And the "AWARDS" go to...

"And the AWARDS go to..."

In the non-stop "Awards Shows" month of February, as I begin what might be my final season as "Iowa's Gay-Wedding Planner", I want to give an extremely loud "Shout-Out" to the "Best of the Best", as far as my OWN (and it's been said I'm high-maintenance... really???) personal over-all experience, the flawless attention to detail and the customer service I experienced for my destination couples, from the Gay-Weddings service-providers that our great state of Iowa has to offer:


Best Venue for an All-inclusive/Full-sevice Wedding: HOTEL BLACKHAWK, Davenport, Iowa
Best Officiant: Reverend Kathy Love, The Wedding Chapel, DSM, Iowa
Best Outdoor Ceremony Venue: Des Moines Art Center Rose Garden
Best Outdoor Reception Venue: Two Saints Winery, St. Charles, Iowa
Best Indoor Ceremony Venue: the Atrium Presidential Suites at the Suites of 800 Locust, DSM, Iowa
Best Indoor Reception Venue: Hotel Julien, Dubuque, Iowa
Best Special Event Decor: Stuart Alexander @ One Source Event Production
Best Photographer: Amy Allen Photography, DSM, Iowa
Best Caterer: Taste-to-Go, DSM, Iowa
Best Wedding Cake: Andrew Kopfman @ Tip Top Cakes, Coralville, Iowa
Best Floral provider: J.W. Perry Wholesale, DSM, Iowa
Best Table Linens: Beyond Elegance, DSM, Iowa
Best Wedding attire (women): Sarah "Dornick", DSM, Iowa
Best Wedding attire (men): Badowers on Ingersoll, Des Moines, Iowa
Best Wedding "Rentals": Scott @ Des Moines Rentals, DSM, Iowa
Best Transportation: Majestic Limousine, DSM, Iowa


On a different personal note, these next few months will be spent traveling back & forth from Chicago, as I do special events on a much different level, working w/in & for the 501C communities, along w/ figuring out where to take my past three years experiences next.
I also am SO VERY excited to see the new LGBT CENTER in Des Moines take on a new Board of Directors, and with the new EXPERIENCED leadership, finally become one of the best LGBT Centers in our nation!!!
And in this fight for our very lives as FIRST-CLASS CITIZENS, I beg you to pay close attention to this years' elections... and lift your voices in protest.
PLEASE.
Before it's too late...
Just sayin'...