I got a jump start on my weekend this past week, because my sister had off Friday and we decided to go look at wedding venues. Off we went with our parents in tow and we viewed 7 places!!!

Houston Hall was our first stop. It’s a beer hall in Manhattan and had that rustic unique vibe my sister was looking for.

You can swap out the picnic benches for more traditional yet rustic chairs and string the rafters with twinkle lights.

This is the main bar area. I loved the antiqued looking mirrors.

We then headed over to Brooklyn and started out at an art gallery space that also rents its space out for events.The Invisible Dog was a diamond in the rough and really quite a raw space, but it was rustic and unique and also had an amazing outside garden that could be used for cocktail hour. I couldn’t get over the fact that they only had two bathrooms so in my eyes it was out.

Afterwards we went to 26 Bridge, which looked amazing in photos, but sadly was a bit blah in person. We also went to The 1896, which was mainly a set where you could do photo shoots and film. It really wasn’t suited for a wedding so again it was out.

Metropolitan Building was a super cool looking space and looked amazing for photos, but I must say the booker there was pretty rude and indifferent and no one really felt like they wanted to host a wedding.

There were cool little spaces everywhere for pretty photos, but again I wasn’t feeling it for a wedding.

Of course at this point of the day with only 2 places left my phone decided it was at photo capacity and I couldn’t take any more photos. We also looked at Greenpoint loft, which was my absolute favorite. They had me at hello. I would have signed on the dotted line right away if it was my wedding. Our last stop was the Knockdown Center, which was an amazing space, but it was massive in size, but the center is more interested in being a community arts center instead of booking weddings so they weren’t that interested in us. Overall it was a fun day and I was happy to take photos and share it with you guys.

On Saturday we had a bad day. Turns out that Hudson has an allergy to penicillin. At least that is what they think he might have. My poor little man has been dealing with hives since Thursday. We to the Doctor’s that day and got put on steroids, but on Saturday he was much worse and his entire face was swollen. We went from urgent care that morning directly to the emergency room because the Doctor was worried his throat might close up.

Hudson was a brave little guy and he dealt really well with all of the tests and Doctors/Nurses.

Apparently with hives they can’t tell you exactly what caused it and he will have to go to an allergist, but they were able to give him some different meds and by the time we were released that afternoon his swelling had gone down quite a bit.

On Sunday Hudson was feeling much better so he went off with Jon to test out our new Sunfish:

While they were off doing that I went out with my sister search for some items for her new apt. She didn’t find anything at the first stop, but I left with a quite a haul:

An orange lamp, ginger jar, lucite ice bucket and a glass vase with a pin stripe detailing around it. I was in heaven.

We also popped into the Gap during our outings and I found the cutest little outfit for Asher.

When I got done with shopping I came home to see my two little crazies cruising around my parents front yard. Adorable!

What a jam packed weekend full of so many highs and lows. Ah! Hope you all had a less eventful weekend. Did you do anything fun?