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Saturday, March 5, 2011
Who Came First Make Up Artist Mari O'Conner Or Lady GaGa?
In MY Book Mari O'Conner!
Mari's Photo By Christian Oth
Friday, March 4, 2011
The 21st Century Bride
My Good Friends Robert Allen And Holli Ehrlich of The Wedding Pod Cast Network have created this amazing Workshop
to be held on March 28 2011 AS A LIVE WEBCAST OR Join them In Person in EAST RUTHERFORD, NJ
Treat yourself to a business changing experience, away from the day to day challenges of your wedding related business. Tap into your own creativity, explore the big picture and focus on growth. Industry experts like Alan Berg, Andy Ebon, Chris Jaeger, Brian Lawrence and Robert Allen will help you examine the marketing strategies needed to best attract the 21st Century Bride. In one day, you will receive a total refresher course on how to build a strong personal brand, what traditional methods are still relevant and the best ways to use them, and the newest web and social media ideas... all vital to sustaining your future in the wedding industry. The Speakers Include
Robert Allen
Founder & Executive Producer, Wedding Podcast Network State of the Wedding Business Giving Voice to Your Brand Read Bio
Alan Berg
VP, The Knot, Market Intelligence Components of a Successful Website Closing the Sale... The Missing Link Read Bio
Phil Cantor
Founder Phil Cantor Photography A Picture Speaks a Thousand Words Read Bio
Anne Chertoff
Editor-in-Chief, aisledash.com Blogging Best Practices Read Bio
David Ciccolella
Founder, President and CEO, WedAlert.com Read Bio
Christine Dyer
Founder, BridalTweet Wedding Community; Social Media Expert and Wedding Marketing Consultant Effective Social Media Marketing Strategies Read Bio
Andy Ebon
Speaker, Writer, Consultant, The Wedding Marketing Network & EBS Virtual Facebook for Wedding Professionals Read Bio
Dina Eisenberg
Attorney & Communications Strategist, PositivelyWed.com Who Wants a Hassle-Free Contract? Read Bio
Holli Ehrlich
Founder & Marketing Director, Wedding Podcast Network Moderator Read Bio
Tiffany Graeff
SVP & Group Planning Director Saatchi & Saatchi New York The Emotional Power of Brands & Brides Read Bio
Chris Jaeger
Founder MarketingtoBridesOnline & ChrisJaegerConsulting SEO Best Practices Read Bio
Erik Kent
Co-Publisher, NJWedding.com Networking Strategies Read Bio
Brian Lawrence
Founder, Local Traffic Builder How to Use Your Website Design to Build Your Brand Taking the Internet High Road Read Bio
Shane McMurray
CEO & Founder of The Wedding Report, Inc.
Understanding How to Price Your Services Read Bio
Stephanie and Jeff Padovani
Co-founders, Book More Brides Selling the Bride using the Instant Connection Technique Read Bio
Vanessa Ploski
Partner and Creative Director, Local Traffic Builder Get a Private Website Consultation
Sign up in advance by clicking here. Space is limited. Read Bio
Tom Quiner
President, Breakthrough Marketing, Inc. Direct Mail Today Read Bio
Ken "Bosco" Rabasco
Founder, Bosco's Bridal Fashion Show & Expo Bridal Show Success Read Bio
Tim Ryan
Founder, Treasured Memories
YouTube for YOU Read Bio
Amy Wilkins
Senior Vice President, Publisher, Martha Stewart Weddings
Understanding the 21st Century Bride Read Bio
http://www.the21stcenturybride.com
www.weddingpodcastnetwork.com
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
he Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum,Show. Set in Style: The Jewelry of Van Cleef & Arpels
The Cooper-Hewitt, National Design Museum,Show. Set in Style: The Jewelry of Van Cleef & Arpels has the WOW Factor!
Since its opening on the Place Vendôme in Paris in 1906, Van Cleef & Arpels has played a leading role in style and design innovation. Its timeless pieces have been worn by style icons including the Duchess of Windsor, Grace Kelly and Elizabeth Taylor. This exhibition will explore the historical significance of the firm's contributions to jewelry design in the 20th century, including the establishment of Van Cleef & Arpels in New York with the advent of World War II. On view will be more than 350 works including jewels, timepieces, fashion accessories and objets d'art by Van Cleef & Arpels, many of which were created exclusively for the American market. The exhibition will examine the work through the lenses of innovation, transformation, nature as inspiration, exoticism, fashion and personalities, and will include design drawings from the Van Cleef & Arpels archives.
A amazing Collection. On thru June 5th 2011
www.cooperhewitt.org/exhibitions/set-in-style
March is Irish Heritage Month in Newport
The Parade Date for the 55th Annual Parade is Saturday March 12, 2011. It will leave City Hall at 11:00am.
