Wednesday, June 17, 2009

Schedule for the Weekend

As the big day gets closer, we thought it might be helpful to provide a schedule for what we hope is a great weekend!

Friday, August 7

4:00 - Rehearsal

For those of you in the wedding ceremony (bridesmaids, groomsmen, readers, celebrant) who are in town by this time, we will have a short rehearsal at the View Point Inn. We will be in touch with you to coordinate carpooling and to provide directions.

5:30 - Welcome Party


All guests are invited to join us at a lovely local park to kick the weekend off to a great start over BBQ and drinks. The park is approximately 10 minutes away from the Hotel Lucia. We suggest carpooling for the short trip over to ensure that everyone finds a parking space near the picnic site.

Directions from the Hotel Lucia to Washington Park, Site C:

  • Head south on SW Broadway toward SW Washington St (180 ft)
  • Turn right at SW Washington St (0.3 mi)
  • Turn right at SW 14th Ave (174 ft)
  • Turn left at W Burnside St (0.6 mi)
  • Turn left at SW St Clair Ave, before the Chevron station (0.1 mi)
  • Turn right at SW Park Pl (0.2 mi)
  • Turn right at SW Lewis Clark Way
As you round the curve on Lewis Clark Way, the picnic site will be on your left. If you pass the statue of Sacajawea, you've gone too far.

You should try to park on Lewis Clark Way. If all the spaces on Lewis Clark Way are taken, veer left onto SW Sacajawea Blvd (past the statue, in front of the reservoir) and park on that street. If there are no spaces available on Sacajawea Blvd, turn right back onto SW Park Pl and park on the street, hopefully not too far down the hill. From there, you can walk up the steps through the rose garden to the monument which is next to the picnic site.

Directions from Washington Park, Site C to the Hotel Lucia:

  • Turn right at SW Park Pl (0.1 mi)
  • Turn left at SW Vista Ave (0.1 mi)
  • Turn right at W Burnside St (1.0 mi)
  • Turn right at SW Broadway (0.1 mi)

Saturday, August 8

3:30 - Buses to View Point Inn

Buses will pick you up from the front door of the Hotel Lucia and take you to the site of our ceremony and reception, the View Point Inn. They will leave at 3:45, so please be prompt!

4:15 - Wedding Ceremony

5:00 - Cocktail Hour, Dinner, & Dancing

10:00 - Buses to Hotel Lucia

Buses will pick you up from the View Point Inn and return you to the front door of the Hotel Lucia.

10:30 - After Party

If you aren't ready to call it a night, please come to the after party at...somewhere awesome! (We'll have a more definite idea of where by 10:15 that night.) We can't promise we'll make it there, but we will certainly try!

Our Registry

Although the presence of our friends and family at our wedding (most of whom will be traveling great distances to attend) is the only gift that we truly want, some of you have asked whether we are registered. Given that the designer of our Brooklyn apartment thought that kitchen drawers are an unnecessary extravagance and that most people like to have their closets in the dining room such that they must get dressed where they eat, a traditional registry really does not make sense for us.

Therefore, if you would like to give us a gift, we ask that you please contribute to our Honeyfund, which is a registry of honeymoon-related necessities (such as transportation and hotel rooms) and activities (such as SCUBA trips, zipline adventures, and museum tours) for our trips to Kauai


and Italy


Thank you in advance for helping us create a special and exciting start to our life as a married couple!