The Thrillist Junket: In Their Own Words and Pictures
This weekend, Thrillist sponsored a junket of media influencers on a trip to Miami, where they stayed at the Fontainebleau. While junketeers were responsible for their own airfare, the hotel and liquor and sponsored dinners were on the house. This is a collected oral history, in chronological order, of their stories from arrival to departure.
"I landed and immediately met a bunch of great people who were ready to get it popping. We get to the hotel and instantly the Thrillist special check-in had gift bags with so much swag that as it was handed to me I think I felt my bicep rip." -Richard Boehmcke.
"1st impression on the Fontainebleau: it's gorge! & I'm only in the lobby." -Anne L. Fritz
"Tips for getting on air: Blow kisses at our camera, jump into pools, & general goodnatured mayhem." -Plum TV.
"2 days or 2 weeks worth of outfits? Ridiculous" – Amanda Schulze
"Real good look Miami #not" -Simone
"Even though its pouring at #hotelthrillist I still need to look good for the clurb! Back at the room relaxing and getting my shower on!" -Richard Boehmcke.
"Wow @MAKEUPFOREVERUS Aqua Cream held up throughout the entire Miami tropical storm today..didn't budge. pretty amazing." – Amanda Schulze
"I wanted to tip the guy who served me that corn it was so good." -Richard Boehmcke.
"Mmm..Scarpetta's duck foie gras ravioli is TDF!" -Anne L. Fritz
"Totes forgot you can smoke in clubs in Miami. Time to join the new millenium, Florida. That's so 2000+&late." -Anne L. Fritz
"thx 2 @speckproducts for a fun, new iPhone case 4 #hotelthrillist swag! kudos to Scarpetta 4 delish duck & foie gras ravioli @fontainebleau" – Gizlau
"Yoga on the beach was so fun, but so sweat'n'sand-tacular! Can't wait to keep the perspiration going all day long poolside" – Elizabeth Brady.
"Best hotel doorhanger ever." -Kim Mance
"Total mayhem at #HotelThrillist over mistaken Shark call at the beach just now. It was a Tarpon. Dissapointing…" -Drew Lavyne
"Everyone dolled up and ready for dinner @Red steakhouse. " -Maren Hogan
"Guy with pink blazer-women want him, men want to be him." -Mike Smayo
"OH: 'There is no dinner. There's just more substantial finger food.'" -Peter Shankman
"Amazing day in the sun. Ready for some food!" – Le'Aura
"@redsteakhouse if we weren't starving on your rooftop, I'm sure we would be having a better time." -Anne L. Fritz
"@redsteakhouse yes. Can I now get my free steak? This food blogger is starving." -Laura Zanzal
"@redsteakhouse sorry were getting pizza" – Ricebird
"Fire dancer just put fire out with her mouth!" -Kara Rosner
"the #klondike bars are clutch. Excellent way to satisfy the crowd. Who knew there were oreo klondikes? Sex in our mouth!" -Kosher Ham
"Where is everyone" – Kristina Marino
"HOW THE HECK AM I SUPPOSED TO FIT ALL THIS #HOTELTHRILLIST SWAG IN MY LUGGAGE? AHHHHH" -Richard Boehmcke
"I forgot my iPhone charger in my room! I'm planning on sleeping on the plane anyway. Good thing a new iPhone drops Monday!" -Nick McGlynn
"Great breakfast at Gotham Steak! Thanks @hotelthrillist! As @skydiver will tell you, it's all about the food for me. :)" -Lara Dalch
"'you were with the thrillist party? My God, you guys had it like Rehab in Vegas out here yesterday' – fontainbleu pool staff" -Marvin Barksdale
"American airlines flight attendants got some 'tude….and shitty service." -Eva Deary
"Met some super amazing peeps at #hotelthrillist, theyve inspired the twitter in me. Gettin on dis train like it's BB w inhalable steroids." – Sean – Boom Boom
"THE #HOTELTHRILLIST PHOTOS ARE POSTED! Check them out at http://RandomNightOut.com" -Nick McGlynn
"Even as my potential fling part II fizzled, I did manage to form a relationship with a lifestyle brand, which did nothing short of bend over backwards for me."
http://www.blackbookmag.com/article/thrillist/19251
"&%!!#*^@#" –Mike Albo
Chilling.
Oh. "TaRpon."
When is The Awl gonna send us commenters on a junket? Salton Sea, here I come!
Jersey Turnpike Rest Stop!?
Detroit Midwinter Extravaganza.
Knifecrime Gulf Oil-Spill Cruise. No Hyphens permitted!
SO MANY PAIRS OF CHEESY UNDERWEAR, MINI-WHEAT THINS AND NERF FRISBEES I THOUGHT MY LATS WERE GONNA POP LIKE CORN.
"… I landed and immediately met a bunch of great people who were ready to get it popping." Every day brings another discovery of a new phrase that instantly causes my blood to boil. Thanks, Awl!
Oh, I'd never neglect you, "look(ing) good for the clurb."
@Gef: Thank you! I was hoping I wasn't the only person who, upon reading that phrase, reflexively removed a shoe and started looking around for an asshole to hit in the forehead with it.
@Gef @City: the klondike bars are clutch.
For consistency's sake, shouldn't they be clurtch?
Hell is the other people on junkets, in case you were wondering.
Wait…are they bitching about the FREE FOOD BEING SERVED TO THEM ON A ROOFTOP IN MIAMI?
Seems kind of, I don't know, impolite?
Still: "OH: There is no dinner" has a fine tone to it. This writer should be a junket critic.
whose closet? i simply must know what shoes they were going to wear with that safety cone colored dress.
I'm more interested in why she apparently brought a sabre lamé with her. Everyone knows Miami is Épée territory.
I guess I would've rather been at the party with painted tits everywhere, not to be predictable or anything
I'm at work and have mine coated in White-out, if that helps.
I think I have a rainbow-pack of Sharpies.
*call me
I would have been stabbing my brain with a QTip via my ear by the time I was on the airport shuttle.
That's so 2000+&late. :)
So, Choire, did you put your junk in this junket?
Sublime.
Um. I went to high school with someone quoted repeatedly above. Disconcerting.
"Clutch" REALLY? [sigh] So we're doing this again?
The unselfconscious, untanned, normal looking bodies totally indicated that this was not a group from Miami. The drinks were delicious. Glad I crashed the pool party.