Information for folks traveling to the wedding June 21, 2008

Today we finalized the information sheet for folks that are traveling to the wedding.  I’m going to try to paste it here; we’ll see how it goes!

Itinerary for the Wedding

4:00 p.m. – Ceremony begins at Richland Friends Meeting

5:00 p.m. – Cocktail hour and reception at McCoole’s Arts and Events Place

 

Addresses

Ceremony – Corner of S. Main and Mill Streets, Quakertown, PA  18951

Reception – 10 S. Main Street, Quakertown, PA  18951

***Both sites are within walking distance of the Best Western Hotel mentioned below.

 

Closest Airports – Lehigh Valley International Airport (Bethlehem), Philadelphia, & Newark, NJ

 

Getting Around – We recommend either using your own personal car or renting a car at the airport.  There is no public transportation in Quakertown, although there is a branch of Enterprise Rent-A-Car in Quakertown (215-536-1727).

 

Lodging

We have reserved a block of rooms at the Best Western Hotel at 1446 W. Broad Street in Quakertown.  The rooms are $80.74 + tax per night.  To reserve a room call the hotel at 215-536-2500 and mention that you’ll be there for the Carter/Tryon wedding.  The hotel is 0.6 miles from the ceremony site and 0.2 miles from the reception site.

 

Other hotels within a 5-mile radius of the wedding and reception sites include:

·       Holiday Inn Express Hotel and Suites – 215-529-7979

·       Hampton Inn – 215-536-7779

·       Comfort Inn and Suites – 215-538-3000

 

Dining in & around Quakertown

There are plenty of chain restaurants along Route 309 in Quakertown but here is information about other restaurants that are a little less obvious.  Stars mark our favorite spots.

·       Il Garda (Italian) – in the Walmart shopping center; 215-529-0730

·       Tacos La Mexicana (Mexican) – 216 W. Broad St; 215-536-0444

«Salome (Mexican) – 219 W. Broad St; 215-539-0998

·       Mama Mia’s (Pizza & other Italian) – 1408 W. Broad St; 215-536-2440

·       Brick Tavern (more upscale American) – 2460 Old Bethlehem Pike; 215-529-6

**  Bubba’s Pot Belly Stove (American) – 1485 N. West End Blvd (Rt. 309); 215-536-8308

« Rosemarie’s Italian Ice (water ice & ice cream) – 304 W. Broad St; 215-536-3220                                          

·       Dragon Penn (Chinese) – 15 Quakers Way; 215-538-8897 

·       Sines 5 & 10 (old-style soda fountain) – 236 W. Broad St; 215-536-6102

·       Restaurants a little further away but VERY worth the drive:

«Vietnam Café (Vietnamese) – 179 Penn Ave, Telford; 215-723-3335 – about 15 minutes down 309 South

«Nawab (Indian) – 13 East 4^th St., Bethlehem; 610-691-0388

«Aladdin Restaurant (Middle Eastern) – 651 Union Boulevard, Allentown; 610-437-4023

«Bethlehem Brew Works (brewery & restaurant) – 569 Main St., Bethlehem; 610-882-1300

 

Activities

·       Dorney Park and Wildwater Kingdom in Allentown will have their annual Halloween events in full swing at that time.  Check out their website at www.dorneypark.com.

·       Catch an Iron Pigs baseball game (AAA affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies) – www.ironpigsbaseball.com

·       Lehigh Valley Wine Trail – www.lehighvalleywinetrail.com    

·       Allentown Art Museum, Allentown, PA – www.allentownartmuseum.org

·       Mack Truck Historical Museum, Allentown, PA – www.macktrucks.com/default.aspx?pageid=40

·       Historic downtown Bethlehem, including the Moravian Book Shop and other unique shopping – www.bethlehem-pa.gov

·       Crayola Factory, Easton, PA – www.crayola.com/factory/index.cfm?mt=factory

·       Lost River Caverns, Hellertown, PA – www.lostcave.com

·       Fonthill Museum, Doylestown, PA – www.fonthill.org

·       Martin Guitar Museum, Easton, PA – www.martinguitar.com/visit/museum.html

·       DaVinci Science Center, Allentown, PA – www.davinci-center.org

·       Peace Valley Nature Center, Doylestown, PA – www.peacevalleynature.center; this is a good place to pickup the 6.2 mile paved trail that goes the whole way around Lake Galena

·       Nockamixon State Park, Quakertown, PA – www.dcnr.state.pa.us/stateparks/parks/nockamixon.aspx

·       Green Lane Park, Green Lane, PA – http://parks.montcopa.org

·       Perkiomen Trail- www.montcopa.org/parks/perkiomentrail/; 19 mile trail from Green Lane Park to Schuylkill River Trail in Upper Providence Township

·       Other areas to visit…

o        To the south – Philadelphia – www.philadelphiausa.travel

o        To the north – the Poconos – www.800poconos.com

• To the west – Lancaster County – www.padutchcountry.com

Shoes and vows (Hmm, is that the right order?) :-) June 20, 2008

I totally scored the other weekend – found the perfect shoes for the wedding.  $70 for only $20.  Nice!!  They’ll work for the ceremony AND the reception; what more can a girl ask for??

We have a lot of the wedding things taken care of already.  It feels a little strange not having a whole lot to do.  Actually, it’s been a little nice and has given us time to focus on getting the ceremony and vows written.  I’m enjoying that part – been stealing things I like from my favorite wedding site and crafting it into something meaningful and interesting.  I’ve found a lot of things I like and think I’m putting together something really good.  Well, time will tell!

Invitations are just about ready to send out! June 1, 2008

Last weekend we spent several hours designing our invitations and we think we’ve come up with a really nice looking one!  Simple, a little non-traditional in the wording, nice quote at the top.  They’re not like some of the fancier professionally produced invitations but, honestly, we just couldn’t justify spending lots of $$$ on professional ones when there are lots of attractive DIY options!  We’re really, really pleased with the way that they came out.  In fact I got so excited about them that they’re almost ready to send out, even though we’re way too early for that. 

It’s hard to believe that the wedding is less than 5 months away!  I (Heather) am starting to get really excited about it.  The arrangements are coming together nicely so we’re not stressing about the details.  I’m sure things will get more frantic toward the end but for now we’re happily crossing things off the to do list.  The wedding planning has been remarkably relaxing thus far!  I’m almost hesitant to type that, though, because I feel like I’m going to jinx myself!  LOL!