If you can schedule a visit to come see us at the soiree, please do! We attended last year to see what all the buzz was about, and we had a tremendous time. The show this year is Thursday, October 14.
Hope to see you there!
Sunday, June 13, 2010
Urban Unveiled 2010
Exciting news: Roche Harbor will be a part of the "Venue" category at this fall's Urban Unveiled event in Seattle! This is the first wedding show that Roche Harbor has been a part of since 2006, and w'ere just tickled to have the opportunity to share our experiences and information with prospective brides and grooms. And, we're really excited to connect with brides and grooms and their vendors who have already booked weddings at Roche Harbor.
Shipwreck Beach Site Now Hosting Dinners
We had our inaugural welcome dinner at the Shipwreck Beach Site last weekend! What a tremendous success...sunny weather, great food, on-the-water views, and lots of smiles on everyone's faces. Couldn't ask for more than this!
We'll have pictures up on the blog and the website soon...
Thursday, June 10, 2010
AMAZING Photos from Memorial Day
WOW! Our good friend Victor Saidov has done it again.
http://victorsaidov.com/blog/
Check out Jessica and Derek...what a wonderful couple and incredible photographs! And that the wedding was in military dress on Memorial Day weekend was absolutely perfect.
The second to last photo is about as American as apple pie, Victor.
Nice work.
http://victorsaidov.com/blog/
Check out Jessica and Derek...what a wonderful couple and incredible photographs! And that the wedding was in military dress on Memorial Day weekend was absolutely perfect.
The second to last photo is about as American as apple pie, Victor.
Nice work.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
New Blooms in the Gardens
Our fabulous gardeners have been working over the past week to prepare the grounds for early summer. They always do an amazing job filling the landscape with bright colors and textured arrangements! This year they've put out some really interesting stuff on the ledges in front of the gift shop...I've gotta find out what they're called!
Baskets in front of the hotel are next week, we think!
I love this time of year...
Baskets in front of the hotel are next week, we think!
I love this time of year...
Friday, April 2, 2010
Spring Weddings
There's something amazing about Spring time. Emerging from the long, dark winter into a new season, one filled with hope and possibility and energy. The sun seems to have a hold on people, drawing them outside into the outdoors for the first time in a while. Kids are run in the grass, families do simple things--like go on walks--together, couples remember why they're in love, and everyone seems to feel a sense of promise in the future.
Sure, January 1 is the beginning of the calendar year, but Spring is the real beginning of the seasonal cycle, no doubt about it.
Spring is always an interesting time of the year for weddings, and certainly one of the most sought-after periods for celebrations. The weather typically cooperates and can even surprise all of us with a stellar day of sun and warmth. Trees are leafed-out and flowers are blossomed, painting the gardens and baskets with color after the grey winter. The feeling of re-birth and new beginnings rings true in every sight around the harbor.
What I like most about Spring weddings is the types of weddings we commonly see: family and close friends spending time together over good food and drinks, enjoying the best accommodations on the island for a fraction of the price, and focusing on the experience rather than the aesthetics. It's really an enchanting experience to roam the resort as if it was your family's vacation home....
Roche Harbor is nearing the end of its offer to experience the resort for a night or two, including complimentary luxury accommodations and dinner in our dining room. If you're interested in seeing what we're so excited about, give us a call and come see the place with eyes wide open.
Sure, January 1 is the beginning of the calendar year, but Spring is the real beginning of the seasonal cycle, no doubt about it.
Spring is always an interesting time of the year for weddings, and certainly one of the most sought-after periods for celebrations. The weather typically cooperates and can even surprise all of us with a stellar day of sun and warmth. Trees are leafed-out and flowers are blossomed, painting the gardens and baskets with color after the grey winter. The feeling of re-birth and new beginnings rings true in every sight around the harbor.
What I like most about Spring weddings is the types of weddings we commonly see: family and close friends spending time together over good food and drinks, enjoying the best accommodations on the island for a fraction of the price, and focusing on the experience rather than the aesthetics. It's really an enchanting experience to roam the resort as if it was your family's vacation home....
Roche Harbor is nearing the end of its offer to experience the resort for a night or two, including complimentary luxury accommodations and dinner in our dining room. If you're interested in seeing what we're so excited about, give us a call and come see the place with eyes wide open.
Monday, October 12, 2009
A Note on Weddings
We've been busy these past few weeks talking to and touring around with prospective brides and grooms, and one thing keeps coming up every time they ask us for our take on weddings at the resort:
Weddings are about people, about creating opportunities for people to get together. Brides and grooms have a lot to be responsible for on the wedding planning, and NOTHING is more important than finding ways for friends and family--old and new--to spend time together.
