The dress code is formal attire. Please come dressed to feel your best for an evening ceremony and reception. This means formal dresses and pantsuits, dress shoes, longsleeve button-down shirts and ties. Please avoid jeans, hats, sneakers and non dressy sandals.
Please avoid wearing white and colors closely resembling white to all wedding events. The groom will be in green. If you would like to avoid the bridesmaid colors, please text the bride and she’ll send you the colors they’ll be wearing. But those colors are not off limits! The groomsmen will be in dark brown, but that is also not off limits.
The ceremony and cocktail hour will take place outside — weather permitting, so please manifest for us. October in Baltimore tends to be beautiful and not too hot. Dinner and dancing will take place inside the venue on the second floor, but guests are permitted to use the outdoor courtyards all night. All portions of the celebration are at the same venue, so no need to worry about how you’ll travel in between.
Under the travel tab on this website, we have included two adjoining hotels where we have a room block. If you are unable to book a room there but want to, please let us know. There are several other hotels surrounding the venue, the 1840s Plaza. We recommend staying in the Baltimore Inner Harbor/Harbor East if you are traveling from out of town.
Drinks are on us but keeping the dance floor alive all night is on you. (In less cheeky terms, there will be an open bar with beer, wine, mixers and liquor, alongside signature drinks.) Feel free to bring extra and tip the bartenders if you plan on being a frequent flyer. We'll encourage them to bring both a tip jar and QR codes for digital gratitude.
There will be complimentary valet at the venue. We ask that you walk or take a ride share (which is doable from any of the recommended hotels) if you plan to drink without a designated driver.
We are so excited to celebrate with our family and friends, but we have a guest limit at the venue and are unable to accommodate uninvited guests. The names of all invited guests will be on your RSVP. If you have been given an unnamed plus one, that will also be indicated on your RSVP. You will only be able to RSVP online for the number of people in your family who are invited.
While we both have kids in our life who bring us immense joy, this evening will be for adults only. We are only able to invite the kids of our closest family members. If you have a person under 21 who is invited to the wedding, that will be indicated on your RSVP but we are unable to accommodate uninvited minors. For those children invited, they will be able to attend the ceremony and cocktail hour but will not be allowed on the second floor of the venue for the adults only reception. However, we have reserved the first floor of the venue for the kids to eat, relax and play games under supervision. Please reach out to the bride and groom for more details, but please know that while you can visit your children on the first floor, they will not be allowed upstairs at any point in the evening per the rules of our venue.
Please let us know in your RSVP, even if you think we already know. Depending on the allergy, we may need to get you a special meal through our caterer. Included in dietary restrictions would be whether you are vegetarian, vegan or pescatarian, though we have been mindful of those diets when crafting our menu. Come hungry!
The venue will not open the doors until 5:30 p.m. Please plan to arrive as close to then as possible as the ceremony will start promptly at 6 p.m. You will be unable to take your seat in the courtyard after 6 and will need to wait in the cocktail area — where the bar doesn’t open until 6:30. We are not running on Cuban time.
We will be sending out formal invitations soon, so keep an eye on your mailbox. Once you receive your invitation, we ask that you RSVP by August 10. We hope you can make it but understand that sometimes, life happens — just please let us know either way. If we do not receive an answer by that date, we will unfortunately have to assume you are unable to make it and you will not be included in the formal catering count.
Cigarettes and cigars can be smoked outside in the courtyard. Please do not smoke or vape during the ceremony/cocktail hour or inside the reception.
Gifts are appreciated but never expected. We would love if you brought us a card or handwritten letter. If you'd like to buy us something for our next chapter together, you can go to the "Registry" tab above. Our only request is that you do not buy us a charcuterie board. While we love meat and cheese boards as much as the next couple, we have about five and we simply do not use them enough to justify that much variety.