Thank you for a picture.

First things first, find a venue.

This is a consuming task. The past couple weeks, the search has yielded limited results to put it bluntly. The thing I find hardest to understand are the websites that are supposed to convince you send your party their way. If I'm going to choose your hall/castle/ballroom, would it trouble you to provide more than three pictures? I'm not saying that I would pick a place based on a few pictures. After all, there is capacity, catering, convenience, and coolness to consider. (The four C's, I just made that up.) I'm just saying that more pictures, maybe some pictures of actual receptions would make us want to check out your facilities. I mean, I actually considered doing an aquarium reception because of the visual of giant shark tanks for walls. That's what I'm talking about. Grab my attention. Don't show me a chair, show me the possibilities.

For now, the search continues...next stop New Jersey. Yep, I said it.