Oh RubySnap! A Sweet Elite Event

Great location for the first elite event. RubySnap didn’t disappoint. Cookies, Kahlua, and specialty jams– what a great night. Tami was awesome and Jeffrey played a great Unilocal host.

Woot woot. What a great party. I’m glad you all reviewed it first because I might be a bit biased. But it was so fun, right?
I loved the AnneMade Jams. What a treasure trove of fascinating flavors. We have already shared a few in Christmas gift giving, but I made sure one ended up in my own kitchen.
Goat milk and yogurt were a good experience. My mom would be proud of me for trying everything at least once.
The COOKIES. Yep, heaven. It’s clear I won’t be working there any time soon as the cookie I made ended up looking like a volcano about to explode. But, it was a DELICIOUS volcano that DID explode… in my mouth. Yum. It was so great to meet Tami. She is fantastic. I loved the store, the business idea, her attitude. It’s all lovely.
Everyone was so friendly and fun. I’m glad I got to meet you all. Hope to see you again soon!

The 1^st ever SLC Elite event and it was MAJOR.
Thanks to Jeff and his hard work we all had a great time. I enjoyed the tasty baked goods and the delicious jams and goat cheese. Ruby Snap was very kind to have all of us take over her store.
The best part was seeing some old Unilocal friends and making new ones. I look forward to future events.
Thanks again to everyone who made this possible! Cheers to future events.

What can I say that hasn’t already been said? It was a wonderful evening and this is a foreshadowing of what is yet to cone or Salt Lake’s Elite crowd then we are a lucky bunch indeed.
The highlight of the night was having a goat milk White Russian. Words can’t describe how great that combo was but the redness in my cheeks was a pretty accurate visual description of how I was feeling after a couple. Yum! And I went home and googled our bartender after since I’d never heard of «George the no-​neck Mexican» before. Hilarious.
I had a great time and brought home yummy cookies, fun shwag, a new row squad shirt I will wear proudly, and a couple jars of Annemade Jams. Life doesn’t get any sweeter.
Thanks to all the sponsors, and to Jeffrey and Gabi and most importantly, the lovely Tami for a fun-​filled evening!

can’t thank my dough girl (aka rubysnap) and Unilocal for a great time. it was great to see familiar faces as well as meet new Unilocalers! great job jeffrey s. and gabi m.

I was lucky to be a +1 at tihis event, if this event was an indicator of what’s to come, then I am going to work my butt off to become elite.
Tami from RubySnap, was a doll and made the event that much better. She was super helpful when I was making my cookie and kept me from creating a disaster. I am already a big fan of Drake’s goat milk products, and the cheese was a great combo with Anne’s delicious jams. There wasn’t one that I didn’t like.
Thanks to Jeff for putting together such a fun event. Oh yeah and special thanks to George the free pourin’ bartender. Those white russians kept me nice and toasty all evening long.

Yum! You have to try the lemon, blueberry, poppy seed (that’s not the technical name) cookie — holy cow! Amazing!
Thank you to all who helped make this event so much fun, from the DJ, to the bartender, the owners and the vendors! Oh and of course Jeffrey… such a fun experience and the cookies were deeeelicious!
I’m still trying to figure out how MY cookie did not win an award for «tallest» cookie… huh? That takes talent don’t you think? I’m going to assume it’s because that wasn’t one of the categories… :)
Those processed little fluffy white fat man cookies got nothing on RubySnap!

What an awesome event! I’m not sure what was the tops: Anthony’s Unilocal hot pants, Tow Squad T-​shirts, or the Snuggie (new and improved with pockets).
Regardless, Utah’s first-​ever Unilocal Elite event was a huge success. Tami, the owner of Rubysnap, gave us free reign of the entire store, and we wreaked havoc with our burned (*cough* Tony *cough*) and otherwise awful cookies. Tami’s selections, however, more than made up for our mistakes. The sweet potato cookie was amazing.
We had a huge crowd, great music (thanks Rob!), awesome jams courtesy of Anne Made jams, products from the Drake family goat farm, and drinks courtesy of Kahlua.
If this event is a foreshadowing of future Unilocal Elite events, we’re a lucky bunch!
Thanks to Jeff and Gabi!
Oh, if you’d like to see photos of the event, go here:

I practically flipped my sh*t when I won a dozen cookies. Having tasted the Noelle– a roasted sweet potato, milk chocolate chunk and crispy pecan taste orgy– I now have a newfound respect for RubySnap.
And Tami, the owner? What a gem. You can’t not love her. She made a toast, something about how money’s not the important thing, it’s enjoying every minute of your life.
I’m sold.

This was the first Unilocal elite event I have attended that did not require waiting outside in a line behind a velvet rope. RubySnap was a perfect place for this type of shindig. It was a total blast. Here are a few especially sparkling moments:
* Designing my very own cookie in the back kitchen under the sage tutoring of RubySnap owner Tami. Here is my recipe: 1 golf ball sized gob of vanilla dough, 7 pecans, 11 dried Montmorency cherries, 13 dark chocolate chips. You know you want my cookie. Apparently the judges did not appreciate prime numbers since my creation lost to a smiley-​face cookie.
* Scarfing down a «Noelle» cookie (i.e a sweet potato/​vanilla cookie dough, milk chocolate chunked, pecan laden marvel lushed in maple white frosting) or three still warm from the oven accompanied by delicious Drake family farms goat milk.
* Applauding raffle winners. My ‘plus one’ won a mixed box of cookies!
* Meeting some fun-​loving, awesome Unilocalers.
* Listening to the DJ’s music matching the vibe of the crowd. Very talented. Especially enjoyed the quiz show muzak that was played whenever someone was on the mic. I felt like I was part of the studio audience.
* Forming a steering committee to the rename RubySnap as «Supple Moist Cookies.» Are ‘supple’ and ‘moist’ not among the most cringe-​inducing words? Fingernails on the chalkboard.
* Kudos to Jeffrey S. and Gabi M. for all their wonderful efforts in coordinating this event and making everyone feel really welcome. The red Unilocal balloons everywhere were a nice decorative touch.
Death to the Pillsbury dough boy.

