Simply Mumtaz at ISES Bel Air Bay Club Event

Hey all! Didn't get much time to stay and hang out, but I thought I'd share real quick some of the table top displays that La Tovola presented at tonight's ISES LA's Bel Air Bay Club Networking Mixer. What a gorgeous place! Truly stunning. And, if you're interested contact them for events. As for the linen.. check it out or better yet visit La Tovola's showroom. I hear it's over the top.

Enjoy the pics!

February is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Month

The Los Angeles based organization, In The Meantime Men’s Group, Inc., offers the “Brothers Reaching Brothers Discussion Group” each week for the local community to discuss a variety of topics important to Black men. These topics include intimacy, relationships, race relations, homophobia, and community economics.

Among their activities are ongoing support groups and HIV/AIDS awareness and prevention workshops. Tonight, In The Meantime invited friends and family members to join the discussion entitled "Can Our Sisters Really Say No to Unprotected Sex?". This intimate dialogue involved the voices of Black women around the issues of love and trust for their men and the rise in the rate of HIV among Black women. I was thrilled to be there to share my point of view and hear the perspectives of other Black women – young, old, married, single, lesbian and straight.

Since February is National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Month, every weekly discussion group topic at In The Meantime for the month is devoted to providing an open community HIV/AIDS dialogue. How cool is that!? I was impressed by not only the candor with which every speaker shared their very personal stories of love, heartache, wellness and strength, I was amazed at the feeling of L-O-V-E that was in the room. Every person who entered the room came in so open to learning about one another and open to receiving knowledge. There were no egos or attitudes. There were no cliques or groups of “those people”. It was a room full of family. Just a room full of people on a rainy Tuesday night in Los Angeles speaking honestly and openly. It was refreshing and inspiring. (This must be what therapy is like!).

Participating in this event is an experience that I am so grateful to have shared with new friends (Jeffrey and Kathi) and a few old friends (including Los Angeles City Councilwoman, Jan Perry). Thank you Oge for inviting me! See the picture above of my oldies but goodies buddies!

submitted by Karli Tanner, CMP

Professional Event Planner in Los Angeles with Simply Mumtaz Events

Simply Mumtaz' Good Friend Bob Estrin Being Honored With The Event Industry Hall of Fame Award

Bob Estrin has been selected as a 2009 recipient of “The Event Industry Hall of Fame Award. Mr. Estrin will join a handful of luminaries who have achieved this recognition for their lifetime achievements in the field of Special Events. This prestigious award will be presented by Event Solutions Magazine.

Mr. Estrin was selected for this top honor by a committee of peers who have already been admitted to the Hall of Fame. The award presentation and ceremony will take place during The Catie/Spotlight Gala Awards to be held during The CaterSource /Event Solutions Conference in Las Vegas NV February 22-26, 2009.

Please join us in congratulating Bob and his family for his many years of dedication to the advancement of the art and science of Special Events.

The Special Event Show in San Diego

Well, The Special Event 2009 in San Diego has come and gone! The Simply Mumtaz Events team, Joella, Karli & Jennifer had a wonderful time meeting new people from the events industry and learning about the cutting-edge trends for 2009. As professional event planners, we attended the conference to learn more about our industry, network with other creative professionals and share our knowledge with others. We even had the chance to party with some of our LA friends and do a little team-building of our own. Karli met some cool ladies from Nebraska at the Wedding Luncheon and had the best time sharing wedding horror stories and discussing an upcoming Bat Mitzvah for a Nebraska VIP. Check out some photos!

Joella Hopkins, Karli Tanner and Jennifer Minzey from Simply Mumtaz Events at TSE with our friend Flat Stanley. Stanley is visiting from Charlotte, NC.

Carol Rosen, Party Designs by Carol and ISES-LA President, Karli Tanner, Simply Mumtaz Events and Barbara Wallace of Barbara Wallace Weddings and the founding President of ISES-OC.

Doyle Borden with My Flower Guy and Rrivre Davies with RrivreWorks, Inc. cut a rug at the NACE party.

Pauline Parry, Jennyfer Rodgers and Joella Hopkins at the NACE party.

Karli Tanner, Simply Mumtaz Events with new friends from Nebraska Carrie Myers, Annette Wetzel and Megan McMasters. These girls know how to have a good time!

Beautiful table display from The Wedding Luncheon Gallery.

Opening Session performers creating a fun, whimsical, butterflies and floral garden effect.

Some TSE photos!!

Hey everybody. We wanted to share some of the Table Top Competition Photos from TSE! The rest of the team will add additional photos this next few days.


Also, a pic of Joella (Simply Mumtaz Prez) with Youngsong Martin (Owner, Wildflower Linens).

Please post additional photos if you got'em!

UPDATE: Karli & Clayton Frech, Classic Party Rentals

Simply Mumtaz is on YouTube! Channel:SimplyMumtaz

Hey everybody, so we're (Simply Mumtaz Events, Event Manament Los Angeles) there... We've now got a YouTube Channel! It's so very exciting... we posted a few of our event highlights... time-lapse event set ups, highlight reels of some of our events, and we will begin posting new items as they come up, AND of coure we will blog that they are up.

Isn't it amazing how much things have changed... we thought that we were cutting edge a year ago when we started blogging and now there's so many more places you've got to be... to share, learn, and be seen. We invite you to find us on Twitter (we blogged about that on our last post), Linked In (Simply Mumtaz Events, Joella Hopkins, or Karli Tanner), and Facebook!

We'd love to hear your thoughts on how Social Networking is also becoming informal Business Marketing!? Please post your comments.

Simply Mumtaz Twitters, Do You?

We're now on Twitter! Join us in tweeting!

Joella = MumtazEvents

Karli = Simply Mumtaz

See ya'll on the Tweet!