Now that we're in the home stretch, I'm going to start blogging again. Promise. Here's some random updates. More to follow.
Cake
I'm going to make an appointment at Dinkel's next week for cake tasting. I've heard they bring you entire bowls of frosting to taste. This might gross some people out. I am not one of those people.
Music
Believe it or not, we'll be having a live jazz combo! My cousin Tim's jazz quartet will be providing pre-ceremony tunes, as well as playing a couple songs for the ceremony itself.
After that, it's iPod time. Our friend Dan owns Chicago Sound, an AV equipment rental company, and he's going to make our lives a ton easier. Murphy's has a built-in speaker system on both floors and a wireless microphone we can use, but Dan thinks they speakers might not be loud enough to really rock out the dancing on the first floor. If so, he'll provide some equipment capable of playing Poker Face at the volume we're looking for. Just knowing he's going to handle that stuff so we don't have to makes me happy.
On the other hand, the playlists (one for upstairs, one for downstairs) are all ours. That's a lot of music. We should probably get working on that.
Suit and Ties
I'm having a black suit custom made in Thailand for the wedding. Really. I'd like to say that's just how I roll, but it's actually just how Brian Bauer rolls and I'm just along for the ride. He's coincidentally having a suit made for a wedding in August, so I can piggyback on his style and fabric choices.
All the men in the wedding, along with our father and Amanda's brother, will be wearing grayish-green ties that match the bridesmaid dresses ("dusty shale") pretty well. We bought them at Macy's, so I may have to admit that my boycott is over.
Hotel
I kind of feel we got jobbed by the Ambassador East. Pretty much everyone who's looked online has been able to find a far better room rate than the one we were given as part of our reserved block of rooms. WTF is that?
At any rate, please look around. I know people have found deals through TravelZoo and 1-800-HOTELS.
4 comments:
Hey Yo, how to I follow this blog of yours?
About the hotel, I would call them and tell them the lowest rate someone has found and demand that they beat it. Shoot, give me their number and I will call them for you!
I'm all for Dinkels....however we had one of the best bakery cakes ever at Lindsey's shower.
http://www.sweetypiesbakery.com/index.html
Dinkel's is good but Swedish Bakery gets my vote. Very European styled cakes...whipped cream instead of frosting, use of fruit, marzipan and pastry cream; subdued sweetness.
http://www.swedishbakery.com
Also, are you guys planning on continuing the party at the hotel or is it just for lodging? Michelle and I are curious.
So, yeah, Lyme disease... sorry for not responding.
We probably won't be parrtying too much at the hotel. The wedding might go late itself, since Murphy's can stay open as late as we want it to. And I imagine we'll be pretty wiped out.
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