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My life has been blessed with great clients and party hosts. One of my clients is a large corporation, who trusts me to book entertainers (face painters and balloon artists) into Grand Openings of newly rebranded stores up and down the East Coast. Since I have a large network of painty and twisty peeps, I… Continue reading →

When I was a young mother I used to love having the families in our neighborhood over for parties. Not just the parents, who I rarely saw outside of school concerts, picking up our “walkers” for late day activities, or cheering on our kids at sporting events. But also the kids, who did not get that… Continue reading →

I raised my son as a single mom, and some of the best times we had were his birthday parties. Recently, while talking to other single parents, I realized that although it is hard for all single parents, it seems to be especially difficult for single dads to host parties for their kids. Birthdays are… Continue reading →

T’is the Season of goblins and ghouls. I just visited the local Spirit Halloween shop, and was appalled by the centerpieces that sat front and center in the store. All I was looking for was a sheriff’s badge, but after passing corpses, full-size Pennywise mannequins from “IT” and an entire display dedicated to zombie babies… Continue reading →

Last night I attended a networking event for ILEA Cleveland, the International Live Events Association {side note,we used to be called ISES, for the International Society of Event Specialists, but we needed to change that…eek). This event was designed to kick off our new programming year, and as such, there was a certain ‘electricity’ in… Continue reading →