Tamara and Jared's Wedding

Friday night

Dessert and coffee at the Nicol house will be casual.

Saturday afternoon and evening

The wedding will be somewhat formal. This means that most men will wear suits and women will wear cocktail dresses. Since the wedding spans from afternoon until evening, you may want to wear something that will be light and comfortable in the afternoon sun but realize that it may be cool in the evening.

The ceremony and reception will be outside in a grassy area. We are told that the dirt is always fairly firm (and it seems so from when we have visited), but women may want to think twice about what kind of heel to wear.

Sunday afternoon

The cookout at the Nicol house will be casual. We will be sitting outside on the decks, and those who are interested can play lawn games in the yard or walk down to the pond. There are also game opportunities in the basement such as ping pong, foosball, air hockey and bumper pool. So dress to be comfortable and as active as you want to be.

What if it rains?

If it rains on Saturday, we will move the ceremony and the reception under a large tent (where we already plan to eat dinner and dance anyway). The tent we have reserved will have walls that can be put in place in case it's both rainy and windy, so that we will be dry and warm inside. Of course, you will have to get from your car to the tent, so an umbrella is advised.

If it rains on Sunday, we will move the cooking and the guests inside.

If you have any questions, please let us know!

Posted by Tamara & Jared at 01:04 PM | Permalink

The greatest gift that you can give is to share your presence with us at our wedding if you are able to come. We realize that many of you will be traveling considerable distance to be with us, and we really appreciate your effort to come. Be assured that your presence at the wedding will be considered gift enough! We have also enjoyed receiving the kind thoughts and words sent by those of you who cannot come, and we will miss you!

But some of you have asked where we are registered, so here are links to our online registries:

Bed Bath and Beyond

Crate and Barrel

Felicite

In addition, since traveling far and wide is our favorite thing to do despite our limited budget, we have set up a fund for our honeymoon to the World Cup in Germany this summer. Monetary gifts would help us with that as well as toward our upcoming move to Philadelphia.

Thank you, and we look forward to seeing you at the wedding!

Posted by Tamara & Jared at 12:55 AM | Permalink

Our wedding and its location will put you in the middle of a holiday weekend and in the middle of a beautiful part of New York State, the Hudson Valley. If you have the time to spend exploring the area before and after the wedding, there are a wide variety of things to do and interesting places to visit.

The wedding site (Clermont) is itself one of many historic mansions in the Hudson Valley that were built in the 18th and 19th centuries by individuals who were instrumental in New York State and US history. Near Clermont are Red Hook, Rhinebeck and Hyde Park, wonderful towns and small cities that have interesting shops and good restaurants.

On the other side of the river, Tamara's parents live in Woodstock, a town that stays true to its history as a progressively off-beat quirky art colony. If you like to hike, the Woodstock side of the river has excellent trails that offer spectacular views. On both sides of the Hudson are vineyards with tasting rooms

If you want to head toward New York City, you will be just 90 miles north of it with the Thruway, Taconic Parkway or rail transportation to take you there.

Here are some helpful websites that will give you details and many other ideas:

The Husdon River Valley: Travel and Tourism

Hudson Valley Network

Travel the Hudson Valley

Also, please feel free to contact Tamara's parents, the resident experts, if you have further questions!

Posted by Tamara & Jared at 12:00 PM | Permalink

What is a blog? Why didn't you just put up a normal webpage?

A blog contains information that is posted in reverse chronlogical order, so that whenever you view the site the most recent information is at the top of the page. We have decided to use blog software to design this site because it offers lots of nice features, such as categories, commenting, and RSS. Let me explain.

Each time we post new information to the site, it will be tagged with a category label, such as "Accommodations". To see everything we've ever posted about Accommodations, simply click on the link on the right sidebar and all relevant posts will be displayed for you. (This post was categorized as "Miscellaneous". See it marked below and also listed on the sidebar to the right?)

If you have a question or comment, just click "Questions and Comments" below the post to leave your note. Your comment will be displayed on the blog for others to see and for us to respond to. We'll respond by email to you as well as on the blog. That way if others have the same question as you, they can just read our dialogue instead of having to ask the question again.

(When you leave a comment, you will be asked to leave your name and e-mail. You don't have to leave your full name if you don't want to - just "Bob" is sufficient! And don't worry, your e-mail will not be displayed on the website, but will only be sent to us privately so that we can respond to you. Of course, if you have a question that you don't want to post publicly, please email us directly.)

If you want to receive notification whenever the site is updated, please let us know and we will add you to our email notification list. We'll send you an email whenever the site is updated along with a link directing you to whatever is new. Alternatively, if you have an RSS reader, you can subscribe to the atom.xml or index.xml feeds.

Overall, we hope that navigating the site will be self-evident, with a few nice features thrown in for those people who know what to do with them. If you find any of this confusing, please just ask us for help! We'll be happy to call you or send you whatever you need by email.

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