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Available Saturdays in September and October at wedding venues all around town (and beyond)

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Slideshow: Country, city, and nearby destination wedding locations available for September and October bookings. Here: Hotel 1000 on First Ave in Seattle (all images in this slideshow are courtesy the venue pictured)

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Slideshow: Country, city, and nearby destination wedding locations available for September and October bookings. Here: Hotel 1000 on First Ave in Seattle (all images in this slideshow are courtesy the venue pictured)

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Rain Forest Pavilion at Woodland Park Zoo on Phinney Ridge

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The Rainier Club in Downtown Seattle

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Hiltton Airport Conference Center

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Renaissance Hotel, Downtown Seattle

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Arctic Club Dome Room in Downtown Seattle

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Pan Pacific in South Lake Union

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Salish Lodge and Spa

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Moon Mansion in North Bend

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Carnegie’s in Ballard

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Januik-Novelty Hill in Woodinville

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Downtown’s Mayflower Hotel

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Clam Cannery in Port Townsend

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Lakeside Event Center

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Olympic Sculpture Park on the waterfront in downtown Seattle

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The Olympic Star

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The Four Seasons in Downtown Seattle

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Rock Creek Gardens (Puyallup)

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Columbia Tower Club

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Columbia Winery in Woodinville

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South Seattle’s Cedarbrook Lodge

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Robinswood House in Bellevue

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Hotel Andra, Downtown

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Clise Mansion in Redmond

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Rainier Gold and Country Club in South Seattle

Fall weddings are popular in the Northwest. Our summer may not start until July, but it typically lasts through September, and October’s early fall months are just plain lovely. Maybe you’re saying, “Yes I know, and we’re going to take full advantage of that.” If so, and if you’re on the short engagement plan, or if you just haven’t settled on a where and when quite yet, this pretty darn comprehensive list of available Saturdays in September and October ought to come in handy. And no matter when you’re looking to book the wedding of your dreams, the slideshow will provide an introduction to many of Seattle’s most popular wedding spots.

(Side note: Last March we compiled a similar list detailing available venue dates for the summer – it was very popular and proved helpful in many ways. This list is in response to that, and I expect this kind of thing will become a regular, seasonal thing. Stay tuned.)

Many of these dates and sites are also available to you, dear SMBG/WWW reader, with certain savings and great deals. Special offers exclusive to you are listed below. (Note: ask vendors about any other discounts that might apply; we’ve only listed those extended on this particular Wedding Wednesday here.)

Three really important things to keep in mind before you go any further:

1. This is what’s available now. At press time, as we like to call it. If you’re of the later-bird variety, don’t wait too much longer, huh?

2. It’s safe to assume that those who have Saturdays available also have Sundays and Fridays — and you know, Tuesdays at noon — available too. And it’s safe to assume that Sundays, Fridays, and other non-Saturdays come with a budget price tag, too.

3. Some venues offer bookings for day and night; the dates listed below mean the venue has some availability on that date—it may be morning, afternoon, or night availability.

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Four Seasons Downtown Seattle
September 11
October 2, 9, 16, 30

The Rainier Club
September 4, 11, 25
October 23, 30
Mention Seattle Met Bride & Groom and ask how to receive a complimentary champagne toast for you and your guests and a complimentary luxury overnight suite.

Maplewood Greens (Renton)
September 4
October 9, 23
Mention Seattle Met Bride & Groom and receive a discount on your booking.

