So I'm posting this in this board because only you all know the pressure of what it feels like to know you are getting married in six months. We don't even have our venue finalized yet, and I'm starting to freak. We just got engaged a little over 3 weeks ago, but decided for several reasons that we wanted to get married this summer. It was either this summer or wait an entire year until next summer (Fi in grad school and can't take time off for honeymoon from internship-he's off in the summer- and we want a honeymoon immediately after the wedding). We don't want to move in together until after we get married, and right now we're living 45 min apart. Before we got engaged I was thinking about moving closer to him- about 45 min away (where I used to live, on the other side of the city, where I met him) but now we decided to save money from paying two different rents and just wait to move in together this August (his lease ends Aug 31). SO August it is! I'm super excited about it but trying to nail down details of the wedding right now has gotten incredibly stressful.
I have a contract pending at a reception place, but I haven't actually seen it yet. I've gotten referrals from ppl on my local board that had good experiences there, and I've seen photos in their banquet brochure. I've been at the upstairs part of the restaurant before, just never seen the banquet room, which is on the lower level.
What do you think of this menu for a Saturday reception from 1-5:
-fruit/vegetable trays
-cheese/crackers trays
-crab/artichocke dip
-cocktail meatballs
plated lunch options:
chicken ceasar salad, rockfish tacos, angus burger, or pasta fra diavolo
Do you think it sounds cheap or do you think I can get away with that for a Saturday afternoon in the summer? I wouldn't offer a burger if this was an evening reception in some fancy place but this is just a pretty restaurant on the water, which is more "us" and simple. I personally like it but I always get really good, honest advice in here so I'm wondering if I could have some advice as to whether booking this place seems like a good or bad idea. Time just seems to be running out to get this figured out!
We're going on a trip this weekened (leaving early tomorrow morning and coming back late Sunday) so I'm going to have to go see this banquet room one night next week after work or wait until next Saturday if Fi wants to see it. He said to put down the deposit if I like it so we can save the date and he'll see it later. He is not particular like I am about reception venues.
So what do you think of that menu??? Am I SO behind on my planning??? Any advice appreciated....
