Cinco De Mayo Recipes
Cinco de Mayo is a great time to make delicious foods and drink up on your favorite style of margaritas. Check out these recipes from All Recipes and enjoy!
Mother’s Day Brunch
Mother's Day is Sunday, May 10th 2015, which means it will be here before you know it. Plan something special this year and make her brunch! Here are some great recipes from Good Housekeeping, All Recipes and Epicurious. (Click the image to view the website.)
NFL Draft Townhttp://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000480120/article/draft-town-presented-by-oikos-triple-zero
Chicago is proud to be hosting the first ever, NFL Draft Town. The NFL Draft is typically held in New York City, but this year, they Chicago will be hosting the draft for the first time in nearly 50 years. And Chicago is pretty excited about it. The City is teaming...
Best Summer Event Venues
Here is a list of some really great venues to check out this summer. Click the title of each location to visit their website and learn more! LARGE SPACES Morgan Manufacturing Field Museum Moonlight Studios ACTIVITY & FUN FTW (For The Win) Ignite Glass Studios...
Read of the Month: Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth & Impact the World
The title (and the cover image) says it all. Get readin'! Available here at amazon.com
Cinco De Mayo Recipes
Cinco de Mayo is a great time to make delicious foods and drink up on your favorite style of margaritas. Check out these recipes from All Recipes and enjoy!
Mother’s Day Brunch
Mother's Day is Sunday, May 10th 2015, which means it will be here before you know it. Plan something special this year and make her brunch! Here are some great recipes from Good Housekeeping, All Recipes and Epicurious. (Click the image to view the website.)
NFL Draft Townhttp://www.nfl.com/news/story/0ap3000000480120/article/draft-town-presented-by-oikos-triple-zero
Chicago is proud to be hosting the first ever, NFL Draft Town. The NFL Draft is typically held in New York City, but this year, they Chicago will be hosting the draft for the first time in nearly 50 years. And Chicago is pretty excited about it. The City is teaming...
Best Summer Event Venues
Here is a list of some really great venues to check out this summer. Click the title of each location to visit their website and learn more! LARGE SPACES Morgan Manufacturing Field Museum Moonlight Studios ACTIVITY & FUN FTW (For The Win) Ignite Glass Studios...
Read of the Month: Bold: How to Go Big, Create Wealth & Impact the World
The title (and the cover image) says it all. Get readin'! Available here at amazon.com
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...
Crazy Successful
Just about every person has been through the "what are your strengths and weaknesses? What qualities do you have that will make you successful?" We ask ourselves this all the time. I love reading articles on successful people and observing exceptional, professional...
Make Chicago Your City for Destination Weddings
I'm not married nor have I ever been, but I have friends & acquaintances in the process. For most young women, the notion isn't far away. (As a huge Disney films fan, I say they started it.) Most people think about their ideal wedding long before they're ever...
Weekend Plans
Looking for something to do? One major event is the Chicago Blues Fest. (Learn More: http://www.chicagobluesguide.com/events/chgo-blues-fest/chgo-blues-fest-2012-page.html ) Want other ideas? Check out these websites: Chicago free: http://chicagofree.info/...
The NATO Effect
I do know it's a few weeks after the fact, but I figured everyone should settle down before we talked about it again. Preceding the event, most citizens seemed generally terrified, yet the whole time I couldn't help but feel a little bit excited. Some of this city's...
Pinterest-ing
Now that I've started this blog I've started exploring the internet world behind event planning much more heavily and I keep coming across the same thing: use Pinterest! I'd seen it on my facebook time & time again and finally signed up for it, trying to figure...
New To The City? Things To Know
Each city has it's thing, stuff the locals know and any good traveler does too. Chicago is no exception to that. If you are new to the city, here are some things you should know, ESPECIALLY if you are planning an event here. Chicago is a convention city. All cities...
One Way To Minimize Conflict: Know Who You’re Working With
Everyone always talks about communication in those boring seminars you go to that seem to point out the obvious while giving you an excuse not to be at work. Yes, we all need to communicate -- write down details, follow through, tell people things -- the basics....
The First Step In Event Planning: Get Organized
There are all kinds of events out there -- social, weddings, corporate, charitable, etc. So the first thing you need to do when you know you're having an event is to organize it properly. While that sounds obvious, you'd be surprised how fast things can get...
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