Jillian’s is FUN! Community Blog

Jillian’s Seattle Welcomes: Deadliest Catch’s Phil Harris of The Cornelia Marie!!!

Jillian’s Seattle and Alaskan welcomed TV Show’s: Captain Phil Harris on Friday Night!!!  The Captain was here hanging out, signing autograph’s, and having FUN!!!  Everyone had a great time, listening to “fish tales,” getting an autograph, and having their picture taken with The Captain.  We ran Alaskan Drink Specials and gave away TONS OF FUN PRIZES to our guests’!  A BIG SPECIAL THANKS to Alaskan and our Asst. GM Adam for making it all happen!!!

Seattle Karaoke’s Rock Stars!!!

Jillian’s Seattle was THEE place to be last Sunday Night for Karaoke!!! DJ Chameleon had the house ROCKIN’!!!  Guests and staff had a blast; singing, dancing, and having FUN!!!  I took tons of pictures during the night so, please enjoy!!!

Twister in the WOO

We had a college senior event in here on the 12th of May and they wanted something “a little extra fun”, and we didn’t want to disappoint so, we had this idea for a blow-up twister game. It was supplied by our local rental company at a cost of $99!!! Just so no one was left out when the “big” game was going we also had two regular twister games out for “practice”. We had our DJ come down to help with the fun! Brian was GREAT! It was a SUPER, low cost way to give our guests a little extra fun! Talking to the contacts and some of the kids, they LOVED it!!! We definitely feel that with the DJ and the twister, you can’t go wrong! It just adds a little extra fun to a place where your fun is our business!!!

We are now offering this “package” to another group that is penciled in for June 24th!! I hope that other people get to have as much fun with this as we did!!!!

Community Involvment……Making a Difference

    Jillian’s of Evansville was recently recognized by the Newburgh Youth Baseball league for its continued sponsorship and particapation. During the dedication of the new baseball complex at the opening of the season, we were singled out in front of over 1,000 people for being a repetetive sponsor. Our involvment in the youth sports scene, in an area that is known as a regional youth sports mecca, has helped us make a difference in the community that we are extremely proud of! It has also assisted greatly in luring many Family Day regulars to us. These children are potentially the best ambassadors that we could possibly ask for.

Team Evansville……..Embracing Opportunity!!

This past Saturday, the Evansville club took advantage of the opportunity to be the primary sponsor of the city’s inaugural Joe Hoops 3 on 3 basketball tournament. This event, which included partnerships with the University of Southern Indiana, the National Guard, and Fifth Third Bank, evolved over a period of 2 months, and brought us a lot of local exposure. In addition, as part of our agreement with the tournament administrators, we were able to operate the gate and collect admissions. We raised $250, and then donated all of the money to a local charity. The tournament was very well attended, and received radio coverage all day long by a local station. Also, leading up to the day of the tournament there were hundreds of brochures (with our name and logo prominently displayed) all over town. With this being the first tournament of its kind in Evansville, we were originally hesitant to get involved. We then began to measure the costs versus the exposure, the charity involvment, and the opportunity to once again project ourselves in the community. It quickly became an opportunity that we had to embrace……….and we are glad that we did!!

Ferrari Concorso comes to Old Town Pasadena

Snow Cones by Jake

Jake’s got the yellow Ferrari

Ferrari’s lined Colorado Blvd

Cinco De Mayo

Don’t count Burger’s & Beer out of the list of Cinco de Mayo festivities.  Jake’s joined in celebrating Cinco de Mayo with burgers, Corona, & Mariachi.

SF Hosts the Walk Across America for Autism Awareness Fundraiser/Launch Party

Worchester Jillian’s employee Bobby Genese and his friend Robert Williams are walking across the country (13 States) to raise awareness and money for families with struggling to pay for autism therapy.

Jillian’s of San Francisco was proud to sponsor the kick off event for these two amazing guys and help send them off on their journey. 

Their journey is no small task.  Robert and Bobby are going to brave the elements for 10 to 12 months over 3000 miles.  While driving across the country on there way to San Francisco they buried food and water in the dirt with G.P.S. tracking units so that they wouldn’t parish in the Nevada dessert and other harsh terrain areas.

As a gift team San Francisco presented Bobby and Robert each with a jacket to commemorate the walk (please see photos below). We wish these men well on there walk and hope you will offer encouragement by having people you know turn out to greet these two fine men as they walk through an area near you.

 Good luck Bobby and Robert…..you are an inspiration to us all!!!!!!!!

To contribute to their cause go to:

www.nationalautism.org/eliaswalk

Laker’s All The Way

Our Los Angeles Lakers are on their way to victory once again!  Friday evening the Lakers closed out their series and Jake’s was the place to watch it!  We had the Miller Lite girls on hand to add a little more viewing pleasure.                       

Hollywood News - Gene Simmons - Universal City

Rock star Gene Simmons and his unconventional family return to Jillian’s Universal to shoot upcoming episode for a new season of Gene Simmons Family Jewels.  If you are a fan of the show or just watch to see tongue in action here is a sneak peek of an episode scheduled to air in late August.  In this episode Gene sets up his daughter, Sophia, on a blind date to Jillian’s.  Watch the show and see Sophia beats him on Air Hockey, Super Shot, and Ice Balls all shoot at Jillian’s Universal City.

Kid Delicious is a hit at Demsy Bar Mitzvah!

Cleveland Heights was the location for a great Bar Mitzvah for Cameron Demsey yesterday.  There was a game show, wax hands interactive takeaway, origami artist, candy buffet and last, but not least, last known American Pool Hustler, Danny Basevich, aka Kid Delicious.  Check out his bio on http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/06/books/06pool.html and you can also search him on http://www.youtube.com/.  The event was action packed and very fun for attendees and staff.  Great job to Team Cleveland Heights that put on an amazing event… Cameron had the time of his life.

Trivia Championship in Seattle!

This evening Jillian’s Seattle hosted the 4 finalist teams for the All Star Pop Culture Trivia Championships!  Teams from Seattle and San Fransisco came to battle it out to see who could answer the most questions correctly on topics ranging from music, to TV, to film.  The Mayor’s was packed and everyone had a great time!!! Local SEATTLE Team; “Super Karate Monkey Deathcab” took the WIN and the CASH!!! I would like to give a special thank you to Trevor; who runs weekly Thursday Trivia in Seattle, Ariah; the weekly Trivia Server, and everyone who came out to participate! 

leadership starts at the top

on tuesday we had a huge buyout ( close to $50k ) with a new client, who absolutely loved the venue, the food and the staff. our gm darren took such pride in the set up of the event by doing is buffet magic that it overflowed onto the staff who stepped up a few notches by adding their own touches - who knew we had so many creative peeps working in san francisco!!  i may sell the dream but they execute the reality - flawlessly i might add - thanks for all the hard work team san fran!

jennifer