Museum of Fine Arts, Gold Party

June 9th, 2012
(I'm paraphrasing from the hand-written re-cap of the night, while adding stuff in along the way, so sorry if the tense keeps changing throughout)
Tonight was the summer 'Gold' Party at the Museum of Fine Arts (MFA) in Boston. I was first asked by my editor, Samantha, to meet before hand at her friends apartment in Kenmore Square and then we would go to the event together along with her friends. Needless to say, I was nervous about the entire thing. In a lot of ways I was even nervous about meeting up with Samantha and her friends because I didn't know if I would fit in being at least 8-10 years younger than all of them, who are also in the higher class of Boston at the moment. When I got there I saw a couple of familiar faces from events I have been going to in the area, and some of the people were closer to my age than I had thought, so that was a relief from the get-go. Samantha, and her friends were all really down to earth from the beginning so I realized I didn't have as much to be worried about as I had thought. I still couldn't really believe I was involved with all of this throughout the night though, it seemed so surreal at times (once we got to the MFA especially). At the apartment, I didn't really feel as though I was out of my element, except for quick comments here and there (the shopping at Saks, and trouffle-infused cheese for cheese and crackers) so that was refreshing. We then took Uber cab service (the regional manager and recent Umass alumn was with us) which I would recommend to anyone in a city that has them!
Getting there, my name wasn't originally on the list, but once the people at the door learned that I was with a magazine I was profusely apologized to and let it (which was slightly entertaining, but cool). The event itself was amazing. Held in the main lobby of the museum, you had to go through several exhibits to get to the party. They had performing art installations along the way performed by School of the Museum of Fine arts. One was a guy in a tux holding a huge piece of red wax, standing infront of a hot light, while the wax melted all over him (better looking than it sounds). At the party itself there were 2 open bars, a dance floor with a dj, and so so many people. It was a black tie event so all the men were in suits or tux's and the girls were in ball gowns or elaborate cocktail dresses. I was just happy to see that what I was wearing did fit in enough with everyone there (did I mention it cost $500 dollars to get in unless you were working like I was?) I stuck with Samantha, and sometimes just her friends, while mingle-ing and working. I was shooting for Bostonian of the Day so asking questions and photographing people.
By the end of the night I had spoken with a lot of influential people within the city including presidents and founders of varying companies, as well as magazine editors, and became well acquainted with both the PR rep for the MFA itself as well as the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston. So far this was definitely the best night I've had in Boston, and one of the most important for networking overall.