Alexa Andrzejewski
Founder of @foodspotting

When you wake up each morning, don't you just think to yourself: There is no drink quite like hot chocolate. Its dark, smooth flavor is somehow the perfect metaphor for New Year's day, so why not ring in the New Year with hot chocolate, truly a miracle of nature.

Appropriate hot chocolate drinking festivities may include playing games,...

Moving this note up, just in case **PLEASE NOTE** Just a heads up that our friends at Wired.com are going to be around during that time, photographing our team and office in the midst of a party for a photo essay. If you don't want to be on camera, just let us know when you get here :)

If you were following along last month, you'll see...

Dear All,
We all are well aware of our beloved Samantha Weber and her many stati. In honor of all of the joy each status has brought us, I now present to you "Weber Wednesday." Next Wednesday the sixteenth of November starting at midnight and continuing until 11:59 pm that evening, we shall take on the form of Sam Weber. No, I'm not...

UPDATE: Happy Monday, everyone! We're a day away from the eatup. Just talked to the folks at E&O Trading Co. and have a few updates:

1) Because of our large group we're looking at a set menu, served family style, which will cost about $40 per person including tax, gratuity and a complimentary cocktail. Please bring cash if you can to...

Snip.it has launched! Come join us for a few drinks to celebrate.

Thanks
Ramy, Mark, and Joey



The password to get in the party is the name of your favorite Snip.it collection - beta invite code for party guests 'rockpartyscissors'

We've decided to mix up our First Friday Cereal Bars a bit and switch to an afternoon gathering.

Please pop over for a visit this Friday afternoon before you head out to your evening plans for mingling with our team and other Foodspotting friends over delicious affogatos. Too late for caffeine? Then do our regular "dessert first"...

The Foodspotting team moved into our new headquarters in SoMA quite a few months ago but we've been so superduper busy that we're only now hosting our office housewarming party. Join us to celebrate the new(ish) digs!

We're making the Ice Cream Social Housewarming a tradition, but this time, we're throwing in a Milkshake...

Join the developers, entrepreneurs, and innovators who are creating a more social web. Hosted by Facebook, this is its official developer's conference.

Join Foodspotting and Scoutmob tomorrow as we celebrate our NEW PARTNERSHIP with a Puerto Rican eat-up in San Francisco!

At Foodspotting, we're all about discovering new dishes - and eating them - so what better way to try something new than with a sweet discount from Scoutmob?

Come meet and mingle with our team and fellow foodspotters as we...

We welcome you to our monthly open house - Cereal Bar - where we can chat over a bowl of cereal and you can check out our office space! We believe Foodspotting is for everybody, so we'd love to meet YOU! We hope you can help us start our Friday right by being part of our "balanced breakfast"!

Foodspotting is hosting our second bicoastal Wok+Wine event. Picture it... 50 people, 50 bottles of wine and 50lbs of shrimp.

GET YOUR TICKET for this event through the following Eventbrite links to secure your spot - limited to 50 people in San Francisco, and 50 in New York City.

SF: http://foodspottingwoknwinesf110816.eventbrite.com
NY:...

Join us, the Foodspotting team, at a hometown Eat-up with The Rib Whip!

Our friends at The Rib Whip will be closing off their Ritch Street lot to dedicate this private party to all our Foodspotters and friends that evening. We'll even have a special Foodspotting discount!

Excited that we'll get to gather over delicious BBQ and beer....

You know what we say: a happy Friday is a Cereal Bar Friday!

Join us for cereal, friends and mingling to kick off your Fourth of July Weekend. We have a good selection here but bring your favourite to share.

And for those of you who aren't familiar with the format, just feel free to swing by anytime between 9am and 11am.

Hope to see you...

It's time for Cereal Bar again - where friends, family, Foodspotters come to Foodspotting HQ to mix and mingle over some delicious cereal, and a granola tasting session from San Franola Granola.

There are many things to celebrate this time around:
1) Our Co-founder and CMO Soraya Darabi is in town and it's her first Cereal Bar!
2) We...

Hi all,

Time for another Cereal Bar - this time, featuring a special tasting session from Pretzel Crisps!

If you're not already familiar with the drill, swing by at any point during this timeframe. We'll have yummy cereal, the Foodspotting team and friends to help kick off your Friday.

All are welcome - bring friends :)

NOTE: To get...

UPDATE: Thursday's Demo Day sessions will be broadcast LIVE! Tune in at either 10:00AM PDT or 5:00PM PDT at www.livestream.com/500startups

This is an invite-only event to Accredited investors & 500 Startups mentors & advisors. If you have not already received an invitation, you can request one at the URL below.

There will be two...

Come join us for our first Cereal Bar since we've moved into a new office! In the spirit of "Gettin Down on Friday"... come dressed as your favorite meme and get an "I *spot* Food" T-shirt! Fun to be had by all!

An Event Apart Seattle features 12 great speakers and sessions. Following the two-day conference comes A Day Apart, an intense learning session on Mobile Web Design led by Luke Wroblewski (Web Form Design). You can register just for An Event Apart or A Day Apart, or save $100 when you sign up for all three days.

FoursquareTM is turning two years old and you are invited to the birthday party. The mobile application was first introduced at the South by Southwest (SXSW) conference in Austin, TX in March 2009. FoursquareTM quickly became the breakout mobile application at the conference. Currently, Foursquare has over 4 million users and partnerships with Bon...

The SXSW Interactive Awards uncovers the best new digital work, from websites to web applications, both inside and out of the browser experience, while celebrating those who are building tomorrow's online trends. The Interactive Awards Ceremony honors the finalists and winners of this year’s competition and celebrates the energy of the...

So we're throwing another epic event at SXSW complete with some fabulous music. We'll flesh this page out as more details emerge.

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SO YOU WANNA SEE THE SHOW? READ ON VERY CAREFULLY...

We will be able to accommodate about 1200 guests. During SXSW we will be giving away around 600-700 "Priority" wristbands randomly to those...

Hey Austin, gdgt is coming back to town! Join us at 7pm on Monday, March 14th at the PureVolume House for the gdgt live party and meetup! This is event is free and open to the public. You don't want to miss this, especially since we'll have free gdgt t-shirts and cellphone cases for the first few hundred people who show up, plus a bunch...

A TC/CG/TUAW Meet-up at SXSWi sponsored by Peel. We'll be in Unit 108, a large loft space. Booze and fun.

Our ninth year hosting free tacos at SXSW. Come join the fun, eat the fiery tacos, and witness as first time participants learn the bliss.

Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and New Enterprise Associates (NEA) will be hosting a party. There will be a guest list for startups and investors. More details to follow.

Live music by Radiostar, with guest performance by Andrew Mason, CEO of Groupon!