Forget everything I said before, registries are the most fun thing EVER. Ever.
Crate & Barrel:
Macys:
Honeyfund:
Thursday, June 23, 2011
Monday, May 23, 2011
Where to stay & taxis
The biggest problem with getting married in Francestown is that there is a serious lack of local hotels. It seems most of the hotels I suggested on my Knot page are already full. Guess it's a big weekend in F-town. For hotels in Antrim, Hancock, Greenfield, Peterborough and Francestown (aka the ones that seem to be sold out already but some of you have already reserved) I have talked to an amazing taxi company that will charge a pittance to come to the wedding and bring people to their hotels if they want to drink. Woo! There is also the option of crashing that night at the house. Lots of room, we promise. Please let us know if you want to take a taxi so I can figure out details beforehand.
I have added some Manchester hotels to the Knot page as well. They are a bit further away and not quite as quaint, but close to the airport and closer to reality.
Saturday, May 14, 2011
The Schedule for the Big Day
The ceremony will be at the Francestown Meeting House at 1 pm. Immediately following will be a cocktail reception at the home or Ms. Claudia Chase and Mr. Richard Welch. It will include a vodka toast (Alex is Ukrainian, you knew this was coming) and a fantastic small meal. There will be wedding shortcake, toasts, first dances and all that jazz. The cocktail reception will end at about 5 pm.
After, those who like to party hard will be invited to the after party at the same location. It will be wayyyy less formal (I will be changing out of my wedding dress...) with slightly louder music. We ask anyone who wants to attend this party to A) let us know and B) [think about] bring[ing] a dish. I'm sure we'll get hungry from all the dancing and lawn games by the end of the night (oh yeah, there will be lawn games... Polish Horseshoes included Phi Kap kids) so we think it would be fun to have some made-by-guests munchies available. Hopefully we'll have some leftover wedding-food, too. Bring your famous 7-layer-bean dip or your favorite lasagna or a fantastic honey-coated goat cheese... or nothing... especially if you've traveled a bazillion miles. But if want, bring a dish and I'm sure everyone will appreciate it and I will look back at my wedding someday and say, "Remember that amazing bread Katie baked?"
An important note... if you're drinking PLEASE have a designated driver or let us hail you a cab. I talked to some super-nice people at Peterborough Taxi (seriously, it exists) and they are willing to send over a big van to drop people off at hotels for less than you'd pay for a cab that brings you 1/4 of a mile in Seattle. If you did drive, leave you car and I will personally see to it that you're reunited with your wheels. I worry so much that someone will drink and drive... so please, for us, don't. Also, crashing on the gazillion comfy surfaces at my 'rents' house is totally cool. I bet Alex's totally-amazing-and-super-mothering mom will be up early making Ukrainian-style pancakes or something. :-)
Saturday, May 7, 2011
On Little Munchkins and Boy/Girlfriends
We love kids, we really do.
That said, this isn't (necessarily) a kid-friendly wedding. Don't worry, no strippers, but we are not renting a bouncy tent (if you've ever read a wedding magazine, this seems to be a common suggestion) and there will be a vodka bar and food like quince paste. Of course, we have talked to a few people and are totally okay with their kids coming for various reasons, just talk to us first.
Which brings me to... boyfriends, girlfriends, people hired to be wedding dates (have I watched too many wedding movies?):
Our wedding will be very small. If you're invited, it means we love you lots. (Or, in a few circumstances, mom loves you lots.) If you have a wife or a husband or are in a serious relationship we tried to remember to put that person on the invitation. If we forgot to put your significant other on the invitation (and I know I forgot at least a few), please let us know when you RSVP and, of course, they are welcome to come. That said, because of the size of the wedding, we're discouraging bringing plus ones just for the sake of bringing someone. BUT, if you would feel more comfortable bringing a date, please let us know and I'm sure we can comply. We are just trying to avoid the whole, "I've been dating this guy for at least 30 minutes... can he come to your wedding?" thing.
Email elenacwilson@gmail.com if you have any guest requests or to remind us that we made a huge mistake and forgot to invite your husband of 43 years.
Registry
Since we are already living together (not in sin, technically), Alex and I have a lot of the basics. We've registered for some things we really need or really want (Le Creuset... swoooonnn.) but, against the advice of every wedding expert out there, didn't give too much (although we sort of tried...) of a monetary range of registry items because, let's be honest, no one wants to buy us a brand-spankin'-new toilet brush and, as I said, we have as much of the basics that can be stuffed into our dime-sized apartment.
This may be a teensy but cliche, but really we want your presence at this event rather than your presents. (You better believe that pun was intended.) A CD of your latest work, a hand drawn picture, a single piece of Deruta pottery (okay, hint hint hinttttt)... You don't need to stay in the registry box. But, as I said, the registry was very carefully made (Well, not at first... we went to a "Sip and Spend-Other-People's-Money" party at Macy's and came back having chosen such essentials as $100 coasters. We had to go back and redo.) and anything on it we promise to love and cherish for at least 11 years. Maybe even our whole lives (Did I mention Le Creuset?).
Point is, don't feel bound by the registry guidelines. We're hip, cool and think outside the wedding box and we encourage our guests to do the same.
Cheers!
Elena (& Alex)
PS: Our names for our registries are:
Elena Wilson & Alexander Zuyok (Funny story... I bought my dress under my maiden name because it just felt like I should... and then I bought this dress bag when I was picking up the dress with my "Elena Zuyok" credit card. Confusion ensued.)
Oh right... the places we're registered:
Macy's, mostly. (And seriously it was because we were tricked into going there for free champagne and ended up just having sparkling grape juice AND we got one of three 20-year-old scanner-thingies instead of the nice new ones because I was wearing heels walking all the way downtown and we were late. I did win a cookbook, though.
And... Honeyfund... which basically means money towards what's going to be our very, very, very late honeymoon to Greece (that sunny place we met!) and beyond. Our wedding account will turn into our saving-for-the-honeymoon account post-wedding. Woo hoo!
Friday, April 29, 2011
Elena and Alexander's Wedding: August 6th, 2011
See our wedding website for all our wedding information!
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