The SLC Junior League is definitely playing in the Majors!

Last Saturday was a chocolate frenzy! The Junior League of Salt Lake City brought their admirable classy style to Salt Lake's Premier Event Venue for their Annual Black and White Ball! On this night, they debuted their new three year collaborative community project to benefit the Salt Lake CAP Head Start Program. Such an important initiative deserved a big party! And the Junior League and Pierpont Place did not disappoint!

Nearly 200 people came to socialize, celebrate, and of course, to make the most of this opportunity to dress to the nines!
Guests were serenaded by the Joshua Payne Orchestra playing cool jazz with a Saturday night twist. We had a great variety of songs, including some from Radiohead, Oasis, and even M.I.A. Hearing the Joshua Payne renditions of these popular songs was really fun, and definitely got people moving!
Fabulous Dolcetti Gelato was served in Dolcetti's trademark serving cups - solving the age-old issue of trying to decide whether to finish your ice cream serving and stuff yourself...or give up the deliciousness! Dolcetti, we thank you for helping our taste buds and our tummies...Guests were also provided with an incredible array of chocolate delights by Simply Sweets, Amano Chocolates, Grand America, and more! But it didn't stop there, the Premier staffed bar even whipped up a chocolat-tini with cherry to complement the offerings!


At events of this caliber, the fun never ends! There was a silent and live auction to give guests a chance to win incredible prizes including get-aways, gift baskets, and more amazing gifts!

Needless to say, the Junior League of Salt Lake was all set to create the hype for their new collaborative project benefiting Salt Lake CAP Head Start, and Pierpont Place and Premier Event Services is glad to have been a part of it!

Coming up this weekend, we have Jade's wedding, West High's Junior Prom, and Rachel's wedding. All in a ROW! I can't wait to show you pictures and tell you about our hair-raising, nail-biting, sleep-depriving, sugar-fueled, mad-laugh filled weekend! Or at least that's what I'm hoping it will be.... :)
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Toxicology! Rhymes with Mixology!

Last Tuesday, March 9th, Pierpont Place had the pleasure of hosting the Metabolon Event for the Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting Convention. We had an incredible time with this fun group of people - after a day on their feet they were ready to take a load off, enjoy some fabulous food from Cosmopolitan Catering, and celebrate with some of the trademark Premier Event Services bar creations!
I have to thank Matt Zaske of Metabolon for being such an amazing and gracious host for his friends and colleagues. Despite the rain coming down in unpredicted torrents right when his event was starting, Matt was running around outside right with our staff - pulling back up the easels and making sure the signs were visible for all his guests. Now that's a North Carolina man who's not afraid to get his hands dirty! :) We all had a great time chatting with Matt and his colleagues about the amazing work they're all doing in Toxicology: research, development, seminars, implementation of new products, etc. Needless to say - this type of stimulating event is extremely fun for our staff to partake in!
The drink of the night seemed to be Staci's trademark Bloody Mary. After being asked by one sweet woman whether a Bloody Mary was a reasonable request for our full bar, Staci ran downstairs to grab the necessary ingredients and whipped her up a Bloody Mary complete with horseradish, Bloody Mary mix, vodka, and Staci's special secret ingredient. To be honest - the initial request resulted in five (count 'em, five!) of the woman's friends coming over for a drink of their own! That's the magic of Staci, our bar manager!
Premier Event Services off-site coordination and bars really do go beyond the norm - our bar staff is second to none in personality, creativity, willingness to explore, and absolute level of FUN!

I'm sorry I don't have any pictures of this event, but I wanted to thank Matt Zaske and Metabolon for hosting this great event during the Society of Toxicology Annual Meeting here in Salt Lake City. Matt says he'll be back in May for another convention, and we can't wait to see him again!

Saturday night was the Junior League's Annual Black and White Ball - as soon as I get photos from this event I'll tell you ALL about it!
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Spring is Here!

Happy warm weather to all of you out there! I know that snow storm last week gave us all a run for our money...but it looks like the sunshine is back in full strength!

I wanted to give everyone an update as to what's going on at Pierpont Place and with Premier Event Services during this fabulous month of March! We're really excited to be able to explore our creative abilities this month, with an eclectic mix of events and styles - you'll have to stay tuned to see the collage of our event designs, themes, and unique concepts! Here's a little bit of detail about what you can expect to see!

-As many of you may know, we host the monthly breakfast meetings for the UWABC (Utah Women's Alliance for Building Community) at Pierpont Place and, as always, this is a fabulous way to kick off the month. So thank you to all these wonderful, powerful, and aspiring women for coming to converse and eat with us on March 2nd. If you're interested in learning more about the group, visit www.uwabc.org to see upcoming events, current members, and goals of the UWABC. It's a great organization for women (and men, they don't discriminate!) who are interested in learning more about what's going on in the community, how to get more involved, and how to meet other people with like interests!

Still coming up in March, we have some thrilling events that our staff is really looking forward to:

Tuesday, March 9, we're hosting a private social mixer. For those of you who are coming, we can't wait to see you!

