The melting pot cooks for caterers In the United States, nearly 8 percent of residents are foreign-born. As a result, a "traditional" wedding feast could include anything from chicken breast and wedding cake to dim sum and shark fin soup...
WHILE MANY special event professionals are just starting to agonize over plans for New Year's Eve 1999, event producer Harith Wickrema can relax. That's because he staged his millen-nium blowout for a corporate client five months ago. And it wasn...
ASK BUSINESS PEOPLE across the country about "Y2K"-a.k.a. "the millennium bug"-and reactions range from an Alfred E. Neumanesque "What, me worry?" to Henny Penny's "The sky is falling!" ...
FOR A RECENT Star Wars-themed party, Los Angeles-based Poko Event Productions used the force to create an out-of-this-world experience-the creative force, that is...
Robin Kring's Storybook Weddings-A Guide to Fun and Romantic Theme Weddings covers all aspects of theme weddings, including invitations, dress, decor, entertainment and menus. Fifty themes are featured, among them a wedding in Camelot, a Roaring ...
The latest flash for the upcoming New Year's Eve celebration: The single-use, 35-mm Greeting Camera adds a banner featuring a millennium greeting and a customized corporate logo to each photo it takes. Contact Fairworld at 800/441-3028; e-mail...
The Big Apple is home to a big prop warehouse: Eclectic/Encore Props. The 75,000-square-foot warehouse displays props for Egyptian, carnival, jungle scene, cigar lounge, haunted house, French parlor, '50s diner, nautical, Victorian, wedding decor...
DOLLARS AND SENSE "Make sure your cash-flow projections are well-padded, and do not live off your client's deposits. Better to get your bank to give you a line of credit for those gap periods. Nothing stresses like waiting for a check." ...