how much is too much to pay per night for a hotel room in downtown chicago in the middle of summer (read = after the taste but before the air & water show)? by downtown, i mean the loop and n. michigan ave. i'm talking just the rate for the room -- no extra charges like parking (that's another topic) and meals and such. keep in mind that chicago has an insane hotel tax of 14.9% per night. leave comments and i'll take them under advisement as i bargain/haggle/negotiate with sales reps. thank you.
So, e and I are sitting here, figuring out the guest list and if our families and social circles will let us keep to our wish for a small wedding.
That, would be a resounding NO.
Basically, its like this:
People that absolutely, positively, HAVE to be there, including us, the officiant, wedding party, etc. - 31.
Close peoples, old friends, out-of-towners coming in (or telling us they plan to) - 31 more.
One of the things about this here is that we have a mix of people who, under regular circumstamnces, we'd send an announcement: "Hey, we're getting married -wOOt!" But some of these people have taken it amongst themselves to come without actually being invited. (No worries for those of you thinking you're part of this group. This consists mainly of people we're related to.)
So we worked out the A and B list. The contents and members of each list willnot be divulged, but suffice to say that the A list is the afore-mentioned "can't do it without ya" folk. The B list; well, we'll have to work that out, because we don't want to hurt people's feelings by not getting invited, but, then again, we gotta keep it small.
And tomorrow, we get tours of hotels. aw, damn. We're getting deep now...
This is what we gotta live up to? Dammit.
Damn you, Alex and Chris. Damn you to hell. For not only having a smooth-ass page, but what seems to be a simple wedding.
Right now, we are in the process of putting together our options, as far as possibilities for food, reception, guest list...
Almost makes a man get an ulcer.
my dress is here! now i must go buy shoes 1) so i can see my feet (the dress is that long) and 2) so i can figure out what types of alterations and such need to be made. yay!
just wanted to share...your lives may now continue. :-)
everybody do the dinosaur! (please leave a comment if you remember that song, ok?)
so today was the day for the much ballyhooed "fight with the family". we were ready to launch "operation decimation" and deal with any aftermath. dealing on certain emotional levels with my family usually gives me a headache and/or makes me cry b/c i get so bloody upset with them.
but it didn't happen! i still don't have a headache and my eyes are remarkably dry...and my family was...and this will blow your mind if you've ever heard me talk about my family...RATIONAL! as in, we actually sat down and had a reasonable discussion about issues surrounding the wedding without screaming, cussing, crying and other explosive behavior. troy and i are still a little shocked...and pissed b/c we had all kinds of ammo just waiting to go KABLOOEY! that we didn't get to use. bah.
so now we can confirm what most of you already know/knew:
--august 2, 2003 @ 11 a.m.
--location: 1st corinthians baptist church, 11359 s. state st. in chicago (i'm sure we'll get directions up before then but mapquest is always a good bet)
--yes, i'm wearing a dress and heels so bring lots of film.
--there may be punch and pie. that's one of the things we're working on with la familia.
--official hotel info will be forthcoming...probably/hopefully w/in the next couple of weeks.
more info on the wedding itself once we get content and tech stuff figured out. and maybe i'll actually find pics of my attendants...heh.
Yo.
Here we are again. We thought this would be kinda cool to do. By giving y'all the inside dope on what's going on insofar as planning this wedding and making it until Auugust 2nd, at which point "the rest of our lives" begin, or something. Also, it gives me (the resident geek) a chance to test out MovableType.
Its a work in progress: I know the comment thing looks nothing like the main page. I know the links in the left frame aren't active. If you see something else that doesn't work, let me know. Talk a little shop, talk a little design talk in the comments, if y'all can. Very lottle of this is going to stay the same.
So welcome. And share with us just how screwy this whole process is.
Besides, we only plan to have one of these wedding things...