Swanky San Francisco Movie Birthday Party

Have we mentioned how much we love our creative clients? Just recently we had the opportunity to plan a unique birthday party in San Francisco. Our client wanted something different & original for her husband's birthday. So since the birthday boy is a huge movie buff, we thought the Variety Children's Charity private screening room in the historic Hobart Building would be the perfect setting.

We designed a vintage film invite for the event, setting the stage for a fabulous adults night out in the city.




The screening room has a great lounge area with comfy sofas & chairs and a bar area. This space was a great space for everyone to hang out in and have some drinks and snacks before the movie.



Stacey & Company whipped up some light snacks for the pre-movie meal including chicken salad croissant sandwiches, pea pesto crostini, and an artesian cheese board with fruit and crackers.






We also brought in gourmet pizzas from Brick & Bottle a fabulous new restaurant in Corte Madera.

Of course no movie screening would be complete without candy and popcorn. We kept our party goers well stocked with all the movie-candy favorites plus kettle corn popped fresh that day at our local farmer's market. Everyone had there own little treat bags (with custom sticker) to fill up just in time for the movie...








We topped off the evening with an iconic San Francisco movie, Vertigo. The night was a complete success and our birthday boy loved it! The most fun was hearing all the people talk about the San Francisco landmarks that they recognized in the film. Happy Birthday Frank!

40th Birthday Bash at Orson San Francisco

We got a last minute call from a client to help him plan his brother's 40th birthday. The plan: they we're going to have dinner at a neighborhood restaurant and then wanted to surprise him by having a limo pick them up after and take them to a cocktail party. We we're given three weeks, a modest budget and some general likes and dislikes of the guest of honor and we were off!




We worked with our friends at Orson Restaurant & Lounge (owned by chef Elizabeth Falkner of Citizen Cake and Food Network) in SOMA. We booked the Mezzanine upstairs, where we could have semi private use of the space and a dedicated bar.

While about 12 of the birthday boys best pals had dinner, Orson got ready for the other guests to arrive...And when the guest of honor arrived, he was greeted with a surprise!




Sadly we had another event to attend that evening, so we were not able to taste the yummy fare this time, but the guests gave it rave reviews. We started out the evening with:

• Blini with crème fraiche and caviar
  
• Smoked salmon maki rolls
  
• Steak tartar on individual spoons
  
• Prawns with romesco
  
• Korean crispy pot stickers
  
• Cheesy churros and chili jam
  
• Asparagus and aioli dipping sauce
  
• Arancini
  

And then after birthday cake the guests we're delighted with passed dessert bites:

• Cupquettes - vanilla & chocolate
  
• Rocky Road Marshmallow skewers
  
• Crème Brulee spoonfuls
  
• Chocolaté bon bons
  

The birthday cake {RETRO TROPICAL SHAG - 2 layers of genoise cake with splash of rum, passionfruit-mango mousse, vanilla buttercream and unsweetened organic coconut shavings, yeah baby!} was also a huge hit and was presented by Elizabeth Falkner herself!






We also worked with Natalie Bowen Designs to whip us up some MANLY cocktail table arrangements, to give a little splash of color to the evening scene.



And my favorite shot, sent to me after the event, is of the birthday boy and his friends chillin' on the couch in the back of the SUV style limo. Party on!




If you want to have a private dining experience at Orson, the guy to talk to is Michael Beachnau @ 415.722.4380. They have several different options for where you can hold court all with very reasonable food and beverage minimums for the style of venue, atmosphere and AMAZING food.