Hot Hot Hot!

Occasionally I'll fantasize that, along with a make-up artist and a hairstylist, there's an event planner living in the crawl-space in my attic. You know those days when you can't get away from the computer/ printer/post office and there's a group of people scheduled to show up at your place at 7.00 ?
Well I don't think he wants to move in any time soon but I'll certainly clear out the winter clothes and christmas decorations if Jeff Brown of Brown Hot Events changes his mind!
I had to dig out some images taken last year for his Ruinart croquet party at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel in Pasadena ( because Ruinart wants to use them for advertising purposes...always validating! ) and I was reminded of how elegant yet fun and whimsical his designs can be. At this event everybody was dressed in white; a pianist played at the white grand piano on the lawn; guests were chauffeured in white vintage cars with yellow bows; and after lunch at a beautiful, canopied table, a champagne-fuelled game of croquet ensued!
I worked with Jeff recently at an event he designed for Veuve-Cliquot at the W hotel in Westwood, and for a Breeder's Cup party where the entertainment was Dancing with the Stars......I tell you, sometimes you don't need your OWN social life if you're a Californian photographer...you can live vicariously through everybody elses! Ha!
Elegant as always, here are slideshows from those events.