Indian Wedding in the Ballroom

The historic Hawthorne Hotel offers an elegant yet neutral backdrop suitable for any kind of wedding.

This past weekend we were pleased to be able to host a traditional Hindi wedding in our Grand Ballroom. The room was decorated appropriately, and both the couple and the event were delightful. I hope you enjoy seeing our snapshots. We are anticipating that the couple will share professional photographs with us when they are ready, in which case we will share those with you, right here.

Juli

Karen Bonds with Her Bride

 
 

In May our beautiful bride, Lisa, who booked her wedding with little lead time, really showed Karen Cotton (our Director of Catering) how much she appreciated all of Karen's help and guidance.

The photos show quite clearly how much mutual appreciate there was for each other.

Nice to see. (Photos courtesy of David LaChapelle, Professional Photographer.)

Juli

Lovely Words for Lindsay and the Team

A very nice thank you note for Lindsay and the team of the Hawthorne Hotel. To read it more clearly, just click on the image:


I hope you enjoy reading our mail.

Juli

Interesting Thank You Note Cards

We recently received these thank you notes from a very pleased couple. We thought you would like to see them. The large photo was on the cover, and the smaller grouping of photos was on the inside of the cover, leaving a nice amount of space to write out notes.

This note was to Liz Dube, our Banquet Manager and Wedding Coordinator, who handled everything from the rehearsal to all that happened here on the big day.
This note was to Lindsay Otis, our Catering Sales Manager, who handled all of the booking details throughout the time period leading up to the event.

The photo above was the inside cover of their note card.

The bottom photo is actually the cover of their custom notecard.

We love sharing ideas that we get to see with all of you who read our wedding blog.
We thought you might enjoy reading the heartfelt thanks as well.

Juli

Beautiful January Wedding at the Hawthorne Hotel

We recently received these photos from a couple who were married here in mid-January. They also sent along this note:

Hey Laura,
The wedding was amazing. Liz was extremely helpful. She was on point all night. We have been BUSY BUSY BUSY since returning but we will stop by when things settle down and the weather gets better.

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I hope you enjoy seeing these photos and note.

Juli

Amazingly Beautiful Photos of a Wedding at PEM

Amazingly Beautiful Photos of a Wedding at PEM that we catered on New Year's Eve at PEM.

The Peabody Essex Museum is located just one short block from the Hawthorne Hotel. This wedding took place there, and the overnight guests stayed here at the Hawthorne Hotel with us.

These photos are simply terrific:

http://www.facebook.com/album.php?id=185615883457&aid=262134

I hope you enjoy seeing them.

And, here is a note from the bride, talking about her experience with Hawthorne Catering and the Hawthorne Hotel:

"I absolutely recommend Hawthorne Catering at the PEM. Our wedding was this past New Year's eve. We had a very small amount of planning time (less than three months), but Lindsay Otis of Hawthorne Catering did an amazing job, in conjunction with Natalia from the PEM. She was able to make fantastic recommendations and was unbelievably responsive. She was extremely patient with all of our vendors, very calm, and so capable. We truly felt like we had a knowledgeable and reliable friend helping us to plan, and certainly helping us to celebrate at the actual wedding. We also had a breakfast the next morning at the Hawthorne Hotel. My parents planned the breakfast entirely and also raved about the service they received from Lindsay and the entire crew at Hawthorne. We just cannot say enough good things! "

We don't really need to tell you anything about how good we are -- our customers do it for us!

Smiling broadly,

Juli

Another Wonderful Thank You from a Very Satisfied Wedding Couple

Our guests say it best -- this was an email from a very happy bride and groom.

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From: Megan B
Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 1:03 PM
To: Christine Turner
Subject: Thank you

Dear Christine,

This email is very late in coming, I hope you can excuse me. My name is Megan B and my husband David B and I had our wedding reception at the Hawthorne on Friday, November 5th, 2010. David and I want to thank you and your wonderful staff for all you did to make our wedding day as perfect as could be. Everyone warned me, in the weeks prior to the wedding, that "something always goes wrong" at weddings, so I shouldn't plan on it and get my hopes up. But now, when people ask me how it went, the first word that comes to mind is "perfect", because...that's what it was. Looking back, I don't have a single thing I would change about our beautiful wedding reception. Your excellent staff made sure it went off without a hitch. They were accommodating, checked everything with us in advance (briefly, so as not to interrupt our enjoyment of the evening), and just so wonderful! We were able to enjoy our wedding reception without worrying about the little details, or things going wrong. Our parents commented to us that we had made a great choice in having our reception at the Hawthorne Hotel. I can't praise you and your staff enough for all that was done for us, and I will certainly recommend you to any other brides who plan on getting married in the North Shore, MA, area! Thank you, thank you, thank you!

Best wishes for a happy New Year 2011!

With thanks,

Megan and David B
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A Unique Wedding Favor

At many weddings there are "camps" of guests -- whether families or groups of friends who know each other, and then "everyone else" which constitute the other guests unknown to them.

This favor seeks to help to break that "ice" that can exist between people in situations like that, and we think it is a keen idea.









Months ago there was a wedding here that had a very unique wedding favor for their guests. I had some scans made of this item, and promptly forgot to put them up here on the wedding blog.

While the scans are a bit hard to read, you can see by the introduction and the titles what the purpose and outcome might have been. We enjoyed seeing the guests reading first about themselves, and then learning more about each other.

The scans recently came back to my attention, so I am finally getting them posted for you to see.

