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Check out Whitelaw Hotel, its the hotel where me and my girlfriends stayed at, we got around the clubs by walking or taxi and its close to shopping/beach/restaurants. Very cute hotel!
http://www.whitelawhotel.com/

Min - The last time I was in Miami for a wedding, we stayed at the National Hotel (pricier than most I think) and partied at the Shore Club. It was awesome!

1. My reception venue, Florentine Gardens, is providing me with a maitre d’ for the planning process. However, I am getting married off-site at a church. Do you think I still need to hire a day of coordinator for the ceremony? Does the maitre d normally fulfill the role of a “day of” coordinator?

2. Any recommendations for organist, trumpist, string quartet… any kind of musicians for a ceremony in Northern NJ?

3. My fiance and I would like to do both the traditional Chinese tea ceremony and the Korean pyebaek ceremony — suggestions for timeline on the wedding weekend (doesn’t have to be day of)? We’re getting married on Easter weekend, so we also have to squeeze in Easter Sunday service!

Thank you in advance!

OK … so maybe I’m getting married in Switzerland in September … But I haven’t sent out STDs or anything. If I send them 6 months before, is that enough time for my NY crew to come, or is it just too little time?

lisa - your questions is long so we’ll turn it into an open question.

My fiance and I bought an invitation kit for our invitations at a very low price. He printed off an example but it only included 40 RSVP & envelopes and 40 invitations & envelopes… is it ok to not have an 2 outer envelopes? Is there anywhere that I can buy another outer envelope for a cheap price? The invitations are exactly what I wanted, but the envelopes look cheap! Please HELP!

Help I’m going crazy! I am looking for a dress like this in purple for my bridesmaids:

http://www.dillards.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?catalogId=301&langId=-1&storeId=301&productId=500929482&view=80&Ntt=ruby+rox&Ntk=all&search.x=0&N=1000430&Nty=1&search.y=0&searchUrl=%2Fendeca%2FEndecaStartServlet%3Fview%3D80%26Ntt%3Druby%2Brox%26Ntk%3Dall%26search.x%3D0%26N%3D1000430%26Nty%3D1%26search.y%3D0&R=JD-851

I’ve found it in red, white, black, green, blue, teal, and pink, but no PURPLE!

i am being brave and making my own std’s and invitations from cardstock, stamps, and pretty ribbons. any suggestions on where i can find quality affordable envelopes in ivory or ecru? thank you so much! i love weddingbee!

Dear lisabaobei,

Paebaek ceremony needs to be right after your church ceremony and it’s not appropriate to hold it any day before or after that. From what I gather, the Chinese tea ceremony is to be held during your ceremony, as an extension of it. So, it looks like you will need to accommodate all that into one day… If you can rent a separate room at the church, it’d be great to have Paebaek there while your guests are enjoying their cocktail hour. Although Paebaek ceremonies are traditionally held between the families, it is very interesting to open this up to your guests who may want to check it out - if so, include this informal invitation in your program.
Make sure you have light refreshments and snacks for people who stick around… also make sure you have at least 2 Korean maids to help you with getting dressed properly (standard protocol), bowing, and receiving your introductions from the groom’s family…
As for the Easter celebrations, also state it somewhere ahead of time (perhaps a website like The Knot), that it will be a full service on that day… there’s nothing worse than guests expecting the ceremony to last 45 minutes and it ends up lasting 1:30 hrs. and they hadn’t had lunch!
Hope it helps…

For Miami… def. go clubbing at Mansion. (www.mansionmiami.com)! We had soooo much fun there. For restaurant, go to Nobu and Chima Brazilian steakhouse.