Based in San Francisco, CA, Miriam Pinsky is the creative force behind Pinsky’s Planning, specializing in partial wedding planning and day-of coordination. With a knack for seamless event execution, Miriam's expertise ensures a stress-free experience for couples on their big day.
Miriam’s journey into event planning began in her parent's restaurant, where she eagerly participated in setting up and serving guests during special events. This early exposure ignited her passion, leading her to manage a coffee shop focusing on hosting special occasions. After honing her skills in the catering industry, Miriam spent six years as a wedding coordinator with Event Z Planning before founding Pinsky’s Planning.
Pinsky’s Planning offers comprehensive services tailored to each couple's needs. From creating detailed timelines and floor plans to coordinating with vendors and executing flawless setups and breakdowns, Miriam ensures every aspect of the event is meticulously managed. With a personal touch, Miriam prioritizes understanding each client's vision, believing that a stress-free planning process is as important as the event itself.
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8/06/2024 • M&C C
We worked with Miriam for our day of coordination and EventZ for the months leading up to our wedding at the Brazilian Room. Miriam fulfilled all expectations of setup, event flow, communication, and coordination of people (guests and vendors). She exemplified strong emotional intelligence, which is important on a day when emotions run high. When necessary, she was able to problem solve or pivot, including working with the DJ to find an alternative way to connect our iPad to the projector for our slide show and wrangling the entire wedding to pose for a group photo (120 people). We felt she prioritized our preferences to the best she could. We appreciated her coordinating our rehearsal as well including playing the ceremony music so we could practice timing everything. Our event went so smoothly and we plus our guests all had a great time- thanks to all the pre-planning with EventZ and Miriam's work the day of.
8/06/2024 • Mariela G
Miriam was the one of the best decisions we made when we started planning our wedding at the Brazilian Room. She created the timeline, floorplan, decor template, and had as many phone and video calls with us as needed to ensure we felt taken care of throughout the whole process. Miriam was also our point of contact for all of the vendors, making sure everyone was on the same page. She also planned and guided the rehearsal which really put us in the right mindset and helped prepare the wedding party for the correct sequence of events. She was the perfect balance between directive and sweet, she got things done, but everyone felt comfortable and impressed by her along the way. Miriam executed the whole event flawlessly which led to our wedding day being stress and worry free, allowing us to enjoy the day to its fullest. She helped us set up and break down SO MANY of the wedding details/decor alongside the caterers and florist. Everything looked incredible and thoughtful. She made all the right autonomous decisions but also included us in anything she needed input on, we would recommend her to anyone looking to plan their wedding.
6/12/2024 • Ana W
I may be 11 months late in writing this review, but Miriam went above and beyond to ensure that our special day went off without a hitch so I would be remiss not to share my wonderful experience with the bridal community. As a naturally anxious person, I can’t overemphasize how pivotal her competence and professionalism were in allowing me to relax and enjoy my wedding day without stress or distraction.
Miriam was able to understand my priorities and ask the right questions to get the information she needed to do her job well. She took the reins from this anxious bride with compassionate confidence, and I immediately felt the weight lifted off my shoulders. As soon as we agreed to hire her, she took ownership of all of the pesky details with efficiency and grace so I no longer had to manage the chaos alone. From planning, to our rehearsal dinner, to ensuring that our ceremony and reception were executed flawlessly, I couldn’t have done it without her.
While I wouldn’t necessarily recommend planning a DIY home wedding like we did (ours was held on my sister’s property in Petaluma), if you do, Miriam is the partner you didn’t know you needed. If you’re looking for the best in the Bay, you’ve found her. I highly recommend engaging Miriam in whatever capacity you can afford, as her services and expertise are priceless. Seriously though- you can’t put a price on the amount of stress that this one woman powerhouse is capable of eliminating. Thanks for everything Miriam, you’re a rockstar!
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5/29/2024 • Sofia S
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I found Miriam online.
I am not much at a party planner so when it came to planing a wedding I was lost. Miriam was so much help during planning.
Her personable touch and organization made the night everything I dreamed of.
All our guests commented on how beautiful everything was and how friendly and helpful she was.
Her ability to anticipate and pivot when things are going a bit wonky was magical. Her goal really was to allow us to have the best day with no stress and no need to do anything other than enjoy our wedding and guests.
Thank you Miriam for making our dreams come true and helping me keep us keep our sanity.
5/16/2024 • Alex C
Miriam went above and beyond to make sure that our wedding was amazing. We asked for her help at the very last minute and she bent over backwards for us.
All of our guests said that it was the best wedding ever
5/09/2024 • Allison N
Miriam was the day of coordinator for our wedding this past April. We worked with her alongside our main planner, Zakiya from EventZ. Miriam was such an amazing DoC! We held our wedding at the Piedmont Community Hall in Oakland. The venue is pretty bare bones, only providing tables and chairs, so we had to coordinate everything else ourselves - including drop off catering, waitstaff, rentals, silk floral & decor rentals, DJ, photo/video, drop off alcohol, and more! Miriam really pulled everything together on the day-of. Everything was set up just as I envisioned and the flow of the day was super smooth. This was definitely in-part due to her great coordination of the wedding party during the rehearsal the day before. She did an awesome job wrangling everyone in the wedding party, our families, and all the vendors on our wedding day. We really didn't have to worry about a thing! She additionally had to deal with an upset family member, who she met with grace and respect. I highly recommend Miriam for your wedding planning & coordination needs!
4/29/2024 • Zakiya U
I've worked with Miriam for years and she was always been a STAND OUT amongst the others. So much that I asked her to come on board as one of my Day of Coordinators at EventZ Planning. She's done a wonderful job coordinating my weddings and I'm excited to see her branch out, creating her own business Pinksy's Planning. She has many years of experience successfully coordinating weddings of all sizes at many of our popular Bay Area venues.
She's a delight to work with, positive attitude and is well versed with wedding coordination in general. Her work ethnic is one of my favorite traits about her. Always willing to be flexible and go that extra mile for the client.
Any couple would be lucky to have her as their Coordinator.
4/28/2024 • Natasha D
Miriam is very easy to work with. She's timely, detail oriented and has good communication skills. She brings a lot of ideas and artistic skills to planning, but is very attentive to listening and understanding your needs. I would hire her for any of my future event planning.
4/18/2024 • Gail G
Pinsky’s Planning far exceeded my expectations for my oversized wedding last August! Miriam called me back promptly every time I called her with questions. She was on time every time we met, and went above and beyond with all of the details I wanted, adding some beautiful and special details herself! 💖 I will hire Miriam for every type of event on this property! Love her beautiful, bright energy!
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