconfessions.com alexis

    that unicorn cake kicked ass. and i danced so much i had to peel my shoes off at the end of the night. thanks for the awesome party. and also to palinode for being the gracious butt of some of the best jokes at the humor panel. palinode, i salute you for being a gracious butt.

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  • http://jodifur.com Jodifur

    Such a great, great, fabulous night.

  • http://www.scarymommy.com Scary Mommy

    Holy shit, that song was made for Sparklecorn. It’s seriously freaky. Also freaky? How talented Ryan is. Crazy. I just want to rewind- I don’t think I can wait a whole year to do this all again.

  • http://www.thetravelingcircus.com Cristie

    I hate to sound cheesy (‘cuz I know the BS meters are tough around these parts.), but this party sorta redeemed the whole conference for me. I enjoyed my first BlogHer and have no complaints, but Sparkelcorn brought the blow your mind fun and insanity that I was expecting the entire time. I shoulda known that you MamaPop folks would bring it on home!
    Thank you, thank you!

  • http://silverthinks.blogspot.com Silver

    Sparklecorn was far and away the best party of the weekend. Wonderful job putting that together. Thank you all.

  • http://www.sheposts.com Esther Crawford

    So.much.fun.

  • http://byflutter.com flutter

    I now officially hate all of you for denying me the right to be there….oh wait, no you didn’t!

    It looks like such a great time!

    • http://www.lauriewrites.com Laurie

      I mentioned you to Sarah all weekend to the point where it may have gotten annoying.

      Next year please. PLEASE.

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  • http://aspenreallife.com Jillian

    Had an awesome time tearing up the dance floor at Sparklecorn with Bookieboo, Jenny on the spot and so many others.

    Only wish I had taken a break to meet all of you. What was I thinking? Needed the release I guess.

    So stupid sometimes!

  • http://www.annsrants.com Ann’s Rants

    Tearing up because that was the most fun I have had in SO LONG.

    So anyone who compares BlogHer to High School?

    HELL YES! The DJ was off the hook and gave me the soundtrack to my own personal John Hughes movie for 2 hours.

    Thank you thank you thank you Mamapopians!

  • http://www.avitable.com Avitable

    I think I have a semi in my pants from that.

  • http://the818.com Morgan {The818}

    That was full-on triple rainbow. As was the night. Thanks to the whole Mama Pop crew.

    • http://sarahandthegoonsquad.com Sarah, Goon Squad Sarah

      Yes! A triple rainbow! All the way!

  • http://www.alotofloves.com Marilyn

    This party was worth the jet-lag. Loved meeting (almost) all my Mamapop peeps.

  • http://theheirtoblair.com Blair@HeirtoBlair

    Sparklecorn rocked my entire face clean off.

  • http://www.lauriewrites.com Laurie

    Full on.

    I have never been to a party where people were on the dance floor as soon as the doors opened, no lagging.

    This was an awesome night from start to finish, and I’m so happy everyone had so much fun.

  • http://onetiredema.wordpress.com Kate

    Charm City made the cake? *swoon*

    Although my blogger on the ground in NYC did NOT get me a SparkleCorn shirt.

    I am BEREFT.

  • http://www.adventuresinbabywearing.com Adventures In Babywearing

    Oh my gosh- chills all over! Love this, and the song. Almost like I was there, but not. But still. :)

    Steph

  • http://www.jurgennation.com Jurgen Nation

    “Double Rainbow” has swift kicked Dionne Warwick in the ass, and has replaced “That’s What Friends are For” as the best fucking badass friendlovepuppiesunicorn song EVER.

    San Diego, kittens. SANDY FUCKING AY-GO.

  • http://angryjuliemonday.com Julie {Angry Julie Monday}

    So rad…….that is all!

  • http://www.bloggedbliss.com Mrs Jenna

    Seriously, the BlogHer gala planners could take a page out of the Sparklecorn trapper keeper, because I have not had that much fun in YEARS.

  • http://www.musingsfromme.com MusingsfromMe/Jill

    I heard so many stories about the Sparklecorn parties. I was determined to go to Blogher and get myself a ticket to the party. The party was amazing. I haven’t danced that much since the 80s. It was fitting that the music was 80s focused. The cake was fantastic.

    At one point I felt like a tween at a middle school dance as I texted my own tween a photo of the unicorn cake while I danced on the dance floor. Can you say odd?? My tween was at a sleepover at a friend’s house. The kids at the sleepover wanted to know if Duff was there or if he delivered the cake.

    Amazing night of dancing and feeling like a 20-something again. Do you want to know what’s funny? I danced for hours but have no aches or pains. I had a natural high!

  • http://majorbedhead.wordpress.com Major Bedhead

    The party seriously kicked ass. I have not had that much fun in years. I laughed so much that my face hurt the next day. I danced so much that my feet rebelled and blistered and bled, but I just kicked off my shoes and kept on dancing. I left that party on such a high that’s still going even today. And it’s Tuesday. And I’m at work. So that? Was one fucking awesome party.

    The only thing high school about it is me; I’m, like, totally making all my friends jealous because I got one of those bitchin’ t-shirts.

  • Nine Eleven

    I’m glad you had a nice time. I’m not sure joking about blowing up New York is in the best taste though. Maybe you could find a different way to say you threw a good party?

  • http://www.fathermuskrat.com Muskrat

    We are some pretty mother fuckers.

  • http://nannersp.com Nanette

    Had such a great time at your fabulous par-tay! Looking forward to 2011!

  • http://bitchinwivesclub.blogspot.com Bitchin’ Amy

    When I woke up on Sunday I couldn’t feel the third and fourth toes on each of my feet I danced so hard all night. And as I wiggled them, trying to regain sensation, I thought to myself: SO TOTALLY WORTH IT.

    That was the best party I’ve been to ever. Music: AWESOME. People: AWESOME. CAKE: UNFUCKINGBELIEVABLEAWESOME.

    MamaPop Sparklecorn forever!!!!!!!!!!

  • Suzy Q

    This party looked like it kicked some awesome ass! Sorry to have missed it.

  • http://www.lateenough.com Alex@LateEnough

    Your DJ? Phenomenal.

    Best party at BlogHer. And not just because I’m in the video. I said that BEFORE the video came out. Just not here. Because HERE didn’t exist. Yet. Without the video.

    This makes so much sense in my head.

  • http://cassjustcurious.com Cass

    Thank you for throwing one hell of a party – there are nights that will go down in dancing history in my life and that was for sure one of them.

  • http://nomoremuffintop.net Karen Sugarpants

    OMG you guys. San Diego better happen for me. My heart is bursting with all the love y’alls have. MamaPop: it’s a beautiful mothereffin’ thang. xoxo

  • http://www.alotofloves.com Marilyn

    I’d also like to say that hearing Double Rainbow again has given me another ear worm that is surely to last a week. My kids have been singing it all day along with me. It’s the perfect Sparklecorn song. We should have played it.

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  • http://www.amadisonmom.com Colleen

    That party was just made of awesome. So much fun.

  • http://harpershappenings.com mandy

    i smoked that cigarette after the unicorn was done. tasty with frosting.

    not sentences i thought i’d ever type.

    sparklecorn owned my damn face. bravo.

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