VENUE HUNTING

As what I've said on my earlier post, I continued my venue hunting on the internet and my next location after Antipolo and Cainta was Marikina since its accessible on both parties. I've googled and googled and lots of names came out. LaVeranda, Water Nymph Resort, Cobo Pavillon are the ones striked me.

La veranda is a garden thing place. well ..i'm not much of a garden-fan so i did not like it plus its expensive. Here's how it looks:

 LA VERANDA

On the other hand Water Nymph Resort is i think a private venue.making it more expensive than La veranda. So hindi na ko nangarap.but the place is gorgeous.

 WATER NYMPH RESORT

 WATER NYMPH RESORT

Cobo Pavillon was also a resort venue. Renting the ballroom /pavillon alone gives you an access up until the patio with a gazebo on it. so you will have this:

 
The place is quite good with a nice view. The rate shoots our budget, it can accommodate our target guests plus the person who will attend your inquiries, ms. Lyna, is so nice and soft spoken. She would even give the couple an extra hour for the event.so instead of 4hrs she would give you 5hrs without any additional payment. She said it serves as her gift to the bride and groom.
I was about to put a big check on this venue until I had a chit chat with Karen, arts youngest sister. she recommend a place in Marikina called Cafe Kapitan. I quickly googled the name and to my surprise it was the old house that i've been seeing when i was working somewhere in marikina way back 2007-2008. Back then i thought of it as a perfect venue for an old style wedding.

 I quickly inquired through text, i asked for the rates. the next morning i received an email from Cafe Kapitan. There are 3 venues to choose from, the Cafe Kapitan Restaurant itself good for 70pax, the Galleria which is good for 150pax and the Bulwagang Bayani which can hold i guess 300pax. The rates are quiet good so art and I decided to visit the Place.

2012

     wow.. its 2012..this year will be a tough but exciting year for me and ART, because this will be our preparation for our BIG DAY.. the wedding ... actually we started planning December2011. we went to ocular 3 venues already  for the  reception. First was the "Sweet Harmony" at Taytay Rizal near Puregold Taytay. It was good, it has like 5 venues to choose from and is near from our planned church, but unfortunately it was a bit pricey for our budget. Here's how it looks:

 this was 1 of our choices, but its open so we crossed that out. 

 this was also our choice,the Majestic Upper Room, but not quite good for our budget.

 and this was MY choice. the Tent, but art did not approved it because its more expensive than the first two.

the next venue we visited was the "L'Aquinum Garden" somewhere in Masinag. It shoots our budget, but the poste from the inside doesn't look quite good . well, we're still thinking about it we're not crossing this out yet. here's how it looks:

 this is the poste that i din't like much from inside.

the last venue we visited was the space near the Clubhouse of Village East. nothing too special for me. just an air-conditioned  room that is,infairness, spacious.
The rest of my venue hunting continues on the internet. I still have to ask art if he wants to ocular those places.
For the caterer, I leave that to art to decide which is which. Well he wants an unlimited food. :) he wants it to be affordable..and the most important, he wants the taste PERFECT. so where does he think we could find that???? hehehe...... he wants WOWLU, its been their family's choice.from birthdays, xmas parties and christening i guess.
For the Photos & Videos we decided to ask, the former student of STI Ortigas-Cainta, Lordween "Ody" Monte a multimedia arts graduate, to give us the rates. He quickly gave the package lists. Art and I sat a little while on it, he gave us a good deal, and we said YES.. here's the link of his FB account: http://www.facebook.com/media/albums/?id=1122063251

December2012 seems to be long.... but not for us i think.we're having lots of fun preparing although there are some things we don't really agree with.but that's part of it.. GOD is with us i know..

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Theres alot more to come..