Venues ups and downs

So in the last week, I've spent quite a few hours researching and calling various venues in which to hold our reception and maybe our ceremony too.

The options I looked at were:

-Glebe Community Centre - Cupola Dome and all
-> Booked for anything near our prefered times and they make you kick out your guests by 1am

-St. Brigids - they just didn't get back to me

-nor did the Legion

-nor did the Polish Combatants Hall

-SAW Gallery did get back to us and we were ready to book with them under a special provision that our event effectively fundraise for their awesome mandate
-> until we realised how tiny it is - it only seats 65 and my extended family is that big alone. My heart broke. And then broke again when I saw that their rate included all the AV equipment we could imagine.

Some other options:

- Museum of Nature on Argyle (seems pricey)
- Library and Archives Canada (seems more pricey)

And finally:

-Mac Hall at Bronson Centre
-> They are available for all our prospective dates - just waiting now on pictures being taken by a valliant friend. I'm pulling for this venue, especially in that it is right between Chinatown and all the awesome union hotels that we'd be recommending anyhow... Did I meantion that we could have the whole day and that it's only $50/hour... Here's hoping it looks alright.

More to come on the great ring search, on the possibility of using a honeymoon registry and on some fun and some nerdy ideas for the reception (big thanks to my coworker Linda for some great ideas)...