Welcome New Customers!

We proudly announce and welcome the following Brides and Grooms who have entrusted their wedding receptions to Crestline: 10/10/10-Kristy and John, 9/18/10-Renee and Glenn and most recently 6/11/10-Griselda and Jason. We hope to continually impress you from start to finish with our DJ services! Thank You!!

Venuti's Lunch Buffet

It's gotta be the best buffet around! Venuti's Ristorante located in Addison, IL on Lake street between Medinah & Swift roads. While $14.99 may seem like a lot for lunch, the Venuti's buffet included, among the usual Pizza and Calzones, Calamari and Shrimp Salad, Steak Marsala, Turkey Meatballs, Veal Parmigiana, Stuffed Green Peppers and more. Yum! I give it 5 stars.

Windows 7

I just spent my Sunday upgrading to Windows 7. So far it's a vast improvement over Vista. If you have any comments, good bad or indifferent, please post them. Thanks!

New Year, New You

Well, I have to admit that my first experience in hiring a Personal Trainer has been a great one. I was a little apprehensive at first, Rich's personality and MO was positive and reassuring. After my 1st work-out last Tuesday, I was sore in places I didn't know I had. Last night, he threw some new stuff into the routine. I'm amazed at how many ways you can attack the same muscle groups, wow! Since 2006, I started my own workout program that has included walking, weight training, skating (inline and ice), country dancing, biking and a little horseback riding. The good news is, I've kept most of the 20lbs off that I lost in 2006-2007. The bad news is I needed to diversify my routine, bulk up a little which will help me to burn calories off my core and of course, eat right. Rich Ford is showing me how to do all of that. For the small investment of $45 per session, it's definitely worth it...Outstanding!

Morton Arboretum

Today I was informed by Erin Wolkening at the Morton Arboretum that we have been invited to join their preferred vendor list. This is a great honor for Crestline and as with all our vendor relations, one we cherish and will work hard at maintaining. Professional courtesy is the only true way referrals can be trusted by customers. Venues have everything to lose and nothing to gain by referring vendors who don't come through for their customers. Simply put, if money changes hands in exchange for referrals, then it is no longer a situation of mutual respect and admiration, it's just one of greed.

God Bless the Service Industry.

Life is good. Thank God for the service industry; I really enjoy helping people! For us right-brainers, it's always satisfying seeing people enjoying themselves. This is what drives me day-in and day-out. Hey, has anyone heard of the Majestic Bridal Extravaganza Bridal Show or Wayne Ferraro who runs it?

Skating fun.

I went skating at the Wrigley Ice Rink on Saturday. While it was impressive being next to Wrigley Field, it seemed a little disorganized and about 1/2 the size of a normal rink. Ice was resurfaced once in the 1.5 hrs I was there. It didn't take much time for the 30 (or so) skaters to decompose the smooth surface. Regardless skating is always a blast.

Year-end/New Year blues

So many year-end duties running a business! My posts have all but come to a halt! Anyone else out there feel like an indentured servant to the IRS and State taxing authorities?

Song selection and evaluation tool update.

**Important Notice: All existing Crestline customers (within the next few weeks) will be e-mailed access details in order to get started using our lastest song search & song list generating utility, recently added to our site on Monday 1-4-10. Be sure to check your e-mail Inbox (and possibly 'Spam') que!

More Improvements.

Our latest revelation is the addition of a 74,000+ song search utility/list generating utility that has just been added to our site. Any customer will benefit by this tool designed to make the addition of songs (must play, maybe play or do-not-play) a breeze. It also features the ability to hear a sample of ANY song or view the lyrics. No doubt, a soon-to-be favorite with brides and grooms alike!

Improvements Continue...

Cosmetic & continuity changes to the ‘Online Wedding Planner’ featuring a 'hot' new song 'Down' by Jay Sean as our latest ‘Ending Song’ entry and the new ‘After Party’ query to help brides and grooms steer their party-goers to the post-reception watering hole as they make a break for the honeymoon!

Let It Snow

December rendered almost 18" of the fluffy stuff, over DOUBLE what we usually get and we are expecting 5-8" inches today. For all you snow-lovers out there, enjoy! I hate it.

Monogram Projections a big hit!

We are proud to announce 2 exciting new service offerings debuting for the New Year: 'Monogram Projections' which personalize any event by displaying the hosts 'Initials' in a prominate place (dance floor or wall) and expanded 'AV equipment rentals' options. Both are now available to help our clients enhance the ‘ooh and aah’ factors of their events!

New Year 2010

Happy New Year to all!!! I've been so busy between NYE and the after math (I stayed the night at Hotel Baker where I performed). Then tried to get my internal clock set back to normal (creature of the night that I am) over the next couple days. After a thorough workout at the gym on Saturday. I almost regretted it as I picked up some kind of bug even after having the H1N1 shot and seasonal flu shot. Nonetheless, the show must go on and Sunday's party went great. The crowd of 50 people (or so) stayed almost intact to the end (no surprise there). Suzi (the guest of honor) enjoyed her surprise 60th thoroughly. No one 'spilled the beans' so the intensity of the surprise was maximum, especially when she entered the room to the flamboyant tune of "Birthday" by the Beatles.