Battle of the Chocolate Titans: Godiva vs. Ghiradelli. ASK: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith (ASK), The Queen of Splurge (National Splurge Day©1994) weighs in on the Creamy & Nutty Details.

Saturday, September 13, 2014. #NationalSplurgeDay’s #TheDailySplurge #85 sees the Battle between GHIRADELLI & GODIVA that was brought to the Forefront and Attention of:

ASK: ADRiENNE SiOUX KOOPERSMiTH

‘The Queen of Splurge’ and Creator/Founder/Originator of:

NATIONAL SPLURGE DAY ©1994

&

YOTS: Year Of The Splurges ©2010

Day when she flipped on the TV Set on Saturday Morning to CBS: This Morning and heard a Segment on Chocolatier, GODIVA.  GODIVA is now introducing a New Line of Candy & Confectionery so everyone can INDULGE every Day which is the Motto she coined since the INCEPTION OF NATIONAL SPLURGE DAY (NSD) in 1994, over 20 years ago.  NSD went viral when she appeared in Fast Company Magazine’s June, 2010 most popular Issue, whose Theme was:  The 100 Most Creative People in Business.   

JOURNALISTIC QUESTIONS NOW ARISE THAT WILL ONLY KEEP THIS TOPIC & THESE COMPANIES IN THE LIMELIGHT:

Will this add to the Obesity Crisis that has invaded the World? 

OR

Will People actively seek out their Treat above all their Competitors? 

Time will tell. 

As #TheQueenOfSplurge and one of the main Bloggers of the Candy Expo in the early 2000s, you know ASK will have something SWEET to say about this Movement.

BESIDES THE FACT THAT: SPLURGING is a Lifestyle; an Activity & Passion that Homo Sapien Sapiens have participated in since Mankind realized they could paint Pictures on their Limestone Walls and put Chocolate Drinks in their Limestone Refrigerators before going out for ‘The Hunt.’ And, it may be the Hunt itself & the Prize We give ourselves that makes that Difference as tasty as those Indulgences can be. 

After all, when THE URGE TO SPLURGE arises, it’s time to ask: ASK.

NOTE:  Membership to CLUB: SPLURGE^® is now readily available as well as Corporate Sponsorship by contacting:

ASK: ADRiENNE SiOUX KOOPERSMiTH

Founder / Creator / Originator-Owner

NATIONAL SPLURGE DAY ©1994

YOTS: YEARS OF THE SPLURGE ©2010

 TheDailySplurge ©2014

at:

Adrienne.Sioux.Koopersmith@gmail.com

 in order to set up a convenient Time to chat about 

“the unending Possibilities, soaked in Chocolate, 

of course & for every Course.”

Posted by:
Robert E. Hofstadter

Editorial Director

SPLURGE CENTRAL

Chicago, Illinois USA

ACCOMPANYING: FaceBook POST:

Godiva vs. Ghiradelli.  Ghiradelli vs. Godiva. What is ASK/Chgo: The #QueenOfSplurge, Founder of #NationalSplurgeDays’ favorite Chocolatier & Choco Indulgence.  @GODIVA @LoveGhirardelli http://tinyurl.com/o7xwax9

 

Won't you join After School Matters for their Annual Gala on September 23? Chicago's Historic Navy Pier. Grand Ballroom. Cocktail Reception. Teen Gallery. Exhibition. Teen Performances. Dinner! Who could ask for more! After School Matters matter. Details follow:

ASK/Chicago:  Undoubtedly, my favorite Chicago Organization that gives City Kids the Golden Opportunity to be  achieve – be inspired and become creative in their own capacities. As I reflect back on my life-to-date, had it not been for my Kindergarten Teacher, Miss Fritz who taught my Father, me, my younger Brother & Sister everything we had ‘to know,’ I would not be as productive and skilled as I am Today.  This Group goes that extra Mile for Kids who may not be as fortunate as we were (in the late 1950s & 60s) when Life was entirely different for Children growing up.  Like I always say and it does sound extremely redundant for a  Professional Writer/Promoter who should use different Words to express herself, but:

 

"After School Matters matter."

WHAT THEY DO SO WELL: About THEIR ANNUAL GALA
 Derived from:

http://www.pjhchicago.com/event/afterschoolmatters

 

The After School Matters Annual Gala celebrates the incredible work of teen apprentices while raising important revenue to continue providing over 22,000 program opportunities each year to well-deserving teens throughout Chicago. Funds raised through the event will support general operating costs to provide youth opportunities in arts, communications, science, sports, and technology. 

