Urban Girl Squad Pink Bakooza Cocktail Party

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Urban Girl Squad is an organization that offers young women in NYC a chance to socialize and network through various fun, interesting and unique events. From cocktail parties to beer tasting tours to volunteer opportunities, Urban Girl Squad is a great way to meet new people and try something new.

I was introduced to this organization through Socially Superlative, a social blog with whom I am a freelance writer. SS covers a lot of Urban Girl Squad events, and I have been fortunate enough to attend a couple of them.

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Wednesday night was Urban Girl Squad's Pink Bakooza Cocktail Party at Co-op restaurant and bar. With a complementary glass of wine and a delicious cocktail, paired with yummy hors d’oeuvres and a cool club/lounge setting, the night was a big success.


Co-op, located on Rivington Street on the Lower East Side, is a cool and modern American brasserie and sushi bar. With a nightclub-type feel to it, I loved the dark leather furniture and the interesting art display of faceless photo profiles along one wall. Urban Girl Squad labeled it as “the new hot spot on the LES that has people buzzing about its vibe, clientele and cocktails.”

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For the evening Urban Girl Squad was given a small reserved lounge section where we intermingled with other partygoers. Waiters took great care of us with the table-service hors d’oeuvres and drinks. While the music was too loud and it was often difficult to hear other people speaking, the atmosphere was generally laid back and very fun. Urban Girl Squad events tend to bring out a very wide mix of NYC women, and I once again had the opportunity to meet a lot of new and interesting people.


A wonderful part of the evening was getting to taste one of Co-op’s signature drinks, the Pink Bakooza: Grey Goose vodka, watermelon, basil, orange blossom and coco hibiscus. The mixture was delicious, unique and just sweet enough for my cocktail taste. I absolutely loved it.

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The night also included an interesting and very difficult game: each attendee was given a sheet of paper with a listed cocktail ingredient- either a glass, a liquor, a mixer or a garnish. In order to encourage more intermingling, you had to find people with all the ingredients you didn’t have in order to make your own “cocktail.” Unfortunately the game was stacked, with a lot of glasses and garnishes, less liquors and almost no mixers. And when not all the partygoers stayed for the whole evening, the ability to find everything you needed became a lot harder. The game was fun though and served as a good icebreaker when speaking to new people, which is really what it was all about. 


Urban Girl Squad had yet another well-planned and well-executed social event for women in New York City, and I’m glad I had the opportunity to go. I will definitely keep myself updated on their future plans. 




* Some of this article was also published on Socially Superlative