My sister-in-law just got engaged and is planning a Spring 2009 wedding. I’ve been married going on 50 years now, just kidding, it will actually be six years for me this August. That being said, I haven’t been in the wedding market for quite some time now, so I’m a little rusty. My, my, how time flies when you’re gaining weight and having babies.
Back in the day when my husband proposed to me, we (or I) had already decided that we would get married in my hometown in Pennsylvania. That is where the majority of my HUGE family lives and it’s always been important to me to get married in the same church I grew up in. My sister-in-law will marry in the city, that is, provided there are any “openings” a year from now. I don’t know anything about planning a wedding in the city of Chicago. The one thing I do know is how quickly churches and venues book up and how much more expensive it is to wed here as opposed to in a town where the population doesn’t exceed 14,000.
So, I’m asking you, Chicagoans, where should we start? I say “we” because I deem myself the unofficial wedding planner of all time. I am all about things baby and wedding and I’m always offering up my services in those areas. There is always MyChicagoWedding.com and theknot.com. Of course, she could always attend the Chicago Bridal Expo or The Complete Wedding Expo but they are not all they’re cracked up to be with different vendors hovering over you like hawks trying to get all up in your “business of getting married”. What we really want here are some first-hand testimonials to the BEST (and not completely and utterly pricey) places for weddings and receptions in this beautiful city of ours. Doesn’t it excite you to talk about weddings rather than babies for a while? Did YOU get married in Chicago? What did you love or hate about it? Would you do anything differently?
*One of my original Chicago Moms Blog posts
