JERRY NEHUS, PRESIDENT of Los Angeles-based L.A. Party Rents, remembers well the magnitude 6.7 earthquake that rocked L.A. on Jan. 17, 1994 — that's how he became president of L.A. Party Rents...
AS PRODUCER OF the Academy Awards Governors Ball for the past 15 years, Culver City, Calif.-based Sequoia Productions is no stranger to high-stakes events in Los Angeles. After all, the ball draws not just an annual A-list of celebrity guests, but...
ALTHOUGH NO HARD data is available, “Anecdotally, we've seen an increase in weekend weddings,” says Association of Bridal Consultants president Gerard J. Monaghan. The rise in weekend weddings dovetails with the rise in destination weddings — 40...
FOR MY MOTHER, it was people who congratulate the bride (the groom is the lucky one!) and guests who bring gifts to the reception. For me, it's bridesmaids in black (still can't get used to it) and couples who insist on having their dogs walk down...
FOR 22 OF the last 24 years, Tom Gifford played a role in the southern California rental institution that is Abbey Event Services. Indeed, Gifford — who arrived in Los Angeles from his native Washington state as a self-described “farm kid” —...
Want to make sure that your mail avoids the circular file? Send it in a cloth envelope, a new product from Traverse City, Mich.-based Cloth Envelope Co. Made from 100 percent stiffened cotton that is U.S. Postal Service-approved, the envelopes are...
IT'S NOT ENOUGH for today's wedding cakes simply to look the part — they must also taste as beautiful as they look. “The overall trend is that there's a large expectation now that the filling inside the wedding cake is well-made,” says Mike...
Keep even the smallest guests happy on the big day with children's wedding products from Santa Barbara, Calif.-based Paper Posie. The kid-friendly product line includes the Flower Girl Tea Party Kit, which contains invitations, place settings and...