It was another wonderful evening last week, when I photographed the members and guests of the Pittsburgh Chapter of ISES again at Phipps Conservatory.  Colleen Chorney, Special Event Coordinator at Phipps, was a gracious hostess, providing a beautiful Spring atmosphere for everyone to enjoy!

There was visual splendor in the foliage of the Tropical Forest Conservatory, delightful food, refreshingly fun spirits, and a relaxed atmosphere filled with camaraderie and conversation; a simply delightful way to spend an evening!

Here's a vignette collage of the event - ENJOY!



The sponsors of the event besides Phipps Conservatory and yours truly also included:

All Occasions

Sodexo

DesignSpace

Lendable Linens

Raise Your Spirits

ADS Lighting

Nameless Entertainment

GREAT WORK EVERYONE!

There was a LOT of fun happening last night in Oakland as the members and guests of the Pittsburgh Chapter of ISES enjoyed themselves thoroughly at the BURGERS, BOWLING & BANANA SPLITS event held at the  Pittsburgh Athletic Association! 

Many of the established members of the Greater Pittsburgh ISES Chapter and their wonderful guests, MPI Pittsburgh and Visit Pittsburgh were in atten-dance rocking the night away to a 1950s-themed event complete with a Soda Fountain, soda Jerks (no longer politically correct, I'm sure!), burgers, banana splits, bowling and 1950s "Hop" music provided by none other than the phenomenal Kelli Burns of Kelli Burns DJ Entertainment dressed in full 1950s regalia, complete with her own bowling shirt and white anklets! 

Sheila Weiner, Ed Amori and Lori Upperman deserve a special thank you for putting the program together for everyone - as always, they did a wonderful job! It was a great opportunity for Pittsburgh ISES members and their guests to come together for a night of networking and merriment.  I thought I'd provide a sampling of images of the evenings happenings so everyone could see how much fun really does happen at an ISES event - ENJOY! 

NOTE: MOUSE-OVER THE smaller PHOTOS ON THE RIGHT EVER SO SLOWLY to see them all!



A special "thank you" goes out to all the sponsors of the evening:
Joanne Bartone Photography - yep, that's me!  It was sooooo much FUN photographing everyone!
Kelli Burns DJ Entertainment - "the one and only" who REALLY set the mood and made the evening a truly enjoyable event!
Pittsburgh Athletic Association - Sally Fernandes and all the PAA staff did an outstanding job making the evening tasty for everyone!
The Prop Shop - who transformed the bowling alley of the PAA into a 1950s sock hop - fabulous!
Table Attire - whose turquoise and pink linens and center pieces topped off the decor perfectly!
and last, but never least...
ShutterBooth Pittsburgh! - prepared with props and strips of photo-fun that delighted all of us!

Here's a ShutterBooth photo strip of Burns + Bartone = Fun and Photography - what a blast!

The wedding last weekend was nothing less than spectacularly put together by four wonderful Pittsburgh Wedding Experts: Mosaic (table linens), Allison McGeary Creative (florals + decor), Andy Schick of ADS Lighting and Simone Hudson of 5Senses Events Design (event designer).  These four businesses and the talented people who own and operate them are some of THE best Pittsburgh has to offer for creating spectacular events!

Simone Hudson of 5Senses Events Design was responsible for creating the look and feel of the room merging Carola + Shawn's ideas and dreams into actuality.  Simone chose the chairs, linens, and designed the menu cards, table numbers and seating charts!  Beautiful, Simone; simply bellissimo!

There, high atop the 31st floor of the old Alcoa building, now the Regional Enterprise Tower, a typical conference room with a fabulous view of the city was transformed into a haute couture wedding reception that was, to quote Simone, "Fierce!"  Indeed it was, Simone; indeed it was! 

Here is a small sampling of images that depict the result of the bride and groom's vision and the planning and execution of that vision by these spectacular and reputable wedding event experts.  You see, if you have the right people doing what they do best the results will be stunning!  Wonderful work, everyone...BRAVO!  I highly recommend all of these businesses so when you meet with them, please tell them I sent you their way - they'll appreciate that!

The bonus last Saturday night: there was a ballgame at PNC Park and fireworks followed!  My images of the day/night are, well, to quote Simone again, "Fierce!" 

Last photo seen is of Simone and our wonderful couple, Shawn + Carola.  More images of Shawn + Carola and details of their wonderful day will follow soon!  ENJOY!

YOU SHOULD KNOW THESE WOMEN!! 

These are the women of Mosaic who MAKE your event, I promise!  They are: Susie Perelman (owner), Stacey Mehalik and Jill Pampena. 

Mosaic provides linens, etc. for hundreds of events locally and nationally.  The women of Mosaic have linens to meet every need, mood and style!  Their service is superb and they will make your dreams and visions for your event come true! 

Scroll over the images on the right to view a sprinkling of their tremendous creativity, talent and success taken from the Children's Hospital Gala earlier this year!  The Mosaic showroom is the third image in.  Impressive, yes?

Connect with them...now!  You won't regret it.  And tell them I sent you their way; they'll appreciate that.