FEEL THE PRIDE

PRIDE

IN HONOR OF PRIDE MONTH, WE CALLED ON SOME OF THE AREA’S MOST LGBTQ-FORWARD BUSINESSES TO CREATE VIGNETTES INSPIRED BY CLASSIC LGBTQ FILMS. FEAST YOUR EYES ON A RAINBOW OF IDEAS TO CELEBRATE AND SHOW YOUR PRIDE.

By Daphne Nikolopoulos Photography by Jerry Rabinowitz

MY MOTHER ALWAYS SAID, ‘LIVE ON FISHER IS ND, GET BURIED IN PALM BEACH. THAT WAY YOU’LL HAVE THE BEST OF FLORIDA.’”

THE TEAM

DESIGN: Cameron Keating, The Special Event Resource and Design Group, West Palm Beach (special eventresource.com) FLORALS: Varito Vasquez, The Special Event Resource and Design Group CHINA, LINENS, PROPS: The Special Event Resource and Design Group FLATWARE: Diff erent Look, Deerfi eld Beach (diff erentlook.com) FOOD: Carla Ruben and Jeff Fowler, Creative Edge Parties, West Palm Beach (creativeedgeparties.com)

BIRDS OF A FEATHER

Cameron Keating and Varito Vasquez of The Special Event Resource and Design Group envisioned an exuberant backdrop inspired by the hilarious family dinner scene in the iconic fi lm. Feathered friends perch on birdcages that hold an abundance of fl owers and rainbow layer and wedding cakes by Creative Edge Parties. Creative Edge, a company that is very proactive in the gay community, also crafted the Pride petit fours and Over the Rainbow shortbread cookies in support of Pride.

THE WILD WEST

Picture it: Two cowboys in the Wyoming backcountry, sitting by the fi re and developing a bond that’s as beautiful as it is dangerous. They were probably not thinking a lot about food, but if they were, they’d surely be eating Creative Edge Parties’ custom CEP steak board with grilled rosemary ribeye, Ride ’em Cowboy baked beans, signature pretzel roll, and a trio of sauces. For a light snack, they might enjoy rainbow grilled cheese. Or they might toast edible glitter marshmallow sticks over an open fl ame before retiring to a tepee tent or strolling among the succulents and cacti, artfully arranged by Ovando.

THE TEAM

FLORALS: Sandra de Ovando, Ovando, West Palm Beach (ovandony.com) PROPS: The Special Event Resource and Design Group, West Palm Beach (special eventresource.com); CLK Event Production by Jenn Clarke, Palm Beach (@clkevents) FOOD: Carla Ruben and Jeff Fowler, Creative Edge Parties, West Palm Beach (creativeedgeparties.com)

I THOUGHT BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN MIGHT BE AROUND WHERE HE GREW UP. KNOWING JACK, IT WAS “ PROBABLY SOME PRETEND PLACE, WHERE BLUEBIRDS SING AND THERE’S A WHISKEY SPRING.”

WHEN A GAY MAN HAS WAY TOO “ MUCH FASHION SENSE FOR ONE GENDER, HE IS A DRAG QUEEN.”

THANKS FOR EVERYTHING! JULIE NEWMAR

THE TEAM

FLORALS: Sandra de Ovando, Ovando, West Palm Beach (ovandony.com) CHINA, GLASSES, FLATWARE: Diff erent Look, Deerfi eld Beach (diff erentlook.com) TABLE LINENS: BBJ La Tavola Specialty Linens, Orlando (bbjlatavola.com) FURNITURE: Event Eff ects, Pompano Beach (eventeff ectsgroup.com) FOOD: Carla Ruben and Jeff Fowler, Creative Edge Parties, West Palm Beach (creativeedgeparties.com)

LONG LIVE THE QUEENS

Noxeema and Vida would be thrilled to be guests at this table created by Ovando. Not only would the two “Drag Queen of the Year” winners approve of the color scheme, they would positively swoon over the food: rainbow fortune cookies, grilled shrimp lo mein, edamame with sea salt, roasted vegetable lo mein, shrimp tempura egg rolls with “ancient Chinese secret” rainbow sauce, rainbow roll, and California roll. The over-the-top fl oral arrangements consist of pink phalaenopsis orchids, and red roses and hydrangeas—to match the soles of the Louboutins, of course. «