Hilton Garden Inn in Issaquah
September 4, 11
October 9, 16, 23, 30

W Hotel
September 4, 11, 18, 25
October 9, 16, 30

Salish Lodge and Spa
October 2, 16, 30

Hilton Seattle Airport & Conference Center
September 4, 18, 25
October 2, 23, 30

Doubletree Hotel Seattle Aiport
September 4, 18
October 2, 9. 30

Kensington Gardens
October 2, 9, 16

Hotel 1000
September 18, 25
October 30

Moon Mansion (North Bend)
September 18, 25
October 9, 16, 23, 30

Columbia Tower Club
September 18
October 2, 9

Chambers Bay Golf Course (University Place)
September 11
October 2, 9

French Creek Manor (Snohomish)
September 4, 11, 18
October 9, 30

Campbell’s Resort on Lake Chelan
September 11
October 2, 23, 30
Mention Seattle Met Bride & Groom and receive 1/2 off ceremony site fee.

Carnegie’s
September 4, 11, 18, 25
October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30

Mayflower Park Hotel
September 4, 11, 18, 25
October 9, 16, 30

The Inn at Port Ludlow (Olympic Peninsula)
September 25
October 9, 23
Mention Seattle Met Bride & Groom and get 50 percent off facility fees.

Sun Mountain Lodge (Winthrop)
October 2, 9, 16
Mention Seattle Met Bride & Groom and get $200 off your site and service fee.

Inglewood Golf Club (Kenmore)
September 4
October 30

Hotel Andra
September 4, 11, 18, 25
October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Mention Seattle Met Bride & Groom and you will receive a 50 percent discount on the venue rental.

Clam Cannery (Port Townsend)
October 16, 23, 30
Mention Seattle Met Bride & Groom and get 50 percent off booking fee.

Hyatt at Olive 8
September 4
October 9, 30

Columbia Winery
September 4, 11, 18, 25
October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30

Lakeside Event Center
September 4, 11
October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30

Emerald Star (boat)
October 2, 16, 23, 30

Olympic Star (boat)
September 25
October 2, 23, 30

Destiny (boat)
September 25
October 2, 23

Cedarbrook Lodge (South Seattle)
September 11
October 9, 16, 30

Twin Lakes Golf and Country Club (South Sound)
October 2
Mention Seattle Met Bride & Groom and receive a free champagne toast.

Lake Union Crew
October 9, 16, 23, 30

Indian Summer Golf and Country (Olympia)
September 11, 18
October 23
Mention Seattle Met Bride & Groom and get half off the room rental rate.

Courtyard by Marriott (Tacoma)
September 4, 18
October 9, 16, 23, 30

Laurel Creek Manor (Sumner)
October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30

Rock Creek Gardens (Puyallup)
October 9, 16, 23, 30

Robinswood House (Bellevue)
September 11, 18, 25
October 2, 16, 23, 30

Clise Mansion (Redmond)
September 4, 25
October 2, 9, 23, 30

Fox Sports Grill
September 4, 11, 18, 25
October 2, 9, 16, 23
Mention Seattle Met Bride & Groom and receive one complimentary appetizer sampler platter for every $1850 spent.

Grand Hyatt Seattle
September 18
October 16, 30
Mention Seattle Met Bride & Groom and get 10 percent off all food and beverage.

Harbor Club
September 11, 18
October 2, 9, 16, 30
Mention Seattle Met Bride & Groom and receive 50 percent off the ceremony package and a $450 food credit (restrictions apply).

Courtyard Hall (Bothell)
September 11
October 2, 30
Mention Seattle Met Bride & Groom and save $200 on the rental fee.

Harbor Club (Bellevue)
September 4, 11, 18
October 2
Mention Seattle Met Bride & Groom and receive 50 percent off the ceremony package and a $450 food credit (restrictions apply).

Rainier Golf and Country Club (South Seattle)
September 25
October 9, 23

Novelty Hill-Januik (Woodinville)
October 2, 30
*Mention Seattle Met Bride & Groom and save $500 on an Oct 2 room rental; save $1000 on food room rental for Oct 30

Doubletree Arctic Club Hotel’s Northern Lights Dome Room
September 11, 25
October 2, 9
Mention Seattle Met Bride & Groom and get half off the room rental fee.

