Sorella Luna is hosting a special bridal event and food and wine pairing. You get to view beautiful Italian ceramics and get great entertaining ideas. Sign up for your gift registry and recieve special discounts. Lady Wentworth will provide an amazing trunk show with imported wedding dresses and handmade tiaras from England. Invite your friends or mother to this great private event. Relax and enjoy the afternoon sampling food and drink and visiting with wedding vendors.

Saturday, July 30, 3-6pm

Sorella Luna

416 NW 12th, Portland, Oregon

Please RSVP by calling Giovanni at 503.973.5862

Five Pine Resort & Spa located in Sisters, Oregon has earned the highest rating, 4 diamonds! Five Pine is a beautiful space for meetings, events, weddings or to just relax and get away from everything. Meetings can be held in the 4800 sq ft conference center or outside by the creek. The conference center can also accomodate 150 people inside for wedding receptions including a dance floor or 200 people outside.   They offer a full range of services with exceptional wines and selected cuisine by their professional catering staff.  They are happy to recommend florists, photographers, musicians and officiates. Contact Tricia at tm@fivepinelodge.com or 541.585.2647 for more information.

The Five Pine campus includes the Sisters Athletic Club, Three Creeks Brewery, Thyme Fine Dining, Shibui Spa and Sisters Movie House. They also have plenty of room choices available if you are looking for a place to rest and relax. You can relax in a suite in the main lodge or choose from the many cabins available for added privacy. Five Pine offers packages for a romantic getaway, golf weekend, girls weekend or many other choices.  Check out their website for all of the great offers and get your special event booked today! Beautiful photo by Kimberly Kay Photography.

The Abernethy Center is proud to announce the Abernethy Chapel! 

Monday, July 18th they will be breaking ground on the newest addition to their facility, The Abernethy Chapel.

The Abernethy Chapel will be a classic white wedding chapel tucked within a grove of trees, with a real working, 65 foot bell tower, dedicated bridal and groom’s suites, and the capacity to hold 220 guests for ceremonies. The lower floor of the chapel will have an intimate reception space for parties of 70 guests or less. Larger parties will enjoy the convenience of their elegant ballroom right across the street. The Chapel will be complete by Spring of 2012.
Monday, July 18th at 10:00am

More information here.

Located at the entrance of Oregon’s premier wine country in Newberg, Oregon, Windrose Conference and Meeting Center is a beautiful setting for your wedding ceremony and reception. Outdoor weddings are held in the back yard area elevated above the canyon and Hess Creek and under a large white arbor.

Windrose specializes in intimate weddings for up to 70 people.  The package price includes day of coordination, use of the bride’s room, tables, chairs, white linen and coffee service.

Windrose has a list of preferred caterers or you can bring in your own caterer.

Prime open dates available: July 9 & 10, July 23 & 24, July 30 & 31, August 2o and August 27.

Contact Lynn at 503.701.7273 or Lynn@windrosecenter.com.

Dress Dash!!

Don’t miss out!

Saturday, June 4th at the Deschutes County Fairground, 7am-10am

Proceeds go to Making Memories Breast Cancer Foundation

Over 500 dresses, sizes 2-28, all for $150!

Free admission & parking, get there early to find the perfect dress.

Please join The Wedding Lounge to celebrate their first year anniversary!  One year ago Cherie Ronning, of Uncommon Invites, decided she needed a fabulous place to meet with her clients.  After gathering several unique and talented solo-prenueurs to join her in this inspiring venture the Wedding Lounge was born.  Only one year later the Wedding Lounge has welcomed 18 lounge players and several friends of the lounge, all of whom are open to working with and reaching out to Portland’s wedding community, as they are not an exclusive group.

Open House: 1^st Anniversary Celebration! June 1. 5 pm – 9 pm

Open House
At each of the Open Houses, experts will be on hand to offer tasting samples, answer your questions and allow you to make informed choices for your wedding reception. Of course all of the Wedding Lounge Players will be available as well for any other questions you may have for your planning process.

Click here to register: http://portlandweddinglounge.com/

           The Spring Break at The Mountain package includes a spacious and comfortable guest room, breakfast for two students and up to two adults, and access to all of the spring break activities offered by The Resort including:

• Game Room – foosball, ping pong table, air hockey, Nintendo Wii, plus a daily Wii bowling tournament with categories based on age and prizes including a return stay for the family, a pizza and soda party in the guest’s room, and gift baskets;
• Kite Flying – offered on the lawns and kites are sold for $3 each at the front desk;
• Scavenger Hunts – this activity is offered daily and those who complete the scavenger hunt will receive a coupon for a free dessert;
• Family Happy Hour – daily at Altitude from 3 to 5 p.m.; mocktail and cocktail menus available
• Golf – add a round of 18 holes with a golf cart and sack lunch to the Spring Break package for $50;
• Spa – add any 50-minute spa treatment to the Spring Break package for $79;
• Other activities – croquet, lawn bowling, 18-hole putting course, swimming pool, fitness center, tennis, volleyball, badminton, playground, basketball hoop, Frisbee, mountain bikes, sports balls, board games, coloring and arts and crafts.
  