 

 

THEREFORE, I’m posting the following EVENT that I just found online: 

 

After School Matters Gala

http://afterschoolmatters.org/gala

 

Hosted by

Mellody Hobson, Chair,

Nora Daley, E. Robbie Robinson and the

After School Matters Board of Directors

________________________________________

Tuesday, September 23rd at

 

Chicago's Historic Navy Pier, Grand Ballroom

5:30 p.m. Cocktail Reception, Teen Gallery and Exhibition

7:00 p.m. Teen Performances and Dinner

 

 

http://afterschoolmatters.org/gala

 

CLICK ONLINE @ THE ABOVE URL TO RSVP.

 

Online you can view photographs from 2013's memorable Evening.

Also here on Facebook: 

 

https://www.facebook.com/AfterSchoolMatters

 

 Visit their Shop at: 

 

66 East Randolph Street

Chicago, Illinois 60601

Telephone: 312.702.8975

Email: sales@afterschoolmatters.org

Retail Store Hours

Monday – Friday: 10:00 AM to 6:00 PM

Saturday – 11:00 AM to 4:00 PM

Sunday – Closed

 

 As ASM states online (via their Website):

  

 

Support the artistic talents of Chicago’s teens by shopping at the After School Matters Retail Store, located at 66 East Randolph Street in downtown Chicago. Proudly, they offer one-of-a-kind artwork and gifts created by teens participating in After School Matters programs that includes but is not limited to:

ceramics, hats, jewelry, mosaics, painted furniture, paintings, prints,

puppets, photography,  metal works,

skateboards, stained glass, wood carvings and more!

Stop by their Store to support Chicago teens and the  incredible work they create during their programs!

 

For The Media wishing to do a Story, check out full Details online at: 

 

http://afterschoolmatters.org/

You will be glad you did!

 

ASK's FB Post: 

ASK: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith

Koopersmith's Global Communications

"People read what ASKwrites about..."

Studios 1258 and 1437

Chicago - IL USA

September 12, 20-14 - 9:46 AM CST

 

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ExpoChicago Art Representation by ASK, Top Public Relations Pro: Sept 18-21.

 

Attn:  ARTists from across The World:

  

As Creator of ARTention Retention in March, 2013 online and entitled at:

 

tinyurl.com/b6jp82w

 

The Launch of ARTention RETENTiON ©2013

Koopersmith refines Storytelling and Product Development.

Branding @ its best,

 

Today’s Offer is the yearly (once in a Lifetime Service) in time for Holiday Gift Giving in which your ART should be bought as well as for the Kickoff of 2015. 

 

THAT OPPORTUNITY is to be repped at:

 

ExpoChicago

September 18-21.

 

I will be attending all  Three (3) Days and every Party/Reception/Talk that is sponsored and hosted. 

Cost:  $600, prepaid by September 17.

Includes:  Disbursement of your Postcards and/or Business Cards.

 

An additional $300 entitles you to a Page on my Blog from October 1, 2014 – January 15, 2015 to ensure more Visibility for your ART.

 

The Deluxe Package (valued at $1,500, prepaid) includes a Personal Email to every Vendor onsite at THE EXPO pointing you out via your Website and/or Blog. In November, those Companies/Individuals/Units are ‘tweeted’ your latest NEWS.   

 

For those wanting merely an Intro Letter to those who attended & those I met that will begin on October 1, 2014, that Price is:  $800, prepaid. 

The Choice is entirely up to you. 

 

Email me at: 

 

Adrienne.Sioux.Koopersmith@gmail.com

 

for p-ART-iculars. 

 

Chicago (my Home since 1974 – 40 years now) is the Third largest Cosmopolitan & Metropolitan City in the USA, an ARTroplis in the truest Definition of the Word – where your Creative Brand and Product should be seen.  Furthermore, this is a Global Show & Event, meaning there is no telling who I will come in contact with. 

 

Feel free to share this with your Network. This is also applicable to ART Magazines & Galleries unable to visit ‘Sweet Home Chicago’ at this time. 

 

Thank you. I appreciate your Time devoted to this Post.

