Loco About Locations

We are about 14 months from our planned wedding date and hoped to have a location locked down by now. But as the procrastinators and indecisive people that we are, we have yet to settle on a place. My earlier blog alluded to the fact that we've needed to re-prioritize and make some significant trade offs when it comes to our reception location. Now as we near our final decision, I've begun to reflect on our loco location journey:

Phase 1: Dream Big
We're getting married! Let's do it at an eco-friendly, romantic resort in the heart of wine country or an artsy gallery in downtown San Francisco. That's totally us.

Phase 2: Reality Sets In
Who are we kidding? Our eyes are bigger than our wallets. Let's move it to the South Bay. It's where we both grew up, after all. And San Jose is not so bad. It is the tech capital and we sure are tech nerds.

Phase 3: Denial
But we LOVE San Francisco! Its where we spent most of our time together as a couple. How can we not take our wedding photos on the Embarcadero with a backdrop of the Bay Bridge and the Ferry Building? Plus, that's where all our out-of-town guests will want to hang out. We must make San Francisco happen.

Phase 4: Compromise
Okay, okay. So in order to have what we want in SF, we need to A) Exceed our budget by 50% (Ha. not a chance. That is money well spent on an awesome place.); B) End up at an okay place but not quite fitting for our style; or C) Suck it up and move the party down the Peninsula.

Phase 5: Decision ... almost
With our picky tastes, tight budget and ever-lengthy guest list (200+!), we're very close to settling on C. (Not quite there yet.) Maybe like with our colors, we'll stop this madness and leave it up to you to decide. Hmm... now that's a novel idea.