I hope you enjoy yet another look at an interesting wedding here at the Hawthorne Hotel.

Juli

How to Plan the Best Wedding

The following article was posted on our main Hawthorne Hotel blog, but we thought it should be here as well:

http://hawthornehotel.blogspot.com/2011/01/how-to-make-certain-your-event-wedding.html

Juli

A Modern Family Gets Married at the Hawthorne Hotel

We recently received this lovely thank you email and photos, and thought you might enjoy sharing with us.

As a point of information, Christine is Christine Turner, who is our Assistant Director of Catering, and is the person that does the planning with the couples who are married here (as do Karen Cotton, our Director of Catering, and Laura Abraham and Lindsay Otis who are Catering Sales Managers) and Britony is Britony Wells who on occasion is a Wedding Coordinator for us.

Every wedding that is booked here at the Hawthorne Hotel is handled in this professional manner -- by a Sales Professional who is skilled in helping our clients make the best choices for their special day and who will make sure every detail is committed to a written record, and by a Wedding Coordinator who is highly talented at managing the actual wedding reception itself.

We believe it takes two differing skill sets to handle these very different jobs -- both are equally important on our team, and both are the best in their particular field.

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Christine and Britony,

We would like to thank you again for making our special day that much more amazing. Our wedding was everything we dreamed and so much more because you both were a part of it. Everyone we speak to, if they want to get married in Salem, we tell them the Hawthorne Hotel, Christine and Britony. You gals were amazing.

We would love to extend a seasons greetings to you and all of your family. Stay warm and enjoy every moment with the ones you love during these holidays that bring us so close together.

Happy Holidays and Happy New Years!

Warmest Wishes,

Gina and Rebecca C
Niamh and Conor

Wow, a Great Post on Another Blog

. . . about a winter wedding here at the Hawthorne Hotel. Be sure to play the slide show at the very bottom of this post to see LOTS and LOTS of views of the Hawthorne Hotel.

http://staciekirkwood.blogspot.com/2010/12/december-to-remember-at-hawthorne-hotel.html

Nice work by this photographer, Stacie Kirkwood. Thanks so much!

Juli

Thank You Notes Like This Delight Us

In order to read this more clearly, just click on the image.



Juli

Candy Station with Cake and Coffee

Wedding clients vary regarding how they wish to have their wedding cake served to their guests. Some opt for the more formal table service, and some would prefer a self-serve buffet. Often the cake station is combined with a coffee station, and sometimes the coffee station will be upgraded with whipped cream, shaved chocolate, cinnamon sticks and the like to make it just a little bit fancier.

In the case of this guest, they opted for a cake/coffee station coupled with a candy station. I hope you enjoy this peak at a different part of our set up. I know the guests at this wedding really enjoyed it, because I barely had a chance to take photos before they were right there, choosing their favorites with great glee!

Juli
 
 
 

A Different View of the Ballroom

We received this email recently and thought you might enjoy reading it. I especially enjoyed seeing this fresh view of the Grand Ballroom, which was set with a sweetheart table, and gold ballroom chairs.

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Hi Christine,

I wanted to thank you again for helping us plan such a beautiful wedding! Everything ran just as smoothly as I was hoping (thank you, Claire!). The ballroom looked gorgeous and I couldn't have been happier. I attached some pictures from the night (the files are large so I need to send in multiple emails) - feel free to use some on the blog! If you do post any, please give credit to our photographer - Black Thumb Studio (Jeff Turner).

Thank you again to everyone at the hotel for making our night so special!!

Courtney and Jeff
 

Photo courtesy of Black Thumb Studio (Jeff Turner)

Wow! A Beautiful Wedding Photo at the Hawthorne Hotel

 

This is one of those photos that says what a thousand words cannot describe. What a handsome couple, too!

I hope you enjoy it.

Juli

A Very Different Wedding

We just received this photo and email today, and wanted to share it with you, fair blog reader. I hope you enjoy it as much as we did.

Juli

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Hi Laura,

Bob and I wanted to thank you for all your help with the wedding planning. I can't imagine having to do any of that without you. The ceremony and reception was perfect! I can't believe how elegant it all turned out. The food was excellent and everyone loved the Belhaven! Thank you so much! You ROCK!

Jen R

A Lovely Start to Our Week!!

This email arrived in Kristie Poehler's mailbox this morning. Kristie is our Regional Director of Sales and Marketing. She shared, and I thought you might like to see it too, since it is about a wedding here at the Hawthorne Hotel.

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From: Nancy @hotmail.com]
Sent: Monday, November 08, 2010 10:46 AM
To: Kristie Poehler
Subject: wedding 11/6/2010

Good Morning Kristie!

Well - my daughter and her fiance's wedding on Saturday at the Hawthorne was just superb!!

The professionalism of the staff, absolute attention to detail, delicious meal and hors d'eouvres - what more can a family ask for for their daughter's wedding!
From prior to the ceremony until the very last hour - the staff was available and there to assist us in whatever requets we had, be it simple or not so simple and they did with style!

Again, thanks to the staff at the Hawthorne who were so involved in this glorious day - we commend you all!

Sincerely,

Nancy & Bart (parents of Jessica)

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Nice! Thanks so much for taking the time to write to us.

Juli

Professional Photographer's Photos of Wedding on 10-10-10

The couple that were married here on 10-10-10 were so gracious. They had their photographer send us some photos from their wedding, so that I could share them with you here. I hope you enjoy these.

Juli