Thanks to the amazing organizing skills of Ligaya, another awesome Yelp Elite party happened last night at Oakland’s newest music venue, New Parish.

The event had a supply of drinks from Treasure Island Distillery, Combier Triple Sec, and MateVeza Beer, and smokeless tobacco by Ploom, sponsored by Drink Me Mag. There was also food from Hibiscus and Adobo Hobo. The glamorous guests were entertained by local celeband Festizio while Stunna cocktails flowed freely.

Last night I got to hang out and photograph a very special group of highly classified individuals and their closest +1…the Yelp Elite. I can’t say much about them because its all very top level intelligence, but suffice it to say, they know how to have a good time. Ligaya of Yelp.com organized an awesome event to launch Yelp events in the East Bay and she did an amazing job. My good friends Shonna and Nathaniel of Majestic Day Spa (www.majesticdayspa.com) were there and I also made a lot of new friends. Check out a few of my favorites below. To see all of the images from the evening go to www.nancyrothstein.com and click on the client gallery link in the bottom right hand corner of the home page. Select the Yelp event from the drop down menu of recent events. Enjoy! See you on Yelp…which if you don’t know, is the best place to give and get reviews of local businesses.