Hi. This is very, very specific. My fiance is Greek/Persian/Croatian and half my family is also Mediteanean by way of Israel (I'm Jewish, he's Agnostic and doesn't really mind a Jewish ceremony so we are having a very Reform Jewish ceremony). It was fairly easy for us to decide on a "theme". We want somewhere that feels Mediterranean with of course Mediterranean food (buffet preferred). We would like to bring in our own caterer (we have a favorite CHEAP Greek place that would cater), but can stick to not doing that for a geat location.
We really LOVED Ole Hanson Beach Club in San Clemente, but the parking situation there along with other restrictions, and the nickle and diming made us scratch it out. We haven't seen a place since like it and we have checked out Herecomestheguide, Theknot, ProjectWedding, etc (basically every wedding forum though Google!).
We are on a budget and would prefer a vendor that pretty much lets us bring in whoever we want, but where they have few restrictions on sound/caterers/lighting, and have plenty of parking where people don't need to drive all over the place and walk in heels (looked into doing the bus thing, but I don't want people to feel like they are stuck at our wedding...). We both live in LA, but he is from OC, and I am from San Diego so we are open to anywhere in Southern California.
Can any of you think of locations that we possibly never thought of? PLEASE NOTHING ON A BOAT!!!!
Thanks