Adolfo’s Restaurant in Downtown Springfield

Welcome to this week’s release of the DELUXE LIMO SCENE NEWSLETTER! Today, we will make a visit to Adolfo’s Restaurant, and enjoy a taste of Italy. Adolfo’s was named after the late Adolfo Bruno, and is located at 254 Worthington Street in Springfield, Massachusetts.

For over 5 years, Adolfo’s Restaurant – Fine Italian American Cuisine has been synonymous with Italian-American fine dining.  Executive chef Joe takes the cuisine and culture to the next level with a delicious cuisine.

The Chef’s mastery of traditional spices and flavors makes each dish an opportunity to experience classics and delicacies in new and exciting ways. Every plate becomes a culinary journey. Adolfo’s Restaurant – Fine Italian American Cuisine also features a bar area & cocktail lounge that caters to sophisticated tastes and sensibilities. Enjoy cuisine-inspired drinks or a glass of wine from their extensive wine list.

Your Host, Victor Bruno will provide you with a wide array of Italian dishes. Some of these recipes, handed down from generation to generation, will undoubtedly interest your pallet, and satisfy your stomach.

Let us begin with some appetizers! Aldofos’ has a whole page of its menu dedicated to choice appetizers. We recommend starting off with Zuppa De Claims or Victor’s Fried Calamari. Next are your entrees! May we suggest the Pasta Carbonara or the Pasta Arriabata! For those of you who enjoy a nice steak, the Steak Alla Mama will be most delightful and enjoying!

These are just a few entrée suggestions for you to choose from at Adolfo’s Restaurant. In Addition, Adolfo’s offers a warn ambiance, with a full bar selection and outdoor patio for subtle summer evenings. The over accommodating staff will ensure your dining experience to be an Absolute enjoyable one! Of course Deluxe Limousine Service will provide you with the best in chauffeured ground transportation for the evening. Deluxe Limousine is honored to have partnered with Adolfo’s Restaurant in providing you, your family, and friends with First Class Service! Call Adolfo’s Restaurant for your next dining experience, and receive a complimentary appetizer when you Charter a Deluxe Limousine to escort you there! Next week, we will take a visit up north to Kringle Candle Company for those of you who enjoy scented candles. See you then!

Take a Tour of Some of New England’s Finest Wineries

Welcome to this week’s issue of the LIMO SCENE NEWS LETTER!  Deluxe Limousine Service is delighted to have received overwhelming interest and response in last week’s release. In this issue, we will explore winery, and wine tours in Massachusetts and Connecticut.  Many of these locations do not require more than a 45 minute travel, so you can enjoy your trip there in your Deluxe Limousine! Here are some suggestions:

1. Black Birch Vineyards, Southampton, Mass.
2. Raven Hollow Winery. Westfield, Mass.
3. Green River Ambrosia, Greenfield, Mass.

In Connecticut, there are several locations for you to consider as well:

1. Preston Ridge Vineyards, Preston Conn.
2. Rose Dale Vineyards, Simsbury, Conn.
3. Gouveia Vineyards, Wallingford, Conn.

Many of these wineries and others in the area are open year round, and some are seasonal.  They offer you and your guests a wide array of choices and blends in white or red for you to sample and purchase. Some also offer gourmet cheeses that are local and international. With springtime already in bloom, consider chartering a Deluxe Limousine to escort you and your friends on your next wine tour. Our staff will help you plan your day trip to ensure that it is a pleasurable and memorable one!  In next week’s release, we will explore upcoming concerts and shows in the area. Stay tuned!

A Night out with Deluxe Limo Service

Welcome to the first issue of the LIMO SCENE NEWSLETTER! Every Friday of each week, Deluxe Limousine Service located in Agawam, Mass, will provide you with events and occasions in the area that will help you and your friends plan the ultimate gatherings and nights out! In addition, we will also provide you with news about what is trending, and what places to visit in your area!

We hope you enjoy reading the weekly LIMO SCENE NEWS LETTER, and welcome any comments or suggestions that you may have!

