Pink Monkey Solutions recently partnered with Vail's TV8, and will be helping to produce a charity event called "MIX". The event will be held on February 18th at the Westin Riverfront Resort in Avon, Colorado. Tune in to Vail's TV8 for more information about "MIX", and to see weekly interviews with TV8's Kirsten Ginnity and "The Monkeys".

For more information or to RSVP for "MIX" visit Vail TV8's MIX

While in NYC, Nathan first discovered his passion for the world of theatrical lighting. At first in an effort to simply pay the rent and to escape the strangling grip of the food service industry, Nathan found himself doing lighting on a play. It was there that his love affair with the luminous was born. Quickly his passion grew and before long Nathan was working full time as a lighting technician and simply put... “loving it!”

In 2001 Nathan found himself married and embarking again on a voyage that brought he and his lovely wife, Inga, to The Vail Valley. He immediately found work as the Master Electrician of the Vilar Center in Beaver Creek. There he dazzled and delighted all who had the pleasure of seeing his work. However, the Vilar Center could not fulfill the artistic beast that grew within Nathan and after 4 years of faithful service he branched out on his own to form Cox Designs.

That proved to be the vehicle that brought him to where he is today... at the helm of the S.S. Pink Monkey. With his company Cox Designs, Nathan found the world of Event Decor Lighting and to coin a phrase “it was a match made in heaven”. This has proved to be one of Nathan’s most successful mediums and he has finally found the drink that would quench his artistic thirst.

He flourished while running Cox Designs until time that the winds of fate would blow his old friend Mike through the Vail Valley and also usher in the birth of Pink Monkey Solutions...

Michael spent his time in NYC trying to reinstitute the genre of the “Renaissance Man.” He seemed to have a passion for everything. When he could manage to stand up straight he tossed his cap into the rings of actor, musician, food service worker extraordinaire, world traveler, playboy, event marketing guru, and mostly misunderstood babbling drunkard.

Over the years he would reunite with his old friend Nathan and enjoy a break from the bone crushing clutches of the food service industry and work lighting jobs in the theater. He didn’t yet know it, but the fates were already working on he and Nathan. Eventually, Michael grew tired of a life of debauchery and he found himself working for a great soft beverage company. He embarked on national tours using his newly found vibrant personality to sing the praises of the miracle elixir known as Snapple. It was at this time that Michael began his long affair with the world of Events. Little did he know that he was already aboard the ship of destiny on course to collide with an old friend.

In 2003 Michael found himself embarking on yet another voyage. One that he thought would take him to distant land known as Los Angeles. It was on that journey that one fateful day he stopped for a tank of gas and to visit an old friend in The Valley of Vail. Like many before him, Michael was unable to escape the dizzying effects of this land of Utopia and without warning he aborted his westward journey to Los Angeles and took up home in the mountain top retreat.

Always sure that his stay was temporary, Michael, continued his Snapple crusade during the summer for his first 2 years in The Vail Valley, and enjoyed a rekindled brotherhood with Nathan. The two spent many nights daydreaming of how they might combine to rejuvenate that creative force that was sparked oh so many years ago in Uhaul on the way to Manhattan. And there the idea was born... to marry Nathan’s unparalleled talents in event lighting design and Michael’s unbridled enthusiasm for events into something the world had never seen the likes of before.

And that something is... Pink Monkey Solutions!