This past weekend, the staff of Mekanism flew out to Palm Springs together for a family vacation…

The first annual Mekanism Storytelling Summit.

There was laughing. There was crying (mostly from laughing, or at least that’s what people are saying). There was…you know, storytelling.

We were lucky enough to hear some pretty rad insights from Tim Ferriss (author of The 4-Hour Body) and Jonathan Harris. But most importantly?

We lit crap on fire in the middle of the desert and had a (very safe, we promise) kickass time bonding while doing it.

Without trust falls.

We’ll have more pictures up soon for all of those involved.

Is this post a bit self serving? Sure. But we had a great time and wanted to tell ourselves and the internet about it.

Thanks to everyone we’ve had the pleasure of doing business with. From all of us here at Mekanism, here’s to a great new year.

If it’s anything like our summit. we’re pretty stoked.

Sorry for the title. It was there. Had to take it.

We worked with our friends at PepsiCo to promote Brisk iced tea with a little help from the Star Wars guys (who just so happen to be all 3-D in the re-release of Lucasfilm’s “Star Wars: Episode I — The Phantom Menace 3D”).

You’ll see what we mean in a new spot starring Mr. Maul and Yoda real soon.

Oh. An addicting mobile app, Brisksaber, will accompany the whole initiative as well.

You can hear all about it in the New York Times. It’s a newspaper we enjoy.

We had a holiday party. It was an amazing time. You may or may not have been there.

To make that guessing game a little bit easier, below are the 2,087 pictures our amazing photographer Stian Rasmussen took of the event.

Thanks to everyone who came and drank our beer. Or whiskey. Or lit a sparkler. Or danced. Or flipped off the camera.

(We’re lookin’ at you, Camilla.)

Honestly, though. The party was amazing and we’re so glad so many of you could come.

Happy Holidays, Internet. We hope you have a lovely one with your family and friends.