In this issue, we will explore a visit to Lattitude Restaurant, located in West Springfield, Mass. Your Host, Erin, will welcome you and your guests to an evening of cheer, good food, exciting décor, and an over accommodating staff! Your culinary arts expert, Chef Daigneau, will provide you and your friends with a delightful array of choice appetizers and beverages! Our recommendation: the fried brussel sprouts, and steak and cheese flat bread!

Contact Lattitude Restaurant at 413-241-8888 to book your next gathering! Deluxe Limousine Service will help make your experience there ever more exciting! In next week’s issue, we will explore wine tours in the area for you and your friends to choose from. See you then!

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Avoiding Your Prom Nightmare

   We have all heard horror stories about limousine companies during prom time. Unfortunately; many of them are true! Several concerned parents have recently contacted me and shared experiences that their families and friends encountered with substandard limousine services in the area.
One such stories included limousines showing up at the front door twenty minutes late while the driver was dressed like he was going to a rock concert. The limousine looked like it was 20 years old with rust protruding from the fenders. To worsen the nightmare, the kids, dressed to the nines in tuxedos and prom gowns got into a limousine that looked like someone dumped their trash into with empty beer bottles and dirty glasses were jammed in the ice chests. What made matters even worse; there was no adequate air conditioning in the limo. Of course the chauffeurs response was; “Well, it was working fine on the way over here”.
This night is about to get even better! The parents continued by telling me that they were called and told that the driver of the limousine drove very erratic to the venue, creating an evident alarm with the prom goers. A responsible chauffeur needs 90 feet of stopping power to bring the car to a complete halt!
At the end of the evening, the driver attempted to go through the drive up window of a local McDonald’s restaurant, causing damage to the vehicle and disbelief with the prom goers. Needless to say, the concerned parents who waited anxiously for their loved ones to return offered no gratuity to the begging driver of the limo!
Warning: Not all limousine companies are alike! Take the time, spend the gas, and go look before you book. Deluxe Limousine Service has a crowded showroom full of new body style Cadillac Escalade, and Lincoln Navigator super stretch limousines for you to choose from. In addition, we have been in business 20 years and are fully insured. We are parents too, and would not put your son or daughter in a limousine that we would not put our own children in. Please contact us at 413-821-0069 to discuss how Deluxe Limousine Service can help prevent your son or daughter from experiencing a prom nightmare!

15 Reasons Wedding Season Is the Absolute Freaking BEST

Friends, food, and free booze! What’s not to love?

