We're best summed up as "work hard, play hard." We both work long hours at PR/Marketing agencies and workout 5 days a week doing CrossFit, which is an intense training program. At the end of the week, we do things like Undie Runs for charity, host themed trolley parties, drink in our CrossFit gym with friends or sometimes do more sober activities like CrossFit competitions and triathlons. We like to be ridiculous and nonchalant at the same time.
Matt has incredible deadpan humor, graduated from Second City's improv program and proposed with a gold sequin fanny pack at our gym. Christy spearheads social events, is about to go into Second City herself, and impresses people with her ability to put up with Matt. We're obsessed with our 2 cats and couldn't care less if our apartment was clean.
Christy and Matt's Wedding
Ceremony & Reception
Both the ceremony and reception will be held at Hotel Baker in St. Charles, IL.
Ceremony: 4:00 in the Boathouse*
Cocktails: 4:30 - 5:30 in the Rose Garden
Dinner and Reception: 5:30 in the Rainbow Room
*Please note that the annual Scarecrow Fest is taking place in St. Charles during this time, and guests should expect moderate traffic. Please plan ahead, because unless your name is Matt, Christy or Curt, the show will go on without you.
Venue
Hotel Baker
Steeped in history, Hotel Baker was built in 1928 on the site of old Haines Mill and celebrated its opening with a grand dinner for more than 300 people. The hotel began as a dream of Edward J. Baker, a native of St.Charles, who earned the honorary title of "Colonel" thanks to his excellent luck in horse racing. In 1918, at the age of 50, Baker inherited nearly $20 million from his sister, Dellora Baker Gates, heiress to the Texaco Oil Company. Using only the interest income from his inheritance, Baker commissioned local architects and craftsmen to construct his vision of an elegant, 55-room resort. He spared no expense to build and furnish the most luxurious small hotel in the country. Final construction costs totaled more than $1 million, and the hotel boasted the most modern conveniences of the day when it opened June 2, 1928.
Over the years, the colorful Rainbow Room has featured many famous entertainers, such as Tommy Dorsey, Guy Lombardo, Louis Armstrong and Lawrence Welk. The Hotel Baker has also welcomed guests such as John F. Kennedy, Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley, Gerald Ford, Illinois Governors Adlai Stevensonand Jim Thompson, and Senators Charles Percy,Everett Dirksen, and Edmund Muskie, as well as entertainers Jeanette MacDonald, Mary Martin, Eddie Arnold, Edgar Bergen and evangelist Billy Graham.
Hotel Baker
100 West Main Street
St. Charles, IL 60174
(630) 584-2100
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Accomodations
If you are planning an overnight or weekend stay, we encourage you to book your hotel ASAP. We do have room blocks reserved, but Scarecrow Fest may gobble up surplus rooms quickly.
For our guests' convenience, we have reserved two blocks of rooms for our wedding weekend. You can enjoy the convenience of staying at the elegant Hotel Baker, our ceremony and reception venue, or you can stay a short distance away at the Country Inn & Suites.
Shuttle service will be provide to Hotel Baker, leaving from Country Inn & Suites at 3:00PM and 3:30PM and leaving from Hotel Baker at 11:30PM and 12:00AM
For our guests' convenience, we have reserved two blocks of rooms for our wedding weekend. You can enjoy the convenience of staying at the elegant Hotel Baker, our ceremony and reception venue, or you can stay a short distance away at the Country Inn & Suites.
Shuttle service will be provide to Hotel Baker, leaving from Country Inn & Suites at 3:00PM and 3:30PM and leaving from Hotel Baker at 11:30PM and 12:00AM
Hotel Baker
Country Inn & Suites
155 38th Ave, St. Charles, IL | (630) 587-6564 | $95/night | http://www.countryinns.com/ stcharlesil/kellyandberka
Scarecrow Fest
- Guests will receive complimentary valet parking
- Guests should plan for fairly heavy traffic getting to the venue
Registry
Thanks for visiting our registries! We have been living together for a few years now and have accumulated more than our share of household necessities and accessories (Too much in fact. No one look in Matt's closet. Ever).
We're so excited to begin our lives together, and a first step is becoming fist time home buyers. Therefore, in lieu of traditional gifts, we would very much appreciate gifts towards our down payment on a new home. For those who prefer the traditional route, we've also registered with Kohl's for all variety of home goods.
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