About

Serving the San Francisco Bay Area and Wine Country, About Joy Events mission is to create fabulous, fun and joyful events. We focus on the celebration. Take delight in the details; passion in the planning and pride in the event that reflects our clients’ vision and uniqueness.   The ultimate goal is for you and your guests to leave your celebration thinking that was the best party!

 

Meet Jackie

Owner / Principal Planner

Hospitality has always been my calling.  It all started in high school where my advanced cooking class catered events.  I can still remember our first event, under the direction of my amazing cooking teacher, Mrs. DelPrete.  Our guests were so incredibly impressed and happy with the job we had done, I felt so happy and proud.  This is the feeling I still get when I plan successful and joyful weddings.

Prior to About Joy Events, I worked in finance and the wine industry where planning events and tastings was an everyday occurrence.  I prided myself in exceeding expectations which led to more interesting and exciting events like food and wine festivals.

As a fourth-generation San Franciscan, I appreciate everything about the Bay Area and all the wonderful and unique things about living here, especially the food scene.  I am a total foodie, tacos, pasta, and chocolate croissants being at the top of my favorites list.  I am a huge fan of simple and elegant and also extra and extraordinary it all depends on how it is presented.  Vintage items, like a unique brooch or cat-eye sunglasses, make me happy, basically, I am a lover of style.

Working in different industries has balanced out my skills and I am happy to be back in the hospitality industry doing the work I love.  As a creative, joyful and organized person, my passion is helping happy couples create a wedding that is all about them.

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Meet Cookie

Senior Production Manager

People often describe as me an old soul, maybe they are right, I was only eight years old when I decided The Golden Girls was my favorite show ever.  I am also a lover of all animals and have a wonderful fabulous dachshund named Poppy Lou. Being creative keeps me happy from knitting to sewing to painting.  I also love cooking and have helped my family throw elaborate dinner parties and holiday events ever since I can remember, happy memories include my sister insisting we try all food before the guests came over to “make sure it was good enough for human consumption.”

I am a native San Franciscan and really love the Asian food scene here, ramen being my favorite comfort food.  I can’t say no to a fancy cocktail either, gin being the elixir of choice.

I love weddings and being part of someone’s special day.  While my favorite part is always the vows, I also love the way things come together, the details, the creativity of the event, and being part of the joy of the day.

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