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When planning an event for a guest you often become personally connected, but there are some guests and events that become very special because they trigger personal memories.

On Sunday, April 12th, we hosted a traditional, Korean 1st Birthday Party for Jason and Kate Yi’s daughter, Chloe. The Korean 1st Birthday is called the Dol Jabi Party and in Korea is celebrated 100 days after your birth because they calculate the nine months of pregnancy into your age. Here in America, however, it is typically celebrated on the one year anniversary of your birth.

Chloe’s party took place on the Dandeana and everything from the pastel, pink balloons shaped like daisies to the tiara accents transformed the space into any little girl’s FantaSea. Chloe looked adorable in her Korean ceremonial garment, the Hanbok. During the party she partook in an important Dol Jabi Tradition where several items are placed in front of the baby and which ever item he/she chooses is supposed to predict the child’s personality and future. Chloe’s items included: a string (long life), a book (intelligence), a pencil (artistic), money (rich), food (never wanting) and a tiara (beautiful and cared for). Chloe picked the pencil, meaning she will be very artistic.

Seeing Chloe at her Dol Jabi, made me recall stories of me at my 1st Birthday. I had the choice of money, food, a book, or a mirror and according to my parents I grabbed for all of them at once. My parents joke and say that it meant I was greedy, but I think it predicted that I would be a great General Manager. At age one I wanted it all for myself and now I still want it all, only now I want it all for you – our guests!

Me at my Dol Jabi