the gig

Where can you go to get away from it all…right in the midst of it all? No, this isn’t a riddle. It’s simply an apropos description of The Mansion on Peachtree, Atlanta’s most sumptuous boutique hotel. This gorgeous (truly) 42-story hotel in the heart of Buckhead feels unpredictably tucked away and serene, although it’s a mere skip from Phipps, Lenox and some of Atlanta’s finest dining venues. Think: marble floors, deco chandeliers, velvet club chairs, an unmatched onsite spa, a swank jazz-imbibed lounge, and a thoughtful, attentive staff. Heaven in Atlanta.

So…who wants to win a weekend stay for two AND a spa treatment at The Mansion on Peachtree? 

the giveaway

To enter:

1. Like The Mansion on Peachtree on Facebook.

2. Post a fan comment on their page, telling them Little Black Dress/Little Red Wagon sent you.

3. Come back HERE and tell us you did it in the comments below. (Don’t forget this step, so we know you entered!)

Winner will be drawn March 10, 2012.

Stay and spa treatment must be booked and redeemed by December 23, 2012, in accordance with the hotel’s schedule and availability. 

the guide

The Mansion on Peachtree

www.rosewoodhotels.com/en/mansiononpeachtree

3376 peachtree rd., atlanta, georgia 30326

404.995.7500

peachtree@rosewoodhotels.com

reservations: 888.ROSEWOOD

Win a custom decorated cake from Flour Child Cakery, to use at any special event during 2012!!

What percentage of people in the world would you say are REALLY talented at making ornate, scrumptious, truly awe-inspiring cakes? Not like “I went to Michaels and got a cake pan in the shape of a ladybug and baked a cake in it and then decorated it with copious amounts of store bought icing to make it look somewhat like a ladybug…if you squint” type of cakes.

We’re talking true works of art made from melt-in-your-mouth secret recipes with decadent icing that seems to come straight from heaven. One-percent, maybe two? Yeah, that would be our guess. For the other 98.5% of us, there are places like Flour Child Cakery, which are owned by and staffed with the aforementioned tiny percentage of cake geniuses. You should see – and taste – these perfectly sculpted, impeccably decorated, morsels of goodness. Actually, one of you will be able to do both…for free!

Flour Child Cakery is giving one lucky LBD|LRW reader the opportunity to win one of these custom decorated masterpieces!

the giveaway:

1. Go to Flour Child Cakery’s Facebook page – facebook.com/FlourChildCakery

2. Like their page.

3. Leave a comment telling them that Little Black Dress|Little Red Wagon sent you!

4. IMPORTANT: We’ll draw a winner from comments below, so come back here and let us know you did it!

We’ll draw a winner around February 20, and that winner will receive a $75 credit toward any custom cake of their choosing at Flour Child Cakery. Piece of cake!

the guide:

address: 6129 Ridge Road, Hiram, 30141

phone: 404-936-9789

hours: Tuesday – Friday 11:00 a.m. – 7:00 p.m.; Saturday 10:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.

find them: facebook.com/FlourChildCakery

Kicking off this new year with resolutions of cooking more, expanding your family’s menu, maybe revamping your serving or cookware? Well, we’ve got you covered, girl! Remember the fabulous goods we introduced you to from Michele McKinney’s Biltmore Inspirations Collection? They’re back for spring, more beautiful than ever. And Michelle is giving one lucky LBD follower a $50 gift certificate for the pieces you most covet.

the giveaway:

1. Go to Michele’s Biltmore Inspirations Facebook page – facebook.com/InspirationsbyMichele

2. Like the page.

3. Post a comment on her page.

4. Come back here and tell us you did it in the comments below!

Easy enough, huh?

the guide:

phone: 770.975.9145

email: michelemckinney1@comcast.net

website: biltmoreinspirations.com/mmckinney

winner:

Random.org says Susie is the winner for the be yoga 40-day challenge. Seriously envious. This is what she just won (which you can still sign up for, too, by the way):

