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Won’t you meet our neighbor (cont.)

Saturday, March 27th, 2010

Style Salon is our neighbor and a great friend to the Fish House. Often you can find the style girls helping with and/or attending the many events we have here!  Notably, they helped get the party started by offering their creative services to Lindsay and Whitney’s big jersey style birthday party on the Atlas deck. Style is Pensacola’s hottest beauty boutique. Their mission is to provide beauty, education, excellence and consistency to their employees and customers.

Their beautiful salon is located in a historic 100-year-old building on 192 N. Palafox Street. The historic architecture, along with modern style and services provided by the stylists, create an unparalleled salon experience in Pensacola.

Style believes in caring for the environment, so they carry environmentally friendly products from manufacturers such as PureOlogy and KMS California.

Style is a Goldwell Alliance Salon, and all stylists are updated with the latest Goldwell color news, trends, products and education.

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Won’t you meet our neighbor? (cont.)

Thursday, March 18th, 2010

Fiore is a beautiful shop that is owned by our dear friend, Shannon Pallin. Shannon does a lot of floral work with us here at the Fish House as well as Jackson’s Steakhouse, our sister restaurant. We wanted you to meet Shannon today because she is having a great sale at her warehouse on Saturday. Go visit Shannon and come join us for lunch! It is supposed to be a fantastic weekend!  

Fiore is a unique flower shop that specializes in European design with a Southern flair. The store is full of unique, fresh florals, beautiful silk flowers, candles and much more—ever-changing with the seasons. The professional staff is there to help you send the perfect arrangement for any occasion or assist you in any way necessary. Fiore is also known for attention to detail in every aspect of planning an event and specializes in destination weddings for in- or out-of-town brides. Please visit them at their new shop. They look forward to meeting you and making your event or floral arrangement spectacular.

http://www.fioreofpensacola.com/index.php

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Won’t you meet our neighbor? (continued)

Saturday, March 13th, 2010

Meet our neighbor, La Bona International Boutique. It’s a place for innovative women, of all ages, seeking definition and style. This warm eclectic shop is filled with clothing, shoes, purses, scarves, jewelry, perfumes, and soaps. La Bona offers one-of-a-kind looks that are on trend but never trendy. Drawings, paintings, and plaques adorn the walls and ceramic finds rest on shelves. What a wonderful, exciting mix. One visit will result in a familiarity of what waits inside that will always prove to be unpredictable.

We left three gift certificates in unmarked envelopes in the boutique.  While they last, each envelope contains an amount that you are welcome to use at the fish house or Atlas Oyster House.  There only three envelopes so don’t wait too long!  La Bona’s hours are: Tuesday – Friday - 10 am – 6 pm & Saturday  10 am – 5 pm  -  http://www.labonaboutique.com/

Join us next week when we go visit our neighbor and friend, Shannon Pallin owner of Fiore.  We will check out her new shop and find out about a fun sale she has on the 20th in Fiore’s warehouse.  http://www.fioreofpensacola.com/

Until next time, thanks for meeting our neighbor!

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Confessions of a Party Planner (continued)

Friday, March 12th, 2010
Melissa Martin Event Coordinator for the Great Southern Restaurant Group

Melissa Martin: Event Coordinator for the Great Southern Restaurant Group

As a party planner, I hear all kinds of crazy things that are said by our guests. The whole stories might be embarrassing, so I won’t go into all the details. The quotes are harmless and amusing, so in no particular order, this is a sampling of what I overheard last week.  

Me: It’s time for the bride to throw her bouquet… 
Bridesmaid:  Um, but I just got my cake.

With fifty people still at the party, bridesmaid to me: Would it be rude to start packing up our stuff now? I don’t want to be stuck here forever.

A guy walked into a closet instead of the room where his guests were waiting, and came out catatonic because the room was filled with stored Halloween decorations.

Beef satay in hand, the guest asks: I’m a vegetarian. Can I eat this?

Pregnant woman asks bartender: How many drinks am I allowed to have?

Lady: Sweetheart, please get me some more water.
Me (to bartender): I need to get her some more water.
Bartender: Here; use this bottle of vodka—she’s not drinking water.

Roomful of educators couldn’t get their projector to work and called me in. I push the giant button marked: “Power,” fixing the problem. Cheers and laughter ensued.

Preparing the table set up for a male guest, he said to me:  Miss, this just won’t work; I could really use six more inches…

When do you know your son’s hair needs a trim? When several people walk up while his back is turned to see if he’s a bridesmaid. 

Finally—and I can’t stress this one enough! DO NOT let your friends bring sparklers to a formal dinner party, particularly when you know they drink too much: 
Me to pyromaniac:  Sir! Please put that out. Sir, put out the sparkler now! No. NO! Don’t throw it in the bushes! Oh no! Help! The bushes are on fire… Here! Hand me those drinks… Whoosh!   Whoops, didn’t realize the drinks were straight Scotch. Note to self… 

Name the strangest thing you have heard someone say at a party (PG version only, please) and you will enter to win a $25 gift certificate to either the Fish House or Atlas and some sparklers if we can find some. 

Until next time,

Melissa

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