Last week I got a call from Trevor, the general manager here at Naia. He said he was offering me the chance to work at the wrap party for Cars, the new movie from Pixar and Disney that will be out this summer. If you know me, you know that I absolutely love cartoons and animation. Going to an event like this is something I would normally never have a chance of attending, so to have this sort of opportunity arise was incredible. I agreed to go, and after hanging up proceeded to squeal and jump up and down excitedly. I couldn’t believe how lucky I was!

The party was being held in an old airplane hangar, and was much bigger than I thought it would be - about 1700 attendees! We quickly set up and watched people arrive. It was great to see how excited the Pixar employees were about our gelato. Many said they had been to our Shattuck and Walnut Creek stores in the past. We were very popular all night, with long lines leading up to our cart, and ran out of nearly everything we brought in about 3 hours.

It was fun to see people come up for seconds and thirds (and sometimes fourths) of gelato, and to try each of the flavors we brought. We were right next to the dance floor, a prime location for people-watching. I had a great time watching people who were dressed to the nines dancing to 80s music all night. I remember seeing one guy wearing sparkly red platforms and a very long white trench coat - the shoes made him look about 7 feet tall, and I was amazed he didn’t trip.

I was exhausted by the end of the night but it was worth it. I had a great time. Thanks again to Trevor for letting me work. I’ve done catering in the past but never anything as entertaining as this was!

(Note: Shelby is a hard-working shift-leader at our Castro store.)

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