No S'mores 'til Brooklyn!

Ok, so not Brooklyn.  I have sworn off Fork in the Alley (or Fork in the City) s'mores until we book a venue.  Our last two trips to Roanoke I have gone s'more-less.  This saves me from having an extra handful of gooey goodness on multiple trips in town, but it will also make booking the venue that much sweeter!

Next weekend we have appointments at three places: Santillane, the Kyle House, and Sundara.  Sundara has definitely peaked our interest, as has Kyle House (along with Schaals other two locations).  It will be interesting to see what's included with each location.  Sundara is all outdoors with tents, so I'm curious to see about potential flooding (muddy ground), back ups for rain/bad weather, and the layout of the land in general.  We've walked past Schaals' Metamorphosis several times as it's on the same block as Davidson's.  They, as have many other caterers, have been highly recommended.  What makes them interesting is that they have three rental locations where you can host your event.  We're very curious to see what a caterer includes in a package for a rental space.  All of this is one big learning experience.

We both hope to find a location sooner rather than later.  We'd love to get the ball rolling on a few aspects of the wedding so that there is less of a time crunch should a VT Hokie football home game get scheduled for that weekend.  The best part about finding a venue will be celebrating over s'mores after dropping off the deposit check and having a hard date for the wedding!  SCARY!  The other fun part will be moving on to the cake tastings!!!!  (A sweet tooth, me?  No!)

Watch for a post after next weekend discussing our adventures in venue hunting.  Meanwhile, I get to watch the Mets play the Braves (yay for the games being on TV!)