American Golf Wedding Show Weekend

American Golf courses are having their annual Wedding Show Weekend the Saturday and Sunday. Attendance is FREE for all events. RSVP to be placed on the guest list. www.countryclubreceptions.com/wsw Saturday, February 28 10:00 a.m. - 1:00 p.m. Diamond Bar Golf Course, Diamond Bar, CA Mountain Meadows Golf Course, Pomona, CA Recreation Park 18 Golf Course, Long Beach, CA 2:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m. El Dorado Park Golf Course, Long Beach, CA Los Verdes Golf Club, Rancho Palos Verdes, CA Sunday, March 1 Noon - 3:00 p.m. Coyote Hills Golf Course, Fullerton, CA El Camino Country Club, Oceanside, CA La Mirada Golf Course, La Mirada, CA Lakewood Country Club, Lakewood, CA Los Coyotes Country Club, Buena Park, CA Marbella Country Club, San Juan Capistrano, CA Monterey Country Club, Palm Desert, CA Oakhurst Country Club, Clayton, CA Palm Valley Country Club, Palm Desert, CA Seascape Golf Club, Aptos, CA Skylinks at Long Beach, Long Beach, CA Yorba Linda Country Club, Yorba Linda, CA We will be attending these shows, and hope to see you there: 1) Recreation Park 18 Golf Course, Long Beach, CA 2) Coyote Hills Golf Course, Fullerton, CA 3) Yorba Linda Country Club, Yorba Linda, CA For more info or to RSVP: www.countryclubreceptions.com/wsw

Wednesday Wedding show

We will be at this Bridal planning event handing out our Wedding Guide books. Wednesday, February 25, 2015 - 6:30pm at the DoubleTree by Hilton in San Pedro, located at 2800 Via Cabrillo Marina, San Pedro. Tickets $5 are in advance / $7 at the door. The WSEA association offers an outstanding selection of creative and highly skilled professionals to help you create a dream come true celebration. With ease and confidence, you can rely on these select and pre-qualified businesses to make your event planning successful, hassle-free and magical. (310) 530-3003 • www.wsea.com

4 Bridal Shows

We will be at four Bridal shows this weekend!! See you at one of them... February 22, 2015 - Knott's Berry Farm Resort, Buena Park, and February 22, 2015 - L.B. Convention Center, Long Beach, and February 22, 2015 - Sheraton Park Hotel, OC, and February 22, 2015 - Wyndham Hotel, Costa Mesa

Wednesday Bridal Event

This Wednesday evening, pick up a 2015 Wedding Guide book, and see our Elegant Wind Waves in action at this hidden gem... As always, this event is FREE TO BRIDES AND GROOMS! To register: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ocs-best-bridal-networking-event-registration-14367446419

The history of Valentine’s Day–and the story of its patron saint–is shrouded in mystery. We do know that February has long been celebrated as a month of romance, and that St. Valentine’s Day, as we know it today, contains vestiges of both Christian and ancient Roman tradition. Approximately 150 million Valentine's Day cards are exchanged annually, making Valentine's Day the second most popular card-sending holiday after Christmas. Valentine greetings were popular as far back as the Middle Ages, though written Valentine’s didn’t begin to appear until after 1400. The oldest known valentine still in existence today was a poem written in 1415 by Charles, Duke of Orleans, to his wife while he was imprisoned in the Tower of London following his capture at the Battle of Agincourt. (The greeting is now part of the manuscript collection of the British Library in London, England.) Several years later, it is believed that King Henry V hired a writer named John Lydgate to compose a valentine note to Catherine of Valois. In addition to the United States, Valentine’s Day is celebrated in Canada, Mexico, the United Kingdom, France and Australia. In Great Britain, Valentine’s Day began to be popularly celebrated around the 17th century. By the middle of the 18th, it was common for friends and lovers of all social classes to exchange small tokens of affection or handwritten notes, and by 1900 printed cards began to replace written letters due to improvements in printing technology. Ready-made cards were an easy way for people to express their emotions in a time when direct expression of one’s feelings was discouraged. Cheaper postage rates also contributed to an increase in the popularity of sending Valentine’s Day greetings. Americans probably began exchanging hand-made valentines in the early 1700s. In the 1840s, Esther A. Howland began selling the first mass-produced valentines in America. Howland, known as the “Mother of the Valentine,” made elaborate creations with real lace, ribbons and colorful pictures known as “scrap.” Today, according to the Greeting Card Association, an estimated 1 billion Valentine’s Day cards are sent each year, making Valentine’s Day the second largest card-sending holiday of the year. (An estimated 2.6 billion cards are sent for Christmas.) Women purchase approximately 85 percent of all valentines.

Two Bridal shows this weekend

We will be handing out our Wedding Guide books at both shows... ___AND___ Sunday, February 8, 2015 10am-4pm | $12 Admission Crowne Plaza Resort Hotel 300 N Harbor Drive Redondo Beach, CA 90277 The season’s smartest brides-to-be will be attending Bride World Expo, the absolute largest gathering of wedding exhibits, new planning ideas, fashion, and fun! Shop and compare local retailers, audition entertainers, enjoy a bridal fashion show, and discover many of the absolute best wedding values at one event.