“There’s no shortage of activities for kids of all ages to enjoy with their parents with our Spring Break package,” said Frank Casarez, general manager of The Resort.  “This year we’ve made it easier than ever for families to get away from home and enjoy a leisurely vacation or an action-packaged family adventure.”

           The Spring Break at The Mountain package starts at just $129 per night for a family of four (two adults and two children under the age of 12) and is available March 20 through April 30, 2011 to coincide with Oregon and Washington schools’ spring break vacations.

           For more information or to make a reservation, call (877) 439-6774 or visit www.TheResort.com.

Load up the family and head out to The Resort at The Mountain  for an unforgettable spring break family vacation.  The nature-inspired spa, golf and year-round ski destination is nestled on 243 acres less than one hour east of Portland, Ore.

Paparazzi Tonight is offering a special package deal-  $500 off for booking a wedding or other life celebration (birthdays, anniversaries, etc.) scheduled any day of the week except for Saturday. Packages include early set-up, unlimited printing/shooting, assistants to monitor the flow and a managed guest book to take with you. They make sure each member of the group receives a copy of the picture they were in!

Paparazzi Tonight® provides a new and innovative photo entertainment experience sure to WOW.  They combine a mobile photo studio, cutting edge social networking, high-tech image capture and instant guest created content.
Instant photos, instant sharing, and instant video slide shows. Themed and scalable for any social event. A unique experience your guests will love. Check out their website at www.paparazzitonight.com for information and pictures from past events.

Contact Paparazzi Tonight to book your event!

info@paparazzitonight.com
503-939-6097 Portland Photo Booth Rentals
206-452-3438 Seattle Photo Booth Rentals

  Courts for Kids!

 Midge Dobbs with North Pacific Management, a long time Bravo Partner, is traveling to India to participate a service project this May.  She is leading a team of 5 along with her husband, Chris.  The main purpose of the trip is to gift and build a multi-purpose sport court for an orphanage.  Midge visited India in January of 2009 and it was truly life changing for her.  The orphanage that they are traveling to is the same organization that she visited in 2009.

 The partner in India is ALMA (Abundant Life Ministerial Associates), which among other things has orphanages in South India. Many of these orphans come from the lower caste in India, which means, apart from some sort of intervention, they would be destined to a life of extreme poverty.  One of the most pressing needs for the orphanage is a safe place for their kids to play. They have few opportunities for play, which is such a vital component of healthy development. As a result, the team is coming in to help construct a multi-use sports court. The work will be incredibly hard, and seeing the kids playing on the finished product will make it all worthwhile.  The team will be completely immersed into the community, staying at the orphanage with the kids, working together to build the court, and also taking part in other volunteer activities such as leadership training and whatever else can be done to serve! The team is going to help support the local Indians,and each of them know this will be a life changing trip for the team-members as well.

 As you can imagine the court is not inexpensive, the total cost of the court is over $8,400.  In addition to the court costs each person on the trip covers their own trip fees, a total of $3,400 per person.  If you are interested in helping with a tax-deductible contribution to allow the court dream for these orphans to be fulfilled, you can send donations directly to Courts for Kids. All donationsare tax-deductible (Courts for Kids’ Tax-ID number is 20-8332371) and 100% of what you give will help make the court a reality!  Thank you!

 Midge Dobbs

North Pacific Management

(360) 635-2629

midge.dobbs@northp.com

 Courts for Kids

PO Box 61874

Vancouver, WA 98666

(360) 521-0592

info@courtsforkids.org

www.courtsforkids.org

Big Al’s Beaverton

You are invited to attend the Corporate Showcase and Ribbon Cutting Event on March 30th!

 Located at 14950 SW Barrows Rd. in Beaverton

4:30 to 6:30 to enjoy the 70,000 square foot facility!

A few of the things you can look forward to are:

• Door Prizes
• Buffet Samples
• Chain Saw Ribbon Cutting!
• Community Involevment
  • Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue
  • Beaverton PD
  • US Navy Color Guard

Please RSVP to allen.nicoson@Ilovebigals.com or call (971) 269-8035.

Big Al’s provides full service entertainment venues to meet all of your event planning and party needs, there are many spaces available or you can rent the entire facility.

Sitting high above Big Al’s Sports Bar & Grill, the Caddyshack and the Skybox have an incredible bird’s eye view of Big Al’s 55’ wide high-definition jumbo-tron. The Skybox is the ultimate banquet room with seating for 45 guests and is decked out with Pac-10 flare.

Adjacent to the Skybox you’ll find the Caddyshack, which has a private bar, two pool tables, a Wii lounge, and our Full Swing Golf Simulator. Bring your golf clubs and swing away on one of our 67 courses, which include Pebble Beach, The Old Course at St Andrews, and many more. Reserve both rooms for the ultimate entertainment event.

Try your luck in the enormous 7,000 sq. ft. Arcade. They’ve packed in 180 player positions with all of the latest and greatest video and redemption games that kids and adults will enjoy.

Built to resemble a stadium, Big Al’s Sports Bar & Grill boasts wrap-around booth seating, exposed trusses, metal decking, concrete floors, a painted sky ceiling, four 50″ HD plasmas, eight 42″ plasmas, AND an 14ft x 55ft jumbo-tron that can be viewed as three massive wide-screens or divided into any combination of smaller viewing screens

Big Al’s has everything to accomodate any kind of event you are planning.