So I’ve done it. I’ve scheduled more appointments to look at reception halls.
 
Saturday, Ed and I are heading to Boston to check out a riverboat, an American Legion hall and the New England Aquarium.
 
Each facility has some plusses. The American Legion is a definite possibility. It costs a mere $400 to rent the facility, [...]

This is getting embarrassing. Ed and I haven’t looked at a reception hall since July. We have one day a week off together, and it seems on that day one or the other of us has picked up some overtime. Hence, no reception hall.
 
So to keep busy, I’ve begun doing some research on wedding gowns. [...]

I read this article in a Canadian newspaper (online, of course) about a couple that had a cheesecake wedding cake.
 
YUM!
 
Okay, I’m a huge cheesecake fan, so I didn’t really need an article to get me thinking this way. However, I had about a second’s hesitation about my dream of a huge wedding cheesecake (maybe each [...]

Last week, I talked about some of the elements that go into a great wedding. This week I have suggestions from friends and co-workers as to what definitely doesn’t work at a wedding.
 
Topping the list – hold on to your hats, now – is the Chicken Dance. As one coworker said, “That thing should have [...]

Last week I e-mailed friends and coworkers and asked them to send me ideas from weddings they really enjoyed as well as ideas from weddings that weren’t so fun. I got some great ideas:
 

Have the ceremony and reception at the same venue: It eliminates drive time and keeps the celebration momentum going after the ceremony. [...]