Miami · Car Shows & Automotive Events Six guys, four hours, thirty acres of cars, and by the second hour the group has split three ways and nobody can find each other. Car shows are bigger than people expect and less structured than they look. A hostess doesn’t make the cars more interesting — she … Read more
Miami · Bachelorette Poolside Ten women, a rented house in Coral Gables with a pool, and a Saturday afternoon that was supposed to be the easy part of the weekend. Instead the maid of honor has made three trips to the kitchen, the ice ran out an hour ago, and somebody’s phone is dying because … Read more
Miami · Bridal Shower Twenty-two women, a long table, and a hostess who is also the bride’s sister, also the one who booked the venue, also the one holding the cake knife. She has not sat down. She has not eaten. And she is now supposed to stand up in front of the bride’s grandmother … Read more
Miami · Bachelor Party Every bachelor party has the same problem at the same hour. It’s 10 PM, the group is fed, everyone’s had a few, and now twelve guys are standing in a rental living room waiting for something to happen. Oil wrestling solves that hour, and it solves it in a way nobody … Read more
Miami · Costume Bookings A costume is not decoration. It’s the thing that tells a room full of people what kind of night this is, in the first four seconds, without anybody having to explain. Referee and cheerleader outfits are the two most requested looks we book in Miami, and the reason is the same … Read more
Miami · Draft Night Booking The draft ends at 10:15. Twelve guys have their teams, the board is full, and there is a twenty-minute window where the night either becomes something or turns into everyone standing around calling rides. Booking entertainment for that window is the most common August request we take, and the whole … Read more
Miami · Hostess-Only Bookings Not every party wants a show. Some groups want the energy, the costumes, and somebody running the room — without anybody taking anything off. That’s a real booking, it’s the fastest-growing request we take, and it has a name: hostesses. What party hostesses are Party hostesses and VIP hosts are professional … Read more
Miami · Draft Season Your league has twelve guys, six of them have never met, and the draft is the only night all year everyone is in the same room. In Miami that room is usually a rental with the AC cranked, and the difference between a good draft party and a forgettable one comes … Read more
This is the question I get more than any other, usually from a best man or a maid of honor with a spreadsheet open. Boat or house? And the honest answer is that they’re not two versions of the same party. They’re two different days that happen to cost about the same. I’ve been working … Read more
Every summer I get the same call from a best man who just looked at the forecast and started panicking. Ninety-two degrees, humidity like a wet towel, thunderstorms in the afternoon. He thinks he picked the wrong weekend. He didn’t. He just needs to plan the day in a different order than he was going … Read more