Following their annual tradition, the St. Patrick's Parade Committee has announced the 2011 Grand Marshal to be Ray Lynch Jr. Once again their honor is being bestowed on a Hibernian brother. Ray is a third generation member of our division. He is also a member of the AOH Pipes & Drums. Ray is a teacher at Cluny School. Congratulations Ray!
Click here for more information on the parade and the 4th Annual St. Patrick's Day Family Celebration.
Lunch at Hibernian Hall
Looking for a nice place to dine? We are open to the public for lunch at the hall every Thursday, Friday, Saturday, and holiday Mondays. Alan and his crew are available to cater other events at the hall.
www.newportirish.com
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Correction DAR & Dames are different, similar organization.
"The Daughters of the American Revolution are DAR... Separate organization is The Colonial Dames of America, the oldest women's genealogical society in America (1890) and we are Dames, as are members of The National Society of Colonial Dames, which is a different, similar organization."
Thanks
Cathleen Elizabeth Springhorn
There is nothing like a Dame...The Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden
I met up with two Daughters of the American Revolution, other wise know as "Dames" last night at the National Arts Club.
They invited to be come a member of the Garden Circle!
I'm so looking forward to helping out this New York historical treasure.
And yes, you can have your wedding here!
The Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden presents the period of the Mount Vernon Hotel which operated from 1826 until 1833. Constructed in 1799 as a carriage house for a 23-acre estate, and converted into the Mount Vernon Hotel in 1826, this stone building sits on land originally owned by Colonel William Stephens Smith, and his wife Abigail Adams Smith, daughter of John Adams.
This fashionable country resort was popular among New Yorkers who wished to escape the hustle and bustle of the city which at that time extended only as far north as 14th Street. The Hotel advertised itself as “free from the noise and dust of the public roads, and fitted up and intended for only the most genteel and respectable” clientele. In those days, one could take the stagecoach or steamboat up to 61st street and spend the day at the hotel sipping lemonade in the ladies parlor or playing cards in the gentlemen’s tavern.
In 1833, the house became the home for three generations of a New York City family. In 1905, as the area became more industrialized, the building was purchased by Standard Gas Light Company (today’s Con Edison). The Colonial Dames of America, a woman’s patriotic society purchased the building in 1924. After extensive restoration to the structure, the Colonial Dames opened the site to the public in 1939. The building endures as a rare reminder of an important era in New York City’s history.
Mount Vernon Hotel Museum & Garden
421 East 61st Street
New York, NY 10065
212 838-6878.
www.mvhm.org
Monday, February 28, 2011
Nancy Swiezy Events And Suger Flower Cake Shop Join Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Spring Gala
I'm very honored to have been invited to design a table for The Lenox Hill Neighborhood House Spring Gala Celebration. A charity event showcasing NY's finest designers.
Joining me Is Amy DeGiulio of Suger Flower Cake Shop.
We will be Co-Designing a table together !
The 2011 Spring Gala will be on Wednesday
April 20th at Cipriani 42nd St.
This is the Inspiration for our table.
Sunday, February 27, 2011
Well Wed The Hamptons
Nancy Swiezy Events is proud to be included in Well Well The Hampton Issue this year!
A Hampton Affaire www.ahamptonaffaire.com
Nancy Swiezy Events www.nancyswiezyevents.com
Saturday, February 26, 2011
Would Your Get Married In NYC's Longacre Theater ? Kelsey Grammer Did!
For Newport Brides check out;
Fire House Theatre http://www.firehousetheater.org
Newports Opera House http://www.operahousetheater.org
And Jane Pickens Theatre http://http://www.janepickens.com
A interesting alternate to a traditional house of worship!
Friday, February 25, 2011
Thursday, February 24, 2011
The Royal Wedding Cake Recipe?
This is the famous " SCRIPTURE” cake, other wise known as Fruit Cake!
Ingredients
1/2 cup butter, Judges 5:25
1 1/2 cups white sugar, Jeremiah 6:20
3 eggs, Isaiah 10:14
2 cups all-purpose flour, 1 Kings 4:22
2 teaspoons baking powder, Luke 13:21
1 teaspoon ground cinnamon, 1 Kings 10:10
1 teaspoon ground mace, 1 Kings 10:10
1 teaspoon ground cloves, 1 Kings 10:10
1/2 teaspoon salt, Leviticus 2:13
1/2 cup water, Genesis 43:24
1 tablespoon honey, Proverbs 24:13
1 cup figs, 1 Samuel 30:11
1 cup raisins, 1 Samuel 30:11
1/2 cup almonds, Genesis 43:11
Directions
Blend butter, sugar, spices and salt. Beat egg yolks and add. Sift in baking powder and flour, then add water and honey.
Put fruit and nuts through food processor and flour well. Fold in stiffly beaten egg whites.
