It's been almost 6 months since my S.O. and I got engaged and we haven't planned a thing. Sure, in my mind (and pinterest board) I have it all planned out, but now as we start to ACTUALLY plan, I'm hitting a wall and getting super frustrated.
We're having our ceremony at city hall on a Friday - just immediate family and maybe a friend or two. The following evening (Saturday) we're having a cocktail party to celebrate our marriage. Ideally, the venue would be a restaurant in/around Boston that could hold 45-50 people for a cocktail reception, great food and (here's the kicker) - let us have a dj/small dance area.
I've been finding restaurants that either don't allow a dj, or require full buy-out which is just waaaay beyond our budget. The great thing about restaurants is they didn't charge a rental fee provided you hit the food/beverage minimum. The non-restaurant venues I'm now looking at require a rental fee AND you have food/beverage on top of that, so it's just so expensive. I also want to be able to have really delicious food, so some of the typical hotel/country club type venues won't cut it for me.
This may be an impossible ask - but does anyone have any suggestions!?