Today’s “venue idea” is yet another beautiful local park just aching to host your wedding ceremony. There’s big old signs everywhere saying you can’t have alcohol (and in my book that means no reception), but Mason District Park would make a great ceremony site. And if you have a lot of people but not much cash, there’s a whole (outdoor) auditorium you can rent out for basically nothing.
The National Gallery of Art is a really sweet place on the National Mall. If you live here, I’m sure you are already familiar with the museum and its enormous collection of some fantastic art. If you live here and you haven’t been, I am tasking you to get to the damn museum this weekend! It’s free for pete’s sake!
When I was planning my own wedding, I looked into a lot of parks, intending to have an outdoor ceremony and reception. If you’re in the area, there’s one very important thing you need to know about Arlington and Alexandria city venues: Alexandria allows alcohol, Arlington does not. So if you’re anything like me, that crosses the entirety of Arlington facilities off the list. But it leaves all of Alexandria!