CEREMONY 

We haven't quite finalized plans yet, but we're hoping to have our ceremony at the Public Garden.  When we lived in Boston, we used to take walks down to the Garden all the time, so it has some significance to us. 

I've been super inspired by knottie Ms. Wan (pictures from Yun Gen Yang photography):

I"d like to use this idea of a makeshift aisle by way of rope and ribbon

I love this photo!  The water and the trees in the background (weeping willows?) just make the area so beautiful.

Here's another view of Ms. Wan's rope and ribbon aisle that I'd love to recreate

If we do decide to have the ceremony at the Garden, it will start at 5pm.  It will be very short, so we'll have time to have a receiving line at the Garden.  

TRANSPORTATION 

After the receiving line, we've booked a trolley to take the guests from the public garden to the castle (and stick around to take them back to the hotels at the end of the night).  It's the same trolley company that Ms. Wan used, so I stole some more pics from her :)

RECEPTION

the lindsey castle at boston university

Okay the official name is simply "The Castle at Boston University." A graceful, vine-covered Tudor Revival mansion, the Castle was originally built as a residence for William Lindsey, a prominent Boston businessman. The building ranks as one of Boston's most picturesque structures and was cited by architectural historian Bainbridge Bunting in his Houses of Boston's Back Bay as displaying “the most convincing medieval effect of the area.”

entrance

great hall, where the dance floor will be set up - looking into the library were the bar will be

the other side of the great hall, where the DJ table will be

the library fireplace where the bar will be (and eli's butt)

the main dining room - it's buttercream yellow and will match our colors perfectly! we plan on using light blue and/or ivory linens and we'll have chivari chairs