dmarie's Chocolate wedding

Last night I went to look at a ceremony/reception site at the Grand Hotel. It looks very fancy on the website, but it is surprisingly inexpensive.

It's located in the middle of downtown, and doesn't look like much from the outside, but once you walk up to the building, it grabs your attention right away.

First of all there are 2 door greeters. What are they called? Bellmans or Doormans? Anyways, they are dressed up all nice and fancy, the whole nine yards. When you walk in, you notice the grand staircase right away. It's where all the pictures are taken for the bride to show off her dress or the bridal party. It's really swanky let me tell ya.

The caterer tells me that the whole ballroom floor would be only used by me and the bridal party, so that's nice. No drunken partiers or out of towners can walk right in and decide to look around a bit. The floor is accessed by elevator, and it opens to the "lobby area" of the ballroom. Everything is marble and dark hardwood. Ugh, it's so beautiful...

I say that because I really have my heart set on another place, which is entirely way to expensive for me, and I know I can't have it, because they are already booked on my day. And 2, my MOH already fell in love with the grand Hotel. I think I'm stuck with it.

It's super affordable. No food or beverage minumum. Free ballroom rental. Ceremony fee is 500. Free bridal suite. Which is amazing by the way. It's on the 15th floor. Corner with large windows on both sides. King size bed. Whirlpool tub with marble everything. Fuzzy robes. Yeah, the only thing I hate about it is, it's in the middle of downtown, and I'm getting married on a Friday evening. Can we say Traffic?