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  • We're the most unreliable bloggers ever.

    The Bride 6:07 pm on June 14, 2010 | 3 Permalink | Reply

    So, it looks like we are actually going to get married this year. Despite our best efforts, we’ve been unable to find a rental house to host our wedding. But, we finally found something that will hopefully allow us to have the casual, free-flowing feel we were looking for. Nothing is official yet, but we are in the process of securing The Hermitage in Ho-Ho-Kus. And the date, you ask?

    The eleventh of September. Which is how I will insist on saying it from now on.

    So, we have a lot to do between now and then. In fact, we have just under 13 weeks. Yikes.

     

    • Teresa 8:10 pm on June 30, 2010 Permalink

      eh-HEM, bloggers. Lets get some confirmation on some dates. I got parties to crash!

    • Teresa 8:11 pm on June 30, 2010 Permalink

      which is to say, is it the 11th for sure?

    • The Groom 6:42 pm on July 1, 2010 Permalink

      Yes. And it’s amazing.

  • Enragement Party Wrap-Up

    The Groom 11:01 pm on October 20, 2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply

    Despite the fact that the event was well over a month ago, I'd like to take a minute to thank everyone who could—and couldn't—attend the Engagement Party.

    I do have to say that I had a great time–a lot of great memories.

    It was good to see both our families coming together and mingling. Everyone flowing through the house freely was absolutely wonderful.

    In fact, and I think Christine agrees with me, I'd love for the wedding to have the same feel: free & open.

     

  • Enragement Party

    The Groom 7:25 pm on August 24, 2009 | 4 Permalink | Reply

    There will be an engagement party on September 19th, 2009 at around 3pm. Invites will be sent out either the 25th (or 26th) of August; cutting it short, we know.

    Despite my best wishes to have the invitations contain a limerick; they do not. So consider yourself lucky.

     

    • Lindsay Graham 3:04 pm on August 28, 2009 Permalink

      Mom and Terre will be there – of course.

    • Lindsay Graham 3:05 pm on August 28, 2009 Permalink

      Did you spell check the heading of this page? or is that just part of your dark humor Ashley????

    • The Groom 4:36 pm on August 30, 2009 Permalink

      Humor, of course…

    • John Mayo 11:08 am on September 15, 2009 Permalink

      Christine & Ashley…. unfortunately, we have to send regrets for the party. Life in Connecticut in early September gets in the way, including coaching soccer, walking in a parade with a bunch of “Brownies” and attending an agricultural fair…. all in a days work for the parents of Alex & Sam. However, much to your delight, we offer Richard & Kay to represent us at your fine affair. Sorry we won’t be able to attend. Hope you have a great time. John & Holley

  • Early Ideas

    The Bride 1:27 pm on June 28, 2009 | 4 Permalink | Reply

    On the subject of what kind of wedding we wanted, we’ve always said we’d have a small wedding. Neither of us is the “big wedding” type, we don’t have bunches of money to spend, and overall the whole idea of a huge thing is just kind of exhausting.

    We haven’t really started planning, but we do have some thoughts on what we want… or in some cases, what we don’t want:

    • A non-standard venue. We don’t want to be in a traditional reception hall, with assigned seating and a big dance floor. Not that there’s anything wrong with that, but we’re thinking something a bit more intimate. Ideally, we want to rent a big mansion type thing, and do both the ceremony and reception right there. We’re trying to find something either in the north end of Long Beach Island, or somewhere in the lower Hudson Valley – both beautiful places that we’ve enjoyed together.
    • As for the date, we are thinking fall of 2010. Given our idea of venues, and the fact that we I want to do as much as possible outside, it will ideally be early September. Here’s the dilemma, though: the first weekend in September is Labor Day, and the second weekend is September 11th. Not exactly a festive and romantic date.
    • A casual, family-style barbecue as our rehearsal dinner at our weekend-wedding mansion. There are a few people that we know we can count on to help us pull this off (and we love them).

    So that’s where we are at so far. Nothing concrete, just some ideas. As Ashley reminds me when I start to get worked up, we have  a lot of time to figure things out.

     

    • Teresa Dujnic Bulger 3:39 pm on June 28, 2009 Permalink

      Chateau Hathorn in Warwick NY has a the mansion wedding down…and is great in the fall (it is close to where we went apple picking for my 16th B-day…if you are one to remember that sort of thing). My friend Allison got married there, if you want more info…

    • Heather Graham 4:03 pm on June 28, 2009 Permalink

      Im exctied. more to write, soon. after today….. and our time together

    • Lou Ann Preston 11:31 am on June 29, 2009 Permalink

      I tried to find the house on seaview, but no luck. I’ll try again this weekend.

    • Margaret A. Peet, Esq. 9:02 am on July 10, 2009 Permalink

      Hullo, darlings.
      Honestly, the 3rd week in September should be fine. It stays warm and nice well into October now. Then you avoid those less festive (or other festive) weekends.

      The burning question, though, is this: Will Christine be wearing a great big poofie cupcake of a wedding gown??

  • We're Engaged

    The Groom 12:43 pm on June 21, 2009 | 0 Permalink | Reply

    The rumours are true, the engagement happened on June 12th, 2009 over a game of Trivial Pursuit.

    The actual question on the card was, “How many stripes run the full width of the U.S. Flag?”

     

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