Olé!

To all the mothers of "youngish" children out there (you know who you are), let me live vicariously through you. I'm about to tell you about two very cool JLSA Holiday Olé Market-related events that circumstances are unfortunately preventing my daughters and me from attending. So I want you to go. And I want you to tell me later about how much fun you had--okay, you don't have to rub it in. Be easy on me. But if you could take a few pictures and send them to me, that would be swell. Just so that I could feel like I was there, you know? Because I'm going to say it again: I hate that I am missing these two events!

First up, next Friday, October 26, you have the opportunity to attend a brand-spanking new Holiday Olé Market event called "Starstruck -- A Red Carpet Event." From 4:30pm to 6:30pm, you will be treated to a fabulous "tweenage" fashion show by Allie G's (a fantastic kids' clothing boutique in Alamo Heights) with entertainment by none other than RADIO DISNEY. My almost-9-year-old daughter, Eleanor, was all fired up to do a little turn on the catwalk a month or so ago when we realized we had a legitimate direct conflict (her elementary school's biggest fundraiser, the annual fall carnival) and we had to bail. I'm sick that we are missing it, and I just know it's going to be an awesome event. I had just bought my tickets when I realized we couldn't go, so I'm sending a good friend of mine, along with her mother and her daughter, to enjoy the style show, sample tasty snacks and drinks, pick up a little swag, and have a great time shopping Olé afterwards. Tickets are $25 and can be purchased here.

The following morning, on Saturday, October 27, from 9:00am to 11:00am, you simply must take your little ones to the first-ever "Pajamas & Pancakes" event at the Holiday Olé Market. While you are enjoying your delicious pancake breakfast, participating in fun hand's-on activities from The Royal Canvas Painting Parlor and the San Antonio Children's Museum, having a great time listening to The Twig Book Shop's Miss Anastasia perform a spectacular story time, and doing a little shopping, I will be sulking cheering for my daughters on the soccer field sidelines. Go it alone or with friends, or meet up with the JLSA Moms' Group, headed by Carrie Lane. (Contact Carrie at jlsamoms@gmail.com for more information on the Moms' Group!) Kids under 2 are free, the over-2 set costs just $7 a ticket, and adult tickets are $15 and include general shopping all day Saturday.

I LOVE the way that the awesome Olé ladies are extending the League's unique "shoppertainment" experience to families, and these two events really round out the great line-up of events surrounding the JLSA's annual Holiday Olé Market. It's all happening at the San Antonio Shrine Auditorium, 901 North Loop 1904 West, San Antonio, Texas 78232.

By the way, if you also have too much on your plate next Friday afternoon and/or Saturday morning, there are still other fun events to attend sans kiddos, or you can just head out to Olé to do some good old fashioned shopping! I, for one, will be at the Preview Party on Wednesday, October 24. Olé, Olé! 

The TOP TEN Reasons Why YOU need to Attend OLE!

I hope everyone got to watch our very own Ole Chairs, Christina, Brett, and Libby on the SA Living Show this past Monday! They did a great job and made us all want to get our hands on some of those gumball hula hoops!


If you haven't bought your Ole tickets for this year, don't worry: it's not too late!


Visit http://www.holidayolemarket.com/ and buy yours today! You can share the link on Facebook and Twitter with all your friends and family as well and help get the word out!!  This year will mark the Junior League of San Antonio's 18th Annual Holiday Ole Market and it will be a "Shopping Entertainment Experience" you won't want to miss!

Melissa Rosson, Holiday Ole Market Internal Communications Chair, shared her "Top Ten Reasons to Go to Ole" this year! Thanks Melissa, for making Ole irresistible to members, family and friends!

Melissa's Top Ten Reasons to Attend Ole:

10.  It's a great way to get in the holiday spirit with unique gifts that you can't find anywhere else! Can you believe more than 90 merchants will be there? You could finish your whole Christmas shopping list in one day and you really can't beat that!

9.  If you're not there, you are definitely going to regret it when you see all your friends wearing new outfits and jewelry they bought. And, when you hear about all the fun they had at the Girls Night Out event or the Ready, Set, Shop breakfast, you're going to need some cheering up!

8.  Your husband or significant other and even your kiddos can come meet all of your JLSA friends and shop with you, all while supporting the JLSA!  This year we've added stroller shopping hours to make it more convenient for buys moms.

7.  You'll see so many unique decorations at Ole that you'll be filled with ideas and inspiration on decorating your own house for the holidays.

6.  Parties, parties, and more parties! And these tickets go FAST (so buy now!)!

5.  Great silent auction items, live auction items, AND a handbag auction....someone catch me! I'm feeling light headed! :)

4.  Delicious food from local vendors and yummy drinks.

3.  You can honor the heroes in your life with a ticket to the new Happy Hour for Heroes event! We live in a city with many servicemen and women, as well as heroes in our police and fire departments and in our local schools - why not treat the heroes in your life to a special day?

2.  Did I mention great food, shopping, and entertainment yet?

And the NUMBER ONE REASON you should attend the Junior League of San Antonio's Holiday Ole Market is...

1.  You get to contribute to the JLSA's largest fundraiser, which helps fund hours of community service and touch many lives throughout the year and throughout our great community that we call HOME!