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Stories from the Ridge
The story behind Secluded Ridge — and notes from the kind of day we hope to host for couples like you.
The story behind Secluded Ridge — and notes from the kind of day we hope to host for couples like you.
Before this was a venue, it was a place we got married. The three posts below are our own account, in our own words, of how that came to be — why we chose to do it on the property instead of somewhere else, what it actually took to plan, and what the day itself was like.
How a year of conversations, a couple of venue tours, and one quiet thought experiment led us back to the ridge. On choosing intimate over impressive, and on what it meant to plan a wedding in our forties.
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Four months, under fifty guests, no wedding planner. What we hired out, what we did ourselves, and the one thing we'd change if we did it all again — plus the unglamorous logistical detail nobody talks about.
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The morning, the welcome area, the sunset ceremony, the cord of three strands, the prayer at the overlook, dinner under string lights, dancing under the stars. What the day was actually like — and what guests said afterward.
Read this entry →If our story sounds like the kind of day you've been describing to each other, we'd love to hear from you.
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