Seattle Aquarium
September 4, 11
October 2
Mention Seattle Met Bride & Groom and receive $500 off your facility rental, an extra added hour facility rental for free, and 5 percent off food and beverage fees.

Woodland Park Zoo Rain Forest Pavilion
September 11, 18
October 23, 30
Mention Seattle Met Bride & Groom and save 10 percent on the venue fee.

Palisade Restaurant’s Alani Room
September 4, 11, 25
October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30

Museum of Flight
September 4, 11
October 9, 23, 30
Mention Seattle Met Bride & Groom and receive 10 percent off the room fee.

BluWater Bistro
September 11
October 9, 16, 23, 30
Mention Seattle Met Bride & Groom and the room rental fee will be waived.

Westin Bellevue
September 11
October 2

Pan Pacific Hotel
September 4, 11
October 16, 30
Mention Seattle Met Bride & Groom and save 25 percent on room rental fee.

Farm Kitchen
October 16, 23, 30
Mention Seattle Met Bride & Groom and receive one extra hour of facility rental at no charge.

Olympic Sculpture Park
September 25
October 2, 23, 30
Mention Seattle Met Bride & Groom and receive $200 off the booking fee and a 20 percent discount on the food and beverage minimum with TASTE Events.

Seattle Asian Art Museum
September 4, 11, 18
October 2, 9, 16, 23, 30
Mention Seattle Met Bride & Groom and receive $200 off the booking fee and a 20 percent discount on the food and beverage minimum with TASTE Events.

Mountain Springs Lodge
September 11, 18
October 16, 23, 30
Mention Seattle Met Bride & Groom and take half off the venue cost for 2010 fall weekends.

Renaissance Seattle Hotel
September 4, 11, 18, 25
October 9, 16, 30

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Wedding Wednesday

New! The Fields

Herban Feast would like to host your wedding at Willie Greens Organic Farm

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We do love a story with the word new in it around here, whether its an online boutique or a whole slew of eateries.

This week it’s a wedding and events venue.

Extending the farm-to-table theme to the realm of once-in-a-lifetime celebrations, catering company Herban Feast introduced Jeff Miller’s Monroe property to industry insiders last weekend. Located on the grounds of Willie Green’s Organic Farm, the Fields is a 21-acre working organic farm with fields of ready-for-deliciousness produce (created by executive chef Dalis Chea, also of Fresh Bistro), lush flowers, ornamental landscaping, and storybook Northwest evergreens.

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And psst…. here’s a tip: like a few other places we know, the Fields has a few open spots this summer, and they’re offering 15% off for short-list bookings on the venue only; and a special $75 pp rate (special conditions apply) for the whole glorious she-bang. Contact Herban Feast for more details.

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More farm to table celebrations? Fireseed Catering, Corson Building, and Farm Kitchen come immediately to mind… what are your favorite farm-side venue picks?

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Wedding Wednesday

Social Calendar

Four events to consider adding to your wedding planning itinerary.

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The birds, the cherry blossoms, and the daffodils are out in full effect — must be … yeah, it is… Wedding Season. Here are four events to consider adding to your wedding planning social calendar.

1. Let’s get the words FREE and CUPCAKE in the same sentence, shall we? On Saturday April 10 from 11 to 2p at 415 Westlake, Cupcake Camp will both raise money for Hope Heart Institute and allow you taste-test an obscene amount of the sweet little bites from all over the city. If you’re thinking of having cupcakes at your reception, there is probably no better all-in-one opportunity to figure out whose you like the best. Some kind of wonderful, eh? You have Bella Cupcake Couture to thank for the Seattle edition of this national “camp,” so let’s not forget those adorable little wrappers. (No, Cupcake Camp is not strictly a wedding event, but it’s okay if you utilize it as one.)

2. Martina Liana trunk show March 26-28 at Calla Bridal. The Australian-based gown line makes a special appearance at the all-but-hidden bridal boutique near Green Lake.