Pour into a 13 x 9-inch pan and bake at 375 degrees F (190 degrees C) for one hour.
Tuesday, February 22, 2011
Uluvka is a Royal Inspired Polish Vodka Thats HOT in London
U'Luvka Vodka is an award-winning blend of wheat, rye and barley crafted from a legendary recipe dating from 17th Century Poland. A Gold-medal winner time and again, it has a deliciously elegant and smooth texture. It’s lightly buttery with impressive sweet, savoury and spicy flavours; anise -seed freshness followed by a long vibrant grain finish.
U’Luvka Vodka is inspired by the 17th Century Polish Royal Court. Legend has it that in 1603, King Sigismund III of Poland commissioned the famous alchemist Sendivogius to develop a vodka of the finest purity and quality to be enjoyed by his royal court all night long, yet leave them feeling good with just pleasant memories the next day!
This might be a good fit for Prince William's Bachelor Party!
And yes the bottles can be engraved with a message like:
Will you marry me?
Click on the photo to see the message to Kate and Will!
www.uluvka.com
Queen Elizabeth he asked her grandson, "At what point do you stop being trendy and start being realistic?
"Are you going to cycle to the Abbey?"
As I first reported on the E! TV network, those were the Queen's first words to Prince William when she phoned him shortly after Clarence House tweeted the royal wedding details last week. My contacts at the palace were in the room when the Queen called William on his mobile, and read him the royal riot's act over the latest announcements.
She was absolutely livid as she asked her grandson, "At what point do you stop being trendy and start being realistic?"
Her Majesty didn't bother to hide her anger after hearing that William had made wedding plans without consulting with her. After all, she is paying the bulk of the wedding costs. First was the news that Kate will travel to the Abbey by car - perhaps to cut down on expenses. This is a departure from the tradition of the bride arriving at the church in a horse-drawn glass coach. Princess Alexandra was the last royal bride to travel by car to her Westminster Abbey wedding in 1963, but that was because she left from Kensington Palace (the Kent's London home), and it was too great a distance for a carriage procession to the Abbey.
However, as the Queen points out, it will actually cost more to use a car than to use the carriage, when you consider the fuel costs and so on. By contrast, the horse carriages and the Household Cavalry guards are going to be on duty anyway on the wedding day, so it doesn't cost anything extra for Kate to ride in a carriage to the Abbey.
The argument that Kate will be traveling by car due to safety and security concerns isn't convincing since William also announced that both he and his bride will ride in an open carriage to Buckingham Palace after the ceremony. Similarly, Kate's reported allergy to horses can't be the reason for the use of a car instead of the enclosed glass coach since she is leaving the Abbey in a horse-drawn carriage.
The main source of the Queen's displeasure is the wedding breakfast reception at Buckingham Palace. This is usually a sit-down meal (actually a lunch) for around 130 people, consisting of family and close friends. When the proposal for it to be a buffet reception was brought up, the Queen only said that she will consider the idea. Now William has announced it before her official approval.
To add insult to injury, it was also released that hundreds more in the Abbey congregation will make their way to the palace after the ceremony. The Queen is reportedly questioning why she is holding such a huge reception in her home for loads of people she doesn't even know. The monarch doesn't particularly care for buffets anyway, and when Prince Edward organized a buffet reception after his own wedding in 1999, the Queen arranged for Prince Philip, the Queen Mum and herself to be served a sit-down meal.
Prince Charles is said to host a private dinner and dance at the palace on the evening of the wedding. What many people don't realize is that Buckingham Palace only has one kitchen set up for formal occasions. Even with all the staff and help, it will take hours to set up the wedding breakfast reception. So by the time that reception is finished at around 3:30 in the afternoon, all the fine china and crystal have to be cleared, hand-washed, and reset, and then another multi-course meal prepared for several hundred more guests just a few hours later for dinner. Logistically, it will be a nightmare. That is why in the past, the wedding dinner receptions were held at a hotel.
While Charles and William undoubtedly mean well, the fact is neither of them has ever organized a royal wedding before, and really has no idea what's involved. In fact, the planning for Charles' own wedding to Camilla Parker-Bowles in 2005 became so disorganized, the Queen finally lost her patience and indicated that either she's making the wedding arrangements, or there won't be a wedding at all.
With decades of experience under her belt, all occasions that Her Majesty attends are planned with skilled precision, and run like clock-work. The Queen has now instructed that one person from William's team of aides at Clarence House, who had been organizing the wedding, be sent over to Buckingham Palace. This means that William and Kate will still have input, but it's the Queen and her Buckingham Palace aides who are effectively taking over the planning of the wedding.
While the Queen is William's grandmother, she is also his sovereign, and she's decidedly "not amused" at how things have been handled so far. Watch for changes to the royal wedding details as we countdown to April 29.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com
Monday, February 21, 2011
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