Daughter Expecting/wants wedding

audreyecu61

My daughter 28, managed to hide her pregnancy, though I've been questioning her for 3 months now and is having a baby in November. Her and BF do want to get married. The kicker they need financial help for a few months because of baby, her not working, not ready for a baby, bills etc. AND they want to have a wedding, though they aren't sure if they want it now or next summer. Why summer? They want and have always dreamed of a beach wedding. I'm thinking that we could still give them a wedding but not as extravagant because that money should go towards baby expenses etc. Since we live in SoCal, I was thinking we scale down the guest list, got to a public beach have a short ceremony on the sand and find a nice restuarant where we can reserver a private room for a nice dinner. Is this being reasonable? I also don't have an extra $5k or $10k to spend on a wedding and help them with a new baby. So I couldn't give them the works anyway. AND neither does his parents. What do you think? And does anyone have a nice place we can have a nice dinner. We are from Pasadena. Thank you.

RoMy215

Unfortunately this board doesn't get much traffic. 

I've heard that the Cheesecake Factory in Redondon Beach is really lovely. 

http://www.thecheesecakefactory.com/aboutUs/contactUs/banquetinfo

You could also try Cafe Bizou. I've only been to the one in Sherman Oaks- but they have one in Pasadena (and one in Santa Monica). 

Also check out the Silent Theatre (as a ceremony venue as well) as a  http://www.cinefamily.org/rental/

Good luck!!

122603

Sunset Beach Restaurant in Malibu does beautiful weddings. They have an outdoor beach ceremony location right outside their door. Not sure of pricing, but I was at a small (10 people), budget wedding there a few months ago so they will accomodate smaller groups.

Congratulations to your daughter & good luck!

ELS2004

I know that Maggiano's Italian-American restaurants have banquet rooms and can do wedding receptions.  The one in Los Angeles in the Farmer's Market on 3rd and Fairfax, from what I've seen, has pretty rooms.  I always get their marketing emails to contact their banquet organizer for parties and they always advertise different size rooms for different party sizes.