Of course, weddings are about a celebration of marriage, of love, of commitment. The ceremony is the thing that inspires those who are not married to think about finding something as important as the bride and groom have found, and reminding those of us who are married what it means to be in a life-long partnership unique to any other we'll experience in our lives.
And all the other hours and days committed to the wedding celebration are about creating opportunities to get people to interact, to engage, to appreciate the un-sought-for moments in life when we find each other inexplicably.
At Roche Harbor, you find these experiences passing by a childhood friend and her family on the way back from lunch at the Lime Kiln Cafe. Or hanging out on the rooftop terrace around a firepit sipping wine for the first time with your brother-in-law. Or running into your bridesmaids at the bar when you finish polishing your wedding vows. Or a mani-pedi in the spa with your mama, talking about how her life changed after her own wedding.
Yes, people will remember the invitations, the flowers, the food...but what we all recall most affectionately is the time we were able to spend with loved ones.
My experience from my own wedding two-plus years ago at RH...It was the only time I've seen my best friend in 4 years...It was the first time in years that my divorced parents saw each other and made nice...I met my wife's best friends and mother for the first time...my brother and I had a brother-to-brother talk that had never happened before--or since...my wife brought together two sides of her family (brothers and sisters) that had never met...I won enough money in a poker game with the boys to pay for a week in our honeymoon house in Jamaica...we introduced our old friends from school with our new friends on the island...we showed everyone we care about the island that has been so important in our lives.
What ever your wedding venue, make sure that you're doing everything you can to help create these memories for yourselves...and your loved ones.
Okay. Enough mushy-ness.
I'm off to look at my wedding photos again...
Sam
Weddings are about people, about creating opportunities for people to get together. Brides and grooms have a lot to be responsible for on the wedding planning, and NOTHING is more important than finding ways for friends and family--old and new--to spend time together.
Of course, weddings are about a celebration of marriage, of love, of commitment. The ceremony is the thing that inspires those who are not married to think about finding something as important as the bride and groom have found, and reminding those of us who are married what it means to be in a life-long partnership unique to any other we'll experience in our lives.
And all the other hours and days committed to the wedding celebration are about creating opportunities to get people to interact, to engage, to appreciate the un-sought-for moments in life when we find each other inexplicably.
At Roche Harbor, you find these experiences passing by a childhood friend and her family on the way back from lunch at the Lime Kiln Cafe. Or hanging out on the rooftop terrace around a firepit sipping wine for the first time with your brother-in-law. Or running into your bridesmaids at the bar when you finish polishing your wedding vows. Or a mani-pedi in the spa with your mama, talking about how her life changed after her own wedding.
Yes, people will remember the invitations, the flowers, the food...but what we all recall most affectionately is the time we were able to spend with loved ones.
My experience from my own wedding two-plus years ago at RH...It was the only time I've seen my best friend in 4 years...It was the first time in years that my divorced parents saw each other and made nice...I met my wife's best friends and mother for the first time...my brother and I had a brother-to-brother talk that had never happened before--or since...my wife brought together two sides of her family (brothers and sisters) that had never met...I won enough money in a poker game with the boys to pay for a week in our honeymoon house in Jamaica...we introduced our old friends from school with our new friends on the island...we showed everyone we care about the island that has been so important in our lives.
What ever your wedding venue, make sure that you're doing everything you can to help create these memories for yourselves...and your loved ones.
Okay. Enough mushy-ness.
I'm off to look at my wedding photos again...
Sam
Urban Unveiled
The wedding season is starting to wind down, and we're already in the planning stages for another incredible season next year.
Our first stop in our quest to keep meeting new partners to make RH weddings even better is to visit with our friends who are hosting Urban Unveiled this Thursday at the fabulous Benaroya Hall in Seattle.
www.urbanunveiled.com
If you haven't checked it out, do so. It promises to give us all inspiration and partnerships on wedding planning and vendors, as well as creative ideas to imitate on our own.
Hope to see you there!
Our first stop in our quest to keep meeting new partners to make RH weddings even better is to visit with our friends who are hosting Urban Unveiled this Thursday at the fabulous Benaroya Hall in Seattle.
www.urbanunveiled.com
If you haven't checked it out, do so. It promises to give us all inspiration and partnerships on wedding planning and vendors, as well as creative ideas to imitate on our own.
Hope to see you there!
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