The problem with throwing a holiday party is that it's during the holidays and that means we have not had a chance to catch our breath and recap the event.

Long story short, the event was a huge success. Over 300 guests spent the evening shopping, drinking, eating, shopping, and buying raffle tickets for a chance to win one of 4 prizes valued at $5,000. For those that did not see the invite (still here), the prizes included a one-year membership to Club Sportiva, an exotic & classic car club; a 51" plasma TV from Mitra Home Technologies; a "Box o' Testosterone" of best-sellers from On The Fly; and an olive-colored diamond pendant from online luxury diamond retailer, Angara.com.

City of Dreams, a local nonprofit focused on mentoring disadvantaged youth, received a check for $5,000. The money will be put to good use as they prepare for their annual Day of Giving in which they deliver thousands of presents to kids in San Francisco.

For those that could not attend for whatever reason, we will be hosting the event again next year -- the Friday night before Thanksgiving -- and it promises to be bigger and better. To re-live  the event, we have a Photo Gallery posted here.

See you next year.