by mayamahoney | Feb 20, 2025 | Real Events
Last summer we helped plan a very special Air Force Promotion Celebration! We love these types of events and have planned several over the years from retirements to promotions and more. These important career milestones deserved to be celebrated and it is an honor to...
by mayamahoney | Feb 6, 2025 | Real Weddings
Brooke and Jack’s Fairmont Washington, D.C. wedding captured a gorgeous September day, a meaningful wedding ceremony, and lots of celebrating! The couple got married at Holy Trinity Church, had their reception at the Fairmont and their afterparty at the...
by mayamahoney | Jan 30, 2025 | Real Events
This is our third year working with Appleseed and the 2024 Appleseed Network Annual Pillars of Justice Event was back in DC after being held in New York City last year. We always love working with the Appleseed team and this year was no exception! The 2024 event was...
by mayamahoney | Jan 9, 2025 | Real Weddings
Sherri and Wenxin’s Conrad Washington, DC Wedding featured all the quintessential DC elements while incorporating their Chinese heritage. This is one of Maya’s favorite weddings, because of the many interesting and fun Chinese traditions! They started the day...
by mayamahoney | Dec 26, 2024 | Real Events
We have planned several events for Shirley over the years so when it came time to her DC baby shower, she enlisted us again! We were so excited to work with her again and make her vision come to life for such an important event. Her theme for the shower was “Teddy...
by mayamahoney | Dec 19, 2024 | Real Weddings
Derrick and Paolo’s Torpedo Factory wedding featured beautiful personal moments that captured these two as individuals and together as a couple. One of Derrick’s sisters, Jenny, created a large Life Map (and smaller handouts for guests) of Derrick and Paolo’s...
by mayamahoney | Dec 5, 2024 | Real Events
Earlier this year we helped plan the DC PartySlate Party at Vera Cocina and it was truly a career highlight for Maya and the team! Maya had been wanting to do this annual DC event with PartySlate since 2021 and when they asked her to do this earlier in the year, she...
by mayamahoney | Nov 14, 2024 | Real Weddings
Annabel and Zack’s Washington National Cathedral wedding took place on a sweltering June day, but everyone made the best of the heat wave! With the ceremony at the Washington National Cathedral and reception at Dumbarton House, this was one for the books!...
by mayamahoney | Oct 24, 2024 | Real Events
DC nonprofit fundraiser planning is a big part of H&L in addition to wedding planning and social event planning. In 2024, we have helped plan several nonprofit fundraisers, including the Holistic Haitian Alliance Raise The Roof Gala and the Seabury Resources for...
by mayamahoney | Oct 10, 2024 | Real Weddings
Tyra and Pete’s DC War Memorial wedding was a highlight of our spring! It was a beautiful, although windy, spring day with pretty blue skies accenting DC landmarks. The couple met on Tinder. Tyra and Pete initially matched in 2016, but only chatted through the...
