Saturday, April 23, 2011

Fleming's & Rolls Royce


Austin now has a Rolls Royce dealership.  To celebrate, the owners threw a big party and Fleming's Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar was there serving to their guests.




Chef Boyer Derise of the Domain Fleming's and Chef Erick Nixon of the Downtown Austin Fleming's served a delicious beef tenderloin on a crostini to this A-list crowd.  It was important to get Fleming's out in front of this key demographic of luxury car lovers, buyers and owners and Pickie Pie made that happen. Neiman Marcus was also there showing off a beautiful line of women's diamond jewelry.  Cars, diamonds and great food!  That's the good life!

Chef Boyer Derise, Neiman Marcus Model Carly Morris and Chef Erick Nixon



Fleming's on KXAN's Tasty Thursday


 Pickie Pie secured a spot for Fleming's Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar on KXAN's Tasty Thursday in March.


Chef Erick Nixon prepared a delicious ahi tuna appetizer.  



The Downtown Austin Fleming's turns 10 in June and Pickie Pie will be on board to  help them celebrate with a bang!
Erick, Amber & James of the Downtown Austin Fleming's

Click on the link to watch Chef Nixon at work:
http://www.kxan.com/dpp/entertainment/food_and_dining/flemings-has-ahi-tuna-on-the-menu

Chef Erick Nixon with KXAN News Anchor Chris Willis






Fleming's Brunch Gets a Mention by Mike Sutter

Berry Stuffed French Toast
Fleming's Prime Steakhouse and Wine Bar will be open early at 11:30 a.m. this Easter Sunday for brunch.  The three-course meal is $32.95 per person and features fare not usually expected on a steakhouse menu, entrees like the berry-stuffed french toast.  Yum!

The Austin-American Statesman's Mike Sutter featured the Fleming's Brunch in his list of suggested options for the holiday this year, a listing secured by Pickie Pie.  Click the link:

http://www.austin360.com/blogs/content/shared-gen/blogs/austin/dining/entries/2011/04/21/easter_brunches_2011_updated_4.html

Pickie Pie and Tidbits



Tidbits, which launched first here in Austin and has now expanded to about half a dozen cities, is an online newsletter for the "gal about town."  The editors work hard to feature products, deals, nibbles, services and cocktail concoctions ladies would to love to share with their gal pals. They host events from time to time for their subscribers.

Pickie Pie teamed up with the Tidbits gals to secure Deep Eddy Vodka, Fleming's and She-n-He Photography and Design at their September event at Y&I Boutique.  Participation resulted in advertising trade secured by Pickie Pie for these clients.


Our client Dagar's Catering catered the Tidbits Red Soul Soiree in San Antonio at ArtPace.  This participation was also secured by Pickie Pie and resulted in advertising trade for Dagar's.  This is a horizontal version of the ad Tidbits produced for Dagar's.  They also designed and ran a vertical ad.


Pickie Pie works hard to find opportunities for our clients to reach potential customers in a variety of ways, not just the traditional stuff. We also spend a great deal of time developing our partnerships, relationships and connections to media.





Holiday Glossy Glam



Our client Dagar's Catering served some of their best holiday appetizers to the VIP invitation-only guests at the Holiday 2010 Glossy Glam at a gorgeous home in Westlake on a crisp wintery night.  Glossy is an insert publication focusing on lifestyle that only goes to certain high-dollar zip codes in Austin.  Pickie Pie secured this sponsorship for Dagar's which resulted in a half-page of advertising trade in the November Glossy and some nice party pics in the next issue.

Half-page Ad in Glossy


A Nice Note from KXAN About A Client

John Thomas, long-time friend to Pickie Pie and Executive Producer at KXAN, sent this nice note our way this week after our client Dagar's Catering was featured on their Tasty Thursday segment.  Kathryn and Frank Albarado of Dagar's prepared some of their favorite Easter recipes (included below).


Rachel,

Kathryn and Frank were great guests – thanks for sending them our way.
Here’s a link to today’s segment:  

Have a great Easter!
jt

John L. Thomas
Producer, KXAN Austin News
512-703-5227

Here are two of the recipes they featured:
Grandmas Fruit Salad- This is not your healthy fruit salad

1 Bag of Green or Red Grapes
3 Oranges
2 Apples
3 Bananas
Pecans
Marshmallows
Pint Heavy Cream
 Cup  of Sugar
Hand Mixer or Kitchen Aid
2 Mixing Bowls
-Slice all Fruit, Nuts, and Marshmallows  in mixing bowl
-Place Heavy cream in second mixing bowl and add sugar
-Whip until fluffy
_add Whipped Cream to Fruit and Nuts
-Transfer to a decorative ball, place in fridge covered until dinner time

Strawberry Champagne Punch

Orange Juice-1.5 gallons
Pineapple Juice- 2.5 gallons
2.5 Cups of Sugar
1/2 cup of Cloves
5 Cinnamon Sticks
1 gallon of Water
2 Pints of Strawberries
2 Bottles of Brut Champagne

Take a stock pot add your sugar, Cinnamon, and cloves to a gallon of water. Let Steep for 10 minutes
Mix your pineapple juice and orange juice together.
Take your Sugar, Cinnamon and clove mixture strain over the Juices
Let Cool...( You can add this to your ham prior to adding the strawberries)
Puret the strawberries and add to punch
Place in Fridge
Cool Champagne
Pour half punch and half champagne onto flute for your guest.