 

VIA:

ASK:  ADRiENNE SiOUX KOOPERSMiTH

Creator – Founder – Owner: ARTention RETENTiON

%: Koopersmith’s Global Communications

“People read what ASK writes about…”

Studios 1258 & 1437
Chicago – Illinois USA

 

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The Daily Splurge: Paying $1,000,000 for a Parking Space! You've got to be out of your frigging mind. When a Reality Check is sorely needed.

The Daily Splurge

Part & Parcel of:
ASK: ADRiENNE SiOUX KOOPERSMiTH's
National Splurge Day
now in its 20TH Year.

Contact:  ASK: 'America's Premier Eventologist' at:

Adrienne.Sioux.Koopersmith@gmail.com

Wednesday, September 10, 2014. #NationalSplurgeDay’s #TheDailySplurge #82 was something I heard on CBS This Morning with Charles Rose, Gayle King & Nora O’Donnell reporting LIVE from New York City where Episodes like these just happen too often.   They reported that:

 

A Parking Space is now for Sale for One Million Dollars.  That’s $1,000,000.00.

 

Evidently, this is a gigantic SPLURGE for Someone who is ultra and über-wealthy enough to afford that Commodity; however, if a Person can afford a Home that has a ONE MILLION DOLLAR Parking Space (I hope it’s inside, heated and comes with its own Primo Coffee & Danish each Morning for the Trip in to Work), that House is not a Home, it officially qualifies as being a Mansion that has got to be over $25,000,000 to do that Parking Space Justice.

 

In a Case like this, there is no absolute Justice, since 99% of us cannot afford that SPLURGE.  However, for those of us who like to dream, if I (as the #QUEENOFSPLURGE were in that Position to buy a Parking Space (for my Luxury Vehicle or Liner), I would prefer taking that Million Dollars and give it to the Top 1000 Unfortunates I know.

I have a Feeling I would even do that if I were able to purchase a Parking Space for Half a Million Dollars.  Some Things (as Parking Spaces) are just not worth a lot of Money.  I call that the Warren Buffett Effect.  If you don’t believe me.  Ask Mother Nature. Originally, until Man arrived, she had no Price Tags on any of her Natural Wonders.  But that’s another Blog’s Worth all found in my 7 Part Book & Movie Scripts called:

 

SKiN: SACRED KINSHIP iN NATURE ™

HOW 10 BELOVED PLUSH TOYS REDEFINE RACE ©2009

That:

Eliminates Racism;

Dispels the Mixed Signals and Ironies we receive every Day; and

Gets to the Heart of what really matters.

 

RETURNING TO THE PARKING LOT ISSUE: 

Starving Artists are plentiful in our World.

Orphans are plentiful.

Domestic Violence Victims are plentiful. 

There are PLENTY OF WAYS to give to worthy Causes that amount to more than a Slab of cold Concrete in a Big City High-Rise. 

 

And for those of you in The Media, you can quote me on that one: 

Per: ASK: Adrienne Sioux Koopersmith

‘America’s Premier Eventologist’

Chicago – IL USA

 

who claims:

 

“There are PLENTY OF WAYS to give to worthy Causes

that amount to more than a Slab of cold Concrete in a Big City High-Rise.”

 

$1,000 would help them out much more than a Space that rates as too mind-boggling. 

 

Now, at this point in this Text and Context of The Daily Splurge for those of you who are following along (and I so appreciate that Kind Gesture), We go over to google and type in: 

What will $1,000,000 buy in 2014?

Read down the Answers.  Weed out the ones that are OF INTEREST to you and yours and proceed from there – the next Time you have a MILLION DOLLARS to SPLURGE with.

 

My Favorite came from:  James Twining CFP® Bellingham, WA

http://www.nerdwallet.com/finance/question/i-am-54-and-have-inherited-1-000-000-how-many-years-can-this-sum-last-me-2666

 

Mr. Twining stated:  “Most who inherit a large lump sum think they are rich.  They aren't.  $1 million is not enough to retire successfully for most people.”

 

However, ONE MILLION DOLLARS can make a hugely significant Difference to those who are frugal enough to s-t-r-e-t-c-h it out.  And, if you so choose to SPLURGE at a Discount Center – Dollar Store – or Resale Shop, you’ll get much MORE of a BANG than if you invest in a MILLION DOLLAR Parking Space as your Auto devalues in Price and Value. 

 

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