Susie and Mike's Wedding April 25, 2009

Our second wedding of the season was Susie and Mike! They had the ceremony and reception here at the hotel.
As soon as I took over this wedding, after a coworker left the hotel, I talked to Susie's mom almost everyday! She was a sweetheart; always wanting to make sure everything was all set for her only daughter’s wedding! Her mother was in NJ, and Susie here in Boston, so there were a lot of emails back and forth planning. We definitely made it all work!

I met Susie and Mike for the first time at their Wedding Tasting. Where I could see how much in love they were with each other. They enjoyed the food and hopefully meeting me and that they knew their wedding was in great hands! We chatted a lot over the months up until the wedding, planning every detail with Susie and her mom.

We had a rehearsal on Friday night for the ceremony, as this was my first time taking care of a ceremony in the hotel. It went very well, and I reassured them that I would be there to help with everything during the ceremony on Saturday- Susie was a bit nervous! Then they went next door to the Summer Shack for dinner.

The day started out for me, at noon, at the hotel. I got here and called Susie to let her know that I was here for anything she needed and to give me a call at any time. The order of events for the day were:

10:30AM Susie at the Salon
12:00 PM Susie to arrive at the Hotel
3:00 PM Photographer Arrival
3/3:30 PM DJ arrival
3PM-5:00 PM Picture Room
(Place card table set up)- me to do!
(Programs to be placed on Chairs in Maverick)- me to do!
5:30PM Doors for Ceremony in Maverick
6:00 PM Ceremony
6:30 PM Cocktail Reception in elevated Fenway & in pre function area* Bride and Groom will be attending.
7:30 PM Doors Open
7:40 PM Introductions
7:45 PM Bride and Groom Dance
7:50 PM Father/Daughter Dance
7:55 PM Mother/Son Dance
8:00 PM SlideShow Presentation
8:10 PM Toasts* (2) Best Man and Maid of Honor
8:20 PM Dinner
9:20 PM Cake Cutting (bride and Groom will NOT feed each other the cake)

Above is the actual Order of Events that were given to the banquet department so they knew what was going on during the day. I like to have everyone in the loop!

The Ceremony took place in our Maverick Room. Susie and Barbara (her mom) had the florist bring pillars and beautiful flowers for the room. They had a friend/judge from NJ marry them, where he told the great story of how Susie and Mike met, and then had them say their vows and say their "I do's"!

I was in the back the whole time! I coordinated the set up, walking down the aisle and all of that. It was great!

Here are some pictures.

After the ceremony, they went with their photographer to different areas of the hotel to take some amazing pictures... here are a few of my favorites..

While they were taking these pictures, their guests went down into the Fenway Room for the cocktail reception. They added on more food during this hour, lamb chop appetizers, and an Antipasto station. Both were a big hit! The wedding was 76 people, a great number for the size of our Fenway Room. Susie and Mike wanted to be around during the cocktail hour so they hung out with everyone, had some drinks and appetizers and mingled with their guests. They wanted to do it before hand so that they had enough time to dance and have fun during dinner time! During this time, I knew how much Susie wanted to reuse the flowers from the ceremony; since flowers can be expensive you want to get your money's worth. So I ran upstairs to the Maverick Room to get the flowers that were on the pillars and brought them downstairs to be used. I put one vase on the gift table and the other on the Dessert Station table. When it was time to start the dinner portion of the night, we took Susie and Mike and their Maid of Honor and Best Man outside so we could set them up for their introductions. We were on time for everything, so at 7:40 we started with the introductions, Susie and Mike had their first dance as husband and wife. Susie danced with her dad, Mike with his Mom. One of their friends put together a slide show of pictures for them. It was really nice. We had some toasts, from the MOH, BM, Susie's Brother and the BMs father. I stood and watched it, and kept my eye on the clock to make sure that we were on time. Of course we were! At 8:20PM, on the dot, we started serving the Warm Goat Cheese Tart. Bride and Groom first! Which was a big hit, since it is so delicious! The second course was the Baby Frisee Salad with Caramelized Walnuts, Dried Cherries, Cherry Tomatoes, Feta Cheese and a Mango Vinaigrette. We did the cake cutting ceremony- their cake was really cute- the cake topper were REAL flowers that watched her center pieces. it was a red velvet cake! You can't get much better than that! They offered the Filet and the Chicken to their guests for their main entree- which they all eat and enjoyed! I went and checked on Susie and Mike to make sure the food as up to par and if they wanted anything to drink, 2 diet cokes! Coming right up! I also checked in with the brides parents! Who were doing wonderful. They were enjoying the food. I always like to check in on everyone to make sure they know that I am here for anything they may need and that I am on top of everything that is going on. Then Stephanie and I cut and plated the cake so that it was ready to be served when it was desert time! Susie came up to me while some of their guests were still eating their entrees and asked when the dancing could begin- I told her it was her day and they could start whenever she wanted! (Her dad really wanted to get onto the dance floor! :) ) so the dancing started- and never stopped! At this point, I was in the kitchen making sure that their dessert station was being prepared and was ready to be put out. They ordered a modified version of our Death by Chocolate dessert station. This consisted of: Fruit (cantaloupe, strawberries, honeydew and pineapple) to be used in the chocolate fondue! Also there were petit fours, chocolate truffles, and cookies. Yum! (There’s a picture below!) This was a great touch to the night! The dancing lasted all night! They all had a great time! I went over and said goodbye to Susie and Mike and congratulated them again! I said goodbye to her parents. I wanted them to know that I was leaving and if they needed anything to ask Stephanie. Susie gave me a hug and thanked me for such a great wedding. I left that night with a HUGE smile on my face. Thinking, I love my job! It was great knowing that they had a great time, it was perfect, exactly what they wanted, and I helped make it happen!





Susie and Mike stayed with us Sunday night too! I got a call Monday morning from the front desk saying the Susie and Mike wanted to see me. They just wanted to thank me for such an amazing weekend! They are so sweet! I am glad that they had the weekend they hoped it would be!