Shannon & Bill Get Married!

After many years of dating long distance, Shannon and Bill finally decided to take the plunge. Bill proposed to Shannon and within weeks she moved from Chicago to San Diego to start their life together. Since Bill works a busy job requiring many hours, the responsibility was all on Shannon to get started on their wedding plans in addition to finding them a bigger space to live and finding herself a new job...and all in a new city. Needless to say, she was a little overwhelmed! When Bill was sharing all of this news to a friend as well as his concerns about them having little traction so far with finding a wedding venue, the friend suggested Set The Date. Bill immediately called Shannon who immediately called me and we were off running!

With most of their 200+ friends and family coming to their celebration from Chicago, it was important to Shannon and Bill that the home base for their guests be somewhere that would make for a great mini-vacation. They wanted it to either be at or near the beach or somewhere that really shows off what San Diego has to offer. And otherwise, it needed to be classic in style and have fantastic food.

To sum up our day together, Shannon got exactly the help she needed and I was in wedding venue tour heaven. Not only was she a blast to have in the passenger seat all day, but I was loving the opportunity to show her one gorgeous venue after another and watch her drool. Of course the last thing I want to do is confuse anyone by showing them too many great options, but typically by the end of the day, there is some clarity and front runners begin to emerge. Sure enough, Shannon had her "top four" and she went home to tell Bill all about them and set up appointments to view them and learn about all the details together.

In the end, they chose to have both their ceremony and reception at The Prado! It was the second venue of ten that I showed her that day, but as I got to know her and hear all about Bill as we drove up and down the coast, I could tell that it would their perfect match. It's the ultimate classic San Diego venue, their guests could enjoy staying and partying in the nearby Gaslamp, and hello fantastic food! I often daydream about the Prado's pressed arugula salad with strawberries and candied walnuts...YUM.





Congratulations you two! To see more images from their wedding, please visit the Image Mayhem blog.