HOME IS WHERE THE HEART IS "Our philosophy is to listen to the clients and give them their dreams without disrupting their personalities. It's not about us. We are not divas. We start at zero and try to understand who the clients are. We create an...
CHANT "OM" OR sing "Happy Birthday"? Guests at this event, a birthday party for the child of a celebrity pop star, no doubt did a little of both. Designed by Matthew David Hopkins, owner of New York-based Matthew David Flowers, the event...
SIXTY EXECUTIVES FROM a Fortune 500 firm were trapped in an intensive three-day conference. A company vice president was wise enoughto realize that these button-down types could go ballistic without some R&R. But how to offer food, drink and...
HOW FAST CAN you put together an upscale corporate press conference and reception for 250 guests? For Gary Baker, event specialist with Sausalito, Calif.-based Melons Events, the answer is 10 days. In fact, the client contacted the firm only 10...
Who says event planning can't be fun? That's the whole reason Moshe Aelyon started his Westport, Conn.-based Mosaic Event Planning & Catering four years ago. "I was having more fun planning parties and entertaining friends," he says, "than...
WHEN DESIGNER Julie Ford first told her co-workers at An Occasion to Remember about the site they would be using for a gala event, their reaction was swift: "Are you crazy? What a dump!" "They swore to have me committed," says Ford...
THE CHALLENGE? Keeping a 22-year-old fund-raiser fresh while pleasing a sophisticated clientele-all without breaking the bank. The solution? Using a little savoir-faire...
EVERY WEDDING IS loaded with challenges, whether it's a hard-to-please bride, a remote site or transporting guests smoothly. For a weekend wedding on a small island off the coast of Los Angeles, Long Beach, California-based A Great Event greeted...