Party! By Monique

03/27/2021

Wishing everyone the sweetest of Passovers!

03/18/2021

Thrilled to share this! A long time client who we are honored to not only call friend, but truly consider family! No one is more deserving to be called a Hometown Hero! Jessica Reinmann you are an inspiration to all!

Jessica Reinmann, CEO of 914Cares talks about the economic gap in affluent communities and her work helping underprivileged neighbors in our first Hometown Heroes spotlight.

02/22/2021

Thank you Smashing The Glass - Jewish Wedding Blog for this awesome article!!!

Okay, HOW amazing is Samantha and Brandon’s uber-dramatic chuppah for their Jewish wedding?! These two built a raised platform above a hot tub in the groom’s parents’ backyard, where they wed, to form a dramatic perch from which they got to look out at all their guests while making it official...

02/14/2021

Happy Valentine’s Day!

01/27/2021

The ultimate “Zoom” box delivered to all who could not attend our 1/16/21 Bar Mitzvah boy’s service in person. We can not wait to celebrate him all together when we can safely gather and party the night away! Monique Banks

10/19/2020

Thanks for sharing these memories! So thrilled to have brought your vision to life!

Okay, HOW gorgeous is this purple floral chuppah?! And to think that Smashing The Glass Brides Club member Samantha, a lawyer, and Eugene, an investment banker, only ended up with it as their plan B after the bride’s grandmother objected to their first choice of a lucite canopy! Sometimes grandma ...

09/23/2020

A Father of the Bride reunion is coming out on Friday! Is everyone as excited as us!?

09/07/2020

Mazel Tov Renee and Andrew! Can not wait to celebrate your wedding as planned a year from today, but in the meantime,

08/25/2020

We are over the moon to have played a small role in helping a very loving husband surprise his wife of 15 years with this beautiful vow renewal on their wedding anniversary! Celebrating true love just never gets old!

07/29/2020

Perfect day for a site visit in Sag Harbor for an upcoming wedding! When Plan C is still spectacular!

07/29/2020

We are 2 of 12 million Americans who work in the live events industry. Today we’re asking to include support for hardworking people like us in the next stimulus bill. Please show your support at https://bit.ly/30kVQrV

07/15/2020

It takes a village of creative professionals to make our clients dreams come true! Thinking of all the amazing people we collaborate with, from the staffs of florists and decor designers to caterers and their chefs and servers to the gifted photographers and videographers and the many hard working crews in the music and hospitality industries. We stand with all of our event industry peers, and while we know we will be the last to be able to go back to work, we stand together as one! Calling on to see us all through to the other side of this devastating pandemic.

06/27/2020

We wanted to make Ava’s Zoom Bat Mitzvah Service a little extra special by delivering these gift bags to every zoomer!

06/17/2020

We are so grateful to Steve Sendor, Sophisticated Weddings Magazine, Hayley Paige and Wedding Atelier for this amazing experience for our bride! Check out the link below!

https://www.sophisticatedweddings.com/post/virtually-fit-with-hayley-paige

05/10/2020

Wishing all of the mothers, the happiest of mothers days! ❤️

04/17/2020

Now that all of our Spring 2020 events have been successfully rescheduled, we are focused on taste testing some delish potential signature cocktails for our future celebrations. so we are excited to share our favorites with you as we kick off the weekend with our picks for tonight’s MB Happy Hour... Cheers to our clients and co-collaborators!

Ginger Gold Rush
3oz Domaine De Canton Ginger Liqueur
2oz Woodford Reserve Bourbon
1oz freshly squeezed lemon juice
Luxardo Brandied Cherry for garnish

Drop brandied Luxardo cherry into a fabulous martini glass. In a cocktail shaker filled with ice, mix ginger liqueur, bourbon and lemon juice. Pour into martini glass and enjoy!!! XO Monique Banks

03/13/2020

While we are so sad that our client had to cancel their son’s bar mitzvah celebration, we are so humbled that our amazing caterer donated all of the food to the very worthy organization, People to People. Truly a silver lining amid all of the craziness we are all dealing with. Hoping all of our clients, friends and family stay healthy and safe!

www.peopletopeopleinc.org

12/30/2019

Wishing our treasured family, friends, clients and vendors excellent health, immense joy, abundant wealth and a reason to celebrate each and every day of the new year! Looking forward to celebrating with you...Cheers to 2020!
XO, Monique and Ariel

11/10/2019

Thrilled for Monique Banks Party to have been on Team Beryl & Ari! Here is their feature in the Style Section of today's New York Times....

Beryl Sanders, Ari Khuner Haber

Nov. 10, 2019
Beryl Rebecca Sanders and Ari Jacob Khuner Haber were married Nov. 9 at the Queens Museum in Flushing Meadows, Corona Park, Queens. Rabbi Jonathan Jaffe officiated, with Ariel Platt, a friend of the couple, leading the ceremony.

