Venues of the Southland~The Grand Event Center

The Grand Event Center~Long Beach

Today I am not featuring a view or anything really unique. Today I am featuring a place that is easy on the wallet. The Grand Event Center is located right by the 405 freeway in the middle of Long Beach. The rooms are fairly basic, but sometimes what is important is not the venue but the people who are filling it. They don't charge for the room as long as meet the rooms guest minimum. The largest seats about 400. The smallest 80. The also have a covered patio for the ceremony. The value is the menu.

The Palm Terrace

The Garden Room~there's a built in dance floor and bar in this room

The Grand Ballroom

The Catalina Room

In these times you might not be able to afford the place of your dreams, but you still can have a beautiful wedding.

Happy Planning,

Don't forget to VOTE!

Today we will make history. So get out and vote.

My Little Knight

Ok so here is the cutest knight ever!

I hope everybody had a fun Halloween.

Beverage Monday. Absolut Los Angeles

How cool is this? ABSOLUT® has resurrected its cities collection and Los Angeles is the second in the series. New Orleans came out last year. They are also donating $250,000 to Green Way LA an environmental group.

It is a blend Acai, Acerola, Pomegranate, and Blueberry. The made it with those flavors to showcase LA's trendy, environmentally forward, and health-conscious ideals. It is made with 100% natural ingredients.

Green Way LA is an organization dedicated to restoring nature’s services while providing for the health and welfare of the community. The donation will be used towards the “Green Streets” initiative. By modifying streets, curbs, and sidewalks, and by planting appropriate trees and other vegetation, rainwater and other polluted urban runoff is naturally cleaned before otherwise flowing unfiltered into the Pacific Ocean.

Here are a couple of recipes from their site using ABSOLUT® Los Angeles. Let's celebrate the City of Angels!

ABSOLUT® LA LA LAND

1 parts ABSOLUT® LOS ANGELES
1 part Cranberry Juice
1 part Pomegranate Juice
1 part Lemon-lime Soda

Build ingredients into a hi-ball glass filled with ice. Garnish with a wedge of lime.

ABSOLUT® PERFECT ANGEL

1 parts ABSOLUT® LOS ANGELES
1 part Lemon-lime Soda
2 parts Cranberry Juice

Build over ice into a cocktail glass

Cheers,

Happy Halloween!

In honor of Halloween here's a black and orange board. A touch of Halloween and a little glamorous. Don't you just love the black velvet gown? Next year Halloween is a Saturday so if you decide to get married on October 31st you don't need to go goth or scary.

• Table Scape~Hostess With The Mostess
• Will you marry me? Pumpkins~Martha Stewart
• Black Velvet Gown~Victoria Brookes
• Boutonniere~The Knot
• Bridesmaid Dresses~David's Bridal
• Black Martini~About.com
• Black Chandelier Shoes~Christian La Croix
• Black Feather Wreath~Pottery Barn
• Orange Calla Lily Bouquet~The Knot
• Orange and Black Cake~Pink Cake Box
• Black & White Candy display~Pottery Barn
• Pumpkin Place Card Holder~The Knot
• Black Diamond Ring~My Solitaire
• Pumpkin Seed Candy Favors~Martha Stewart
• Black, White & Orange Invitation~Fine Stationary
• Black Bouquet~Flowerella

Enjoy,

~Happy 75th Birthday Mom, wherever you may be~

Clustrmaps

This is A Joyeux Blog's actual map!

I don't know if you have noticed the map on the lower right side of A Joyeux Blog. It is from Clustrmaps. It shows you where people have visited you from. I put it up on September 29th and during the last 30 days I have had visitors from six continents. {I don't think there are that many people getting married in Antarctica!} When I put it up I thought I would probably just get visited from a few people in California. How surprised I have been to have people from all over the world reading my blog. It does only count people who have visited my blog directly not those who receive email subscriptions or my feed. So if you want to show up as a dot click on through.

Thank you to all of you that have visited,

MTV Casting Call

If you are between the ages of 18 and 22 and engaged, MTV is looking for you. See below on how to apply for the opportunity to appear on Engaged and Underage.

Below is from the flyer.

MTV’s popular documentary series, Engaged & Underage, wants to tell your love story – the excitement of the engagement, the ups and downs of the planning, the fun along the way, and, of course, THE BIG DAY!!! This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity…
You and your future spouse should both appear to be between the ages of 18 and 22. Best case scenario: you're getting married in 2008 or January 2009.

TO APPLY FOR THE SHOW, DOWNLOAD A CASTING QUESTIONNAIRE AT: http://www.mtv.com/ontv/castingcall/index.jhtml?castingId=1509138
OR EMAIL THEM TO OBTAIN ONE AT: engagedandunderage@mtvstaff.com.

Tell them when and where you are getting married and why this is important to you. Include your name, phone number, email address and a digital photo of you and your future spouse, if possible.

Good Luck to everbody,