**copied over from my post in the forum**

When I first inquired about our reception venue via email, the wedding coordinator there sent me these two pictures and I was completely sold (especially because there was NO SITE RENTAL FEE..just 1k deposit that goes towards food!).

This is the outside of the tent where you could hold your outdoor ceremony.  We're not doing our ceremony there but at a church so the chairs will be cleared and we'll hold our cocktail hour there instead.

This is the inside of the tent (chiavari chairs not included :( ). I already thought it looked beautiful even with the huge pipes running up top. lol.

The coordinator at the time told us that they were looking to build a new tent but it depended on the budget.  When we inquired about it again a month later, she told us that it was out of the budget so the tent wasn't going to be replaced. Ah well, still pretty to us.

Come December 08, Oregon had this huge snow/ice storm (aka ARCTIC BLAST 08) that lasted 10 days or so and collapsed the tent! :D  They had to build a brand new one with new chairs, tables, carpet...everything!

We had our food tasting last month and got to check out the new tent! It's SOOO pretty.  I know what you're thinking, "THAT'S A TENT?" OH yeah baybee. It's like the dark skies opened above, shined down on us andAhhHHhhHH... HALLELUJAH. haha.

outside of the tent (those are glass panels with an actual door and the tent is fully temperature controlled!)

inside the tent. look at the ceiling! such pretty draping and no more visible pipes!!

Our guests can look out into the pretty gardens.

Up til our food tasting, we had kind of lost our excitement for our wedding day.  It has been really stressful because of all different factors (non-wedding related).  After seeing our venue again and tasting the delicious customized menu that I gave our chef, our excitement has been renewed.  I just hope that the food is still good when mass-produced!