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Balloon Dresses

So the most po

AFAN Black and White Ball

Palms hosted the 19th Black and White party for AFAN (aid for AIDs in Nevada).  If you can’t tell by the name, all guests of the event dress in their finest black and white attire or outlandish costumes, and this year was no exception.  My friend Kris and I were asked to make black and white balloon dresses.

10 Things you don’t need to know about Japan

So most people know the essentials of travel in Japan.  You bow when you greet someone, you eat with chopsticks, and you take your shoes off when you enter someone’s home.  But what about all the important stuff you don’t need to know?  Like what do the toilets look like, and what drink should you order at the bar?  Well, here you go folks.  10

The White House 2007

That’s right!  This is me working my stuff at The White House!  So every year there is a congressional BBQ, and this year my partner Todd Neufeld and I were asked to join in the celebrations and make some cool balloons for the Senators and the Congressmen. Here we are standing in the backyard of the White House. The BBQ was themed after New Orleans in honor

Hangzhou, China

In May I got a chance to do my first gig in another country!  This time I was packing my bags and heading to the other side of the world, Hangzhou, China.  For those of you not geographically inclined, Hangzhou is about a 3 hour drive south of Shanghai. My friend Todd and I had recently started doing a show together, and we, along with about 80 other

Balloon Manor 2006

Year two of Balloon Manor.  As I mentioned in my last post, the first Balloon Manor was such a success, we were anxious to do it again.  We took a year off, in case you’re wondering what happened to Balloon Manor ’05.  This time the Manor was themed after a haunted hotel, and was affectionally nick-named the Dead and Breakfast after one of my favorite horror flicks. Things started out

Balloon Manor, 2004

So I think everybody has one of those friends.  You know, the friend you can’t say no to.  The guy who can call you up in the middle of the night and say with some crazy idea, and you don’t ask questions, you just put on your coat and hope it doesn’t involve a dead body.  Well for me that friend is Larry. So when