Weekending | Dream Wedding at the Park Plaza

Happy Monday friends! If you have today off, I'm pretty jealous because after this weekend, there have never been more truer words spoken after a weekend as those on the mug below! 

via Before recapping, my thoughts are with all of those impacted by Hurricane Matthew. I'm pretty sure I annoyed my parents and friends to no end with the constant texts and calls, but this didn't just hit close to home, it hit my hometown. There are really no words that will be able to convey my feelings - but I'm so thankful and grateful that my friends and family are all safe and I hope the same is true for those of you in the affected areas. After looking back on the weekend, I told Gary that I really want to bottle it up - all the excitement from our first wedding at the Boston Park Plaza - the feeling of - holy crap I coordinated a wedding at one of my dream venues and that's just what this post will be! 

Photo by Anne Lee Photography For the last year Jackie & I have been working with Tim & Ylan to help them coordinate their two weddings. Last weekend was part one - the Vietnamese wedding & this weekend was part two! Ylan was one of, if not the most, organized brides ever! Folders, details, timelines - you name it, this girl was on it, which made coordination a breeze! Thankfully the weather was on our side and it was a great Fall day! 

The ceremony took place at The Cathedral of the Holy Cross with an altar that was made for a train like the one on Ylan's Berta Bridal. 

When Ylan told us that her bridesmaids were going to be wearing Badgley Mishka dresses from Rent the Runway - my first thought was genius! Not only does this cut the cost of bridesmaids dresses way down, but you aren't left with a dress that more often than not you wont wear again! If I had known about RTR when I was getting married, I would have 100% opted for this! 

Flowers by Petals, Inc. 

I wasn't able to get any detail shots of the ballroom, but I did manage one shot before everything was set up of the escort card table!! 

We were running ahead of schedule all day, which in wedding time is pretty much unheard of, but it's one of our top goals throughout the day! We don't want anyone to feel rushed and miss out on some key moments like getting all your pictures in! 

The Park Plaza ballroom has this amazing stage where the entrances took place and then everyone went into one big dance - pretty much all 200 guests joined Ylan & Tim on the dance floor to start the wedding! 

Then everyone was able to watch their first dance as well! 

When the guests were eating dinner we snuck into the photobooth for a little #vendorsgonewild photo! The banquet & event staff at the hotel, the videographer, photographer & DJ were seriously incredible! We'd be lucky to work with any of them again!! Pictured: A few goodies from the sweet bride as a thank you! Notice the hotel key's have "Boston's Most Beloved Hotel" - pretty close to my blog name...I'd say meant to be! 

After over 13 hours on my feet & the wedding being over, Sunday with the rain was a welcome change of pace! We went to an early showing of Girl on the Train and it was sooo good! It held pretty true to the book, but I'd actually say that I prefer the movie to the book on this one - not the case when we saw Gone Girl. I think Emily Blunt was very captivating in her role as Rachel. 

Reveling in the fact that the weekend is already over, the trees have started to lose all the colorful leaves and we are so much closer to the end of the year than anything else!! 

How was your weekend? Link up below to share with us!