Posts by Nathan Cox25

silentstag02 said:Zackie, it's honestly stupid (don't even know what else to call it) trying to compare prices in D.C. to the Midwest... we know what your cost of living is like, but I'm not sure you get ours.. Just check the price of coffee in D.C. versus Indianapolis, let alone Memphis or Napa, or look at what an average clerk makes in the Midwest versus what they make in D.C.... Maybe then you'll realize there's no comparison!

quietbear13, was Kara super expensive???

Bridezilla Z., how much do they charge for flowers? Are they crazy expensive??

I honestly don't get why you're getting so worked up—not sure what the issue is.
Thank God we have guests visiting from both Indianapolis and the Midwest—it gives us a real sense of what things are like out there. And honestly? We seem to be in Indianapolis every other week lately.

And you're telling me about opportunities here and there—my mom worked just to scrape by. $633 Looking back at salaries from the last fifteen years—now we can't even count that high when it comes to pensions. Just goes to show how much things have shifted.
Look, please don't get into that—and definitely don't insult me by claiming the standard of living is higher in Washington, D.C. Sure, you might pull in a slightly bigger paycheck, but then the taxes hit harder, you’ve got a nicer car to maintain, and the utility bills are just insane. It's nothing like what you deal with out in the Midwest. You have to buy absolutely everything—from the meat to the produce. I actually sat down and crunched the numbers to compare the cost of living between the Midwest, some coastal spot, and D.C., and honestly? I’d much rather live somewhere rural on a smaller salary than deal with the massive overhead in the capital. As for weddings, you're paying for it regardless. Of course, there are places in D.C. that'll charge you $60 a head, but that feels like a total rip-off. We kept our budget around $45 per person and found plenty of halls and restaurants—though every single one comes with ridiculous fine print. They’ll charge you for linen rentals, a "service fee" for just being there, extra fees for the servers after midnight, a surcharge to cut your cake, another fee to serve your own desserts, plus parking, band fees, full menu prices for kids, lighting, and even the electricity and water used during the reception. Not to mention those shameless price hikes they pull a week before the big day. Honestly, if your venue isn't a literal death trap, has decent service, plenty of parking, clean linens, and—most importantly—great food, I think you actually got a pretty good deal.

silentstag02 said:For the hard stuff, you get Stock, Pelin, brandy, and berry vodka. There's no plain vodka and definitely no Jeger :(((((( ! Wine is included—Frankovka and Graševina. Honestly, they should've offered better wines given the price tag. They include all the sodas in original 1L bottles, which is great because you don't end up with watered-down Coke. Plus mineral water and coffee after dinner are included too!

To be honest, it feels way too expensive for me. I wanted lamb for the first night, but they don't include that in the $28 price point, so I'd have to pay extra for the Jeger too...
And they charge $3.25 per chair for the covers....
The venue is gorgeous, the food is great, and the service is solid, but man, it's just overpriced for today's economy...

You're basically paying for the chandeliers because they're paying off a massive loan on them! :-))

People usually bring their own hard liquor anyway—it sits on a side table and guests help themselves whenever. That's standard practice all over the US, not just at your place.
$3.25Maybe the chair cover fee seems steep to you, but they cost $2.25 elsewhere, and in a city like NYC, you can't find anything under $3.25.
Lamb and suckling pig run anywhere from $3 to $5 in the city, same goes for cake.
$28 + $3 + $10 isn't bad at all if the food is top-tier and you get a place to sleep. Any New Yorker would tell you that sounds like a solid deal. 😁

It’s true—GEICO is charging way more than what Donna Chase12 ended up paying.
It went great.

Yeah, just like how we used to order our linocuts and ads—getting all our invitations and thank-you notes shipped in from Mexico instead of just sourcing them locally in Chicago 🙄

Matthew Lopez12 said:Here we go again! 🤣 Let's try this one more time, everyone together now: no advertising on this subforum, there's a specific one just for that 🙄 if the rules apply to the Seattle subforum, they definitely apply here too 😵

We were just talking about cookies and prices earlier without anyone complaining about links or costs—suddenly, it's "an advertisement."

Not sure how things look out in the Midwest, but at NYU, you can find cheaper rooms—some places are even $33 per person, while others just knock 20% off the standard rate
Your best bet is to just call and ask

hiddenlynx22 said:The price is still sitting at $22/lb.
When we went in to finalize our dessert order, the lady there actually brought out a little sampler plate for us to try. Personally, I thought they were pretty decent.
I'm not entirely sure how they calculate the cake costs, though. Ours was made with fondant, three tiers high, with a different flavor for every layer, serving about 120 guests—it came out to $333.
The cake looked something like this (note those little decorative curls on it):

Delivery to the venue is already included in that quote.

I called them and their rates are actually pretty reasonable
$22/lb for pastries + about $1200$467 for a cake for 150 people (depending on the decor)
Are the pastries actually any good, or is it just eating cardboard?

Look, if you watch wedding videos on YouTube or check out the portfolios of videographers you’re considering for your big day, you’ll notice they always show the full cake being cut, from top to bottom.
The couple usually just takes one slice each, leaving the rest for the catering staff to handle—they know how to plate the individual pieces.

For instance, here’s one example where they sliced through two tiers instead of three.
And here’s another showing all three tiers being cut.

At the end of the day, it's really up to you what you want to do. 😁

feels more like you're trying to cut from top to bottom

I heard about this bakery out near a small town in the US that makes these massive 6-tier cakes for $267... now I just need to track down the name so the locals can tell me if they're actually any good 😁

That’s a bit of a trek for us 😁

What was it made of?
Where are you guys ordering cakes from lately?

Hands down, the best wedding desserts I've ever had
They’re just incredible—that perfect dry texture I love, plus the ones with the cream fillings too
http://www.bakery-examples.com/desserts/29/
The wedding rate is $27/lb

triffle 😁
First I'm hearing of it—but if it’s actually any good... why not give it a shot? 😁

The price is a total steal 😲

A slice usually runs you about 8-$4.00 for a standard cake—just a heads up.
If you’re looking for those mini cupcakes instead, expect to pay closer to 25-$10 a pop, depending on which bakery you hit.

Look, we aren't really looking for any whipped cream on this cake
we want two different chocolate drizzles—dark and white

Donna Chase12 said:Ugh, I feel like I’ve already covered all this, but whatever—here goes nothing, just for you guys... let's run through it again😉
I ordered 130 mini cupcakes and one big cake for a crowd of 122 people... honestly, nobody even touched the main cake. We only had one kid under ten there, and we were counting them as part of the headcount... though if there'd been more kids, we probably would've counted them too
The price for those little cupcakes was $3.00 per unit, and from what I recall, a slice of the main cake was somewhere around $5.00(10-
) And yeah... none of my guests had ever seen or tasted these specific treats before, so they were pretty much obsessed—they thought they were super cool and totally delicious

My sister and I are really digging that cake concept—if we can find something similar, I think that's exactly what we'll go with.😁
I actually found a photo online a while back, and then I spotted a similar style on an American bakery site called Sweet Secrets.

If the movie's actually good—which this one is, honestly—you don't have to stress over all the little details