>That Just Won’t Do!
>Luckily there were a few venues that we were able to eliminate right off the bat… as in, before even going through with our official appointment.
The first was Bryson Hall. Although beautifully located on Chippewa Square, did not match up with my interior decorating preferences/left much to be desired/looked like maybe it had ‘peaked’ around the time I was born. There are few pictures out there, and the ones that I could find were very small… probably for a reason.
Our visit was not however — Rachel and I were able to sneak into the ‘ladies lounge’ for some fun pictures.
The second ‘no go’ was for entirely different reasons. The Mackey House is beautiful… absolutely gorgeous, and the closest to what we envisioned when we said we wanted an outdoor reception. The problem? It’s about 30 minutes outside of Historic Savannah, and it would really only make sense to use it if we were doing the wedding ceremony there as well. If we’re not going to be in downtown Savannah anyways, why go through all the work of planning a (semi)-destination wedding when we could just have it in one of the many beautiful mansions surrounding D.C.?
Beautifully lit up for an evening wedding.
And it did serve as another Photo Op! Rachel and I on the from steps
Courtney and I enjoying the porch swing 
