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I am a big advocate for event insurance, and this includes meeting planning insurance, event insurance, and wedding insurance.  So, when the editor in chief of “Washingtonian Weddings” magazine asked me about insurance, I happily obliged!

Quoted on Washingtonian Weddings About the Government Shutdown

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Some hosts/hostesses find the coordination of events in your home more stressful than cooking the actual meal. The key to minimizing dinner party stress is having a plan in place beforehand, so download my Dinner Party Planning Guide for some thorough tips and checklists.

A Dinner Party Planning Guide for Your Holiday Entertaining

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Wedding Guests Dancing. Howerton+Wooten Events.

Here is a list of five of the most common mistakes couples make while working with professional deejays (and how to avoid them).

5 Mistakes Couples Make When Working with their Wedding Deejay

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5 Things You Should Know About a BEO. Howerton+Wooten Events.

If you are unfamiliar with a banquet event order, check out my list of five (5) key things you should know when you receive one.

5 Things You Should Know About a Banquet Event Order

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Kawania Wooten. Small Business Coach and Expert

For the ninth consecutive year, Howerton+Wooten Events successfully managed the logistics and housing for the American Federation of Government Employees, AFL-CIO (AFGE) Legislative Conference

Howerton+Wooten Events Successfully Managed the 2016 AFGE Legislative Conference

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African American Bride and Groom before Wedding. St. Regis Washington DC.

It’s always a good morning for the professional wedding planners at Howerton+Wooten Events when we wake up and see a Howerton+Wooten Events couple on a Martha Stewart Weddings slideshow!

A Howerton+Wooten Events Couple Was Spotted on Martha Stewart Weddings!

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2018 Bowie Blade Readers Choice Winner

The professional wedding planning team at Howerton+Wooten Events won the “Bowie Blade-News Readers Choice” award for the third year in a row!

Howerton+Wooten Events is a 2018 Bowie-Blade Readers Choice Award Winner

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The rules for handling chopsticks in Japan, might not be the same rules for proper chopstick etiquette in Korea or China. So, I noted below what I believe to be “general” chopstick rules.

5 Helpful Chopstick Etiquette Tips

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Stuck at the Airport by Harriet Baskas

The “Stuck at the Airport” Web Site Does Mother Nature, mechanics, or other unexpected occurrences have you and your travel delayed at the airport? Check out the web site, “Stuck at the Airport.” This web site service was created by Harriet Baskas. I really enjoy this web site for ideas when my layover is long, […]

Use “Stuck at the Airport” For Travel Delays

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