And never again I’ll go sailin’
August 7th, 2006 | Published in oh hell
Stacy and I started visiting caterers and reception sites late last week in preparation for our wedding next August. We’ve come across some pretty nice places, and also some pretty expensive ones. The idea of a wedding reception never really seemed all that expensive to me until recently when I started running numbers and factoring in all the little expenses (and the 18 – 19% service charges most places have). Add it all up and you get a $10,000 – $14,000 event. Thankfully we’ve found a few places that might allow us to do something for half that and there are still a number of unexplored possibilities.
We took a break from the search on Sunday and went to West Point to see the U.S. Military Academy’s concert band perform a tribute to Broadway, which was pretty cool. The view up the Hudson and over towards Storm King and Crow’s Nest. We’ll probably go back next week when their jazz band does a lot of big band pieces. And for those of you in the Poughkeepsie area that are too lazy to drive to West Point, the concert band will be performing at the Vanderbilt Mansion on August 16th at 6:30 PM. I’m planning on going and I highly recommend it to anyone else that can attend.