Ms. Sanders, 28, is a senior manager for business development at Uber Eats in San Francisco, where she manages partnerships with Starbucks and McDonald’s in the United States. She graduated magna cm laude from the University of Pennsylvania.

She is a daughter of Dawn D. Sanders and Steven J. Sanders of Armonk, N.Y. The bride’s father is an executive vice president for marketing and product development at Interactive Brokers, a brokerage firm in Greenwich, Conn. Her mother tutors high school students for the SAT and ACT at WilsonPrep in Chappaqua, N.Y.

Mr. Haber, 30, is an associate in the corporate group in San Francisco office of Fenwick & West, a law firm based in Mountain View, Calif.; he focuses on technology companies and venture capital firms. He graduated cm laude from Georgetown, and received a law degree from University of California, Los Angeles.

07/10/2019

Sophisticated Weddings | Lifestyle

Check out our feature below on being a newlywed!

https://www.sophisticatedweddings.com/single-post/2019/07/10/How-Long-Do-I-Get-To-Be-A-Newlywed

Sophisticated Weddings Blog Lifestyle Bridal Buzz

01/30/2019

Carats & Cake

Check out Julia and Casey’s wedding on Carats & Cake! We miss everything about this bride and groom!!

http://caratsandcake.com/juliaandcasey

10/01/2018

Thank you to Sheri and the amazing Brett Matthews crew for so beautifully and perfectly capturing Kate and Kevin's wedding...it is ALWAYS amazing to have you on our team!

Now on the blog! See more from Kate & Kevin's Westchester Country Club wedding on our blog!
https://bit.ly/2DOpe1w

Dress: Oscar de la Renta
Decor: Enza Events
Planner: Party! By Monique
Band: Total Entertainment

06/29/2018

Soooo excited to spend the weekend at our favorite Westchester Country Club !!! Ariel Banks Baker Monique Banks

05/26/2018

Dessert Insider

Ariel Banks Baker

People are obsessed with these next-level sticky buns. 😍

04/11/2018

Hands Up for Haiti

Please consider joining us for this amazing event at Hudson Loft in Irvington on Friday, 4/27/18! Fabulous food by On The Marc, Fabulous Cocktails, some inspired by exquisite Haitian Rum, Haitian Art and Music....all for a truly worthwhile cause!

HotHotHaiti! is heating up and we are grateful to the many sponsors who have stepped up to support our life-saving efforts in Haiti. Special thanks to Platinum Sponsors CareMount Medical, Party! By Monique, Randi Heiman Childs Photography, 914 Cares, the Kairam family, Drs. Warren and Beth Bromberg, and Drs. Marvin and Judith Platt; Gold Sponsors Marilyn & Glenn Jacobowitz, Sara Kaplan & David Perlmutter; and Silver Sponsors Robert Jacobson Surgical Pharmacy, Medjet and Cheryl and Joel Breitkopf. MORE TO COME!!!!

03/18/2018

Worth checking out...

At last, the new J&A line is here right in time for spring parties! Come in & order your custom dress today.

03/15/2018

So happy to be planning this amazing event!!

02/28/2018

Prime Focus Media

One of our favorites...

Mazels Molly! Check out how amazing and fun Molly's Bat Mitzvah was in her teaser trailer.

02/20/2018

BridalPulse

Whatever your budget is when you are planning an event, part of our approach at Monique Banks Party is to help you spend it in the right places. Check out a article we were highlighted in discussing how you can save big and still make a fabulous impact by moving from smaller tables to larger tables. While there are differing opinions on how to design them (personally we opt for smaller center pieces) and whether or not to have place cards (we actually always advise having them no matter what kind of table) you'll see in the article one thing we all agree on is that going with larger, communal tables can mean big savings and still wow your guests! Monique Banks Party! By Monique

You can cut thousands off your reception budget with this easy seating tip:

02/10/2018

Proud and so pleased that Party By Monique was recognized by Sophisticated Weddings. Check out the piece about us and Ariel’s wedding this past summer. To be featured in a section in which “Some of New York’s most illustrious wedding professionals shared their prized moments and creations from the last year” is beyond exciting for us. We love what we do!

12/30/2017

Wishing all a very healthy, happy and fabulous new year and hoping you have many wonderful reasons to celebrate in 2018!

12/24/2017

WITH DEEP APPRECIATION FOR ALL OF OUR FRIENDS, WE WISH YOU THE HAPPIEST AND MERRIEST OF EVERYTHING! XOXO

12/05/2017

Thinking about this stunning rooftop wedding at Hudson Mercantile with 2 of our favorite clients!!

11/20/2017

Thinking back to this amazing western Mitzvah at Beach Point Country Club back in May

11/15/2017

Thinking back to this amazingly colorful Mitzvah! Loving all of the ombre elements!