• SAILOR’S ALE

• 1/2 oz Morris Kitchen Ginger Syrup
• 2 oz Sailor Jerry’s Rum
• 1 oz Lime Juice
• 1 oz Dark Stout Beer
• Lime Wedge

• Instructions

• Fill a highball glass with ice. Stir in Ginger Syrup, rum and lime. Slowly top off with beer. Garnish with a lime wedge.

Be sure to check out other flavored syrups like Rhubarb and Spiced Apple from Morris Kitchen, 347.457.6994

Today’s topic: Cherry Blossoms.  Enjoy!

Many of us look to the Cherry Blossom Festival in Washington DC as the barometer of all things blossom related. As it stands, peak bloom is set for between April 3-6. These international treasures originated as a gift in 1912 from the people of Japan to the United States as gesture of friendship and goodwill. Since then, the number of trees has expanded to approximately 3,750 trees of 16 varieties on National Park Service land.

Have no fear, for if you’re not in the nation’s capital anytime soon, here are some equally as lovely displays of Cherry Blossom goodness in New York City proper and beyond.

• Central Park
• 2013 Cherry Blossom Festival, Sakura Matsuri, at Brooklyn Botanic Garden
• New York Botanical Garden
• Riverside Park
• Queens Botanical Garden Cherry Circle

And if you find that you still can’t make it to one of those lovely destinations, then you’ll just have to bring the beauty home to yourself!

Local farmers markets, flower markets and even some curbside bodega flower providers carry flowering Cherry branches this time of year. Just be sure to purchase branches with buds swelling, but not open. Before placing in water, cut at a 45 degree angle and cut a vertical slit in the bottom. Refresh water every few days and voila, it’s springtime at home!

The season is fleeting and short, be sure to take the time to enjoy, one blissful bloom at a time!

-Tara

Your wedding is the time to feel and look your very best.  Break the rules and live a little!

Are you Team Pink or Team White? What color dress will you wear?

Ines DiSanto Spring/Summer 2013

Ines DiSanto Spring/Summer 2013

Anne Barge Spring/Summer 2013

Anne Barge Spring/Summer 2013

I’m SUPER excited to share with you a new post featuring OE on the Tory Burch Foundation blog!  Tory and her fabulous team at the foundation truly support women entrepreneurs and help make their business dreams become reality!  This year has been amazing and Onederland Events will continue to grow.  It certainly helps knowing the Tory Burch Foundation is there to support us!  Click here to read the post!

xoxo, Michelle

Onederland Events has partnered with Greenwood to develop wedding packages and will provide on-site event management.  We already have a wedding booked for July and a few in August (all booked before the official opening!).  Among the different offerings, you can rent out the ENTIRE venue for the weekend for your destination wedding.

The mansion is available for all types of events.  Take it from me, you have to see this mansion in person!  It’s even more beautiful than the photos below.

This post is dedicated to those who have found themselves in a similar scenario (not the girl at the bar, but the girl or guy with the ring and new fiancé).  Here’s three quick tips to make sure your engagement and wedding planning journey start off right.

Tip #1: Breathe and Relax:  At some point during all the joyous celebrations, you have to take a deep breath. Unless you are planning to get married the very next day after the proposal, you really do have time to chill out and completely enjoy the moment.

Tip #2: Turn off the (Bridal) TV:  Seriously, just for a couple of weeks please turn it off.  Television has become overloaded with bridal shows.  While these shows can be fun and entertaining, they can also be overwhelming.  The goal is to not get to the point of exhaustion before you even begin the real wedding planning process.

Tip #3: Make sure you know why you said yes:   Sorry to have to bring this one up, but it’s so much better to make sure you are marrying the right person right from the start.  Take your time to think and most importantly communicate with your partner before you bring anyone else into the mix.

Any tips you’d like to share for our readers?  Leave a comment or tweet them to @1derlandevents.  We’d love to hear from you!

xo Michelle

Great idea for a Groom’s cake if he’s a shutterbug

Perfect for the destination wedding or couple who love to travel

As the fifth anniversary celebration of Onederland Events continues, it seemed only fitting that we usher in 2012 with a brand new website!  It’s certainly been an amazing (and long) journey and I’d like to thank all of my former clients, friends, vendors, and supporters of OE.  In honor and celebration of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. today, I’d like to share one of my favorite quotes: ”Take the first step in faith. You don’t have to see the whole staircase, just take the first step.” Here’s a great year of first steps and unforgettable events.

Nothing breaks up an intense work week like a trip to a winery! This week’s “eventure” was a site visit to the Wolffer Estate Vineyard in Bridgehampton, NY. This Tuscan-style vineyard is located about 2 1/2 hours outside of New York City (depending on the horrific Hamptons’ summer traffic). But once I arrived, I quickly realized that it was well worth the trip. The property is stunning.  I immediately got the sense that the employees take pride in the estate as if it were their own.

 After touring the estate and enjoying a plentiful vino tasting (my favs are the sparkling and dessert wines), I could easily imagine a beautiful wedding in this very intimate setting with the vineyards and nice, warm sunset colors as the backdrop. And if you don’t believe me, check out the gallery at www.wolffer.com/weddings.

You can opt to exchange vows near the charming gazebo or on the terrace (see below). The event space can hold up to about 150 guests.  A key factor about the estate is that it doesn’t take much to enhance the beauty that is already there. You can add as much or as little as you want and the beauty of the vines will do the rest. 

Gazebo Area: wide open space surrounded by vines

Terrace View: Reception space

Wine barrel signed by Meredith Vieria

Behind the scenes look at the bottling process