Reception
Tre Luna Downtown Event Center
Tre Luna did a great job on our wedding day... everything looked beautiful and the food was great (and there was alot of it!) For a full review of Tre Luna, see Vendor Reviews.
I am a student of belly dance, so we hired a local instructor to dance at the reception. (But not just "any" local instructor... I wanted Isidora or no one else. I am completely mesmerized watching her dance... I tell everyone she's my "girl crush", LOL!)
Since only people on my side knew that I am a belly dancer, the idea was to have a pub quiz where one of the questions was about my hobbies, and everyone would learn that I am a belly dancer. That way, when the belly dancer came out, they would understand why she was there. Unfortunately my groom didn't get his act together on the quiz, so we never did it. There were alot of stone faces when she came out, and I was really worried that everyone hated it. But after she was done, I had so many people tell me they thought it was the greatest thing ever, and two people so far have vowed they are going to start taking belly dance lessons, LOL!
Since only people on my side knew that I am a belly dancer, the idea was to have a pub quiz where one of the questions was about my hobbies, and everyone would learn that I am a belly dancer. That way, when the belly dancer came out, they would understand why she was there. Unfortunately my groom didn't get his act together on the quiz, so we never did it. There were alot of stone faces when she came out, and I was really worried that everyone hated it. But after she was done, I had so many people tell me they thought it was the greatest thing ever, and two people so far have vowed they are going to start taking belly dance lessons, LOL!
All photos by Melinda Staley
Planning Stuff from before the wedding: