Ready, (Wedding Date) Set, Go!

It's official! We have a wedding date! June 22, 2013

Adam and I went last Thursday and paid the deposits to reserve/rent All Faiths Chapel and The Wareham. I am really excited to share them both!

Manhattan is a city (town you might say) of about 40,000 people.  Kansas State University is located here so with the students we have approximately 50,000 - 60,000 people during the school year.  Manhattan is one of the few cities that is actually growing in Kansas, although there are several other larger cities in the state:  Wichita, Topeka, Kansas City (doesn't really count because half of it is in Missouri) and Lawrence (BOO K.U.).

So yes.  Here is a fun video about the "Little Apple":

Adam and I both grew up here at decided to stay for our college years, so we both knew there was no other place to get married.  Despite bigger cities with huge mansions, infamous reception halls and abandoned chic-y lofts, Manhattan doesn't have a ton of reception venues.  We looked at a couple of different places.  Some were out of our price range...

Kansas State Alumni Center (pretty...)

...and some had too many restrictions...

Purple Wave Event Center (actually an auction company)

Kansas State University Student Union Ballroom

...and so we ended up making an appointment with the Wareham a few weeks ago.

After our walk through, our mind was set. To us, there was nothing better for the price and we are free to choose our own vendors, serve our own alcohol and the staff seems really helpful and easy to work with.  I had a friend get married here a few years back so I am going to steal one of her Facebook photos so you can see indoors:

View from the balcony upstairs.  

Behind the camera is the rest of the room which is about as equally big as you see here.  Adam and I are planning on having a plated meal which will avoid the need to have the caterer set up on the stage and the lines of people waiting for food.  We are also thinking of setting the head table up on the stage since there is a small dance floor below.  There is also a really cool bar area that is centered in between the main entrance and the actual reception area.  The main colors of the opera house are black, white and gray which will also work really well with our color too.

Next time I'll share the chapel...