John and Catherine's Wedding

Labor Day Wedding Planning Extravaganza

Catherine and I had three goals heading into this May 1st Labor Day holiday, which lasts for the first seven days of May:

1. Decide on a place to have the wedding
2. Find an apartment to rent
3. Find and apartment to buy

So far we've accomplished none of the three, but tomorrow we're checking out apartments and Saturday will take us out to the Fragrant Hills to a possible wedding location. For apartments, we're looking for a place near Beijing University, where Catherine works. The location we're checking out for the wedding is the Xiang Shan (Fragrant Hills) Hotel, apparently designed by I.M. Pei. We're looking for a place where we can have both the ceremony and the reception, thereby minimizing the amount of travel on the wedding. So far, the Xiang Shan hotel sounds promising.

We'll let you know how the visit goes!