I admit I love the beginning of the new year. I am a “resolutions” person. Every year I resolve to exercise more, drink less, read more, write more, take more time for myself … yada yada yada. Well, this year I am adding a new one to the list — s...
CAREFUL planning has its place, but being in the right place at the right time is also helpful. Just ask Billinda Wilkinson of San Antonio-based Wilkinson Rhodes, the company hired as producer for a 600-guest bash celebrating a San Antonio debuta...
A lush oasis welcomed 450 tired guests of a corporate incentive program to the Ritz-Carlton Lake Las Vegas Resort in April. Dania, Fla.-based Designs by Sean, producers of the Gala Award-nominated event, provided the hotel lobby's restful, green...
FORMAL dinners have old-school flair, but how do you serve them to the food-savvy fun-seekers who make up today's special event clientele? By incorporating lighthearted elements while still retaining the evening's sense of gravitas. In fact, most...
Don't say the “p” word to Addi Somekh — “pop” is verboten for one who entertains with whimsical balloons. Somekh wows crowds at bar/bat mitzvahs, corporate events and birthday celebrations for any age with balloon art; he fashions balloons into e...
Ford funeral plans underway At press time, planners are still at work finalizing funeral services for President Gerald R. Ford, who died late yesterday. Although the family has yet to give its final approval, insiders expect that his body will lie...
Torrance, Calif.-based Aztec Tents announced last week that owner Chuck Miller will resume his full-time role as company president and will resign his post as president of Classic Tents, the event rental outlet he has overseen for the past 13 mon...
The wait at airport security checkpoints may get shorter thanks the U.S. Transportation Security Administration's recent greenlighting of a new shoe-scanning technology. The Wall Street Journal reports that the approval will give a boost to TSA's...
Prompted by rising concern about the health risks of trans fats, Loews Hotels announced Friday that it will ban all artificial trans fats by June 1 in its 18 hotels and resorts in the U.S. and Canada. The ban applies to all restaurants, room...