Finding the Venue (part I)

By Ryan

Finding the venue for our reception was quite an adventure. The cost of a wedding anywhere in Boston is exorbitent, and October is the busiest month for weddings in New England. Everyone wants to see the fall foliage I guess. So with more than a year away we really wanted to nail down our venue. Our first stop was Springstep Dance Studio in Medford, MA. Just on the other side of Somerville, it is 20 minutes away from the church:

It is modern and interesting, has hardwood floors and is inexpensive for Boston. We had discussed it for a whle and knew that we didn’t want a hotel. or other corporate looking facility. Wherever we held the reception had to have character and lack ugly, patterned. stain-hider™ carpet or a hung acoustical tile ceiling. We also liked the idea of supporting a dance studio because my mom was a competitive ballroom dancer, and she would have really loved salsa-dancing across the floor.

The view out the windows was nothing much to talk about and this section of Medford doesn’t have the picturesque Norman Rockwell style that our out-of-town visitors would want. We wanted something where we wouldn’t have to do too much decoration, where we could bring in our own caterer to save some money and had a very New England feel.