Party Pals is constantly adding to our huge rental inventory!!!

Lights, Camera…Party Pals Action!!! Check out all the cool stuff we have for you this summer… Green Screen…be the celebrity you’ve always wanted to be…cover girl, cover guy…Surfer, Sports Illustrated, Rolling Stone…you choose the magazine cover and we put you on it. Or, just pick from a whole bunch of really cool backdrops…our high tech system is unsurpassed in photo quality. You can pick from existing backgrounds or have our staff customize one for you. You’ll get a 5 x 7 or 8 x 10 photo printed within minutes…we can even put all the event pictures on a CD for you…is that cool or what?...We’ll make you famous!!! Pillow Fight: Picture this…Sun tanned toes, ticklin’ the sand, cold drink chillin’ in your right hand, watchin’ them sleep in the evening light, restin’ up for a long long night…OF PILLOW FIGHTING!!! That’s right, a good old fashion wack a thon with giant body pillows and our new inflatable bed…get your mind out of the gutter…this is pillow fighting you dork, not pillow talking. Now, climb on board, grab your pillow, and wack the hell out of eachother!!! Is this a blast or what?!!! By the way, the “Sun tanned toes” thing was taken from a Kenny Chesney song…gotta give credit where credit is due and I just went to one of his concerts…have fun Y’ALL!!! Rock & Roll Fantasy…Guitar Hero, Rock Band, American Idol…we’ve got them all and you’ll have an absolute blast playing!!! Strap on that guitar, twirl those drum sticks, belt out your best Bon Jovi voice and ROCK & ROLL! You can even have Randy, Paula, and Simon critique your performance…this is as close as you’re going to get to the real thing so start practicing in the shower where no one (thank God) will see you!!! Make Your Own Music DVD…we’ve upgraded our system to include over 15,000 songs…if we don’t have the artists you want, we’ll get them for you. We even have racks of costumes for you…you want Rock & Roll, we got it…you want Country Western, we got it…you want rap…well, you get the idea! With this system, we can burn up to 6 DVD’s at a time. This is an awesome keepsake for your event…you can Rock Around the Clock and then watch it all over again! Play Misty for Me?...Now, is this absolutely cool or what? Take a break from the summer heat and get misted. Yes, Party Pals has really cool (pardon the pun) misting tents. Perfect for your summertime event…let your guests kick back, relax and CHILL under our new tent…get MISTED instead of BLISTED (I spelled that so it would rhyme but you get it right?). Anyway, check it out…it’ll be a great addition to your next event!   These are just a few of the awesome games and systems you can get from Party Pals…The Second Happiest Place on Earth!!! Remember always…It’s Not a Party Without the Pals!!!

Don’t Listen to Them…the Glass is Half Full not Half Empty

We’ve just completed the most successful month in our company’s history…the best month in 15 years. Last year was our best year ever…we’re ahead of last year by over 15%...I do not say this to brag…I say this to put the LIE to the constant barrage of negative information spewed by what is today’s main steam media. Every single thing they say is negative…they want you to believe that things are getting worse by the minute…we are in a terrible state…our economy is approaching depression…BULL Sh**!!!

The US Open recently concluded here at Torrey Pines…one of the most financially successful and exciting US Opens in history…record attendance every day. Those tickets weren’t cheap people…yet day after day, record numbers of attendees flooded through the gates of Torrey Pines. Look at home attendance at Major League Baseball parks around the country…in 2007, the average attendance was approximately 31,818…in 2008, it’s 32,767…looks like people are still spending money to have fun and seek entertainment.

Yes, gas has doubled, but what does that mean for the event industry?...well, it looks like companies are spending their dollars locally instead of overseas. Companies, even with the lower value of the Dollar, are spending their money here rather than there. I’ve had this conversation at least a dozen times over the last two weeks…I have yet to talk to a person in the industry who’s business is tanking because of our supposed terrible economy. In fact, most people I’ve talked to are having at least as good a year as they had last year. Is that true for everyone, of course not. Are we experiencing problems in the industry, of course we are…but you know what?, a lot of people are kicking ass and you NEVER here about those people or those companies on the evening news.

Let’s look at MPISCC and ISES LA…record membership, record donations, record income, record attendance at monthly meetings…does that sound like a death knell to our industry to you?...of course not…because again, it’s BULL SH**!! Of course there are problems, but, while I don’t think we’re awash in lemons, let’s at least conspire to prove these freaking idiots wrong by making lemonade out of the lemons that do exist, and continuing to make the event industry KICK ASS!!!

I don’t wear rose colored glasses…my experience, our experience is that, if you perservere, if you look for that diamond in the rough, if you have faith in your ability to make your dreams happen, you’ll make them happen! We have an incredible opportunity to prove these negative, arrogant, pieces of garbage wrong…we have so far…let’s continue to do it. We are freaking Americans…we can do whatever we set our minds to do…and Yea, I am freaking proud to be an American and I thank God every day that I live here, work here, and fulfill my dreams here. And I thank God that I work in this industry…full of the most creative, successful, and absolutely cool people in the entire world!

I’ll get off my soap box now…take care and continue to KICK ASS!!!

Jeff

Party Pals