3. Billed as a “more civilized way to accomplish your wedding planning,” Voila! gathers vendors like Azzura Photography, All About Weddings & Celebrations, and Edit 1 Media (full list, curated by Panache and Pink Blossoms Events, is here) at the Woodmark in Kirkland on Sunday March 28 from noon to 5 and leaves the rest, more or less, up to you. Ask questions, inquire about availability, and check out the seasonally decorated rooms for inspiration and motivation.

4. For a more urban flavor, you might try meeting up with PM Photobooth, Gabriel Boone Photography, Moon Mansion, Scott Staples Catering, and more at Sole Repair on Capitol Hill on Sunday April 18 from 3 to 6. Hosted by All the Flutter and Anticipate Wedding and Event Planning, The One is an afternoon of photobooth snaps, snack samples, and mini spa services.

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Wedding Wednesday

Saturdays in the Park, the Penthouse, the Winery, and the …

Booked your summer wedding yet? Here’s where and when you could and should get in

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Slideshow: Book this Venue (here: the loft-like, cabin-y, summercamp-like experience at Island Wood)

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Slideshow: Book this Venue (here: the loft-like, cabin-y, summercamp-like experience at Island Wood)

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Picture yourself just kinda humming along at the Apple Tree Resort

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Big Sky Country: Cave B Resort

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They’d like to play your song at the Falls Terrace at Salish Lodge

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Waterfront property at Semiahmoo Resort

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Always an important room to check out: The Wedidng Suite. This one’s at the Sheraton.

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The Forrest Room at the Edgewater.

The early bird does, typically speaking, get the fat, juicy worm. But those who sleep late and/or forgo the 18-month engagement period sometimes do okay, as well.

Inspired in part by my brother’s recent engagement and his let’s-get-it-done, super-short engagement period (he asked on Valentine’s Day, they’re tying knots in, hopefully, July) and in part by a pitch from a contact at one of the venues below who wrote in to ask if I might like to let you all know about her available dates, I am happy to present you with this giant list of available Saturdays from June through September at a variety of fireside lounges, grand ballrooms, grassy fields, and otherwise fantastic locales.

Some are even offering discounts and deals exclusively for you.

Two really important things to keep in mind before you go any further:

1. This is what’s available now. At press time, as we like to call it. If you’re of the later-bird variety, don’t wait too much longer, huh?

2. It’s safe to assume that those who have Saturdays available also have Sundays and Fridays — and you know, Tuesdays at noon — available too. And it’s safe to assume that Sundays, Fridays, and other non-Saturdays come with a budget price tag, too.

(Please note: the dates below reflect availability at the largest/main event spaces at these facilities; if you are planning a small wedding, there very well may be alternate rooms with more availability. When in doubt: it’s safe to assume that it doesn’t hurt to ask.)

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IslandWood
Available Saturday: June 26

Mountain Springs Lodge
Available Saturdays: June 5, July 3, July 10, July 17, Sept 4, Sept 11
Mention that you saw these dates on seattlemet.com and you’ll get half-off the booking fee

Carnegies Restaurant
Available Saturdays: July 17, 24, 31, Aug 7, 14, 21

Inglewood Golf Club
Available Saturdays: June 19, July 3, 24, Aug 28, Sept 4, 11, 18,

Sanctuary at Admiral
Available Saturdays: every Saturday except July 10 and Aug 7

Hilton Garden Inn Issaquah
Available Saturdays: June 5, 12, 26, July 3, 10
*Mention that you saw these dates on seattlemet.com and receive complimentary dance floor for your reception and a complimentary suite

Safeco Field/Gold Glove Wedding (new venue call 206-346-4228)
Available Saturday: July 3

Tulalip Resort
Available Saturdays: June 5, 12, 19

Apple Tree Resort
Available Saturdays: June 5, Aug 7

Palisade Restaurant
Available Saturdays: all Saturdays in June, July 3, 17, 31, Aug 28, Sept 11, 25

