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Heather and Thor are very excited to announce the time, date, and location of the Rehearsal Dinner for their wedding.

What: Rehearsal Dinner
Where: Horseshoe Pub & Restaurant (directions)
When: Friday, April 4, 2008
Time: 6:30 p.m. (immediately following Rehearsal at Butternut Farm)
Why: They have nearly 100 beers from all over the world on tap. That’s why!

After very little debate, Heather and Thor decided to have their Rehearsal dinner at the Horseshoe Pub & Restaurant located in Hudson, MA, only a short 10 minute drive from Butternut Farm Golf Club, site of their wedding the next day and the wedding rehearsal that same night. The Rehearsal at Butternut will start at 5 p.m. and last roughly an hour, maybe more. Add on a drive time and we figure 6:30 p.m. for the Dinner.

Deciding on the Horseshoe was relatively easy. It wasn’t because of their catchy slogan “Enter as Strangers, Leave as Friends.” And it wasn’t exactly for the proximity of the Horseshoe to Butternut and the hotel where most out of town guests will be staying. Although those are all true, we aren’t going to hide it: We selected the Horseshoe because of the amazing selection of beer they have on tap.

Last Saturday eveving, Heather and Thor happened upon the quaint little pub with wood bar and even a function area on a second floor loft overlooking a warm fireplace below.

Heather’s quest was to make sure the place was clean and the space for function was big enough. For extra credit, she even scoped out the restroom. Yep, it had running water. But the cautious wife-to-be wasn’t so sure on the cleanliness so she asked the rather handsome husband-to-be to check the men’s room. Yep, running water their too.

Thor, he didn’t care about running water or cleanliness. Heck, he didn’t even check to see if there was extra toilet paper in the bathroom. His task was to make very sure the taps from which the beer would pour some three months later for the Rehearsal Dinner were clean. It took not one but two — count ‘em, two — beers to make very sure all was well in the house that will rock them all.

And so the decision was made to book the Horseshoe for the Rehearsal Dinner.

Thor wanted to let you all know that they have a rather tasty Fullers ESB on tap. ESB is his ultimate favorite ale. His brother’s know this very well because on all holidays and birthdays and special occasions, they always get him one or two or even a six pack. Like when he got his tattoo… what, you didn’t know about the tattoo?! Well, when he got inked, his older brother had a bottle of Fullers ESB to mark (pun intended)  the special occasion. ESB… Extra Special Bitter. Have a taste of Thor’s before you order one for yourself. Or better yet, get a sampler. The Horseshoe has those too!

Heather and Thor thought long and hard over several months for a theme for their wedding. Heather insisted on a personalized theme rather than a canned rendition of a bland make up, and Thor… well, let’s just say that Thor thought all weddings had the same theme, and that is to get married and, if you’re lucky, turn it into a college party theme with an open bar and a lot of dancing.

In spite Thor’s help, a theme still eluded Heather. Until one day it hit her. Where she had searched high and low and down dirty dark alleys for a theme, there was one, fitting as ever, right before her. So close was it that she was living it even as she thought about it.

The theme was the story of their coming together as one. The theme was how she helped Thor reach for a childhood dream and how he, with Heather’s support, came to find love before him much like Heather did the theme. It was perfect.

After presenting the idea to Thor, Heather got busy on a design for a Save The Date for their wedding. What follows is her design of their theme.

Save The Date – FRONT

Save The Date – INSIDE

Quick: What’s the most popular selection for children’s entree at a wedding?

If you answered Chicken Nuggets, you’re right — but don’t get too up on yourself because, after all, we already gave you the answer in the title to this message. But it’s true, Chicken Nuggets is the number one selection for kid’s menu at a wedding, at least as far as weddings held at Butternet Farm are concerned.

On Saturday, January 12, Heather and Thor took another step toward planning their wedding by meeting with the Wedding Coordinator at Butternut Farm Golf Club, site of their wedding only a short few months away on April, 5 2008.

Heather thought the meeting was great as she got many items checked off her to-do list, while Thor seemed interested only in the occasional joke he made, though it was obvious by his constant yawning and the glazed over look in his eyes that he was otherwise bored. Still, Heather was happy he came for nothing else than the one decision he was actually able to help with. “Go with the Butternut,” he suggested. “Butternut Squash at Butternut Farm… seems only fitting.” Heather, along with the event planners assigned to us by Butternet Farm, laughed.

Heather and Thor finalized many of the smaller details such as dinner selection (beef, fish, vegetarian) and of course the Butternut Squash, salad option (Caeser over bland Garden), wedding cake as desert, champagne toast over wine, color selection for theme of table runners and napkins and candles oh my, and many other things.

They also talked about the flow of the day. From ceremony to cocktail hour to reception, they discussed in rough form how the event would unfold. Thor showed he was still awake by asking how long the bar would be open, while Heather took notes and gave a lot of answers. The Wedding Coordinator kept repeating herself. “That would be beautiful,” she’d say with a surprisingly geniune expression of happiness. Heather liked to hear it, as it gave confirmation of her decisions; Thor thought she would have said it even if they had said they wanted army green table runners among wild black and purple confetty. “That would look beautiful,” Thor imagined the Coordinator saying. “That would really look beautiful.” Uh, miss? We were kidding.

All in all, it was a productive step toward April 5th. If nothing else, it only made Heather much more nervous. This was evidenced the next morning as she got up early to get to work on designing the wedding invitations. Thor didn’t really care. He was just happy to be by Heather’s side as she stressed the small things. It’s her job anyway, or so he voiced. Guys, they have it so easy!

After the meeting, Heather and Thor decided to drive into the heart of Hudson, a town just to the south of Stow, to pay visit to the Horseshoe Pub which, with over 100 beers from all over the world on tap, one of which was, with no coincidence, Fullers ESB, Thor’s favorite, was a candidate to host their Rehersal Dinner the night before the wedding.

After a quick tour of the upstairs of the restaurant section of the pub, Heather and Thor agreed the Horseshoe was a great possibility! Friendly, clean, pub-styled, and very relaxed, it was just what they wanted, and plus it had 100 beers on tap, including Thor’s favorite. Or did we mention that already?

Just to be sure, Heather and Thor decided to slip into the bar and make one final check — to see if the taps were clean. The only way to do that was to sample a pint or two, so Heather grabbed an Allagash White (a Belgium beer) while Thor, of course, sampled not one but two pints of Fullers ESB.

By the time they were content on the beer flow, they hurried home to catch the Patriot’s stomp the Jaguars to earn right to the AFC Conference Championship game against the Bolts. It was really Heather who watched the game while Thor, he multitasked between watching the game and studying the insides of his eyelids. Heather wanted to wake him in the third quarter when things were really heating up but thought otherwise. But Heather gave him credit for coming around full circle to watch the entire 4th quarter.

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