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Culinary is the heart of Good Gracious! Events produced by a team passionate about food, memorable moments and sharing it with the world. Founder and CEO Pauline Parry along with her dynamic team have provided award-winning services in all areas of culinary, beverage, hospitality for the corporate, social and wedding markets. Our ultimate goal is to not just be exclusive but, to be the preferred for all your events. We listen, we create, we bring your vision to fruition with only the highest standards.

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Pauline’s Holiday Gift Guide 2020

Pauline’s Holiday Gift Guide 2020 is here! As the owner and founder of Good Gracious! Events, one of the top catering companies in Los Angeles, she is a tastemaker and knows a few things about excellent hospitality. For the first year ever, she is sharing her top ten gifts to suit everyone on your list, from the on-the-go girlboss, to the enviable entertainer, to the cozy homebody (all of us these days) and last but not least, the men in your life that seem to already have everything. We are aiming to shop small as much as possible this holiday

30 November 2020 No Comments

Culinary Travels in Tuscany with Pauline

Culinary Travels in Tuscany with Pauline: Colorful to White After experiencing all the colors of the villages along the Cinque Terre coast yesterday, we took our culinary travels in Tuscany to the town of Carrara. The city is dwarfed by mountains that are draped with what you might think is snow, but NO, it is white marble–the infamous Carrara marble, no less. These mountains have been excavated for 1,200 years and apparently, there is still enough marble for another 1,200 years or more – WOW! I am a huge lover of this marble and to be here surrounded by

2 November 2020 No Comments

Cindy Celis Shares Her Five Favorite Things

Our Director of Business Development Cindy Celis shares her five favorite things. Cindy is our newest addition to the Good Gracious! sales team, bringing a rich background in sales and client management. We cultivated a friendship with her after crossing paths in the events industry over the past 10 years. Needless to say, when we got word there was a possibility she would be available to join us, we immediately extended an invitation out for a visit to our headquarters. We truly feel lucky to have secured her talents to our team! In this short amount of time, we’ve experienced

16 October 2020 2 Comments

Marc Weinstock of Pacific Event Services

This week we had the pleasure of interviewing leading Technical Event Producer Marc Weinstock of Pacific Event Services, Owner and President of the full-service production company known for creating immersive event experiences. With quite the roster of impressive clients, Marc has become the go-to for over a decade for all things technical design and production, staging, power, light, a/v and more. Mix technical savvy with creativity, honesty and an endearing nature, and you have Marc and his team. We absolutely love working with them and are always in awe of their stunning visual activations. Read our full interview with Marc

1 October 2020 No Comments

Inspiring Digital Creative Julie Roth Novack of PartySlate

We are so excited to share our interview with inspiring digital creative Julie Roth Novack of PartySlate! In 2015, she left her digital agency job and co-founded PartySlate, a Houzz-inspired, content-rich online platform geared for people planning events and for leading event companies to showcase their work. Our PartySlate profile features event galleries, SEO-friendly FAQs, team member profiles, videos, press and more. It is a great tool for connecting with other vendors when we are planning a party and getting in touch with new clients from all over the world. In the time of COVID, our industry was hit hard

19 September 2020 No Comments

Inspiring Creative David Merrell of AOO Events

We were thrilled to track down a very busy leading man and inspiring creative, David Merrell of AOO Events for a quick interview. We love working with David and the AOO Events team because they continuously push boundaries by creating immersive designs and live-event experiences that convey a lasting message and connection with guests. David is as professional and experienced as they come. Since being founded in 1989, his creative agency has become a go-to for high-profile and award-winning movie premiers, weddings, marketing events and more. Keep scrolling to learn how David is finally slowing down and his favorite meal–it

17 September 2020 No Comments