Last day to vote for One Man Minneapolis!

After weeks of online voting, the One Man Minneapolis contest comes to a close Thursday at Midnight, so get your votes in while the getting's good! The competition identifies the one man in the Twin Cities who represents the best of the best from the perspectives of community involvement, personality, intelligence and fitness. What's better? The winner gets to donate $2500 to a local charity of his choice!

Our money is on l'etoile ad manager and selfless bastard, Brian Gioielli, who is not only adorable and cool as all get out, but is one of those rare peeps that relentlessly donates his time and talents to local charities and non-profit orgs for the greater good. We think Brian is tops! The other "One Men" finalists aren't too shabby either, so check out the site and vote for your fave!

Tonight, Thursday May 20th you can meet the men at OM Restaurant in Downtown Minneapolis from 5-7pm. Or you can pick up tix to the main event on Saturday at the Pantages: a glorious man pageant that features live music, interviews with the top five dudes, an evening wear competition, and even a (potentially hilarious) work out segment. We recommended our pal Brian do a thigh master/interpretive dance routine if he's selected, but e-mails went unreturned.

Click HERE to vote! (Brian is the one with the awesome beard!)

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Brian Gioelli for One Man Minneapolis

Fancy! We found out via facebook that l'etoile ad man and BFF Brian Gioielli has been nominated as a finalist for the annual One Man Minneapolis contest. The multi-faceted professional event calls out one guy who represents the best of the Twin Cities, keeping in mind community involvement, personality, intelligence and fitness. We can't think of any man more suited for the honor!

[Photo courtesy One Man Minneapolis]

Brian is not only super cool and worthy of your votes in and of himself - he also promises to donate $2,500 to the Minneapolis YMCA homeless outreach program of POINT Northwest, $500 to the Animal Humane Society, and $1,000 to Dress for Success, in which case he will enlist the styling team of l'étoile to put together outfits for women in need of job-appropriate clothing.

You can vote for for Brian every day at www.onemanminneapolis.com. You can meet Brian and the rest of the finalists during the upcoming "Meet the Men" happy hours, beginning April 14.

Beth + Brian

Patrons of Clubhouse Jager were in for a big surprise tonight when l'etoile ad sales guru Brian Gioielli proposed to his girlfriend, l'etoile founder Beth Hammarlund, during l'etoile's long-running sci-fi night, JagerCon! Gioielli got on the mic and surprised Beth with a custom designed ring by local jewelry maven Karin Jacobsen. Beth said YES! We are so amazingly happy for B&B, who are two of the most kind-hearted, cool people we know. Congrats!

And yes, the l'etoile crew is already planning their wedding, of course!



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