Top 5 Venue Pointers to NEVER Forget When Choosing a Venue | CUR8EUR

Every venue is not built the same; nor should they be lumped into one big category when you are trying to select the perfect venue for your event. Thanks CUR8EUR for asking us for our opinion on how to select the best venue! We are delighted to share our two cents…

 

Top 5 Venue Pointers to NEVER Forget When Choosing a Venue | CUR8EUR.

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The Help: Concierge Services Get Hyper-Personal

 

Great to see the concierge industry receiving some much need positive press! Check out a day in the life of a concierge business…

The Help: Concierge Services Get Hyper-Personal.

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Trick or Treat

No tricks, just treats….how much do you really know about Halloween?

• According to History.com, Halloween traditions began 2,000 years ago with the Celts. They believed that on the night before their new year, November 1, the boundary between the worlds of the living and dead became blurred.
• On the night of October 31 the Celts celebrated Samhain, when it was believed that the ghosts of the dead returned to earth. To commemorate the event, Druids built huge bonfires where people gathered to burn crops and offer sacrifices to Celtic deities. During the celebration, the Celts wore costumes made mostly from animal heads and skins.
• Halloween began to lose its religious connotation in the 1800s, becoming a more secular community-based children’s holiday.
• The holiday made its way to America with European immigrants. With rigid protestant beliefs in New England, Halloween celebrations were very limited.
• The first distinctive American celebrations included “play parties,” public events held to celebrate the harvest, where neighbors would share stories of the dead, and sing and dance.
• Halloween lost most of its superstitious and religious connotations by the beginning of the twentieth century.
• By the 1920s and 1930s, Halloween had become a community-centered holiday with parades and town-wide parties. During this time vandalism began to be a problem in many communities.
• Between 1920 and 1950, the practice of trick-or-treating was revived. Families could theoretically prevent tricks being played on them by providing the neighborhood children with small treats.
• The American Halloween tradition was born and continues to grow. Today, Americans spend an estimated $6.9 billion annually on Halloween, making it the country’s second largest commercial holiday.

Read more:
http://www.abc15.com/dpp/mobile_showcase/9-fun-Halloween-history-facts#ixzz2Aog4AovJ

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Our Recess Vision Board

We LOVE Pinterest! Where else can you take a visual vacation every day and be inspired by all of the wonderful people, places and things that are shared on the site? Check out our board devoted strictly to our love of RECESS.

What else represents recess to you?  Recess.

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Salute to Service Festival – October 28, 2012

We are delighted to be producing, along with NBC San Diego and Ashford University, the 2nd annual Salute to Service Festival. Join us on Sunday, October 28, 2012 aboard the USS Midway for a family friendly day of kids entertainment, live bands, food and local vendors. Come meet Bitsie Tullock, who plays the character Juliette on NBC’s smash hit GRIMM, along with NBC San Diego talent! We give thanks for our troops and the military families living in San Diego!

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8 Ways to Ensure You Still Have a Vacation—Even If You Have to Work : Condé Nast Traveler

There is nothing I like more in life than a vacation – especially when a passport is involved – but I’m not always great about disconnecting. I admit, I love all of my Apple products and they always accompany me on every trip. I like to stay connected to the outside world even when I am soaking up the sun in the tropics. What vacation does allow me is the opportunity to stay connected on my own time; not at the demands required back home. If you are like me and you can’t quite break the tether to technology, check out the 8 Ways to Stay Connected While on Vacation as presented by Conde Nast Travler.

When you vacation, do you stay connected or get lost completely?

8 Ways to Ensure You Still Have a Vacation—Even If You Have to Work : Condé Nast Traveler.

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Don’t Mess with the Cabbies!

One of the things you quickly learn in London is that the black cabs are a major force! Imagine our surprise yesterday, when we were doing a site visit at one of the Olympic venues, to find the cabbies staging a protest in Trafalgar Square. Thousands of cabbies parked themselves in the roundabout at Trafalgar Square, which then overspilled down Westminster, past Big Ben and beyond where the eyes can see. The cabbies are upset because they have not been given access to the official Olympic Lane, which is only open to Olympic coaches (buses) and vehicles. Their deafening horns and commitment to stopping traffic for well over an hour certainly was an attempt to make their point! They are concerned that without access to the Olympic lanes, they will not have the ability to navigate the streets of London. Is there anyone that knows the streets better than the driver of black cabs? So far their protest has not brought a change in policy, but they do get credit for giving it a great try! 

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Take Your Dog To Work Day – June 22nd

No more sad eyes from your four legged friend when you walk out the door on Friday to go to work because June 22nd is Take Your Dog To Work Day!

That’s right! Fiddo, Champ and Princess are office bound!

Our friends at Pet Sitters International have celebrated Take Your Dog to Work Day since 1999 as a way to honor the great companions dogs make and to encourage their adoption from humane societies, animal shelters and breed rescue clubs. This annual event asks pet lovers to celebrate the humane-canine bond and promote pet adoption by encouraging their employers to support TYDTWDay. Employers are encouraged to open their workplace to employees’ four-legged friends on this one special day.

Check out the great website Pet Sitters International has created in honor of the special event!   Take Your Dog To Work Day * Home.

Send us a photo of your pet at work on Friday! We would love to see what happens when pets rule the office!

Woof!

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Yup, There is a National Doughnut Day

 

Do you prefer glazed, filled or sugared?

 

Well on Friday, June 1st you have permission to try every doughnut under the sun because it’s officially National Doughnut Day! What a great way to show some appreciation to your staff or clients by treating them to a box of doughnuts in honor of this offbeat holiday!

 

We love any reason to celebrate and have a great time, especially when it comes to sugary goodness!

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Happiness by Design!

Happiness is not an accident, nor something you wish for. 

Happiness is something you design. 

~ Jim Rohn

How are you designing your happiness? Remember, only you can make the decision to be happy!

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