Wedding Talk

Since wedding planning is now more or less consuming my life right now, you are fortunate (or not, depending on how you look at it) to be subjected to mass quantities of wedding talk in the upcoming weeks.  I’ll do my very best to try not to bore you.

So, last weekend we went to check out some possible wedding venues. We looked at a 4 places that were all very different.  First we went to the Houston Museum of Natural Science.  We had initially liked the butterfly exhibit, but decided it might be a little too humid.  And most likely our guests would have to stand for the ceremony, which wouldn’t really work out so well.  It was very beautiful though.

At the museum, we also toured the Gem and Mineral Hall, and really ended up liking it.  There is also an awesome gem vault that contains Titanic-esque jewels. Guests could check out the vault while waiting for the ceremony or during the reception. This picture really does very little justice to the space, but this is one of the exhibits that could serve as a backdrop to the ceremony.

We checked out two “wedding venue” places. One was in a sketchy part of town. And the other one is our second choice (behind the Gem and Minerals!) but is a little to “wedding-y” for us.  We want something unique.

We also checked out a restaurant near where my parents live.  It’s called the Rainbow Lodge, and really has a great atmosphere, an awesome outdoor patio and beautiful landscaping.  We may consider holding something there over the wedding weekend, but are scared about having an outdoor wedding at a place with minimal plan B options.  Also, there are A LOT of steep stairs down to the patio, and we’ll have some older guests who may not be able to make it down the stairs.

So we’re heavily leaning toward the museum, and are really pumped.  We think it’ll be beautiful and very unique.  We don’t know anyone else whose gotten married there.  What do you think?

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