A Very Techie Rooftop Party

     When I think back to one of my absolute favorite events that we performed at, this would be it. It was an event in NYC for a software company, so naturally, it was all adults.  The venue was gorgeous.  It was a private restaurant on the rooftop(yes, the rooftop!) of a very tall building...to make it even better, we had the Empire State Building in the shadow.  It was maybe 10 blocks away, but it gave us some awesome photos!

     Rose and I arrived about an hour before it started to get dark and setup our equipment.  We had the chance to talk with the photographer who, ironically, had the same name as our contact for the event.  That created some confusion until we realized they had the same name, but were two different people!  

     The guests(employees) started arriving, smiles on their faces, ready to have a great time.  They had just had a long, busy day at work and were excited to relax!  You would be amazed at how much the balloons added to the event.  We made some huge balloons that people took turns passing around to each other and getting photos with.  

     Everyone had such a good attitude and was excited for us to surprise them with whatever we could come up with.  Some of them wanted to try to stump us with odd requests...sadly for them(or not, depending on your point of view), we're really good at improv-ing sculptures we haven't made before. 

    The "Boss" who had hired us was such a great sport!  He rocked his own costume that had everyone laughing!  Recognize the character?  The Mad Hatter...Alice in Wonderland is one of my favorite movies, so I love making this and references to Alice!

 This fun couple had a little bit of spice...his tag-line for the rest of the night was that he liked to "monkey around!"

 This photo makes me laugh.  Rose loves her job, but sometimes she gets very focused on what she is creating.  I harass her about it because it never fails...she can be smiling the whole event(and she usually does), however, the moment that the camera comes out...she gets that look of concentration.

 Who ya gonna call?  He loved the Ghostbusters backpack!...and so did the five other people who "borrowed" it from him so that they could take photos.

 She was so sweet!  The Hello Kitty headband accented her personality and smile perfectly.

 These two were quiet, but willing to let us surprise them with something super cool!  All smiles, their hairpieces were just the accessory needed to put their outfits over the top.  We had such a fun time laughing with them and the looks of awe when we finished were priceless!

Last photo!  Our photographer got such a good photo of creating the Mad Hatter top hat.  You can see that this thing is massive!  Everyone was confused until the finishing touches....which I will admit, I love.  I love the look of wonder that they get on their faces when making something amazing.  I don't do magic, but the look that they give me: you would think that I do.  Just call me the balloon magician!

This has been another dose of "Tristen's Travels."  I hope you enjoyed it!  So tell me, what is your favorite sculpture that you saw created?

--Stay Twisted, my friends!