Easy, Fancy Valentine’s Day Dinner Ideas
MAKE A FABULOUS MEAL Forget to make a reservation? Or perhaps you'd rather not be bothered by the restaurant crowds with your special someone. Either way, surprise your significant other this Valentine's Day with an amazing, home-cooked meal. There are a variety of...
Building Your Catering Business: How to Work with Event Professionals (An Article from Foodtruckr.com)
This fantastic article from foodtruckr.com is a quick guide for any future caterer, and a good inside read for event planners. It helps to keep yourself fresh on both perspectives, regardless of what side of the field you are on. At the end of the day, you need to...
Valentine’s Day Cocktails
This year, skip the sweets and go right for the good stuff. Regardless of how you choose to spend Valentine's day, there's no reason not to make your beverages festive. Click the links to get recipes from Liquor.com, HGTV, AboutFood, and Saveur and get a little sexy...
Read of the Month: #GirlBoss
While the title of this book may scream to you "Girls Only!" I assure you that this fast-paced book is a must read for everyone. I confess that I myself am officially obsessed with this book! It's the perfect incentive to keep up with your New Year's Resolutions. ...
Prepare for the 2015 Super Bowl XLIX with these 8 Great Food Recipes
The 49th Annual Super Bowl is coming up on February 1st and you know what that means: Food! Here are some easy recipes from the Food Network that will be sure to be a winner for everyone on your game day team. (Click the images below to get the recipe.) Mac N Cheese...
Easy, Fancy Valentine’s Day Dinner Ideas
MAKE A FABULOUS MEAL Forget to make a reservation? Or perhaps you'd rather not be bothered by the restaurant crowds with your special someone. Either way, surprise your significant other this Valentine's Day with an amazing, home-cooked meal. There are a variety of...
Building Your Catering Business: How to Work with Event Professionals (An Article from Foodtruckr.com)
This fantastic article from foodtruckr.com is a quick guide for any future caterer, and a good inside read for event planners. It helps to keep yourself fresh on both perspectives, regardless of what side of the field you are on. At the end of the day, you need to...
Valentine’s Day Cocktails
This year, skip the sweets and go right for the good stuff. Regardless of how you choose to spend Valentine's day, there's no reason not to make your beverages festive. Click the links to get recipes from Liquor.com, HGTV, AboutFood, and Saveur and get a little sexy...
Read of the Month: #GirlBoss
While the title of this book may scream to you "Girls Only!" I assure you that this fast-paced book is a must read for everyone. I confess that I myself am officially obsessed with this book! It's the perfect incentive to keep up with your New Year's Resolutions. ...
Prepare for the 2015 Super Bowl XLIX with these 8 Great Food Recipes
The 49th Annual Super Bowl is coming up on February 1st and you know what that means: Food! Here are some easy recipes from the Food Network that will be sure to be a winner for everyone on your game day team. (Click the images below to get the recipe.) Mac N Cheese...
Simple Summer Treat: Haagen Dasz with Berries
One of my favorite desserts is Haagen Dasz Vanilla Bean Ice Cream with Berries. Not only is it delicious but it creates a colorful & flavorful display that can be as simple or elegant as you'd like. The difference? How you present it. I chose to display this...
Drink Hopping
This weekend my aunt came to town and we ended up going from fancy restaurant to fancy hotel restaurant/bar/lounge/roof-garden getting a drink at each place. It's a great way to experience a city! We went to The Drake, Nomi @ Park Hyatt, The Peninsula, RL, &...
Make Any Event Amazing with BBJ
In case you didn't know, BBJ is at the top of table design & linen service in the city of Chicago. If you ask about it, most event planners in Chicago bring up their name. I had the privilege of getting some really great information from Executive Sales Manager,...
Photos & Blogs
Check out these great tips on how to use photos in your blog from Cvent. http://blog.Cvent.com/blog/jenise-fryatt-bio/7-tips-for-using-photos-in-event-blog-posts
Chicago’s New Speakeasy – Untitled 111
Many still correlate Chicago first and foremost with the notorious Al Capone. As such, midwesterners are all too familiar with the Speakeasy notion. So if you're looking for somewhere original and classy to go, check out Untitled 111 located at 111 W Kinzie Street...
Work Meeting Fun
I'm not saying everyone has to have this much color-filled, choreographed fun at your next job meeting, but it is important that work-related events be considered as important as client events. After all, if no one is there to work for your clients you wouldn't have...
Good PR for a Closed Event
I am working on the PR committee for a charity event with the Greater Chicago Food Depository (http://www.chicagosfoodbank.org/), an incredible organization that helps feed not just homeless people, but hungry people in the Chicago Area and over 20 of the top...
Unique Catering with Paramount Events
Once you have a roof over your head (aka a venue), the second-most important thing is the food. We've all experience a bad cafeteria or mass-produced food that tastes second-rate, even at a nice event. It's important to impress your guests and make...
Laugh This Weekend
In case you happened not to know, Conan's been at the Chicago Theater all this week for his Late Night show. TBS has also featured a string of comedians to entertain us with greats like Aziz Ansari and Sarah Silverman. It started on Tuesday but you can still get you...
Vendors Vs Planners
I just reviewed a great discussion on LinkedIn about Vendors & Planners and better way to interact. The common theme seemed to be communication is key! There were people from both sides who were passionate about this. The other common discussion was that errors...