No Eastern WA people?

posted 4 years ago in Washington
Post # 1
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363 posts
Helper bee
  • Wedding: September 2014

Just putting some feelers out there. I’m in the Tri-Cities.

Post # 3
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Newbee
  • Wedding: June 2014

I’m not in eastern, but have noticed a lack of WA brides in general. I’m from the Bellingham area :/

Post # 4
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Helper bee
  • Wedding: July 2015

I am in richland!

Post # 5
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Blushing bee
  • Wedding: July 2014

I’m from Bellingham on the western side but my fiance is from Yakima. I’ve only been once but I can imagine there’d be wonderful wedding venues there! It’s so different from the west side and all the orchards were beautiful.

Post # 6
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Sugar bee
  • Wedding: December 2012

I’m not in eastern WA, but I’m about 20 minutes south of Seattle.

Post # 7
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Helper bee
  • Wedding: July 2015

Purple possum: imo, I hate it here. Very hot and dry. I’m so used to Oregon, green, mountains and rain! After I’m done with school and get some experience I plan on trying to get a job out in Portland at Shriners hospital. But apparently you aren’t the only one who has found the beauty here (I still am trying to find it). They are filming a movie over here in the Tri-Cities. Its called “Hello. My name is Frank”. They have a fb page, but I can’t seem to find anything on it on imdb.

Post # 8
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Helper bee
  • Wedding: September 2014

@laken.oliver:  I’m in west richland! I thought I was the only one! Sorry for the late reply, I didn’t think anyone responded to the post. have you had your wedding yet? I’m having trouble finding a venue I like. I’m originally from Seattle so I think I had my heart set on trees, which are no where to be found here. haha.

Post # 9
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Busy bee
  • Wedding: June 2013

@NotablySidedJP:  Hi there! It might be a bit far from Richland, but I got married in Winthrop earlier this year. It was wonderful! Definitely drier than Seattle, but still greener than Yakima valley. If you want more details, PM me 🙂

Post # 10
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Helper bee
  • Wedding: September 2014

@Summer_Rose:  Thanks for the suggestion! I’m actually originally from Bremerton, WA and I’m on the fence about wether to do it close to where I live now, or do it over there. I like the venues over in Bremerton better and most of my family is there, but I think it would be hard to plan a wedding so far away. Still haven’t made up my mind. I better figure it out soon though because we want to do a Sept or Oct 2014 wedding Undecided

Post # 11
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Busy bee
  • Wedding: June 2013

@NotablySidedJP:  I know what you mean…the wedding in Winthrop was essentially a domestic DW for us. I’m in Vancouver BC for school and my husband is in Seattle! The planning had to be done almost entirely online. Not the easiest way to go for sure, but in the end we had no regrets 🙂 Do you foresee your family being very involved in the planning? If you had the wedding in Bremerton, maybe they can help you with some of the local stuff, take pictures etc.

 

Post # 12
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Helper bee
  • Wedding: September 2014

@Summer_Rose:  Oh, thats a good idea. My mom recently moved back to Bremerton from HI and I know she wants to do a lot of the planning. We don’t have the same tastes in anything but I think she is more excited than I am. Lol. I’m sure I could make it work either way. I’m leaning more toward having it here just so that I don’t have to travel to get there and stay in a hotel or my brother’s spare room the night before and after the wedding. I just wish there were more options here.

The winerys here are really pretty, but most of them only let you have their wine at the bar, no beer or hard A, which is a deal breaker for us unfortunatly. It seems the rest of the venues are either 2 star hotels or $5K for 2 acres and no chairs. I’m getting a little discouraged. I think the furthest I would go away from the Tri-Cites is ~1 hour before I would just decide to do it near Bremerton instead.

Post # 13
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Busy bee
  • Wedding: June 2013

@NotablySidedJP:  Yeah that kinda sucks about the wineries. We looked into a few around here too but they tended to be very pricey with too many stipulations and too few services provided. It’s great your mom is so excited though! 🙂 All the best!

Post # 14
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Helper bee
  • Wedding: July 2015

@NotablySidedJP:  I am asking my sis in law to use her yard. She’s got acreage. And I totally know what you mean. I grew up in Oregon. So I am used to the trees, rain and mountains. The city of Richland has their community center which is nice for a reception. If your okay with hotels, you’ve got Shiloh inn in Richland that seems to be a big hit with their gazebo out back during the summer. Then there’s also Clover Island Inn. If you’re doing a non child wedding, there’s Roxy A Wine Bar. Terra Blanca is really nice. Its a winery. The scenery is amazing. About 7 years ago, their package was 3k. Unsure how much it is now.

Post # 15
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Helper bee
  • Wedding: September 2014

@laken.oliver:  Thanks for the suggestions! I’m looking at Bend in the River, but it’s so expensive for what you get.

We have an acre of land so I did consider doing it at my house, but we just don’t have the facilities to support it. Plus, I have a split level house and a brother in a wheel chair and some older family members that wouldn’t appreciate the trek up and down the stairs. My mom would be crushed too if we didn’t have a big wedding. She’s been dreaming about planning all of her girls’ weddings since before it was even on my radar. haha.

Post # 16
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Helper bee
  • Wedding: July 2015

@NotablySidedJP:  I can’t afford an expensive big wedding. So a small one will do. Also the fact that my family lives so far away, there’s no relationship between my family and my fiances. Like they don’t know each other at all. So I think having a small wedding will let everyone get the chance to talk to each other and HOPEFULLY get to know each other.

Instead of having your family go through your house, could you have them go through the yard?

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