1. Getting to dress up.
Where else are you gonna wear those four ballgowns you bought on extreme sale at Nordies right after the holidays? I know I’m not the only one stocking up on Michelle Obama Inauguration 2009-style fancy dresses around here! You never know when you’ll need to whip out a bright yellow chiffon tiered confection and look like a goddamned glorious baby chick to celebrate the nuptials of your nearest and dearest. This is what you’ve trained for and you are ready.
2. New shoes!
Weddings always call for new shoes, am I right? I am very right. Nobody has ever been more right.
3. You can wear that crazy fancy jewelry you never get to wear.
Did you inherit the Hope Diamond because your great great grandpa was a jewel thief? Now is the time to bring that puppy out to play!
4. Cocktail hour!
Sure, the food at weddings can be the pits (although sometimes people turn it out! You never know!), but the hors d’oeuvres are usually something extra tasty. Hearts of palm nuggets topped with house-made garlic aioli? Mini pretzels dipped in hot pimento sauce? Skewers filled with the most delicious little tender morsels from heaven above? I’ll take ten of each!
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5. Two words: Signature Cocktails.
Not to brag but I’ve been asked to create signature cocktails for several friends’ weddings and they are the MOST fun because you get to pretend you’re a fancy bartender for several months leading up to the big day. What? You need to get it RIGHT and that might mean going through one, two, three bottles of gin along the way. You’re a good friend, after all. And then at the wedding, you get to down a delicious alcoholic beverage with an adorable name like the “Loosey Goosey” (That was the signature cocktail at my wedding and it RULED.)
6. Two more words: OPEN BAR.
I had to caps lock that one because you know I’m as serious as Samuel L. Jackson in any movie Samuel L. Jackson has ever been in. Draining an open bar at a wedding is your God given right, nay obligation, as a human being on this planet we call Earth. Besides, how else are you gonna get juiced up for hours of dancing?
7. Dancing!
Where else do people over the age of 21 get to cut a rug? Since we’ve all aged out of da club, we’re left to dance by ourselves like sad weirdos or go to weddings. I choose weddings. (JK, I choose both!)
8. Cake!
Or, even better, entire rooms filled with desserts. When else do you get to eat Bananas Foster cake, peanut butter brownie bites, baklava, mini cupcakes, assorted hand pies, and lemon linzers all in one evening? Maybe heaven? If you’re lucky!
9. If you’re single, the exciting chance for romance!
Since there are not tons of opportunities to meet new people post-College, weddings hold the exciting possibility of meeting, greeting, and maybe even bumping uglies with someone not ugly! (And with all that booze, who cares if they’re a little ugly! Pretty people are overrated!) (And if you’re coupled, the exciting chance to get all mushy about l-u-v luv with bae. Best.)
10. Mandatory vacation.
Look, you can’t miss your little sister’s wedding on Richard Branson’s private island, can you? She’s your LITTLE SISTER; she’ll only get married, what? Twice? Three times, tops? You have to be there and no major work assignment from hell will get in the way. Oh well! I guess your temp will have to do it!
11. Seeing long lost friends!
The best thing about going to a high school or college friend’s wedding is that you get to see the people on the periphery of your friend circles that you don’t normally make the time for. And it’s not because you don’t love them—often it’s ’cause they live far away and you’re poor. But at weddings? It’s basically a friend reunion and it’s wonderful!
12. Witnessing the amazing life your friends have created.
It’s so cool to go to a wedding and meet all the amazing people who love the amazing person you love. It’s uplifting, inspiring, and all together awesome. The world is good!
13. Vows.
You WILL cry. It WILL be cathartic. You WILL feel all the love in the world has been magically transported to your heart and you are now a vessel for human kindness and compassion.
14. Surrounded by dudes in suits.
So hot. So hot. The hottest.
15. Hangovers.
Hear me out—a wedding hangover is a special hangover because it’s often accompanied by a brunch with similarly hung over friends before you all head home OR you’re lounging in a hotel room watching a shitty pay-per-view romcom (that you love) and eating room service. Ain’t love grand?

By: Laura Beck

Credit: cosmopolitan.com

Choosing the Right Limousine Company for your Wedding

Wedding Limo in Western Mass

By: Deluxe Limo Service

For those of you who are planning your wedding for this year or next, Congratulations!  In addition to selecting the right hall, entertainment, photographer, and florist, it is also important to choose the right limousine company as well. It is of critical importance that you choose a company who has been in business for several years that will live up to YOUR expectations.  Before selecting which limousine company will deliver the bride, groom, and bridal party to the venue, there are several factors that you must consider first:

• MAKE SURE THE LIMOUSINE COMPANY THAT YOU CHOOSE HAS A GOOD REPUTATION WITH SEVERAL YEARS EXPERIENCE, WHO’S CHAUFFEURS ARE TRAINED IN WEDDING ETIQUETTE. MAKE SURE THE COMPANY HAS NEW BODY STYLE LIMOUSINES IN THEIR FLEET AND THAT THEY ADHERE TO A STRICT MAINTENANCE PROGRAM.

• MAKE CERTAIN THAT YOUR CHARTER IS CONFIRMED WITHIN 24 HOURS OF THE TIME OF PICKUP, LISTING ALL THE DETAILS PROVIDED BY THE BRIDE OR GROOM. IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO GET THE CHAUFFEURS NAME AND CONTACT NUMBER.

• ASK IF THE COMPANY’S FLEET VEHICLES ARE GARAGED AT A BUSINESS LOCATION. THIS IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT DURING TIMES OF INCLEMENT WEATHER. NOBODY LIKES GETTING INTO A LIMOUSINE COVERED IN SNOW OR DIRT.

