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When you have a buffet meal at your wedding, you need to order 125-150% of your guest count for dinner plates. Otherwise you caterer be washing plates in the middle of dinner and guests will be annoyed. Photo by Michelle Lindsay  Lessons […]

Just because a venue has directional lighting doesn’t mean it will have the same effect as professional pinspot lighting. Investigate this ahead of time before being disappointed on the day of the event when all your gorgeous centerpieces are in […]

When you are running a generator to power your band and the lighting in your wedding tent, put a line item in the timeline to refill the gas tank in the generator. Depending on the size of the tank, plan […]

I recently had a couple get married at DAR. We had the ceremony outside on the Portico, the cocktail hour in the O’Byrne Gallery, dinner in the Library, and then dancing back in O’Byrne. While overall the wedding was absolutely […]

This annual reflection of all our 2023 real weddings via data is here, and it is basically on time. Please clap. We ate. Corey Torpie Brittany Dunbar 2023 Real Wedding Data: How Many In 2023, we had fifteen weddings, a […]

This annual recap of all our 2021 real weddings is months overdue. But I am still writing it because I love writing these round-up posts. Why I decided to do this as I launch a stretch of 7 weddings in […]

Big  news today! Today, May 26, 2017, Bellwether Events celebrates the TENTH wedding anniversary of our first ever clients – K & C! They were referred to me by Cara Berger, and they knew that I was leaving the catering world […]

I’m so happy to share this colorful Spring wedding at DAR with you today. First up, all the lovely photos we captured before the ceremony, which is the best time to get most of your posed and group photos accomplished! […]

Gallery O in H is a delightful art gallery comprising three buildings and a lovely courtyard in downtown Washington DC. It is a unique venue for smaller weddings – 80 guests or fewer is what I recommend. Two buildings have […]