This is where I bridge the gap. My best friend and MOH, (maid of honor for those of you who do not follow the wedding lingo) Erin Warwick, lives 435 miles away from me in Boise, Idaho. This is for all my friends in Idaho, but most importantly Erin, the person who I've known and has stood by me since I was 5 years old.
So let's being. I will fill you in on the engagement and buying the wedding dress (both occurred in a 29-hour period!) another day. There's no day like today!
Today, I browsed a website suggested to me by one of the admissions counselors I work with, Mandee Wilmot. She got married in July and said she loved the Green Wedding Shoes blog. I love so many of the ideas and might pull a couple photos from there.
More importantly, I went to the venue I have had in the back of my mind for two years. There was an open house at West End Theatre, including preferred vendors such as Premiere Catering, Powers Photography, Sweet Cakes and The Paramount Hotel.
The big standout of the night was Premiere Catering. They had these fantastic "shot" glasses filled with tomato soup and had a triangle grilled cheese resting on top! It was so delicious, fantastic comfort food. They also said they could do milk and cookies for the toast to the couple. Super adorable. They also had a great spread of fruit (especially the skewers), olives, chips and spinach/artichoke dip. One of our friends mentioned at our engagement dinner how we both love barbecue wings. I prefer chipotle or the regular spicy and Tony loves the honey barbecue. I am trying to think of a clever way to put the wings inside these small glasses, but we might have to get creative. We also tried the chicken and rice pilaf and the beef stroganoff with mashed potatoes. If you can fall in love with food, I fell hard tonight.
Before moving into the grand finale of the venue, three blocks down the street is The Paramount Hotel. It is absolutely gorgeous and there is a beautiful park in front of it. Since there is one large space at the venue, I might like a section of the park for a cocktail hour while they convert ceremony into reception. This is a picture of the space at night.
So West End Theater was fantastic. I absolutely loved the antique and artistic feel, which ties into my dress.The dark brown contrast and the old architecture of the former performing arts theater create the perfect intimate setting. It was no charge to hold a date, so I put down 9/9/11, hoping that the couple holding 9/10/11 will call back and cancel as they said they might. Here are some photos from the website.
Love the sign!
Stage area.
The ballroom that would first be the ceremony, chairs in rows with large aisle. Tony and I would sand on the stage (stairs for front are optional) and wedding party in front of the stage on either side.
Upper platform for guests to sign guestbook, no chairs.
Downstairs lobby.
Well, my blog excursions are done for the night, after two hours I completed my interests of the day. Can't wait for tomorrow, my wedding planning book gets here!
Everything looks so wonderful. I hope the planning process goes smoothly for you!
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ReplyDeleteHey chicka:) So the all the food stuff looks awesome and yummy....then for the venue stuff both look really cute and could be beautiful but what does the hotel place look inside??? alright love you girlie
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