Cave B Inn at Sagecliffe
Available Saturdays: July 10, 24, August 7

W Hotel
Available Saturdays: June 5, 12, July 3, 17, 31, Aug 21, 28, Sept 11, 25

Salish Lodge
Available Saturdays: June 19, 26, July 3, 17, 24, Aug 7, Aug 21, 28, Sept 11, 18, 25 ALL DATES are available for daytime bookings only

Semiahmoo Resort
Available Saturdays: Every Saturday June through September except July 17

Museum of Glass
Available Saturday: July 31

Chambers Bay Golf Club
Available Saturdays: June 12, 19, Sept 11, 25

Sheraton Seattle Hotel
Available Saturdays: June 5, 12, 19, Aug 28, Sept 4, 11, 18, 25

At the Quarry
Available Saturdays: June 5, 12, July 3, Aug 28, Sept 4, 11, 25

Seattle Aquarium
Available Saturdays: June 12, July 3, 10, 24, 31, Aug 7, 14, 21, Sept 4, 11, 25

Pan Pacific
Available Saturdays: June 12, 26, July 3, 24, Sept 4, 11, 18

Campbell’s Resort
Available Saturdays: June 19, Aug 28, Sept 25

Museum of Flight
Available Saturdays: Every Saturday June through September

Moon Mansion
Available Saturdays: June 12, 19, 26, July 3, 10, 17, 24, 31, Aug 7, 14, 21, 28, Sept 18, 25

Hollywood Schoolhouse
Available Saturdays: June 5, 19, 17, 31, Aug 14, Sept 11, 18

Clise Mansion at Marymoor Park
Availability: the Mansion does not accept event bookings until the end of April each year; concerts at the park are being booked through April and weddings and events can only be booked after concert schedule is final; contact venue for open dates at end of April

Harbor Club Bellevue
Available Saturdays: June 5, 12, 19, 26, July 3, 10, 17, Aug 14, Sept 4, 18, 25

Edgewater Hotel
Available Saturdays: June 19

Mayflower Park Hotel
Available Saturdays: June 19, 26, July 17, 24, 31, Aug 7, 21, 28
Mention you saw this information at seattlemet.com when you book with Mayflower and get a $400 credit for any vendor of your choice

SoDo Park/Herban Feast
No available Saturdays but mention that you saw this note here to receive 50% off rental rates on all other remaining (non-Saturday) dates

Port Gamble
Available Saturdays: July 4, 10, 17, Sept 11

Ray’s Boathouse
Available Saturdays: June 5, 12, July 3, 17, 24, Aug 14, Sept 11

Crystal Mountain Weddings
Available Saturdays: June 12, 19, 26, July 3, 10, Sept 11, 18, 25

Woodmark Hotel
Available Saturdays: Aug 28, Sept 11, 18, 25

Cederbrook Lodge
Available Saturdays: June 5, 12, 19, 26, July 3, 10, 17, 31, Aug 14, 28, Sept 4, 11

Arctic Club Hotel
Available Saturdays: July 19, Aug 21, Sept 11, 18

Sleeping Lady Mountain Resort
Available Saturdays: June 26, July 3, 31, Aug 7, 14, 28, Sept 18, 25

Willows Lodge
Available Saturdays: June 12, 26, July 10, 17

Novelty Hill/Januik Winery
Available Saturdays: June 5, 12, July 3, Sept 4, 11

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Wedding Wednesday

In Love with Love Songs

Inspiration for the first song of the rest of your life

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In honor of your approaching big day, we’re using this Wedding Wednesday to share the first dance and otherwise special, sacred, and, in a few cases, silly songs that trademarked the nuptials of some of Seattle’s leading celebration specialists as well as a few of our past Real Weddings couples.

Enjoy.

-Amanda Brotman, designer, Amanda Pearl Amado Mio by Pink Martini

-Daniela Faget, designer, Bella Signature Design: We both love reggae so when we got married with 20 friends at our favorite sailing spot in the Caribbean we danced to One Love by Bob Marley.

