Grimstad Farms

Full Disclosure: This is a backdated post. I wrote it after the blog was created, but have written it in the style of an in-progress blog so that anyone reading from the beginning will get a more sensible narrative than time-jumping like Dr. Sam Beckett through our wedding planning.

A few days ago, Girl Scout Fiancée informed me that she wanted to check out a new venue for our Seattle wedding party, a place called Grimstad Farms located about 10 minutes from where we live. She arranged for us to go for a visit, and then we piled in the car and headed over to give it a look. One of our close friends who lives out in that direction had alerted her to its existence, and it wasn't really one of the sites on her radar up to that point.

When we got over there, we were pleasantly surprised at how much we liked the place. Yes, it's a farm, and there are a lot of buildings there, but it quickly emerged as a front-runner for us for a number of reasons. First, it's got a cool rustic aesthetic that GSF really liked, and a large lawn available for yard games. Second, the interior of the barn (where the main event would be) is fully furnished and decorated, and so there would be no need to spend any money on decor. There is plenty of room to roll in a food truck, and an entire upstairs area where we can set up tables with board games in case the weather doesn't cooperate. Plus, since the main seating area is indoors, rain will only cancel the yard games, not the entire feeling of the event.

There are a few drawbacks, namely that we can only have bottled beer and wine (no liquor, which puts a cramp in GSF's plans to serve alcoholic Arnold Palmers), and I'm concerned that some of the open barn areas (where a lot of the farm equipment is kept) might be a little distracting, but in the end we weighed our options and ended up booking the place as the venue for our party! We're having our party on May 25th, the Sunday of Memorial Day weekend, in 2014. That's locked in, the down payment is made...and now we just have to figure out all of the rest of the logistics.