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I met Frances working a special charter aboard FantaSeas’ flagship yacht, the Dandeana, early last year. It was a burial at sea, but a beautiful and festive one I can say for certain. Frances decided that day that the Dandeana would be a perfect venue to surprise her partner for her 70th Birthday. Frances is a busy attorney here in Los Angeles and wanted to pretty much make the decision and not worry about it after that.

We met a week later and planned what was to become the first surprise in Arlene’s 70 years. Clearly, as time ticked away, we were on task, but the Host (Frances) was becoming very nervous. Could it be, we could actually surprise Arlene?

Well if you take a look at the attached pictures you can note that Arlene was onboard and upstairs on the party deck before she had any idea! An then, just as they do it in the movies…SURPRISE!

Everyone was smartly dressed in Black and White, Arlene’s favorite flowers adorned the tables and folks came as far away as Israel to greet Arlene for her fabulous affair. Frances and I worked out the skit in which we put in to action at EXACTLY 6:52pm as they arrived to have dinner ‘next door’. Everyone was in place and in the end the party was a grand success.

Arlene was treated to an unexpected surprise and I gained an unexpected new friend in Frances…Thank you doll!

One of our guests, Alla, served up a fruit buffet that was fresh, fun and fantastically sweet for her birthday at FantaSea. After all, at 50 she is still all of those things! Check out the beautiful work and bon appetît…

Last month we had Jasmine (Jazzy’s) birthday aboard the RegentSea and it was one of the sweetest sweet 16’s that we have ever seen! With everything that Jasmine had going on, it would have been impossible to not have a happening party – 110 of her closest friends and family, a fun theme, candy station, music and an over-the-top surprise!

We all know that diamonds are a girl’s best friend and her favorite jeans are a close second, so when we found out that Jazzy’s theme was “Jeans N’ Bling” we knew that she was on to something. Jazzy’s mom, Jannie McKinney, handmade all the linens for the cocktail tables with denim material and stick on diamonds. The RegentSea always shines, but on this particular night she sparkled, as she was literally dripping in diamonds.

Pink and black made the perfect complimentary colors to the demin and were used throughout the party; arches of pink and black balloons, pink diamond centerpieces, pink confections and pink flowers. (Tip: If you’re thinking about having your own “Jeans N’ Bling”, or “Diamonds and Denim”, affair we suggest you pick up some edible diamonds from Beryl’s Cake Decorating and Pastry Supplies.)

Nobody could resist the cupcakes, cake, jellybeans and other pink sweets at the candy station. It looked great, tasted better and kept the partygoers dancing for hours!

There was tons of great music at this party, but nothing could beat the surprise performance of New Boyz who serenaded Jazzy with ‘Happy Birthday’ and performed their hit song ‘You’re a Jerk’ to a crowd of very happy teenagers.

We didn’t think Jazzy’s “Jeans N’ Bling” party on a beautiful yacht could get any better until she got her big gift – a shiny, brand new, white Lexus. From the friends and family, to the New Boyz performance, to the new car, we have a feeling that this was a birthday that Jazzy will cherish forever.