CHICAGO - Kick-off the holiday season with Stan Mansion's holiday rendezvous, Cookies (and FUN!) with Santa! The event, benefiting Toys for Tots, will take place on Sunday, December 8, 2013 from 11am-2pm with a FREE huge party for kids.

STAN MANSION, a historic venue in Logan Square, is a great place for the kids to enjoy indoor fun and entertainment. Join PdM and their dear friends for cookie decorating with Sandy Cakes Couture Confections, glitter tattoos with Shop 1021, delicious goodies from Half Italian, healthy juice options by Tampico, talent by RO Stage Theatre and Y Theatre, face painting by the talented Veronica Avila of Kahlo Salon, and many more delights. Santa and his helpers will also be present to take pictures with your kids .

FREE ADMISSION with a new, unwrapped toy donation.

The holiday season is a very special time of year filled with laughter, joy and anticipation. Children dream of having a gift to open as they anxiously wait for their wishes upon a star to be answered. However, there are too many children in the Chicago area living through the holiday season without the gift of a family to call their own or whose parents are struggling simply to provide them with basic necessities. For many of these children, those dreams and wishes will go unfulfilled. Please help us make their wishes come true.

Our mission is to collect new, unwrapped toys during every November and December and distribute those toys with the help of the Toys for Tots Foundation as Christmas gifts to less fortunate children in the community.

Toys Drop off LOCATION :

STAN MANSION
2408 N.Kedzie Blvd.
Chicago IL 60647
773-276-0099
Monday to Friday 10am to 6pm
Saturday 10 am to 3 pm

Panaderia Azucar
3415 W. Belmont Ave
Chicago, Illinois 60618
773-588-5780
Open 7 days a week 6am - 9pm M-S 7am - 6pm Sun

We look forward to ringing in the holiday season a la mode with some of our favorite people. Ta ta, amours.

CHICAGO - On November 23, 2013, join PdM, Sandy Cakes Couture Confections, CZBoogie, Steve Melvage, and many more at trendy Roldan in the eclectic Wicker Park neighborhood for food, mimosas, and delicious delicacies...with a Filipino twist! Congressional Candidate (4th Congressional District of Illinois) Jorge G. Zavala and the talented Klouds are hosting the highly-anticipated boutique benefit, Mahal Kita: A Daytime Benefit for the Victims of the Typhoon Haiyan.

Delicious Filipino delights will be served for brunch in addition to sweet Mexican-inspired couture delights by Panaderia Azucar, located in the trendy Avondale neighborhood. All monetary proceeds will be donated to the Red Cross and items will be donated to diverse relief operations across Chicago.

From 11am-4pm, enjoy a moment with amazing people, connect with some Chicago's movers and shakers, and savor food, friends, and philanthropy a la forme pilipina.

Chicago, IL: Celebrate the Indian Festival of Lights, Diwali,  and party like India through food, dance, and fashion in a first for Chicagoans during the epic Indian New Year – Bollywood Blowout.

Indian As Apple Pie (Anupy Singla), VChilli Events (Vandana Walia), and Ladies Night Chicago (Shari Duffy) will delver a truly memorable night with New York-based DJ Rekha at the historic Stan Mansion on Friday, November 15.

Over 500 people are expected to help raise money for Chicago-based Gigi’s Playhouse, a non-profit that supports children with Downs Syndrome. Proceeds will help fund their new Hoffman Estates-based center. One lucky winner will land a trip to India on Air India – a $4,000 value.

The party starts at 6 p.m. and goes till midnight with Indian-inspired cocktails, networking, giveaways, wine sampling, henna designs, a fashion show, and dancing.

“Bollywood Blowout will tease, excite, and satisfy all five senses,” says Shari Duffy of Ladies Night Chicago.

Sink your teeth into Indian street food from over a dozen Chicago-based Indian restaurants. Experience the streets of India with everything from samosas to steamed dhoklas to veggie wraps. Everything Indian eats that Chicago has to offer will be in one spot – along with the latest and greatest in Food Trucks. .

Be bedazzled by Chicago’s own Indian fashion house, Charisma Boutique. Fresh from New York’s fashion week, Ritu Boorgu’s mission will be to outfit local media stars in South Asian fashions and jewels.

PdM will be present to showcase the magic, from traditional saris to select crafted cocktails.

Regular admission tickets are $55 - VIP tickets are sold out.