![]() And that's history, you know? I was lucky enough to be one of the very few people who've ever worked with the social office to design those events. We did seven White House state dinners and decorated the White House twice for the holidays. You’ve been lucky enough to work in The White House many times. And the difference, of course, is when you do a renewal and you have four kids, they walked down the aisle. So, ten years later, Matt's like, "OK, let's have a wedding.” They did a beautiful white party, and all the guests were in white. They have four children, they're all girls, and I don't want to stereotype little girls, but it's like “Mommy, what did your wedding look like?” And they got married at city hall. I mean, quite honestly, at the end of the day, they did that for their girls. We did Matt and Luci Damon’s, quote, unquote, renewal, but they never had a wedding. You’ve also worked on vow renewals, how do those differ from weddings? High-profile clients want to live a normal life, right? They don't want to always go through the kitchen door. So, it's not like we're trying to keep everybody away. When the President, the Secretary of State, Chelsea, and everybody else at the party got out of their cars to go into the tavern for the welcome dinner, we wanted to be thoughtful about the tiny town of Rhinebeck and the press. Having said that, in Rhinebeck, we set up all this amazing bike fencing downtown. We're always making sure that people can celebrate the things they deserve to celebrate, and not for people to get inside that shouldn't get inside. Now, thanks to our Secret Service, they managed to get him and walk him off the property. He literally came through hundreds of acres of woods to try to get the shot. We had this journalist from Germany hike through the woods to try to get a photo. Even the interiors of some of the tents had to block people's views. We had to be thoughtful about the way we constructed everything that we did. What about security details at Chelsea Clinton’s wedding in Rhinebeck, New York ? I often say to our interns, go work for a nonprofit because they have so little staff and so much to do that you learn how to organize and create something.Īllison Williams and her husband at their Wyoming wedding. And not just an artistic event, something that had meaning and had success. ![]() I went to the nonprofit that was helping him and I said, “Okay, what can I do?" And they said, "You can join our special events committee.” So, I started to cut my teeth on everything to do with how to build an event and be successful at it. I got into this because I was in a tragic situation where I lost a friend, very young, at 28 years old to HIV, and I really wanted to do something. And did I think we could turn that into a business? No. Every Monday morning, we created and designed a new idea for the following weekend to have a good time. You know, we hire interns now that are special events majors at major universities around the country. And how did you find yourself in this business? ![]()
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