• VISIT THE COMPANY’S SHOWROOM AND OFFICES, AND ASK THE STAFF WHAT SETS THEM APART FROM OTHER LIMOUSINE COMPANIES IN THE AREA. DO NOT CHOOSE THE CHEAPEST LIMOUSINE COMPANY FOR YOUR WEDDING, CHANCES ARE………THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE IN RETURN…….. CHEAP!

• ASK ABOUT THE COMPANY’S TRAINING PROGRAM. DO THEY JUST HIRE SOMEONE OFF THE STREET WITH A CLEAN DRIVING RECORD? , OR DOES THE COMPANY INVEST IN COMPREHENSIVE INDUSTRY TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR THEIR TEAM.

• CHECK THE COMPANY’S REFERENCES AND REVIEWS ON THEIR WEBSITE. IF THEY HAVE SEVERAL NEGATIVE REVIEWS, CHANCES ARE, THAT IS WHAT YOU WILL ALSO BE WRITING ABOUT AFTER YOU ARE MARRIED.

• MAKE SURE THAT THE ASSIGNED CHAUFFEUR GREETS YOU DRESSED IN A PRESSED TUXEDO UNIFORM WITH WHITE GLOVES, AND THAT HE OR SHE IS WELL GROOMED.

• LASTLY; CHOOSE A LIMOUSINE COMPANY THAT HAS PROVEN RESULTS! ASK YOUR FRIENDS WHO THEY USED FOR THEIR WEDDING. CHANCES ARE, THEY WILL MENTION DELUXE LIMOUSINE SERVICE!

Make Deluxe Limousine Service your first and only choice for your wedding day.  Deluxe Limousine specializes in providing safe, professional and dependable chauffeured transportation, Guaranteed!  Call us at 413-821-0069 so that we can discuss how to make YOUR day special!

 

Airport Car Service

Bradley Airport Limousine

For those of you who are frequent flyers, it is important to choose a limousine company that will live up to your expectations. It is of critical importance that you choose a company who has been in business for several years with proven results. Before selecting which transportation company will deliver you and your loved ones safely to and from the municipal airport, there are several factors that you must consider first:

• MAKE SURE THE LIMOUSINE COMPANY THAT YOU CHOOSE OFFERS 24 HOUR SERVICE. THIS MEANS THAT THE TELEPHONE WILL BE ANSWERED BY A LIVE PERSON AFTER BUSINESS HOURS.

• MAKE CERTAIN THAT YOUR ITINERARY IS CONFIRMED WITHIN 24 HOURS OF THE TIME OF PICKUP, IDENTIFYING THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN AM AND PM. IT IS ALSO IMPORTANT TO GET THE CHAUFFEURS NAME AND CONTACT NUMBER.

• ASK IF THE COMPANY’S FLEET VEHICLES ARE GARAGED AT A BUSINESS LOCATION. THIS IS PARTICULARLY IMPORTANT DURING TIMES OF INCLEMENT WEATHER. NOBODY LIKES GETTING INTO A LIMOUSINE COVERED IN SNOW.

• VISIT THE COMPANY’S SHOWROOM AND OFFICES, AND ASK WHICH SOFTWARE THEY USE TO TRACK INCOMING AND OUTGOING FLIGHTS. DO NOT CHOOSE THE CHEAPEST LIMOUSINE COMPANY, CHANCES ARE………THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT YOU WILL RECEIVE IN RETURN…….. CHEAP!

• ASK ABOUT THE COMPANY’S TRAINING PROGRAM. DO THEY JUST HIRE SOMEONE OFF THE STREET WITH A CLEAN DRIVING RECORD? , OR DOES THE COMPANY INVEST IN COMPREHENSIVE INDUSTRY TRAINING PROGRAMS FOR THEIR TEAM.

• CHECK THE COMPANY’S REFERENCES AND REVIEWS ON THEIR WEBSITE. IF THEY HAVE SEVERAL NEGATIVE REVIEWS, CHANCES ARE, THAT IS WHAT YOU WILL ALSO BE WRITING ABOUT.