-Tes de Luna, owner, Velouria: When we get married on March 27 our song will be La La Love You by the Pixies.

-Michelle Mansfield Loretta, cofounder, Sage Wedding Pros: We love Brazil, and I always thought it was nice that I was marrying someone that I could samba with, so ours was So Nice (Summer Samba) by Astrud Gilberto (more recently done by Bebel Gilberto). It’s a beautiful bossa nova song that goes: So nice, life would be so nice / If one day I’d find / Someone who would take my hand / And samba through life with me.

-Cindi Brooks, designer, Brass Paperclip: Frank Sinatra’s I Love Paris because we were engaged in Paris! On a kooky side note, I was once in a wedding where the entire bridal party was asked to join the bride and groom on the dance floor for this first dance; there was an uneven number of guys and girls, so they picked something fun we could all dance to together.

-Nick and Aleah Valley, founders/designers, The Good Life Event Specialists and Fine Line Management and Events: At Last by Etta James.

-Sally Brock, owner, Fancy: The Ship Song by Nick Cave; we weren’t exactly dancing.

-Katie Hanchinamani, featured in Real Weddings: Your Everything by Keith Urban! I am country fan and I have loved that song since high school!

-Liesl Elson, featured in Real Weddings: La Vie En Rose, sung by a good friend of mine, the opera singer Noah Baetge; he was accompanied by our klezmer band, Shawn’s Kugel.

-Michelle Jensen, marketing and public relations, Rosanna, Inc.: Chasing Cars by Snow Patrol.

-Jennifer Shea, founder, Trophy Cupcakes: We did not have a first dance because we eloped! But when we finally do have our reception, our first dance will be Northern Sky by Nick Drake.

-Eliza Truitt, photographer, Eliza Truitt Photography: We didn’t have a first dance but Steve and I walked down the aisle to Mitch and Mickey’s When You’re Next to Me from A Mighty Wind. It’s incredibly sweet and if you’ve seen the movie it’s also pretty funny. Hearing it still gets to me.

-Catherine McCadden, designer, Grace Gow: Rod Stewart’s You’re in My Heart

-Natalie Fobes, photographer, Natalie Fobes Photography: We didn’t have a first dance because we got married on the Schooner Zodiac. We had a first sail instead. However, during the ceremony my husband’s niece sang Someone to Watch Over Me. The best song from our wedding was our recessional, though. 76 Trombones from The Music Man. My husband surprised me with it.

-Megan Smith, featured in Real Weddings: Flower of Scotland; our band Ockham’s Razor played it for us.

-Gayle O’Donnell, cofounder, All About Weddings and Celebrations: The most beautiful song I’ve heard at a wedding this past year for a first dance, as far as lyrics go, is The Luckiest by Ben Folds.

-Allison Foreman, featured in Real Weddings: You Are The Love of My Life by Jim Brickman

-Aimee Palacios, featured in Real Weddings: We didn’t have a first dance, but did walk into Tonight Tonight by the Smashing Pumpkins. I’d always envisioned it as our first dance song, but it meant so much to us that we placed it as our processional.

-Marianne Graham, designer, Marianne Graham Designs: My husband choose the first, Kenny Loggin’s Danny’s Song, and as we danced we started signing along to each other. Before we knew it we realized that our guests had joined in too—still gives me chills thinking about it. We followed it up with Stevie Wonder’s Signed, Sealed, Delivered and twirled, laughed, and danced as our friends joined in. Good times!

-Erin Green, founder, Moms Maids and More: At our reception, we danced to Peter Gabriel’s In Your Eyes – you don’t realize how long that song is until all your wedding guests are standing in a circle and staring at you for five minutes.

