Oscar Event Center, Destiny Yacht, and the Art of Entertaining events

This week has begun the season of holiday parties and I was invited to two! On Wednesday night, the Oscar Event Center invited me to their open house. The facility, located next to Jungle Jim's on Route 4 in Hamilton, is beautiful and seats up to 500 guests. They served up their entire menu on the buffet which included beef tenderloin (very good!), filet, chicken picatta, Italian chicken, turkey, tilapia (very good!), just to name a few, a variety of hors devoures and cake for dessert. There are also two breakout rooms in the back. Pictures from the facility are below -- if you are interested in booking it contact Dianna Hood at (513) 674-6055 or dhood@junglejims.com. I took these photos with my cell phone so the quality isn't the best.

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The second party was a Christmas Party hosted last night by Images by Daniel Michael, a photography studio that we work with quite a bit. A few planners and I were invited to attend. It was held on the Destiny Yacht, which seats between 50 to 70 guests. It's a great place to host a small wedding or a rehearsal dinner. For more information visit their website, call 513-921-3210 or destinyyacht@fuse.net. Below is a photo of me, Dawn Dagenbach and Heidi Pasqualetti, who were also at the event. They are two other wedding planners in Cincinnati who I've known for years and simply adore! If you're considering a wedding planner, make sure that you choose someone who is a member of the Association of Bridal Consultants and that has been in the business for a few years.


Before I left for California, our local networking group for the Association of Bridal Consultants hosted an event at The Art of Entertaining in Oakley. The food, in particular the presentation, was amazing! We had a pumpkin soup, a beautiful salad with cranberries. The chef focused on the latest trends in signature cocktails and cocktail infusions for weddings and even offered us a variety of recipes of some of the things we tasted! You can take cooking classes there. as well You can host a wedding rehearsal dinner or reception for up to 120 people here. If I had a baby shower to host, I'd definitely consider this place. You can contact Don or Julie to book. (Sorry, no pixs from this one!)

This is the time of year when things slow down a bit as far as having a wedding every weekend to execute so we can catch up with vendors and vacation. Our next wedding isn't scheduled until November 29 at the Hilton Netherland so we have a few weeks to breathe. As you know I just got back from California. On Tuesday, I leave to visit family in Tucson for a week. In addition to visiting family there, I plan to catch up with Shawnda (the former catering manager at the Freedom Center) and Kim Horn (AZ's ABC state coordinator and new Master Bridal Consultant.)

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