Non-Traditional Weddings
White gown and wedding cake not for you? Thinking of having your wedding in an unusual location or with a startling theme? Can’t quite get your mind around the usual wedding traditions?
I have lots of ideas for a non-traditional wedding, including eco-wedding planning, and I would be delighted to help you plan and implement yours. If you want to push traditional boundaries, I will be enthusiastic, not judgmental.
And sometimes the unusual requires some extra work, so remember to hire extra help early.
Success Stories
Getting Around Town:
The guests were staying at a hotel on the Gold Coast. The wedding was in Highland Park.
The reception was at a restaurant in Bucktown. The first thing the marrying couple asked for help with
was transportation. I chartered a bus for 25 guests and found a reasonably priced limousine for the couple.
I was responsible for making sure that all the guests who wanted to be on the bus were there before it left
and for distributing the snacks on the bus. We all rode the bus together up Sheridan Road, all the way to
Highland Park, and then back into the city for the reception.
Farewell to Chicago:
The bride and groom were moving to Los Angeles the day after the wedding, so the reception theme was “A Farewell
to Chicago.” They held the reception in a hall where they had gone to hear many bands, with catering by a
well-known Chicago pizza place. Without a full-service caterer, they needed someone to set the tables, hire and supervise
the serving staff and bartenders, and generally make things run. I made sure that the hall was ready for the reception,
including setting tables for 150 guests, coordinated the caterer, the bar, and the band, and I made sure that the bride,
the groom, and their families could have a good time without worrying about anything.
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