-LaRae Lobdell, photographer, Lifework Images: Cory and I first danced to (drum roll please): It’s Oh So Quiet by Bjork. We were married in Spokane when the music scene there was still very, um, traditional? Only our close friends had ever heard of Bjork. The song cued, we did our own rendition of a waltz to the soft beginning, then when the beat broke into a fast tempo we had fun with it! as our parents got the slow waltz feel and our friends got the alternative feel of the music so it worked well.

-Sean Flanigan, photographer, Sean Flanigan Photography: Scientist by Coldplay

-Nancy Kramer, co-owner, Bella Bridesmaid: My husband and I had our first dance to Cheeseburger in Paradise by Jimmy Buffet. We just got married last May and did a fully choreographed dance! We decided that was our song early in our relationship because of our mutual love of cheeseburgers and the sun.

-Joe Ross, Joe Ross and the Bird Watchers: My wife Laura and I danced to Side By Side a classic from the ’20s but most famously sang by Kay Starr in the ’50s. We had a live band at the Georgetown Ballroom comprised of members of the Jukehouse Hounds and my own band, the Bird Watchers. It was really swinging.

-Jenny Jimenez, photographer, Jenny Jimenez Photography: First Day of My Life by Bright Eyes

- Annette Lefebvre, designer, Luxe Wedding Design We had live and recorded music the pre-ceremony music had all of our favorite old romantic standards from Billie Holiday’s version of As Time Goes By to Nick Cave’s The Ship Song. Henry Mancini’s Moon River was a part of our candle lighting and I walked down the aisle to the 1930’s French chanson by Charles Trenet, La Mer. Our recessional song was David Bowie’s Heroes. Seems dated now, but we thought that was the greatest. It still makes me smile thinking about that triumphant feeling in that moment with the music. But the greatest part for us was our first dance, Herb Alpert’s 1968 hit, This Guy’s in Love With You. Back in 1994, when we first started dating, I put that cheesy, overly sentimental song on our very first mixed tape… and loved it like nobody’s business. In less than a year that song had become “our song.” By the time we got married five years later it had become so imbued with meaning that by the time we were dancing to it at our wedding, Herb Alpert had become an old friend and the song was our anthem of alchemy, love and magic.

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And what about you, what’ll you be dancing to? Let us know!

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Wedding Wednesday

Wedding Wednesday: On Tour

Sign up now to see the sights and sites during Weddings in Woodinville on January 31

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Slideshow from our Real Weddings archives: Delille Cellars

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Slideshow from our Real Weddings archives: Delille Cellars

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This particular couple noted that it was important for them to chose downplayed colors and low-key elements in order to let the gorgeous setting shine

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When researching a venue, look for sweet photo spots and perfect places for your guests to discover and enjoy

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If you’re interested in an outdoor ceremony or reception, ask about tented areas and start imagining how your favorite colors and personal details will fit into the natural environment

Whenever I talk to couples about their ceremony and reception locations, I’m thinking of those places as opportunities to show off Seattle.

A wedding at the downtown Four Seasons, for example, means a spectacular view of Elliott Bay; a wedding at the Museum of Flight means a window on Seattle’s history; a wedding at one of the nearby wineries means a very literal taste of one of our chief natural products. If the last of these is where you’re seeing your big day take place, keep reading.

When you sign up for the Weddings in Woodinville tour on Sunday January 31, you get the chance to see Columbia Winery, DeLille Cellars (pictured here in a short slideshow from our Real Weddings archive), JM Cellars, Novelty Hill/Januik Winery, Willows Lodge, and Russell’s Barn all in one day in their fully dressed best.

Tables will be set, flowers in full-bloom, and catering and dessert details will be present, too.

Think of it as a Woodinville-centric wedding show on wheels. With wine. (Naturally, vino will be poured so that you may sample that service, too.)

The wedding industry pros at Taylor’d Events and Event Success are seeing to it that what you see is potential.

For more on participating vendors and the treasure that is wine country, visit the Weddings in Woodinville website.

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