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Saturday, Jan. 31: It’s Best of Jackson day in the city. If any of you who are already on the Lounge List have not received an e-mail from me directly in the last week, please e-mail me TODAY. Our list software has been glitching, and leaving some folks off, and I have a special e-mail to send you. But get in touch quickly!

Have a beautiful day, all.

Previous Comments

Is there something happening tonight for Best of Jackson Day? If so, what? Hevenlee

#168254 | Author: hevenlee | Date: Jan 31 2004

Donna used to would come in after an event such as tonight and give us socially challenged an update. Not anymore I suppose. (j/k) Seriously, the snippet on tv looked glorious. Howsabout a full, detailed recap, Donna?

#168255 | Author: dw | Date: Feb 1 2004

All I can say is it was one of the best parties I’ve been to in a while. Great crowd, great food, great drinks. Much fun for people of all ages. Although, I suspect the morning after is alot easier for those without children. Mine just didn’t understand that I needed to sleep off the effects of one too many Lemontini’s.

#168256 | Author: kate | Date: Feb 1 2004

On TV? I didn’t know that, although I guess there were TV cameras there, so I should have known. It was an amazing time. Jackson is filled with wonderful people; we’re very lucky. I still don’t know how many people were there; I haven’t counted the guest book, yet. Will let y’all know. It was packed, though. At least as many as last year. BTW, if you’re on the Lounge List and didn’t get an invite, I apologize; you should have. That was the guest list for this one, other than winners and advertisers. But we had some mailing list problems; some people got it several times; some not at all. I promise this will be fixed shortly; we have too many on the Lounge List for the current software, we think. We didn’t know it was messed up until this week. So my humble apologies if you were left off. More JFP events coming shortly (although not a party of this size for a while!). Keep an ear out. OK, now I need pancakes. And to Vicksburg for a film. Lata, all.

#168257 | Author: ladd | Date: Feb 1 2004

Founding Editor Donna Ladd is a writer, journalist and editor from Philadelphia, Miss., a graduate of Mississippi State University and later the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism, where she was an alumni award recipient in 2021. She writes about racism/whiteness, poverty, gender, violence, journalism and the criminal justice system. She contributes long-form features and essays to The Guardian when she has time, and was the co-founder and editor-in-chief of the Jackson Free Press. She co-founded the statewide nonprofit Mississippi Free Press with Kimberly Griffin in March 2020, and the Mississippi Business Journal named her one of the state's top CEOs in 2024. Read more at donnaladd.com, follow her on Twitter and Instagram at @donnerkay and email her at donna@mississippifreepress.org.