Category: Wedding
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Question Mark Color
I love green. Mostly forest green, but grass green, sea foam green and hunter green are right up there. So of course, green will be part of my wedding. The bridesmaids will likely be wearing some shade of it. But … what other color? I’m getting married in early summer outside, so it would be…
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Catching a Shutterbug
Leo and I are casting our nets for a wedding photographer. Since he’s into photography, he’s in charge of finding some good ones. He researched many and selected four, based on their work, to interview. It’s been a busy two weeks! Shutterbug No. 1. We liked him. He won me over by offering us beer…
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Wedding Fever
It starts. First, we were all single. Then, we were all in couples. Then I got engaged. And BOOM! Suddenly there is a flurry of weddings. Some of my friends have had this problem for years, attending at least three or four weddings in 2009 and 2010. I never had that problem. Until now. Two…
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Table for Two, please
As many of you know, Leo and I are planners. That and the fact that we still have more than a year before W-day means we’re taking our sweet time to plan this shindig. So our next step was to meet with the coordinator at Cobblestone Hall, our reception venue, which we did a few…
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By the Way …
I recently received a call from the Downtown Raleigh Advocates, who, among other things, manage events downtown. Good news! We have booked Nash Square for our wedding ceremony. Nash Square one of five original squares built Raleigh, a planned capital. Now, only two remain. The four-acre park-like setting is about four acres between Hargett and…
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♫ You Can Do the Job When You’re in Town
We have a minister! Rev. Jennifer Holder is from the Unity Church of the Triangle, a mere six blocks from our house and across the square from our reception venue. Since Leo and I are not members of a church, it seemed easiest to choose one nearby. I called them up months ago to see…