Pen Ryn Mansion

 

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Kelly G.

Boston, MA

1/16/2008

The Pen Ryn Mansion is gorgeous, classy, adaptable, and fun.  

I shot a wedding there in 2006.  Both the bride's and groom's preparation quarters were beautiful.  The grounds are extensive and well kept.  The estate itself is beautifully maintained.  The food is excellent.  The staff is fabulous.

The couple was debating back and forth about whether to go outdoors or indoors for the ceremony because a drizzle was expected.  The groom was in and out of the manager's office checking the doppler radar all morning. At last minute they decided to move indoors and the staff of the mansion scurried around and got all the chairs brought in and a makeshift ceremony area set up in the reception room.

The couple was also brought the wrong cake and the venue staff spent their time and effort running around and coordinating with the bakery to pick up the wrong one and drop off a new one.

The only real negative side to this was that a lot of guests let their children run around unchecked and the staff did nothing to control them.  While I agree that it's not technically their job to control peoples' children, when there are 8 year olds behind the bar and taking armfulls of glasses to run around with, someone should say something. (and it shouldn't have to be the photographer)

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