Alex and I are fairly enamoured with the idea of having the wedding at my parent's house in Anacortes, but we're just starting to check out sites. There are really 3 next steps on the "find reception site" front. For those of you who are program managers, we could parallelize those 3 steps. *smile* Here they are...

1. Look at places around Seattle
   
   • Pike's Place Market
     
   • Century Ballroom
     
   • Stimson Green Mansion
     
   • Union Station
     
   • Salish Lodge (Snoqualamie)
     
   • Pickering Barn (Issaquah) (OUT: it's in a mall)
     
   • Daybreak Star Center (Discovery Park)
     
2. Check out at least one other far-away location (leavenworth? sequim? semiahoo? whistler? what else?)
   
   • Mountain Spring Lodge (Leavenworth)
     
   • Semiahmoo (Blaine)
     
   • Scimitar Ridge (Anacortes)
     
   • The Cutting Garden (Sequim)
     
   • Harbor Creek Lodge (Gig Harbor)
     
   • Lord Hill Farms (Snohomish)
     
   • Alderbrook Resort (Hood Canal)
     
3. Figure out whether or not mom & dad's house is a viable option
   
   • need a tent guy to look at their back yard
     
   • need someone with experience to look at ceremony options (doc, deck, pergola) to understand how many people could stand at each place
     
   • is there a good off-site ceremony location in Anacotes? Chapel? Community Center?
     

Finding other locations:

• TheKnot.com listings
  
• MySeattleWedding listings