Location picked, date set!

We finally locked in the location and the date for the wedding. After many weekends of driving back and forth between Pasadena and Orange County, and looking at many locations, we finally found the perfect spot to have our wedding!!!!! I can't tell you how much of a relief that is and how much stress that takes off of us both. 

We have decided to do Castle Green in Old Town Pasadena, CA. We both made a guideline that the place we would decided on would have us saying, "WOW" after leaving the location. Castle Green certainly did just that. You would think with a place that makes you say wow just because of the beauty and everything else that attached to that would also have a bill that would make you say, "WOW" and not in a good way. :) To tell you the truth, the pricing was not bad considering all of the other locations we looked at and most forced you to use their caterer with no exceptions, which also meant spending way to much.

You can see by the photo's just how amazing this location really is.

You can't really see past the green bushes surrounding the property, which is nice from a privacy perspective, but there is a long beautiful green grass area just on the other side of the bush wall surrounding the property. We are planning on having the ceremony outside on the grass area and there is a little pond / water fountain that will serve as the back drop for the ceremony.

This is the ballroom where the reception will be held. Where the person is standing, taking this picture, is where the dance floor and the DJ will be setup.

After the ceremony, guests will be escorted to this location which is a long patio area before entering into the building. Guests will get hors d'oeuvres and cocktails and be able to sit, walk, talk and congregate while we take our wedding pictures. We are also thinking of having on this patio in the back corner (behind the person that took this picture) a cigar bar for those guys that don't want to dance or just want to relax with a little Whiskey and a cigar.

After entering into the building, this is the lobby area that greets you. The table standing in the middle of the room will more then likely have the guests seating arrangements on it along with a guestbook and whatever else we want to put on there. To the left there is a sun room and two additional rooms that give guests and area to sit, talk, and congregate before the reception begins.

This is one of the rooms that are off to the left of the entrance and lobby area. What's cool about each room is that each have their own look and feeling.

It's really over all just a really cool place, and Suzanne and I are very excited to be using this location for our special day. We hope you all enjoy it as well.

On another note, while walking through the Castle Green location, I couldn't help but wonder if this location had been used for any old classic horror films. Since the building and the property are historic land marks, you can't help but get that feeling. I asked one of the property managers about this, they told me that supposedly The Shining was filmed here with Jack Nicholson. "Here's Johnny!!!!!!" LOL

So when you are here at the location with us, just make sure the people you are talking with, are actually real! :)