May 21st, 2013
Planning DK and Parveena’s wedding was so fun-Especially considering we just did DK’s sister’s wedding 10 months prior! Their festivities kicked off in Bangkok, Thailand with 7 days of paies followed by the reception held at the Beverly Hills Hotel. We wanted to create something very different from all the vibrant colors used in Thailand so our theme was platinum and diamonds. We enjoyed this family so much and had a great time planning both weddings. This was the perfect finale for their wedding events
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March 29th, 2013
Latin Quarters
9am- Got up and got dressed to go out. Another cold day with temperature in the 25 F 10am- Breakfast at a boulangerie in the neighborhood 11am- Shopping on right bank
1pm- Walked to Musee D’Orsay. The museum had reopened after two years of work to fully renovated spaces. On level 0, around the Seine side is the Barbizon Schoold ( Millet, Courbet’s masterpieces and the early works of Manet, Degas, and Monet: on the Lille side, works for the Academic movement of the 1850s ( Ingres, Delacroix ), the Symbolist gallery ( Moreau, Puvis de Chavannes… ) and the Toulouse-Lautrec room. On level 2: Seine side is Naturalism, foreign schools, the decorative arts of the Third Republic, and French, Belgian and Italian Art Nouveau: Lille side: Neo-Impressionist and Post-Inpressionist painting ( Van Gogh, Gauguin, Seurat…) and Nabi works from 1900. The Pavillon Amont: After the large Modern de’cors on level 2, you will find Art Nouveau from Central Europe, Northern Europe and Scandinavia on level 3, followed by Austrian, British and American Art Nouveau on level 4. Level 5: Starting with Manet’s Le De’jeuner sur l’herbe ( Luncheon on the grass ), the visitor is taken through the masterpieces of the Impressionist movement from 1860 to 1900. This was definitely the high light of my trip and I just wanted to linger on and look at these paintings forever.
4pm- Lunch at the museum café. This was a Thursday and museum is open till 9 pm. 
6pm- Left the museum to walk to Latin Quarters Enjoyed looking at all the furniture and interior decorating shops
7pm- Took the taxi to go over to Eiffel Tower Walked a little bit, took a few photos decided to take another cab to go to Champs Elyesees My husband had eaten a few times at Asien Restaurant on Ave de George Cinq directly across from George Cinq Hotel and loved their food
8:30 pm- We arrived at the restaurant. From the outside it does not look too big, but inside upper level is bar and lounge area and downstairs is huge area very tastefully decorated Menu is all Japanese, Chinese and Thai and food was extraordinary
11pm- Took the taxi and left the restaurant
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March 19th, 2013
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March 12th, 2013
Today we have the pleasure of sharing some great tips from the expert wedding planner Madiha Khan of Exquisite Events, on how to plan a perfectly executed multi-day event! Madiha and her mother Nikki are co-owners of Exquisite Events, and renowned planners who specialize in creating fabulous multiple day events for their couples. Madiha’s wonderful tips can help you have a flawless, joyful wedding celebration!
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March 6th, 2013
10am- Left the hotel for quick breakfast at Blanquet, our favorite boulangerie right next to the hotel. I was mindful of the fact that we had an 11 am appointment at George V, a Four Seasons Hotel.
On my way to meet Nidale Barrett at George V who is the sales and development manager. What an amazing lady! I spent three hours with her and felt like I had known her all my life. She was not only gracious but very welcoming and showed us the meeting spaces, penthouse suite, roof top balcony as well as other areas of the hotel. Read more...
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February 27th, 2013
Its always fun to create Henna and Sangeet parties because there are so many colors and themes you can do. For this party we used traditional Indian colors of yellow and red and brought in a few tents and low wooden furniture and lanterns to give the Moroccan feel. The tents were made to look like bazaars and the guests were able to go inside to discover a plethora of fruit, arabic tea served and henna artists ready to design beautiful patterns on the ladies hands.
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February 12th, 2013
Cold and Rainy day
11am: When we came out of the hotel, it started drizzling and that drizzle turned in to steady rain.
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February 1st, 2013
On Jan 2nd, my husband surprised me with two tickets to Paris. We were scheduled to leave on Jan 13th to make it for my birthday on Jan 14. I was beyond excited as Paris happens to be one of my most favorite cities, if not most favorite in the world. I was also looking forward to practicing my French that had become quite rusty due to not practicing. We boarded the plane on the 13th for an early morning flight and arrived in Paris on Jan 14th at 9 am. By the time we retrieved our luggage and got the taxi to go to the hotel, it was 11 am and I did not want to waste any time so out we went Read more...
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January 10th, 2013
Faizaan had feelings for Zahra the moment he first saw her. They met through his cousin when they were 12 years old and the two remained good friends for 12 years. Faizaan didn’t want to ruin their friendship by mentioning his feelings for Zahra to her, so he kept it a secret. But that all that changed when Zahra visited Faizaan in Los Angeles from London in the summer of 2010; and before you know it, by January 6th, 2011, the two of them were engaged and both families were over the moon at the joyous celebration dinner at Zahra’s mother’s home in Lahore, Pakistan. For the rest of the year the two families planned two weddings which took place in Lahore, Pakistan and Los Angeles. Read more...
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January 4th, 2013
We have more images to share with you of Faizaan and Zahra’s weddings in Beverly Hills and Pakistan that have been featured in the Grace Ormonde Wedding Style magazine. Enjoy!
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