Hotel Indigo Ribbon Cutting Was Well Attended

Photos by Julie Palmer-Saur and George Zhouf of Jump Wedding Photography

Hotel Indigo, Asheville's newest “boutique” hotel, had its Chamber of Commerce ribbon cutting last night. Owners, Denny Pearson and Dennis Goodwin, Mayor Bellamy, Richard J. Lutovsky, President and CEO of the Asheville Area Chamber of Commerce, and Local, world renown artist, Jonas Gerard, were among the honored guests.

After a few words by the guest speakers, Mayor Bellamy graciously welcomed Hotel Indigo into the Downtown Asheville community and with the Chamber's over sized (real) metal scissors, cut the ribbon and officially opened Hotel Indigo.

What does this have to do with weddings, you may ask, well even though the hotel doesn't have a huge ballroom for large receptions, they can accommodate a small wedding either in their PHI Bar and Bistro or in one of their upper floor condos featuring the best view in Asheville. More on this later. Hotel Indigo also offers a block of rooms for wedding guests. This hotel is particularly convenient to the St. Lawrence Basilica that is just 1 block away.

For more info you can reach Susan Newton, Director of Sales at 828-239-0239 or email her at snewton@hlihotels.com .You can also get more info on their website at www.hotelindigo.com

Asheville Wedding Crashers are looking for an invitation to crash your wedding

My original idea to obtain content for this blog was to simply crash a few weddings every weekend, totally unannounced, armed with a camera, camcorder, laptop, and my stealthy black suit and fuscha tie and "report" on the joyous highlights of the wedding. Well, upon further reflection and the advice of a few wise friends, that it would behoove me to ask permission from the bride and groom. I know, I know, you're thinking "sissy", "coward", "where's your kahunas man" and if it wasn't for the simple fact that I have to work in these wedding venues and churches, I would be all about truly crashing.

So I call upon all of you that are planning a wedding in the Asheville area to let us crash your wedding and take a few fun photos, a little video clip, and write a few lighthearted words about your wedding. Don't worry, I was raised right, " if you can't say something nice about someone, don't say anything at all." I promise not to drink your booze, but I might snag a little wedding cake, so I can write about of course. If you want me to "crash" your wedding and put it on here, please email me an invite to ashevilleweddingcrasher@gmail.com

The Debut of Asheville's Wedding News Blog

Photo by Amy White of JUMP Wedding Photography

Welcome to Asheville's little ole' blog on everything to do with weddings in Asheville. This is the place to go for anyone getting married or is helping someone to plan a wedding in the greater Asheville, NC area.

This blog will be updated on a regular basis with articles, photos, and videos of:

• New wedding related businesses
• Old wedding related businesses doing new things
• The newest wedding trends, styles, and colors
• Wedding tips and advice
• Wedding and engagement announcements
• We're even going to crash a few weddings and post live reports.

So if you notice a well dressed man or woman with a purple tie or scarf and a nice camera, but can't quite place the face, and it's not the official photographer, your wedding just might end up on AWN. Okay, we're not FOX News, we will ask you for permission first( and perhaps a piece of wedding cake, you know, so we can write about how delicious it is.)