• MAKE SURE THAT THE ASSIGNED CHAUFFEUR GREETS YOU DRESSED IN A PRESSED UNIFORM AT THE AIRPORT WITH YOUR NAME PROFESSIONALLY WRITTEN ON A COMPANY PAGER, AND NOT A NAPKIN OR ENVELOPE.

• LASTLY; CHOOSE A COMPANY THAT HAS AN AFFILIATE IN YOUR LOCAL DEMOGRAPHICS. IT IS ALWAYS NICE TO SUPPORT A LIMOUSINE COMPANY THAT HAS A CLOSE RELATIONSHIP WITH ANOTHER COMPANY IN THE AREA.

Make Deluxe Limousine Service your first and only choice for chauffeured transportation for all of your airport and shuttle service needs. Deluxe Limousine specializes in providing professional dependable ground transportation, Guaranteed!  Call us at 413-821-0069 to reserve your next ride!

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Note to parents and young adults celebrating their prom in 2013

Celebrating your prom can be an enjoyable and memorable occasion that will be shared with family and friends for years to come. A lot of time and expense goes into the preparation for such an event. In addition to prom tickets, tuxedo rentals, prom dresses, hair, and flowers, the rental of a limousine plays a very important part during the evening of a prom to most parents who are paying for the charter.

It is always important to ensure the safe arrival to and from any prom. As a parent, make sure that the limousine service that you choose is fully insured, and that the staff is knowledgeable about the company’s products and services. In addition, It is always important to visit the company’s office and showroom to view your choice of limousines in the fleet. Make sure that the company has a comprehensive maintenance program for each limousine.

It is also important to check reviews and that the company has on its website, and to ask for references as well. All limousine companies in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts are required to have a federal and state MC/DOT number on all limousines that seat more then six passengers. These letters and numbers should be visible on company vehicles that seat 7 or more passengers.

All limousine companies will tell you that they have a strict policy against underage drinking in their limousines. Make sure that the contract that you sign indicates this in the disclaimer. Lastly; choose a limousine company that has a number of years in business with proven results! NEVER choose a limousine service based on the cheapest price alone. Chances are, that is exactly what you will get in return……..cheap!

Deluxe Limousine Service specializes in provided unsurpassed professional and safe livery service to all of our young guests celebrating their prom this year. Call Deluxe Limousine Service at 413-821-0069 so that we can discuss how to make YOUR night special!

Limo for Prom

Western MA Prom Limo

Note to parents and young adults celebrating their prom in 2013

Celebrating your prom can be an enjoyable and memorable occasion that will be shared with family and friends for years to come. A lot of time and expense goes into the preparation for such an event. In addition to prom tickets, tuxedo rentals, prom dresses, hair, and flowers, the rental of a limousine plays a very important part during the evening of a prom to most parents who are paying for the charter.

It is always important to ensure the safe arrival to and from any prom. As a parent, make sure that the limousine service that you choose is fully insured, and that the staff is knowledgeable about the company’s products and services. In addition, it is always important to visit the company’s showroom to view your choice of limousines in the fleet. Make sure that the company has a comprehensive maintenance program for each limousine.

It is also important to check reviews and that the company has on its website, and to ask for references as well. All limousine companies in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts are required to have a federal MC/DOT number on all limousines that seat more than six passengers. These letters and numbers should be visible on company vehicles that seat 7 or more passengers.

All limousine companies will tell you that they have a strict policy against underage drinking in their limousines. Make sure that the contract that you sign indicates this in the disclaimer. Lastly; choose a limousine company that has a number of years in business with proven results! NEVER choose a limousine service based on the cheapest price alone. Chances are, that is exactly what you will get in return……..cheap!

Deluxe Limousine Service specializes in provided unsurpassed professional and safe livery service to all of our young guests celebrating their prom this year. Call Deluxe Limousine Service at 413-821-0069 so that we can discuss how to make YOUR night special!