New Friends and Old Favorites

On May 17th I observed and helped out with a charity fundraiser for Children’s Hospital.  Niki and her staff with Blue Danube Productions showed me how they trouble shoot various audio/visual problems as they arise and I was also able to network with the event planner Christine Leahy.  The event featured a current Children’s Hospital patient, the group Steves Songs and over 100 enthusiastic children who had a blast singing and dancing to the music.

The May meeting of the Association of Bridal Consultants (ABC) was held at Newcastle Golf Course.  The meeting had a fun twist for all involved by being an actual wedding for a deserving military couple.  Two highlights for those couples planning their wedding:

1. Don’t be afraid of seafood! We were served Chilian Sea Bass, which is the first time I’ve ever had it, and it was AMAZING. And I’m not the biggest fish fan either.

2. Couple Q&A. As an ABC member I had never met the couple, but myself and the rest of the members in attendance couldn’t stop laughing as the couple answered important questions such as “who snores the loudest” and “who’s the most frugal?” The Q&A was a definitely fun addition to the reception and gave the guests a good insight into the couple.

This past Saturday, May 31st I had the pleasure of working with the staff of Tony’s Catering for a wedding at the Fairview Club.  The couple chose the beautiful and bold colors of navy blue and orange balanced with ivory.  The couple also decided to have a 4-tier wedding cake with one tier being carrot cake, a Focus Events favorite

Check out these photos from the reception below:

 

Stay tuned for details about lunch at Ruth’s Chris Steakhouse in downtown Seattle as well as a tasting at 12 Baskets Catering in Kirkland.

Good Food, Good Company

What a crazy week. Monday started off with coffee with Angela Shen, the owner of Savor Seattle Food Tour (see last week post for more information). Angela is such a fabulous woman and a great person to network with. It is always wonderful to talk with other business owners and share ideas and information. Thanks to Angela I have a few more business connections that I can hopefully utilize as I continue to grow my business.

I wrapped up Monday evening with the monthly Washington Association of Bridal Consultants meeting. The meeting was held at the Lake Union Yacht Club, a beautiful setting with a water view. Prop Gallery really enhanced the space using sheer fabric draped across the ceiling and Ravishing Radish provided a great selection of food plus we had yummy cupcakes from Trophy Cupcakes. And of course all of the folks in the wedding industry are always great to catch up with and see how their years are lining up.

Wednesday evening was spent with clients at a great tasting provided the Landmark Convention Center in downtown Tacoma. The food was really great, especially a pasta station where you picked the pasta and sauce and they heated it up right there. Then they had a dessert station where they were making banana foster and cherry jubilee sauces to go over ice cream. It was fabulous to watch and delicious. They had 3 foot flames at one point while flambeing the liquors.

My clients are having their wedding on the Roof Garden which is a huge deck and beautiful view of the south Puget Sound. An excellent location for their summer wedding. Below are a few pictures from the Landmark.

 

Stay tuned next week for pictures and details from a wedding I will be coordinating on Saturday at the DAR House on Capitol Hill.

A Day to Savor

On Saturday, my husband and I went on a Savor Seattle Food Tour through Pike Place Market. Savor Seattle was started last year by Angela Shen who I met when she was just getting started. I held on to her information since the tour sounded really cool and recently got around to booking one.

Let me start by saying the tour was amazing! And it just happened to be the best weather day ever with temperatures getting into the 70s! I won’t go into full detail about the tour because you really have to experience it yourself but it runs about 2 hours and you get samples from 9 different locations throughout the market (sometimes multiple samples from the same place). Our tour guide Tim was funny and full of facts and history about the market (not to mention he knows all of the vendors and owners at the market). Everyone wears a small headphone so that you can hear Tim talk as we walk through the market. It made all of the difference to be able to hear him crystal clear in such a busy and loud space. 

Below are some pictures from the tour and the yummy samples – beverages, desserts, spices, cheese and dishes – plenty to keep me full until dinner. I’m looking forward to their future Belltown and International District Tours and would definitely go on the Pike Place tour again.

Stay tuned next week for news from the Association of Bridal Consultants Meeting and a tasting at the Landmark in Tacoma.