Casa Bella announces Halloween 2011 spooktacular! but that’s not all….

That’s right, the 29th October 2011 has been announced as the provisional date for Casa Bella’s next major event.  We toyed with multiple ideas and themes and came up with a few that we believed would work very well but there’s only so much time. The ideas will keep.  We figured that  Halloween, at least in […]

Tears, Tantrums & Trophies; Casa Bella’s HOIME Awards are a revelation

Okay, so maybe there weren’t  any tantrums, not unless you count the incident where it was 19:29 (with official start at 19:30 and some guests already waiting) and I discovered that the gate through which they were supposed to enter to walk  the red carpet was SCREWED shut and not ‘cable tied’ as I had believed! […]

Less than 9 days until Casa Bella’s HOIME awards. The heat is on!

Ready or not, the countdown to Casa Bella’s  2011  HOIME Awards  continues and if I still had my lovely locks of black hair,  I’d surely be starting the plucking process by now! Okay maybe not but Casa Bella’s HOIME Awards ‘a la Oscars’ has got to be right up there with one of  the most glamorous, if not […]

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HOIME stands for what?! The word is finally out

Okay,  so today I’ve finally put our distinguished guests out of their misery and explained what the acronym HOIME actually means (for those anti sleuths who haven’t already worked it out). HERE’S ONE I PREPARED EARLIER. The concept behind our latest black and white tie dinner party is an award ceremony for best gift  but […]

Casa Bella to host glitzy HOIME Awards (Here we go again!)

Casa Bella to host glitzy HOIME Awards (Here we go again!)

Yes, well it was always going to be a short matter of time before Francesca and I forget our heated exchanges and remember instead only the warm and fuzzy feeling that hosting dinner parties instills in us. It’s still early days. The guest list is still open as we’re still waiting for some of our […]

Casa Bella’s Masquerade is a winner

Casa Bella’s Masquerade is a winner

Wow, is all I can say. What an evening. The Masquerade was everything I expected and more; a colourful, funny and eccenctric time was had by all! The evening started relatively well but the weather did not play ball, especially when I was trying to light some lanterns out on the decking. They’d been put […]

Coleman-Rivers dinner party a successful blessing

Coleman-Rivers dinner party a successful blessing

What a great evening. Another successful event albeit  I went it alone on this one. My sister and partner in crime, Francesca, believed that since this event was exclusively for a selection of my friends only that it would make sense that I host the dinner party alone. Yes, what a scary thought and it […]

Rumour mill forces exclusive dinner party

Rumour mill forces exclusive dinner party

So,  this is how it is. I’ve  just sent out the invites for the Masquerade party due to take place on the 25th February 2011 (same day as the celebrations in Venice)  but we’re still receiving feedback on the dining room grand opening that took place a few weeks ago. Some of this feedback is […]