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I Had a Photo Shoot

Now that Catch My Party is off and running, I thought it was time I got some half-way-decent photos taken of me. There are so many places I need to add a photo (like our own site), and I never seem to have one I like. While my husband is wonderful in many ways, he [...]

Jillian posted on September 13th, 2010
Filed under Catch My Party - the site.
Tags: Jillian, Los Angeles, photographer, Tamar Levine

Vanilla Bake Shop

Friday night we were invited to a friends’ house for dinner, so I stopped by Vanilla Bake Shop in Santa Monica, CA (where I live) to pick up some cupcakes. The store is so lovely and the desserts so beautiful, I had to shoot some photos. Vanilla Bake Shop was started by husband and wife [...]

Jillian posted on August 16th, 2010
Filed under Cake, Cupcakes, and Desserts, Food & Drink.
Tags: baby cupcakes, cupcakes, Los Angeles, santa monica

How to Throw an Out of this World Bar or Bat Mitzvah

I love Bar and Bat Mitzvahs. I love them because they’re like weddings, only a lot of times, more festive. You can go over the top with a Bar or Bat Mitzvah and nobody cares because it’s a party for a 13-year-old! So to get some insight into what’s hip and cool right now in [...]

Jillian posted on April 19th, 2010
Filed under Entertainment, Food & Drink, Mitzvahs, Party Favors, Party Planning and Ideas, Party Themes.
Tags: Los Angeles, party lounges, Washington DC

This One’s For My Husband — The Park’s Finest BBQ

My husband is a huge carnivore. If he could eat meat at every meal he would. So when he saw the link on Yelp to The Park’s Finest BBQ with accompanying pictures of meat in all it’s glory, he forwarded the link and told me, “This is something to blog about.” Turns out The Park’s [...]

Jillian posted on April 5th, 2010
Filed under Food & Drink, Party Planning and Ideas.
Tags: BBQ, Catering, Filipino, Los Angeles, yelp

I Want the Fry Girl at My Next Party!

I just stumbled upon the Fry Girl, and even though I just threw Lainey’s third birthday party, I’m already looking for cool ideas for the next one. And what cool idea is this — piping hot mini donuts made fresh at your party. (They can even do fried candy bars, corn dogs, and traditional French [...]

Jillian posted on April 1st, 2010
Filed under Birthday, Entertainment, Food & Drink, Kid's Birthdays, Mitzvahs, Party Planning and Ideas, Quinceaneras, Sweet 16, Weddings.
Tags: celebrity food, Donuts, Los Angeles

Photographer Hugo Benson Turns His Quinceaneras into Celebrities

If I were having a Quinceanera, I would want Hugo Benson of Hugo Benson Photography to be my photographer. He’s based in San Diego and doesn’t come cheap (his packages starts at $2,000), but he gives his Quinceaneras the experience of a lifetime and turns them into bona fide celebrities! Hugo is one of the [...]