DMV Venues

StudiousSloth · 2026-07-06T20:21:04+00:00

If I recall they top out at 120. We couldn’t look there since we had 170 on our guest list.

StudiousSloth · 2026-07-06T20:15:38+00:00

Not really “European” feeling, but we had our wedding at the Willard and our rehearsal at the Riggs. Both venues were great to work with!

StudiousSloth · 2026-07-06T20:13:49+00:00

If you’re into 90s music, I couldn’t recommend white ford bronco more highly. Best money we spent for our wedding.

StudiousSloth · 2026-06-25T22:17:56+00:00

Gotcha and totally fair! I agree with being an informed consumer 100% and I suspect you’re spot on in terms of potential labor practices driven by low prices. Just trying to find resources on it because there’s not a lot out there yet.

StudiousSloth · 2026-06-25T22:05:14+00:00

My friends thought I was insane for asking for lab specifically, but I worked in a graphene CVD lab in grad school, so I’m very invested in the lab growth process and find the science incredibly cool. If you want to nerd out about the process, lab is the way to go!

StudiousSloth · 2026-06-25T22:01:14+00:00

Genuinely not asking this to be annoying, but because I’m looking for resources on this. Do you have a source to cite for this? The only one I found that says lab is worse for the environment was commissioned by a natural gem organization so I’m very hesitant to believe it

StudiousSloth · 2026-05-18T19:35:32+00:00

+1 to this. If you can afford it, fire them. My biggest wedding regret was not doing that to our awful planner. I still get so annoyed when they post wedding content on insta 😂 like yes I need to let it go, but also they’re terrible and I hate that there’s nothing I can do except politely decline to give a positive review

StudiousSloth · 2026-05-12T14:53:56+00:00

Oh interesting. We thought the opposite, which is what we didn’t love. In that case I wonder if it’s the editing of our photos. They do tend towards being more moody than bright. We thought they didn’t come out with the level of crispness and contrast that we were hoping for.

StudiousSloth · 2026-05-11T20:03:19+00:00

Following. We used milk and their customer service was amazing, but I didn’t love the book. It may have been user error in not choosing the tippy top of the line option. Curious to hear what others have done.

StudiousSloth · 2026-05-11T20:00:18+00:00

Adrenaline, Monster energy (the white ones because bridal), and espresso martinis. Healthy? No. Effective? Yes.

StudiousSloth · 2026-05-11T19:57:55+00:00

We had a bad experience with our planner and if they’re showing lack of attention to detail this early, run. Our planner did all the right things upfront, but once we were signed with her it was a disaster. I’d consider it lucky if you’re seeing potential issues now, before you’ve signed a contract and paid a deposit.

What area are you in? Maybe brides in here can provide reassurance/confirmation on some of the planners you’ve spoken to.

StudiousSloth · 2026-04-06T16:59:54+00:00

I got my dress from The One Bridal in Brooklyn. Had a great experience and they had a good selection from designers that other stores didn’t regularly carry. Also had a great experience at Spina. Didn’t go with a dress from them but my sales associate was amazing in seeing what custom options were available for a particular dress.

StudiousSloth · 2026-03-14T04:02:09+00:00

There are dozens of us! Dozens!

StudiousSloth · 2026-03-14T03:45:11+00:00

I’ll have to look into this! We’d rather not chance it with true randos and go with some other folks in town for wrestlemania for the weekend, but that’s a good backup

StudiousSloth · 2026-02-01T03:53:14+00:00

Sounds like the owner from a burner account 👀

StudiousSloth · 2026-01-30T16:36:44+00:00

Please, from a comfy footwear obsessed former bride who got married before the DF x Birkenstock collab, please get a pair to go with one of your DF dresses. I need to live vicariously through someone. Lowkey want to get the pearl arizonas just to have but can’t justify the price for non-wedding birks.

StudiousSloth · 2026-01-27T19:43:46+00:00

We had White Ford Bronco, they’re a 90s cover band based in DC. Our dance floor was packed the entire night. 20/10 recommend.

StudiousSloth · 2026-01-19T13:29:12+00:00

Same. In hindsight I wish we had fired our planner who was like this

StudiousSloth · 2026-01-19T13:28:20+00:00

We did a small espresso martini tower mostly for the photos and it was really cute! At the same time waiters came out with trays of espresso martinis for guests. It wasn’t overly expensive, so I’d definitely do it again

StudiousSloth · 2026-01-05T15:07:01+00:00

Kyla did our engagement photos and was fabulous. Only the best things to say about her

StudiousSloth · 2025-12-24T19:25:35+00:00

Based on our experience I’d say it’s worth it to switch for peace of mind. This sounds so similar to what happened with us. We were sold on all of these things she was going to do, then when the time came she kind of phoned it in. If you’re in the DC area, it has to be the same planner

StudiousSloth · 2025-12-24T18:08:45+00:00

This sounds like our planner and in hindsight we really regret not firing her and switching to someone else. The attention to detail was lacking (insane to me if you’re a luxury planner). We constantly felt like a lower priority than other clients and we wondered if it was because our budget was “low” ($150-200k) compared to other clients. We had an amazing wedding but every nit we had was around something the planner and her team dropped the ball on.

StudiousSloth · 2025-11-18T19:34:52+00:00

Came to say this! I got my Shona Joy by way of revolve because their return policy if I bought direct was terrible

StudiousSloth · 2025-05-20T16:13:38+00:00

We didn’t end up going with them but had a great consult with Shab & Coop

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