So everyone wants to have the perfect wedding venue. Something beautiful and elegant. But sometimes beautiful and elegant comes at a very hefty price. We scoured the city to find a location that had all the things we wanted and accomodated our 200 guests.
We both love wine and thought that a wedding at a winery would be beautiful but there were a lot of other factors that made us decide against it. And so we continued to search... We made appointments at a few places and we visited a beautiful golf course. We loved everything about it, the rustic feel, the open space unfortunately it was not available on our desired date. We left it on our list of top choices but continued to look around.
My fiance's mom told us about a "hall" that she knew about. The idea of having my wedding at a "hall' did not excite me. I come from L.A. and "halls" in L.A. are not exactly great. She had mentioned it before and we sort of brushed it off. She mentioned it again but this time provided us with information on it. Prior to calling the "hall" I saw a wedding video online by a photographer that I was looking into. The wedding was beautiful, very colorful, very Mexican inspired. The place looked absolutely gorgeous and I noticed that it had taken place at a community center. When I called the "hall" I realized that it was the exact same location as the wedding in the video. Suddenly I was very excited.
I called and emailed the place for information. The next day after work we decided to take a drive and check it out in person. I was completely blown away by how nice this "community center" was. It looked fairly new and the banquet room was very spacious. We got some information from the coordinator. Turns out this place was very popular and was completely booked in August and September. There was only one Saturday opening in May, one in June, one in July and 2 in October. Out of these there were only two dates that interested me... July 21st and October 6th. I didn't realize that people were booking so early in advance. I felt like we were already running behind. I looked over at him and he gave me this "I told you to look earlier" look.
The very next morning we decided to head over to the church and look at available dates. We arrived at the church bright and early and met with the Parish secretary. We went over the dates available for weddings. She had one opening on October 6th for the 12:00 p.m. ceremony. AHHH!!! this is too early. There was an opening for a 2:30 p.m. ceremony on October 13th but we decided that we didn't want to risk having ugly weather. I asked about July 21st and it was open but we couldn't put our name down until we met with the parish priest. I was nervous... we decided that the center was the perfect place for us. It was big, nice and very affordable. We couldn't let this opportunity pass up and so I made it my personal mission to meet with the parish priest and book the venue as soon as possible. :D
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