The Search is On!

The final (hopefully) stage of our wedding reception venue-search is officially on! We have a fairly new and long list of potential spots for the reception, including a Unitarian Church in Oakland that H. and I have been to a lot for community events, another community center near Jack London Square, and a couple of spots in San Leandro (next city over from Oakland to the south) that hold some promise. Two of my wedding party members--A. and A.--are helping me by putting their own formidable event-planning skills into play and helping me scout out some spots. It's so great to have friends helping us out on this; it makes the whole process feel less stressful and more fun and interesting.

So wish us luck! I hope we can find something that's affordable, close to our ceremony location, pretty/decoratable, flexible and big enough to accomodate our mid-size (200 people) wedding.

Oh yeah, and we just sent out our save the date cards and have started to get some sweet messages from friends and family about coming to the wedding. As our friend B. said, "Once you send these out, it's really going to be real." And by 'real' that doesn't mean 'bad', it just means that now our community of folks is going to know that we are moving forward on this path and that we really mean it. It's a big step to take, and I'm takin' it with H., face forward and head held high with pride and joy.