Looking for a way to stay commited to your New Year’s resolutions? Join our 40 Day Resolution Challenge. The challenge kicks off on Sunday, Jan 8th with a workshop from 4-7pm led by Isabelle Casey. And the support doesn’t stop there! We’ll help you stay committed with weekly discussion groups and daily blogs. Go to our website for more details. YOU can do this, YOU are worth it! be resolved, be yoga.

the goods:

It’s that time of year again…resolution making time! And what is always our number one resolution? LOSE WEIGHT. So easy to make, so hard to keep. But, what if you had a little jump start to help you actually change your habits to achieve that goal? Be Yoga wants to be that help. Through the 40 Day Resolution Challenge Be Yoga is seeking to bring a change in mind and spirit that will, in turn, bring a lasting change to the body and lifestyle.

It begins with a 2 hour workshop (led by Isabelle Casey) that will focus on proper goal setting, the commitment to practice yoga for 40 days, discuss diet as it relates to “mindful” eating, meditation, and journaling. You’ll “check in” every week during small group meetings to track your progress and share your discoveries and challenges with other members. As the end of the 40 days you’ll CELEBRATE your accomplishment and discuss how your new habits can become lifetime commitments. Sound awesome? Yeah, we thought so. And, it will be free ($199 value) for one LBD resolutionista. Be fit…be yoga!

the giveaway:

1. Go to Be Yoga’s Facebook page – facebook.com/pages/Be-yoga.

2. Like their page.

3. Post a comment telling them why you’re so excited about the 40 Day Resolution Challenge.

4. Come back here and tell us you did it!

the guide:

address: 105 Church Street, Marietta, 30060

phone: 770.312.6491

for more info: info@beyogaatlanta.com or beyogaatlanta.com

Random.org picked comment #2: Elaine Lee as the winner of a custom Christmas cookies basket from Cookies by Design Marietta! We just love the ladies at Cookies by Design. If you’ve got a shower favor, party treat, hostess gift, teacher, coach or boss you’re shopping for, check ‘em out.

the goods:

We all have lists pouring from our ears this time of year, not the least of which is the long one of all of the people who will be on the receiving end of our giving. And we suspect that you, like us, have those few people on that list that create a major mental block when it comes to choosing a gift…your boss, your child’s teacher, your husband’s clients at work, the cousin you only see at Christmas. Well, what are we here for if not to help with just such quandaries? Cookies by Design is giving a Christmas Gift Basket to the winner of this wonderful (and helpful) giveaway!

These are not your grandma’s cookies (no offense meant to your grandma!). They are exquisitely designed morsels of holiday goodness, which were named Best All American at Taste of Marietta this year. The nine-cookie basket contains treats in the likeness of snowflakes, Christmas carolers, reindeer, and snowmen, just to name a few. Just the thing for friend, family or corporate giving, don’t you think? You will be in love with these once you give one away…or keep it for yourself – we won’t tell!

the giveaway:

Winning one of these babies is easy:

1. Like Cookies by Design’s Facebook page – facebook.com/pages/Cookies-By-Design-Marietta

2. Comment on their page and tell them how excited you are about their baskets.

3. Come back here and tell us you did it!

the guide:

address: 3101 Roswell Rd., Marietta, 30062

for more info or to place orders: cookiesbydesign.com or 770.578.0200

What an awesome giveaway! Thank you, Abbadabba’s, for sponsoring such an enviable, coveted prize. Wish you could have all won, but alas, we had to pick just one lucky duck. Random.org shone its selective face on comment #133 Amber Harris for this giveaway. Congrats, Amber! Go get a real pair of UGGS to replace those Fuggs!

