Engage!14, the luxury-wedding business summit, offered up some charming camp ideas suitable for outdoor parties. Held in Avon, Colorado, June 1 to 4, the event included “tent talks,” where speakers including Colin Cowie hosted small groups for informal discussions over a picnic lunch inside tents provided by Shelter Company.
The speaker stage featured a woodsy curtain backdrop, leather seating, and a pop of hot pink flowers.
An easy-to-eat lollipop version of campfire s'mores was offered during the event’s dessert party.
At Austin's booze-centric event at Fair Market on June 21, even the cupcakes came with liquor. Blue Note Bakery provided the treats in chocolate and lavender flavors, and syringes of tequila and gin were inserted into the frosting. The bakery refers to the treats as "poppers."
The nonprofit organization held its annual New York dinner at the American Museum of Natural History last week. The event had a bohemian vibe replete with tables and chairs covered in custom batik prints; centerpieces were locally grown orchids in rough-hewn crates. Barkley Kalpak was the event producer, and Rebecca Gardner of Houses and Parties was the designer.
The Toronto-based company hosted its annual "Mad Hot Ballet" fund-raiser on June 11. Inspired by its production of Cinderella, the ballet gave its bash a fairytale-inspired theme, and the color pink was everywhere. Prop cherry blossom trees flanked either side of the DJ booth, which had a sign that read "Spellbound." The event also had pink drinks and snacks, including doughnuts topped with rosy frosting.
The May 13 fund-raiser took place at New York's Plaza Hotel, and the college wanted the centerpieces to make a big splash. Accordingly, Patt Glenn Productions created paper daffodils that ranged from three to six feet tall. The springy works were auctioned off after the benefit, and proceeds went toward cancer research.
On May 21, the fund-raiser for the children's chorus was held at Vibiana in downtown Los Angeles. In the past, members of the chorus hand-wrote thank-you notes for the guests, but this year featured a twist: The young singers recorded their thank-you messages onto videos that were loaded onto iPads and placed at each table.
For an unusual corporate retreat venue, the Roxbury Hotel and Spa in the Catskill Mountains in New York offers a unique setting. Each of the 28 guest rooms, kitchenettes, and suites features theme decor inspired by a TV show or movie from the 1960s and '70s—from The Flintstones to Saturday Night Fever.
On June 18, the Greater Miami Convention and Visitors Bureau and Current Lifestyle Marketing placed a vending machine in the middle of Times Square in New York. Intended to promote the city's new “Miami Summer Deals” initiative, the machine provided personalized prizes for passerby. A child, for example, might have received a small T-shirt.
