We’re ecstatic & humbled to have you all converging with all of your warm energy from so many far-flung places around the world to celebrate our marriage!

Bookmark [www.DrewandMelanie2014.com](www.Drewandmelanie2014.com) for our wedding weekend info including:

-What to Expect/Schedule

-Accommodations

-Hand-picked Minneapolis Recommendations & Tips

-Logistical Info (maps, addresses, etc.)

xo! Drew & Melanie

UPDATE AS OF 7/22: Please see our “Logistics Central” entry here for all the updated specifics.

❤ FRIDAY 7/25 ❤

Cocktails out together at a bar (low-key early evening, come if you’re able; location Bar Lurçat) to mingle & relax as guests get into town. Note: due to location & vibe, this is the one event that won’t be kid-appropriate.
The location we choose will have a kitchen too in case you want to have supper as well.

❤ SATURDAY 7/26 ❤

Wedding ceremony in the afternoon followed by drinks and dinner party, then and dancing & celebrating, all at the pond-side backyard of Melanie’s parents’ home. ~5 miles from downtown Minneapolis.

ATTIRE: “summer-snazzy” is enthusiastically encouraged! …think fetching femmes & dapper gents with “personality” in your look but, most of all, do “you” and don’t worry about stuffy.

Comfort Tips:

✪ Ceremony will be on the grassy lawn and the rest will...

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————————————–EAT & DRINK————————————–

❤ Minneapolis tap water is delicious and exceptionally safe and among the best tap water in the country. (We take pride in that… seriously, our rappers even rap about it and tweet about it!)

❤ The “Jucy Lucy” is a Minneapolis culinary legend: a burger with the cheese IN the patty! …and the BEST is found down the block from our home at Matt’s Bar, a no-frills dive with the award-winning best.

❤ “Eat Street” is a several block stretch including family-owned ethnic eateries (Quang Vietnamese is mega-award winning & delish!), swanky artisan cocktail bars (Eat Street Social has SUPERB drinks!), artisan hipster donuts (Glam Doll Donuts), and everything in between. A great destination (with a few fun shoppy-shops too.)

❤ Midtown Global Market is “an internationally-themed public market with...

ORIENTATION:
We live ~4 miles south of downtown in the “Powderhorn” neighborhood (55407).
Wedding & Sunday Irish dance location are ~5 miles north of downtown (55421).

————-HOTELS————-

1) *(*NEW HOT DEAL as of 6/19… limited offer so DO pounce!)
Millennium Hotel Minneapolis is having a hot deal for $99, offered through “Travel Zoo”. It’s a fancy-pants hotel in a great downtown location and includes free WiFi, 50% off parking, upgrade option for continental breakfast, etc. Check it out! (be sure to comb the fine print to make sure it suits you.) Click here for the Travel Zoo page

2) Sheraton Minneapolis Midtown
1-866-837-4196 Refer to Steinman-Kelly wedding block for discount.

*The one non-downtown option in the city; VERY near us & a great location!
*Attached to “Midtown Global Market”, an internationally-themed public market with great food, fresh groceries, and unique gifts.
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