Comment 133 Amber Harris:

would LOVE a pair of REAL uggs! my fake ones (what I call my Fuggs) are great but these would be better!

the gig:

It’s getting to be that time of year again. The time where Jack Frost starts nipping at your nose. Which is a real bummer, but, unfortunately, there’s nothing we can do to help you out with that one. What we CAN help with is when he starts nipping at your toes. What if you had a new (free) pair of UGG boots to keep your tootsies warm and cozy when Mr. Frost comes a nippin’? Well, LBD|LRW and Abbadabba’s can make that happen with a giveaway for a pair of Ugg boots! Actually, the giveaway is even better than that; it’s for a $200 credit toward ANY in-stock Ugg of your choice! Christmas (and warm tootsies) are comin’ early to one lucky lady!

the giveaway:

1. Go to Abbadabba’s Facebook page – facebook.com/coolshoesatlanta.

2. Like their page.

3. Leave a message on their page telling them why you’d love a pair of UGG boots.

4. Come back here and tell us you did it by commenting below. (Don’t skip this step…we’ll draw the winner from our comments!)

the guide:

Kennesaw location

address: Town Oaks Shopping Center, 2615 George Busbee Parkway #55, Kennesaw, 30144

phone: 770.423.0405

Roswell location

address: 1580 Holcomb Bridge Road, #18, Roswell, 30076

phone: 770.998.abba (2222)

Little Five Points location

address: 421-B Moreland Avenue N.E., Atlanta, 30307

phone: 404.588.9577

Buckhead location

address: 4389 Roswell Road, Atlanta, 30342

phone: 404.262.3356

Gwinnett location

address: 3360 Satellite Blvd #1A, Duluth, 30096

phone: 770.623.0033

for more info: coolshoes.com

We have a winner! Random.org picked #2, Keleigh Kapparos, as the lucky recipient of three personal training sessions with Scarlet Knight of Kaizen Fitness. Keleigh, you are in for a TREAT. Scarlet is fabulous– as personally motivating as she is physically challenging. You will love her!

the goods:

Kaizen: Continuous and incremental improvements leading to positive and steady change. “Thanks for the Japanese lesson, LBD,” you say, but stick with us. What if this is how you tackled the seemingly insurmountable obstacles of losing weight and gaining a healthy lifestyle? And you had help doing it?

Scarlet Knight of Kaizen Fitness helps her clients do just that everyday. As a mom of three and grandmother of two, Scarlet knows the challenges that stand in every real-world woman’s way when it comes to fitness and healthy eating. She’s not going to raid your pantry, screaming at you about all of the trans fats and high fructose corn syrup it contains. She’s not going to berate you when you come to a session and mumble a confession of not exercising since your last workout. She seeks to encourage and build up. To be your coach and cheerleader all at the same time.

And, now, she seeks to give to one lucky LBD|LRW reader three FREE personal training sessions in her private Kennesaw studio. This doesn’t only include lifting weights, but also education on sound nutrition, proper exercise techniques and (small, doable) steps to developing a fitness lifestyle. Scarlet is certified through the American Council on Exercise and International Sports Science Association. And if you’re preggers, or you’ve recently given birth, you can enter with confidence (and a note from your doctor). Scarlet is certified in prenatal and postpartum fitness, too!

the giveaway:

Makin' it fun!

To enter:

1. Like Kaizen’s Facebook page – www.facebook.com/pages/Kaizen-Fitness.

2. Comment on the page telling Scarlet why you’d be pumped (pun intended) to win three free sessions!

3. Come back here and comment below to let us know that you did it.

It’s that easy!

Owner and personal trainer Scarlet Knight

the guide:

location: 3590 Cherokee Street, Suite 101C, Kennesaw, 30144

for more info: kaizenfitnessonline.com

We have a winner, ladies! Heidi Taylor is the lucky gal who just scored this bitchin’ bling. Yay for you, Heidi! Boo for us… but I guess we could always give Melissa Sarathy with lia sophia a jingle and set up a par-tay to score our own free jewels, eh???

the goods:

Check. Out. This. Beauty. No, seriously. How gorgeous is this necklace? And how much gorgeouser would it be glimmering around the neck of yours truly this fall?

