I recently attended a wedding which I haven’t done in a while. We’re at the age where all of our friends are married, remarried, divorced, or sadly widowed. Our kids are also married; some remarried, some divorced. We are waiting on the grandkids for the next wave of weddings and our granddaughter just turned oneContinue reading “Modern Take on a Memorable Event”
Category Archives: hospitality
From Too Much to Just Right
Planning sensory-friendly events can open up a whole new world for both attendees and host organizations. Events like this are designed to be intentionally less stimulating to the senses. Vanderbilt University did an amazing job at creating a Neurodiversity & Sensory-Friendly Event Guide for those who are interested. In it they state “It is estimatedContinue reading “From Too Much to Just Right”
It Depends
To quote the character M. Gustave H from the movie The Grand Budapest Hotel, “Of course it depends, of course it depends…” I was at a FAM recently (a familiarization trip) and the theme for the trip was “it depends.” The ambiguous answers from host venues were less than helpful. Of course their final answersContinue reading “It Depends”
Beyond the Parking Lot
Here in the US as the weather gets nicer, in parking lots all over the Midwest, especially at burger joints and ice cream stands, you will come across a car show. These are gatherings of vintage or refurbished cars. Owners bring their cars to a specific location for others to oooh and awe over asContinue reading “Beyond the Parking Lot”
Take Me Out to the Derby
I live in a horse town and have seen horse jumping competitions for years. Even though there are horses here, there isn’t a horse race track in the area, and I have never planned a horse race. I happened to be visiting Louisville, Kentucky, recently, and had the opportunity to visit Churchill Downs. This gotContinue reading “Take Me Out to the Derby”