This past weekend marked the start of my venue search. This search will probably be sporadic. Like I've been saying, I'm not to eager to plan this wedding. It's just quite a bit of work. Work that I'm not used to doing. : )
I'm reluctant to mention which venue we went to visit first. I don't want to bad mouth it becaue it wasn't AWFUL, but I'm afraid that I might be too identifiable should the coordinator of this particular venue seek me out and black list me from all venues in the Chicagoland area for speaking ill of her and the place she operates. With that being said, my experience was less than thrilling.
A few days before our scheduled visit, I decided to let Brian off the hook. I didn't want to waste his time and I know there were about 10,000 other things he'd rather be doing than looking at spaces for our wedding. Thank goodness he opted out. He would've been so annoyed with me if I put him through that. It was just my mom and I which I loved. So, we show up to this establishment. We were about 15 minutes early. I knew we would probably have to wait a little bit and that was fine. What I did not expect was waiting an additional 10 minutes after our original meet time. This is one of my biggest pet peeves. Now, I fully understand waiting if I'm early, but if I'm waiting past my appointment time - that is unacceptable. For all you know, I have a pocket full of cash and I'm more than eager to spend it. Some may see this as unreasonable and that's fine, but it is just the way I feel.
So, this woman finally meets us and I'm already irritated. Not good. She proceeds to show us around. I'm not really sure how to describe this experience. It was awkward. She didn't say much and offered little to no information. Now, maybe I'm wrong but I would think that as a salesperson, she would be speaking of this place as if it was *the* hot spot for all things wedding. Not the case. My mom and I could've walked around ourselves and made up our own stories about the place and been more helpful. She seemed annoyed when we asked to see the restrooms (not nice) and a little more annoyed that we asked to see the "Bride's Room" (this is no more than a section of a conference room). She takes us into her office to show us a slide show she prepared. My mother and I sat in her small office and awkwardly stared at her computer screen while she sat there and picked at her nails. No explanation, no descriptions, nothing.
All in all, the outdoor space was lovely but very open to the public. The room was more of a rectangle than a square and the ceilings were very low. It is part of a community center so if you go in the wrong door you could end up in the middle of a Jazzercise class and I did not like this.
Back to square one. : (
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12 years ago
