| Ever wanted to host the biggest bash of the year? | | | | all colors of the rainbow, balloons with curly ribbons |
| Making an event a memorable one takes careful | | | | can dress up a doorway in no time, and tinsel curtains |
| planning. It also doesn't hurt to have the right | | | | can add just a bit of glamour to the occasion. |
| connections to pull it off either. There are birthday | | | | Hiring a professional event planner to handle the |
| celebrations, holiday gatherings, and other | | | | event may seem like a luxury, but if you're able to |
| momentous occasions that call for an all out party, | | | | do it, time will be saved, and often they have lower |
| but it's perfectly acceptable to have one for your | | | | cost vendors to choose from. As an event planner in |
| own personal reasons as well. | | | | San Francisco, we can attest to that. Music and |
| Getting a new job, landing that promotion you | | | | decorations make up a large part of the bash, but |
| wanted, or simply looking for an excuse to gather a | | | | the food also plays a huge part in a truly successful |
| hundred of your closest friends together for the fun | | | | party. You can get very creative with not only the |
| of it, are all worthy causes for festivities. To be able | | | | type of food served, but also in the way it is |
| to fall into the category of being a bash, a party of | | | | presented. For instance, to save money, and keep a |
| this magnitude tends to include not only tons of | | | | more social environment, consider many kiosk tables, |
| friends, but music, food, and lots of excitement. | | | | and a mix of stationed and passed appetizers. This |
| If you have a large house and don't mind a lot of | | | | keeps the food coming from the very beginning, but |
| people traipsing in and out, then you won't have to | | | | saves on silverware, table and chair rentals. Add a |
| worry about looking for something to rent for the | | | | few low 30" rounds with chairs sprinkled around as |
| occasion. On the other hand, renting out a place to | | | | well for those who want/need to sit. |
| hold the bash will keep your home from being | | | | Sometimes a certain theme is focused on, such as |
| trashed with all the foot traffic and it will ultimately | | | | the Mediterranean or Latin American. The decorations |
| be easier to clean. Large venues also have the power | | | | and music will usually reflect this theme, but the food |
| requirements that a home often will not. | | | | should also. Decorating the table to accentuate the |
| Another perk to renting out a large area, such as a | | | | tasty morsels that have been created simply add to |
| hotel conference room or country club, is that there | | | | the appeal of each plate. Having the ability to come |
| will be plenty of space for a live band. People love | | | | up with food displays that are as pleasing to the eye |
| music at parties. Having a live band makes it so much | | | | as they are tasty takes careful thought. |
| more exciting. If there is room for a band to | | | | Being able to host the biggest bash of the year is |
| perform, then there is generally plenty of room for | | | | something that everyone should do at least once in |
| your friends to cut a rug as well. Dancing is the | | | | their lifetime. Once you've had one successful event, |
| ultimate crowd pleaser at most bashes. | | | | it will be easier to do it again later. They only seem |
| Decorations can be the highlight of the evening, | | | | to get better each time. As a San Francisco event |
| whether they are purchased or homemade. Confetti | | | | planner, we have had the privilege of having clients |
| comes in any shape imaginable and can be sprinkled | | | | out do each others' events year after year. |
| on the table tops, streamers are able to be found in | | | | |