Camina-Resurreccion Nuptials

The first time I was able to encounter the Greenmeadows Clubhouse was during my matron-of-honor's wedding, where they had their reception. It was actually a nice, comfortable and roomy venue, without feeling like it was huge. Homey. Just the way Jan and I like things. But it was actually a long sojourn before we were able to finalize having the Greenmeadows Clubhouse as our reception venue.

Our first choice was really Sanctuario de San Antonio Parish Hall. It was near enough our church and could accommodate our initial guest list of 300 (!!! yes, yes. ang dami...). But. This is where our Friday the 13th luck faltered. June 13 just happened to be the Feast Day of San Antonio de Padua so the Sanctuario de San Antonio was unavailable. Boo.

So Jan had to quest for the venue for several months. He tried the Philippine Army Officer's Club but they took too long in giving us a quotation. The PAOC also had this fine print that should any national emergency occur, they can automatically cancel any event held there. Hmmm... a day after Independence Day... who knows what Trillanes might try. So that was off the list.

Lots of friends gave us leads (thanks guys! You know who you are!) to venues. From North Forbes to Bel-Air to Blue Leaf (can afford if we try to, but we don't want to. hehe!). But most of the venues can not accommodate more than 250 guests.

We were down to two venues: Lepanto Penthouse and Greenmeadows Clubhouse. If by feel, we like Greenmeadows. But then there were a lot of things to consider. It will be a payday Friday and traffic will be terrible. Getting to Greenmeadows from Guadalupe may take a while. On the other hand, if we book Lepanto, the guests will have trouble with parking and Makati one-way roads.

I did a survey with some friends, and most of them answered the same thing. True friends will go wherever it is we would like to have our venue, through hell and high waters. Thank you, guys! In the end, we decided on Greenmeadows Clubhouse.