Mary Linn's bridal was a pleasure to purchase my dress from. They were so nice and patient with me. I purchased my dress during a trunk show approximately 2 years before my actual wedding and they were so nice to hold it for me at the shop for a year before I came to pick it up. They did not pressure me to purchase my veil or get my alterations there. Very professional!

Trinity is a beautiful church in Santa Monica where we held our wedding on 7-7-07. Pastor Kieth and our hostess Jeanine were such a pleasure to work with. They were more than willing to help us out with our many requests and had everyone relaxed, but in line and listening to direction at the rehearsal. I also love that we could have candles lining the aisle way and that they allowed us to do a group candle lighting ceremony that involved all of our guests. We also had a video montage that they were able to play on their two projectors that projected onto the walls on either side of the front of the church. You may also recognize the church from the movie Father of the Bride with Steve Martin! My husband and I loved Trinity so much we actually became members and were baptized there shortly before our wedding.

We had a wonderful wedding reception at the FantaSea Yacht Club! We had a Saturday evening summer reception on the very busy day 7-7-07. Our coordinator Jasmine was very good at what she does, listened to what we wanted and made sure it went according to plan whenever possible. The site itself was beautiful and was perfect for us considering we wanted a place that was air conditioned in case it was very hot, but I had always wanted to be able to dance under the stars at my wedding. To my surprise this place had a beautiful ceiling area over the dance floor that was painted like the sky and had little twinkling lights that could be illuminated! I was sold!

The yacht club also had a side gazebo room that we used as a children's area that Jasmine and her team set up for us. One thing we feel we completely lucked out on was the amazing food this beautiful location offered. We got SO many compliments on the food and thoroughly enjoyed it during our tasting (unfortunately due to a stomach flu we did not get to enjoy it that day).

Jasmine was such a godsend. She bustled my dress quickly before our grand entrance, made sure all of our chair covers were set up in the matter of an hour and a half before the reception, and when our cupcakes were never delivered she had her team bake some up for us.

The only reason I gave them 4 stars is because I was so bummed the stars above the dance floor area (the thing I loved most about the site) never got turned on. I was so busy that night I never got the chance to find her and ask for them turned on.

Overall it was a wonderful venue and I'm ready to go back and have another party there!