Chapter 14: Moving Forward

Joe and I have been moving forward with our search for vendors. We have contacted at least two different vendors for catering, ceremony music, DJs and florists. We have heard back from all of them and have started to narrow down which vendors we like best.

We are making a trip to Pittsburgh this weekend and we have three meetings set up:

1. We are meeting with Rania Harris for catering. I've talked to her via email and on the phone; she has seemed very nice and professional.
2. We are meeting with Allison McGeary. She is a florist and specializes in event design. She has a very impressive website.
3. We are meeting with Ansley Santarcangelo from Phipps to look at the venue one final time and possibly even sign some contracts to make it permanent!

My mom and possibly my little sister, Megan, will be joining us in Pittsburgh to look at Phipps Conservatory and help more of the planning.

The only difficulty we are having right now, is in finding a DJ. The first DJ we were interested in was already booked on September 13th. We have continued searching but many of the websites are corny. It is hard to judge how a DJ will perform without having already heard/seen them play. I guess we will hope to get a good vibe from one of them and hope for the best!