Mrs. Radish | Weddingbee

Mrs. Radish, Chicago/Syracuse Age and Occupation: 27, Executive Assistant/Journalism Student/Musician Fiance's Age and Occupation: 28, Anthropologist/Musician Engagement Date: December 20, 2005 Wedding Date: August 18, 2007 Blogging Since: June 26, 2007 Venue: The Wellington House in Fayetteville, NY About Me: Mr. Radish and I are both from upstate New York, so we are planning a wedding in Syracuse from about 700 miles away. When I’m not obsessing about our wedding I play the cello in my band (which Mr. Radish is in too), read as much as I can, sleep even more, travel whenever possible, and try to find time to have fun with my friends. I’m also working on finishing up my journalism degree with a concentration in environmental reporting and I’m the VP of my campus Amnesty International chapter… so I’m a pretty busy bee.

The Venue Search

June 27th, 2007 @ 6:38 pm by Mrs. Radish

One of the first things that we took care of was finding a venue, since we couldn’t really set a date and get the ball rolling until we did that. Initially, I kept saying that I didn’t really care that much about the venue and that I just wanted something affordable. We even looked into having a tented reception in our best man’s backyard (he offered). But - as we started looking at places, the more we realized that we DID care and that we are actually very picky people. Who knew?

There were certain things that we decided we wanted early on. We wanted someplace “scenic” that didn’t look like a mall, as Mr. Radish put it, something preferably near the water (Syracuse has several lakes and rivers), and someplace that could incorporate a vegetarian/vegan menu (I’m a vegetarian and Mr. Radish is vegan). It was, however, rather difficult to find a venue that fit these criteria that was also within our price range. We really didn’t want to spend more than $45 per person including open bar. Luckily, in Upstate New York this is possible but we still had to do some digging. Read more…

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A Radish Is Born!

June 26th, 2007 @ 8:24 am by Mrs. Radish

Hello. I’m Miss Radish and I’ve been addicted to WeddingBee (as I’m sure many of you are) ever since I stumbled across it earlier this year. I’m really excited and honored to join the beehive!

Mr. Radish and I have been together for over five years now. We live in Chicago but we first met back in Buffalo, NY where we were both going to school. It wasn’t exactly love at first sight, though - he thought I was snobby and I thought he was nerdy! But we quickly became friends anyhow and starting hanging out all the time.

After about six months of being friends, I realized one day that I had a crush on my little Radish after we talked on the phone until 9:oo in the morning. I told a friend of mine, who was also a good friend of his, that I thought I was starting to have feelings for him. Her face lit up and she said “Oh my god, are you serious… he is madly in love with you and won’t stop talking about you!” Apparently, he had been driving our dear friend nuts talking about how he had a crush on me but he thought that I wasn’t interested in him. Meanwhile I had no idea he felt that way about me and I thought he just wanted to be friends. So, to make a long story short, our friend did a little meddling and convinced him to ask me out on a date, and we’ve been a happy little pair ever since!