I really don’t watch wedding shows like Say Yes to the Dress, Bridezillas, or that one with that creepy David Turtera guy. The only “wedding” show I like to watch is TLC’s “Four Weddings” If you haven’t seen the show, it is a competition show in which 4 brides attend each other weddings and judge them on the dress, the venue, the food, and overall experience. The bride with the most points wins a honeymoon. I enjoy this show because the brides on it our complete and total bitches.  Some brides will take away points for there being “too much” food or for the bride changing into a reception dress. It is great. Following the “Four Weddings” guidelines, when wedding planning I knew it was important to pick a good venue.

Our lives

Phil is Greek and I’m Greek and Arab so we both have big families and  we probably knew that we really couldn’t keep our wedding a small affair. After “My Big Fat Greek Wedding” came out all non-Greeks basically expect you to have a large wedding. The only problem with planning a wedding with around 350-400 people is that there isn’t that many places you can have your wedding in Northeast Ohio. All the really cool venues only hold around 200 people. Just our family is 200 people…so that doesn’t work. After researching venues in the Canton/Akron area. We narrowed it down to 5 venues based solely on size. After weeding out the venues that were booked Labor day weekend 2013. We visited 3 venues. The 1st one had too many columns, the 2nd one was too small, and the 3rd one Tangier’s was just right. Tangier’s had the vibe that I wanted, plenty of space for the cocktail hour and reception, and it has a celebrity autograph hallway. If you know me I love celebrities and their autographs. But my mom and Phil gave me 1 condition to have our wedding venue at Tangier’s , I have to do this pose in their fountain:

The Condition- Source

I accepted this condition…now let’s see if it actually happens 😉