Saturday, March 13, Pierpont Place has the honor of hosting the Junior League's "Black and White Night" Gala, an event where the Junior League's three year collaborative project to support Salt Lake CAP Head Start program. This admirable support project will be introduced, officially named, and made public at this once-a-year event, complete with world class chocolate creations, dancing to the music of The Joshua Payne Trio, and a live and silent auction! Tickets are still available, starting at $35/person, at www.jlslc.org.
Please see the press release at the bottom of this blog post!

Friday, March 19, will be an incredible night of love, dancing, great food, and more, as we celebrate a private wedding for Jade and her fiance! We can't wait to show you all pictures of the gorgeous decorations we have picked out with her!

Saturday, March 20, we are thrilled to be hosting West High's Junior Prom, themed "Where the Wild Things Are!" Creating a forest wonderland of sorts, we can't wait to have all these young bright-eyed students at Pierpont Place to celebrate their dance night!

On Sunday, March 21, one of our preferred photographers, Brody Dezember, is coming to be a part of one of our unique and eclectic wedding ceremonies. Rachel and Blake have shown us their personalities as we have planned this great affair - and we can't wait to see it happen! Dezember Photography's bridal and groomal pictures of Rachel and Blake show a fabulous edgy and artistic perspective of this charming couple, and we can't wait to see photos of the wedding itself!

After this busy weekend, huge events Friday, Saturday, and Sunday, our staff will be glad for a little break! However, we still have a number of events on the books - so we'll be jumping to attention!

As always, if you have an event coming up and you're looking for a perfect combination of classy and modern chic - check out www.pierpontplace.com for ideas, and give us a call! We'd love to show you around, and make sure that you know how great your event can be at Pierpont Place or with Premier Event Services!

A Weekend to Remember!

This weekend at Pierpont Place was the perfect combination of goofy and fabulous fun with Pierpont Place's Champagne Toast to 2010 on Friday night, and the beautiful wedding of the new Mr. and Mrs. Merlen on Saturday evening. Needless to say, our staff was working hard!

Friday evening was an absolute hoot with FunnyFace Photobooth (don't worry, we have pictures), much needed relaxation with our amazing professional masseuses providing free massages, delicious food from The Olive Bistro, champagne cocktails, and legally high-providing O2 oxygen bar. A long list of amazing things to do at Pierpont Place's Champagne Toast to 2010! We had over a hundred people show up, and they danced, ate, talked, laughed, and all together had a great time! THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO CAME!!
We have many people to thank for this unbelievably fun evening. Hosted by Pierpont Place, the event was co-hosted by GNO: Girls' Night Out and PYTI Party. Both of these groups are headed by strong, intelligent and successful women: Diana Young and Celeste Gleave respectively. We thank these ladies, and all of their friends, colleagues and constituents for being such strong advocates of creating fun and exciting events to get together for!

Cathy Arndt, Diana Young, Laura Reiser, Celeste Gleave

We also thank Hassan Salami, owner of The Olive Bistro for providing the delicious handmade paninis, broad selection of meditteranean cheeses, perfectly ripened fruit, and scrumptious desserts!

Thanks is due also to FunnyFace Photobooth for providing the means for us all to be falling over laughing after posing in the photobooth with his creative props.


We thank O2 Oxygen Bar for providing the great array of flavored oxygen
for everyone to try.



Thank you to DJ Troy Kearley for spinning the right dance tunes to get everyone on the floor!


Thank you also to our talented and generous massage therapists: Michele Bennet, Ramon, and Maleta Lavery - all of whom are available through their respective workplaces. If you'd email addresses or contact information for them, please email alissa@pierpontplace.com with your request!



We had amazing swag donations as well for our raffle, and we owe big THANK YOUs to everyone who donated items! The winners were thrilled with their loot! Like Cristin here, look at that gorgeous smile!


We also thank the wonderful staff of Premier Event Services for providing such fabulous bar service and making sure that everyone had enough champagne to go around!

And for letting us all drink out of the gorgeous ice sculpture doubling as a drink luge!!


Now for the pictures, even better than telling the stories. I know I saw at least two conga lines, plenty of people piling out of the photobooth much like a clown-car (can 12 people really fit in a booth about 4 ft x 6 ft?), and dance moves that you wouldn't believe!!

If you didn't make it to this event, you really missed out, but you can always check out the rest of the photos at McBride-Kramer's Facebook fan page to see the stories I couldn't tell....







Saturday evening was a beautiful time, as always, we love hosting weddings at Pierpont Place - and the new Mr. and Mrs. Merlen created a magical evening full of love and well-wishes from all their guests! We're so happy you decided to celebrate with us - and we can't wait to see you again!



Thank you again to everyone who came to Pierpont Place's Champagne Toast to 2010, and to everyone who attended Mr. and Mrs. Merlen's wedding.
We love seeing you all!
Please don't hesitate to get in touch with us with any questions!