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I live in NYC, but grew up in Toronto and am getting married there, September 20, 2008.  I'm 27.

Yay, Toronto Board!  Planning this wedding from a distance means I could use a lot of local advice.

Yay for Toronto! I'm getting married this August at Graydon Hall Manor.  

I'm a GTA bride too - October 4, 2008!

 So glad they added local boards here! Woo hoo for WB!

I'm getting married at Hart House.  Darla - another 9/20/08 bride!  Woo hoo!   Where are you getting hitched!

 Question for you ladies:  where are you registered?  Any recommendations?  I'm hearing not great things about The Bay...  Did anyone go to William Ashley?  My fiance and I are in town this Friday and plan to make an appointment there.

academicsocialite: we're registering at the Bay because its national, so its easier for people to get stuff at.

BUT if you're internet inclined, we just discovered myregistry.com and its pretty neat, you can put anything on there from any store's website. I put a GPS navigator thingy from bestbuy, a few ceramic pieces from etsy.com, some camping gear from MEC, you can even set up a cash gift fund. Your guests can view the items, buy it straight off the internet OR go to the store and buy it.

It's a great alternative to the regular department store towels and bedsheets and chinaware, some people might not need or want.

Oh and another plus: I'm planning to register at William Sonoma/Pottery Barn but they don't have the registry online for Canadian stores. So I'm going to add the items onto the myregistry account, and this way your guests can view it and then go to the store to get it.

Hey ladies......originally from Toronto, but now live in the 905-area.  Brampton, to be exact! Our wedding is still far off - November 7, 2009 but we've got a few thing already done.  Reception booked at The Manor, photographer booked (Mariusc at "Where Heaven Meets Earth") DJ booked (Hello DJ!) and florist booked (Fran Sackler)......actually, now that I look, we've got a lot of stuff done...lol!!!!  Love the whole planning process and can't wait to incorporate our personalities into all the small DIY stuff for the day!

Aninhas - We have approximately 150 and I think the Great Hall can accomodate over 200.  I've been very happy with the staff there - Stephanie has been very helpful and she's probably the person to get in touch with.

chinglish - hmm, this myregistry thing is interesting, we just have such traditional families, I'l feeling the need to keep eveything as clear as possible.  Hard to do with all this cross-border stuff.

Just got back from a weekend of planning in the T-dot - tasted cake, registered at Wm. Ashley, met with the florist and our planner, had my first and hopefully final fitting, did my hair and makeup trial... I'm still exhausted.  How is planning going for the rest of you?  I'm definitely finding decor the most challenging element to coordinate.  Has anyone used Chairman Mills for anything yet?

I've used Chairman Mills before in my previous job, and I would highly recommend them.  They have a tonne of stock and are very prompt and professional and I think the prices are pretty reasonable too.

 My contact back in the day was Tania. 

Hope that helps!

I'm a Toronto gal too! We're getting married Aug. 22nd/09.

Since both me and my fiancee are originally from Hamilton and our families are there, we're getting married in the Hammer. The ceremony is at my home church (where my parents were married), reception is at the Faculty Club at McMaster University (where my fiancees parents had their reception).

hey! i'm getting married in Toronto too. halloween '09 at the gladstone hotel.  um... that's everything i've booked so far. i'm making a great effort to either DIY everything else or have friends work their talent.

Hello! I am born and raised in T.O. and my wedding is in August, 2008 at the Jamie Kennedy Gardiner. Only 74 days left to go and there is still lots to do. Next up on my list is creating my own centrepieces. Wish me luck!!!

Hi there!

We're getting married at The Gladstone Hotel too. September 19, 2009! I'm sooooo excited! It's such a fun venue!

My next task is finding an officiant, but I don't even know where to start!

<span class="postby">shesCrafty -- AWESOME! gladstone rocks! did you get the upstairs or the downstairs part? we could only get the upstairs, but it's cool. it's got a nice intimate flare to it :) 

The gladstone is awesome! Even though its just around the corner from us, we wanted to book the tower room for tea ceremony and wedding night, but its booked already!

shesCrafty, I'm recommending my officiant, Jeremy Citron. I saw him in action as officiant at my friend's wedding earlier this month and was integral in organising the guests and bridal party. 

GreenApple: Mmm Jamie Kennedy, the food will be awesome! 

chinglish - we also wanted the Tower Room for our wedding night, but it was booked already! 15 months in advance! We're going to stay in The Best suite instead. Thanks for the officiant reco. I'll definitely check him out!

the tower room is fantastic! penny showed us the room when we were checking out the second floor and we loved it. lucky for us, it wasn't booked for halloween night so we locked it down. all the rooms in there are so fantastic though.

For our cake we went with Yummy Stuff - never got to try it on the night of but all the guests raved about it!  Morag is a total doll and so talented!

I also highly recommend our photographer Jen Arron - she was so amazing and really put us at ease.  No easy feat considering my husband doesn't like PDAs or being photographed at all really.  You can see her work at www.jenarron.com

I highly recommend Calla Evans photography. She's phenomenal. My wedding hasn't happened yet, but I know that she is great to work with (my fiance and i are friends with her too) and she's very professional. She's also really creative and captures the candid moments really well. She's also been featured on weddingbee before.

 http://www.weddingbee.com/2008/02/08/real-wedding-aleksandra-nathan/

 She also does super 8 videography if you're interested in that. 

 Her website is: http://callaevansphotography.com

If you're looking for a GTA videographer please send Kara or myself a message. Here is a link to our site with contact info.

I'm new to the Bee ...  this is amazing ... will be taking out a proper ad shortly! :)

Rick