This artful piece is called Curio, by lia sophia. This stunning string of cut crystals, pearls and antiqued links normally retails for $98, but Melissa Sarathy (our fabulouso lia sophia chic of choice) is generously giving it away to one lucky someone, simply for entering this little giveaway here. So, how do you enter?

the giveaway:

To enter:

1. Simply LIKE Melissa’s lia sophia page on Facebook.
2. Post a little COMMENT on her Facebook wall.
3. And then come back here and tell us you did it by COMMENTING BELOW. That’s it!

Some lucky duck is going to have one glitzy neck come Christmas. We’ll announce the winner on November 18!

the guide:

Melissa

Visit Melissa on Facebook: www.facebook.com/Melissa4liasophia

Website (window shop for other pretties!): www.liasophia.com/sites/georgia?T=1318990366430

Melissa's jewelry shows

Party plans: And, in case you don’t know how it works, if you want sweet Melissa to come into your home and host a jewelry show with your girlfriends, just shoot her an e-mail (melissa.sarathy@gmail.com). Then, you can snag the Curio for just $15 (no contest needed!). And you also get oodles of other free bling.

Congrats to:

Angie Appoo

Submitted on 2011/10/31 at 12:18am

I’m new to this site but I like Laughing Pizza’s as well as your Facebook page. So here I am, letting you know..and waiting for my POTY award to show up, lol

Enjoy that concert…and that Parent of the Year Award!

the gig:

Once again, we’re here to help you achieve Parent of the Year. This time, we’re offering FOUR free tickets to see Laughing Pizza in concert at the Buckhead Theatre on November 6. Laughing Pizza is the adorable family band that rocks out with their music videos between PBS and GPB shows–and if you have a child between the ages of 1 and 8, chances are they’re obsessed with them. If not yet, then they will be after they see them LIVE. Parent of the Year, here you come.

free for all:

For a little Laughing Pizza preview, score a free download of their newest song (a catchy Halloween hip-hop) by simply liking Laughing Pizza on Facebook. That freebie’s for everyone.

won by one:

Then, enter to win FOUR free tickets to see Laughing Pizza live at the circus-palooza concert in Atlanta on November 6. This will certainly be a must-see event! It all kicks off with Circus Camp at the Buckhead Theatre where families will be treated to a full service “Circus Camp Experience.” Here is the head-spinning rundown of the entertainment BEFORE the concert starts: Stilt walkers, jugglers, clowns, face painting, an interactive aerial demonstration, pizza, inflatables, and Atlanta’s own African drumming group Giwayen Mata, as seen on “America’s Got Talent.”

the giveaway:

Entering is easy!

1. Like Laughing Pizza on Facebook – facebook.com/laughingpizza

2. Come back here and let us know you did it.

3. Wait for your Parent of the Year award to show up!

the guide:

location: The Buckhead Theatre – 3110 Roswell Road, Atlanta, 30305

date: Sunday, November 6, 2011

time: Circus Camp – 2:30 p.m., Laughing Pizza concert – 4 p.m.

for more info or to purchase tickets: LaughingPizza.com

tickets: $15 kids, $17 adults in advance; $17 and $22 at the door

Random.org shone upon comment #3. Congrats, Natalie! I know you’re going to LOVE Gwen…and her cooking!

the goods:

Need a break from the age-old question “What’s for dinner tonight?” Gwen wants to give it to you! Enjoy customized home cooked meals on the house (not your house!). Enter to win $100 off your own Personal Chef Services provided by Gwen’s Gourmet. Use it for your own grocery and kitchen respite or as a Christmas gift!

to enter:

Gwen hanging out in her favorite place - the kitchen!

1. Go to Gwen’s Facebook page www.facebook.com/gwensgourmet

2. “Like” her page

3. Leave a comment letting her know why you’re excited about the great giveaway

4. Come back here and let us know you did it!

Bonus goods: Even if you don’t win the giveaway, Gwen will give you a discount when you mention that you saw her on the Little Black Dress|Little Red Wagon website!

the guide:

for more info or to enlist Gwen’s culinary services: www.gwensgourmet.com or 678.400.0600

email: info@gwensgourmet.com

to learn more about Gwen click here!