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| 15 ways to wow your wedding guests - msnbc.com Posted: 31 Aug 2010 01:35 PM PDT >>> today's wedding modern love is brought to you by chevy. >>> this morning on "today's" wedding , modern love , the reception venue, once melissa and jeremy have exchanged vows and rings, it will be time for the party. you will pick where that's going to happen. we have a wedding planner who's helped us develop our choices. he's here alongside our bride and we have got joining us again live, jeremy again hart and he's on duty by the way as we have been mentioning in afghanistan . so what should you be thinking about when you think about where to have a reception ". >> the most important thing with the venues, it dictates so many things, how many people you can have, when you can have it. you want to make sure that you can have it indoors and outdoors, and you can take care of the weather. it needs to be a place that speaks to you, it needs to be a place that will allow you to put as much of yourself into it. >> so you considered this couple and you chose among your three choices, one of the choices is hudson terrace? >> yes. >> which is a venue, a place where people have parties and weddings and things like that? >> it's downtown, it's young, it's hip, it's chic and friendly and it's right across from the intrep intrepid. >> and you can see a lot from those windows, including the intrepid and from the roof deck and there's so many things to look at. >> it gives you a great view of the indoors and a great view of the outdoors. and it's got retractable ceilings so in one of the possible locations for a wedding is we're looking for something that was edgy, young and doubt. -- downtown. the great part about this location, is not only you can have the outdoors and this wonderful deck, but the magnificent view of the hudson right behind me. the first thing i'm going to do is remove all of this furniture and work with scare table tops with ten guests seated at each table. and for the dancing, we're going downstairs. after they cut the wedding case, the bridle party gets to come down to the den. where there's a stocked bar. >> and we're going to look at another venue that collin has picked out for you. and that is the central park zoo . >> the central park zoo is an exclusive tranquil oasis right in the middle of new york's central park and home to over 1 million visitors a year. behind me the sea lion -- it's a very unique venue and not many people know that you can host a wedding in central park zoo . this great tent will serve a wonderful venue for our reception. i love the fact that the tent is clear because it brings the outdoors in and protects it in rain, hail or shine. the central park zoo is home to over 1,400 animals. any proceeds that come here, benefit the wildlife conservation society . >> collin, this is a surprise. i didn't realize you could get married at a zoo. >> it's a great space. it's gorgeous, it's lucious green. >> let's take a look at our third choice which is at gotham hall. >> this is gotham hall. originally commissioned as a bank, it's a historic landmark but recently host of some of the most beautiful weddings and party in the city. the reason i love this space is because of the elegance. the details are quite extraordinary, if you look at the columns, the beautiful chandelier, the roof chandelier,. you're looking at wisdom and commerce. my vision for this would be to host a cocktail reception on the mezzanine level overlooking this beautiful elegant ballroom and have the bridle party seated at one language table and have all the guests seated at round tables around them. >> i'm going to ask jeremy what he's thinking about all these choices because he's way out there in afghanistan , about ready to come home. you must be ready to lose your mind because of all the excitement, you're going to get to come home from afghanistan , see your girl and get married. what do you think of these venues? >> i think they all sound wonderful, it's so surreal to have this happen, to be here and it's not necessarily, i don't really comprehend, i don't really see it all happening, but i know when it gets home, it's going to all hit me and everything's going to be great. >> i'm sure that you both are, but it's so exciting to be here this morning. and you can go to our website at todayshow.com and you can vote for your favorite or you can head to facebook.com/todayshow and don't forget to like us, if that's not too hard on facebook to follow our wedding progress. and you can also text in your votes to 622639, text one for hudson terrace, 2 for central park zoo and 3 for gotham hall. This entry passed through the Full-Text RSS service — if this is your content and you're reading it on someone else's site, please read our FAQ page at fivefilters.org/content-only/faq.php |
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