Wednesday, May 4, 2016

10 Things About the Bride


  1. loves to watch the St. Louis Cardinals
  2. prefers chocolate & raspberry combinations of anything (candies, yogurts, ice cream, etc)
  3. loves scrapbooking
  4. loves the Food Network channel
  5. has a degree in poetry
Favorite Shows:
  1. I Love Lucy
  2. Modern Family
  3. The Walking Dead
  4. Criminal Minds
  5. Vicar of Dibley


10 Things About the Groom

1. a HUGE Cardinals fan
2. a KISS fan
3. plays the guitar
4. reads Steinbeck
5. "chivalry is not dead"

Favorite Shows:
  1. Breaking Bad
  2. The IT Crowd
  3. Seinfeld
  4. Game of Thrones
  5. Better Call Saul

Outdoor Ceremony



This is an outdoor ceremony. Please check weather forecasts since St. Louis weather can be unpredictable. Wedding guests have free all-day access to the Botanical Gardens. You may arrive anytime after the Gardens open, and can stay to enjoy the Gardens after the ceremony concludes.

Go HERE for the weather.


Wedding Registry

Hi! If you are looking for the blogpost about our wedding registry...

We do not have a wedding registry.  We truly have everything that we need to start our new life together -- that is, we have everything except space to store all the materials in our possession. We kindly ask that friends and family consider supporting us through our GoFundMe campaign. Please click HERE for more details.

xoxo,
frank and hoang-anh

Monday, April 11, 2016

GoFundMe: Diez-Tran Wedding

Hi, everyone!

We are getting married in September and are excited to have family and friends join us on our special day. In planning this special celebration, we have tried to focus on what is most meaningful and important to us and our families, and wedding presents are not the top of our priority list -- in fact, presents are not on any of our lists.

We have all we need to keep us nourished, warm, and safe. We cherish the TIME with our loved ones, not the material things that you would typically find on a wedding registry.

Therefore, we decided not to create a gift registry, since we have accumulated far too much stuff and would not have space to accommodate more things.

We do, however, ask for your support to offset the costs of the wedding ceremony and the reception, as we celebrate our wedding at the Japanese Garden, and break bread together with our familial tribes (the Diez/Bush Clan and the Tran Clan) with a meal at Kemoll's (overlooking the St. Louis arch!).

Please visit our site at: https://www.gofundme.com/dieztranwedding

GoFundMe requires a minimum of $5 for every donation, but please know that any amount will be significant to us, and will be gratefully received. We could never match the generosity that our loved ones have already poured out for us thus far, and we remain deeply grateful for the encouragement and support we continue to receive from everyone near and far.

We look forward to seeing our families and friends in September on this special day. Thank you so much for your love and support!

xoxo
Frank and Hoang-Anh

P.S. If you have questions about how GoFundMe works, click HERE. 

Reception Venue: Kemoll's Italian Restaurant




After researching and looking at 16 different venue options, we've finally selected the venue for our wedding reception: Kemoll's Italian Restaurant.

Kemoll's is an Italian restaurant nestled in the heart of downtown Saint Louis.

Our reception will be on the 40th floor of One Metropolitan Square. We chose to have cocktails at 6:00pm so that we can see the St. Louis arch during dusk. Seated dinner will be at 7:00pm, which will allow us to see the night lights and the arch in the night sky.

Address:
Kemoll's Italian Restaurant
One Metropolitan Square
211 North Broadway
40th & 42nd Floors
Saint Louis, MO 63102

Telephone:
314.421.0555

Email:
info@kemolls.com

Parking:
Complimentary parking in the building for dinner guests. The entrance is on Pine. After turning on to Pine make an immediate right into Met Square parking garage under the “Reserved" awning. Follow the signs for Kemoll's parking. Take elevators to the lobby and stay to the right hand side of the building. Take the elevators marked 29-40 to Kemoll’s Italian Restaurant.

For driving directions to Kemoll's, click HERE to go to the Contact page for Kemoll's website, and download the Word document with specific details.


Tuesday, March 29, 2016

Ceremony Site: Japanese Garden in the Missouri Botanical Gardens



These two photos were taken at the Japanese Garden of the Missouri Botanical Gardens this past Monday. For March, this is incredibly beautiful weather, with blue skies and white blossoms.

This will be the location of our wedding ceremony in September, and we hope it will be beautiful in a different sort of way.

Address:
Missouri Botanical Garden
4344 Shaw Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63110
(314) 577-5100

Click HERE to visit the Gardens website.

Click HERE to get maps of the Gardens.

Click HERE for directions to the Gardens. Please note there may be construction going on, so check the website as you prepare your travel plans.