Parties! It’s Raining Parties
Philadelphia has been deluged by the equivalent of a month’s worth of rain in just four days.
I look at the calendar, and , no, it’s not April. But it is the Ides of March. Today is a New Moon and Spring is around the corner. Both are signals to think ahead and plan for the coming season.
The recession certainly took its toll on celebrations, but don’t think for a minute that they aren’t happening. This afternoon, for example, I was booked to draw caricatures for a Sweet 16 in May.
What’s the trend? Many people have scaled back, but they are still celebrating milestone events like birthdays, weddings, anniversaries, Bar Mitzvahs and the like. Business considerations aside, I don’t think that scaling back is a bad thing. It forces you to discern what is most important and restrain some of the keeping-up-with-the-Joneses type pressures that many clients felt subjected to. And I think both hosts and guests are enjoying themselves more.
Nonetheless, May and June are typically busy months for Faces & Fortunes and I see that pattern continuing. If you are considering hosting a party or other kind of event for the coming season it is not too soon to get your arrangements in place.
If caricature or fortunetelling entertainment in the Philadelphia tri-state region is what you have in mind for your event, consider us here at Faces & Fortunes.
