I have to remind myself that it is amazing that the life of me, my girl, and our parents, have so many people in our lives that we want to share in this momentous occasion
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Why can't you have it in a synagogue? Despite having our ceremony in a completely different Temple, the reception venue is a reform synagogue in Sharon. They're about $2000 for the rental for the whole day, and the only dietary restrictions they place are no pork or shellfish.
What they do offer is tables & chairs, they allow you to purchase your own alcohol so long as you can be covered under the caterer's liability (which we are, because the caterer is awesome), setup and storage.
Speaking of catering, regardless of where you go with it, I can provide you with our caterer's info. He's not cheap, but he was the low-ball for our occasion and has 20 years experience and reputation in the area. My brother-in-law brought him to our attention, and boy am I glad he did. I can send you our proposed menu (the final's written over, the proposed is a pdf document) for you to get a sense of it.
The rehersal dinner I can't help you with, but having just set up hotel blocks, it's fairly pain-free. You pick a hotel, you estimate the number of rooms you'll need, they give you a contract and shower you with these business points and give you a complimentary wedding night. Very not bad.
But the budget really is the worst thing, and catering is really what blows it out of the water. We're now pushing 240 guests. It's very sadmaking.
Oh, right, if you absolutely can't do it in a Temple, try local college campuses. Most will rent out their banquet halls at a small fee. If you know people who attend or are alumni, the fee goes down further. (We couldn't make it work due to wedding size and proximity to our ceremony site. Plus we needed the liquor on the table and colleges frown at that.)
Synagogues are out for a couple reasons: - we're not starting til after sundown on saturday, so if we switch venues for the reception it could get pretty late pretty fast - it's likely to be a winter wedding the weather might be bad, so we'd like to minimize driving - it's an interfaith ceremony, and we don't know how they'd feel about having some kind of Catholic minister participate - family dynamics: immobile grandparents, and a lot of Catholics we're trying not to freak out.
College campuses: we're looking into it. If you have any suggestions that'd be great!
I'd love to get your catering info! It's amazing how /feeding/ people explodes things. Email me at aumannb at gmail?
Thanks for the hotel reassurances, a nice thing to lay to rest.
It's a reform synagogue, so they may not mind the Catholics (ministers and otherwise). The family is more likely to be the problem, and I totally get that.
The good thing about the Boston area is you can't spit without hitting a college. I wouldn't recommend Brandeis because it's not that good reception space, but try Regis, MIT, BU, Simmons, etc. etc.
Why can't you have it in a synagogue? Despite having our ceremony in a completely different Temple, the reception venue is a reform synagogue in Sharon. They're about $2000 for the rental for the whole day, and the only dietary restrictions they place are no pork or shellfish.
What they do offer is tables & chairs, they allow you to purchase your own alcohol so long as you can be covered under the caterer's liability (which we are, because the caterer is awesome), setup and storage.
Speaking of catering, regardless of where you go with it, I can provide you with our caterer's info. He's not cheap, but he was the low-ball for our occasion and has 20 years experience and reputation in the area. My brother-in-law brought him to our attention, and boy am I glad he did. I can send you our proposed menu (the final's written over, the proposed is a pdf document) for you to get a sense of it.
The rehersal dinner I can't help you with, but having just set up hotel blocks, it's fairly pain-free. You pick a hotel, you estimate the number of rooms you'll need, they give you a contract and shower you with these business points and give you a complimentary wedding night. Very not bad.
But the budget really is the worst thing, and catering is really what blows it out of the water. We're now pushing 240 guests. It's very sadmaking.
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- we're not starting til after sundown on saturday, so if we switch venues for the reception it could get pretty late pretty fast
- it's likely to be a winter wedding the weather might be bad, so we'd like to minimize driving
- it's an interfaith ceremony, and we don't know how they'd feel about having some kind of Catholic minister participate
- family dynamics: immobile grandparents, and a lot of Catholics we're trying not to freak out.
College campuses: we're looking into it. If you have any suggestions that'd be great!
I'd love to get your catering info! It's amazing how /feeding/ people explodes things. Email me at aumannb at gmail?
Thanks for the hotel reassurances, a nice thing to lay to rest.
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The good thing about the Boston area is you can't spit without hitting a college. I wouldn't recommend Brandeis because it's not that good reception space, but try Regis, MIT, BU, Simmons, etc. etc.
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