Wow! What a fantastic event! If I had a dream about what the ultimate innagural SLC Unilocal Elite Event would, should or could look like, my fantasy would pale in comparison to the reality of this shindig!
Awesome!
The cookies, the goat products, the jams, the music, the drinks, the owners/​vendors/​proprietors/​hosts were all beyond excellent!
Kudos to Jeffrey for setting up this party and cranking the fun-​meter up to 11! Thanks to everyone for your hospitality and graciousnessicity… wait… is that… yeah… that’s right.
I can’t wait to see what’s next for Unilocal SLC. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I have 4 jars of jam and a dozen cookies to eat… ah, the true breakfast of champions!

The answer is always PONCHO!
The question of the moment is how to explain the drama of gathering together a slew of extremely decent humans, massaging their egos with the rich balm of elitism, hopping them up on enough sugar to make a tortoise twitchy, mellowing their diabetic dance moves with jigger-​free pours of Kahlua and vodka, then re-​whipping them into a final frenzy of fabulous prizism?
Somehow, in spite of the sheer force of enthusiasm they had created, the highly skilled and underpaid CM and RM kept it all together. And it was more than the swag they brought, it is the swagger they possess.
The Steaming Dollop (fromerly known as Ruby Snap … hey wait, where were the whiteboard prizes???) was super-​welcoming. The owner shared her space seamlessly with the goat man from Drake and the jam maven from AnneMade, both of whom brought amazing products.
Although I failed miserably in the deliciously cutthroat cookie contest, I had wrist bands to wipe away my tears (side note: my eyes have swollen shut). In all, an unprecedented evening that set an excellent precedent. I am already salivating at the prospect of a savory soirée and the inevitable appearance of the Unilocal shaker at the Unilocal martini bar.
PONCHO!

How can I not give it 5 stars when we had free drinks, free cookies, and I won a snuggie, not just any snuggie but a snuggie with pockets?!
No, seriously. It was nice to meet a whole bunch of Unilocalers! Thanks to Jeffrey, Gabi, Tami and co. of RubySnap for putting together a great event! The cookies were delicious! The Annemade jam corner was a nice touch. I’m so excited to try my spicy mango!
While I was initially a bit apprehensive about baking my own cookie, I must say it turned alright. Well, I was my own judge and I’m not known to be too hard on myself!
Congrats to everyone who won cookies, and t-​shirts. I’m so jealous. No, I’m not, I have my snuggie!
I’m glad this event was held in the season when the calories don’t count! Awesome cookies, sweet and spicy assortment of jam, crackers, goat cheese, yogurt, and vodka! Can life get any better? Yes, it can. In a few minutes, as a I slip into my snuggie!

Mad props to Jeffrey for getting the SLC 31 337 Unilocaler thing started right!
Because I try to avoid delicious things that will slowly kill me, I hadn’t made it to RubySnap until tonight. It was a shindig of epic proportions with new faces, old faces, tasty beverages (hot chocolate + Kahlua = win), goat dairy products, jam madness, and (of course) awesome cookies.
Regrets: that I didn’t win the snuggie (especially since it had pockets), and that the cookie I made wasn’t as awesome as Anthony’s. It’s all good, though.
Can’t wait for the next Unilocal event!

This was an interesting second Unilocal event. This is actually my first time visiting this cookie store. It was good to meet the Unilocalers from last time and even more Unilocalers this time. A round of applauds to Jeffrey for hosting the evening! The owner Tami was also very nice and provided freshly baked cookies for us. I think Noelle was the better of the two cookies (since I forgot about what that other cookie girl name already)
The jams and crackers were also very delicious. I especially like the ones with Habanero fruit flavor. Raspberry Habanero was the spiciest one in my opinion. Despite having alcohol allergy, I did end up having two drinks.
After winning a box of cookie in the first round of draw outs (also congrats to Snuggie winner and Tow Squad T-​shirt winners), I thought I finished with winning stuff for the night… But I ended up winning the worst (looking?) cookie award (or was it cookie from hell award? :P) I guess this is what happens when I never made a cookie in my entire life. I was only thinking about stuffing a bunch of the stuff that labeled «spicy» inside the dough. Regardless of the look on final product, It did taste spicy and delicious after all.
As for the check-​in reward Unilocal wristbands that I received from Jeffrey, I will put them to good use by wearing them during workouts to lose the extra pounds I gained tonight…

I ate a cookie! I drank a drink! I wore a name tag! I didn’t freak out (very much)! I made a misshapen cookie and I ate that too!
Jeffrey S. also awarded me with some nice Unilocal wristbands, which I’m sure will help keep me warm over this long winter. first he had to instruct me on how to correctly check in to qualify to receive the wristbands, but this was sort of to be expected. some time ago a weird old oracle presaged that location-​based services would be my bane. I didn’t understand what most of those words meant at the time, but today it became clear. still, since I got the wristbands I consider it an ‘in your face’ to that weird old oracle or at very least a clear sign that my bane will not involve cold wrists.
I was also extra awkward at this event, but in this instance I’m not going to deduct any stars for my extreme awkwardness.