Close your eyes. Picture your wedding day. What does it look like? Are you standing in a white fabric draped tent with elegant chandeliers? Maybe your perfect wedding day has you beaming in a garden, with tropical flowers and waterfalls. Are [...]
Trash the Dress Your big day is over! Your wedding was perfect from start to finish and you are SO excited to start your new life with your spouse. You’ve been back from your honeymoon a couple of [...]
So you are a self-proclaimed "wine snob". That's great with us at The Grandview. We are wine snobs too. Urbandictonary.com defines a "wine-o" as an individual who enjoys drinking wine more than most. This would be the person you [...]
A wedding is expensive, and together as a couple, you will determine what is most (and least) important to you. After developing a budget, perhaps on the back of a napkin or in your wedding excel sheet, you'll allot a [...]
I just had a wonderfully insightful conversation with Reverend Louis Zeppone of Hudson Valley Officiants, and thought it would help couples searching for their own ceremony officiant. "There are certain things that a wedding couple should make sure they are doing [...]
Looking for a show stopper for your wedding? Golden accents will be showing up in the most amazing places, and most deliciously, in your dessert. Metallic butter cream will be big in 2015. Most guests don't [...]
The Grandview in Poughkeepsie, NY sits forty feet above the water’s edge, on the Eastern bank of the Hudson River, in the shadow of the Mid-Hudson Bridge. With magnificent views of the Hudson River, indoor and outdoor ballrooms, and panoramic vistas, [...]
What a wonderful thing to think about when planning a special event, especially your Hudson Valley wedding. When is sunset? How will that affect my day? There are great websites out there like www.timeanddate.com that will give you the precise time [...]
You can create a unique and special ballroom look; both in the Grand and Outdoor Ballroom with the help of your favorite lighting designers. These looks, created by Hourglass Lighting, transform the space, to exactly the theme of the event. The [...]
The Attention Getter. The Romantic. The Practical Partier. The Risk Taker. Your polish choice on your wedding day can say a lot about the look you are going for on this special occasion. Grandview brides show off so many different [...]
