recap: the day before at the wit

awhile ago, i decided i wanted to arrange a cocktail hour for people to go the day before the wedding. since i am from cleveland, i knew we were having a lot of out of town guests that were making a weekend trip out of chicago.

what other place to see the city, but the rooftop of the wit hotel? the rooftop didn't open until 2pm though and our rehearsal was at 6pm. While it was cutting it close, we put a mini invitation for our guests in their out of town boxes and sent an email to our closer friends & family to let them know about the afternoon at the wit. it was just meant to be an informal place close to the W where people could gather, say hello and then the bridal party + family would depart for the rehearsal. I am sooo happy we did this. It gave us a chance to say hello before the blur of a wedding weekend began...

my gorgeous college friends..

the still unmarried couple :)

annnnd....about an hour before we were supposed to leave (and around the time this picture was taken), a crazy rainstorm began. it almost looks like its dark outside but its actually about 4pm!

the next hour or so, to get to the church for the rehearsal, was somewhat amusing. Picture about 25 or so people, mostly shrieking girls dodging rain, trying to hail cabs out of the Wit lobby. However, we did all make it, safely & on time, to the rehearsal.


Tomorrow..the rehearsal + rehearsal dinner!