FOOD stations are the ultimate tasting menu, allowing guests to sample regional ingredients, a bride and groom's favorite dish or eclectic ethnic cuisines, all at a single event. And while delicious dishes are the top priority, the best stations ...
MIAMI is known for many things: international cuisine, sizzling beaches and the trendy South Beach club scene. It was the club vibe that her client, a New York-based private equity investment firm, sought for a mid-May company party for 50 employ...
GALA Awards entries are due Sept. 9 — how can you help make your entry a winner? Try thinking like a Gala judge. Here are six important points to keep in mind:
PUT THE PROPER ELEMENTS IN THE PROPER ORDER. Each judge reviews nearly 100 entries j...
I'M no techno geek, but I can't imagine going back to creating magazines the way it was done when I started as an editor. Today, an article — including full-color photography — can move from my desk to the art director to the printer as an approv...
ONCE a performer himself, Douglas Johnson now heads up Entertainment Plus Productions, a 10-year-old Los Angeles-based full-service entertainment production company that has provided entertainment for this year's Grammy Awards after-party and MGM...
WHAT is the No. 1 request technical pros ask from their event planner clients? Hands down, the answer is time.
“Time, being a commodity in short supply for all of us, has a direct relationship to the success — both in smoothness of execution and...
Looking to spice up food presentation? Consider the Presentationware line of acrylic platters from Santa Monica, Calif.-based The Ultimate Spread. The handmade platters come in playful designs including apples, hearts and wine bottles, as well as...
WHAT started out as a low-key Academy Awards night house party with a passing of the hat to raise cash for AIDS sufferers has become one of San Francisco's premier benefit events. Along with transformation of the humble hat into a high-end auctio...