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So…um…how do you pronounce your names?
“Mike,” short for “Michael,” is pronounced…wait…that’s not one of the names you’re asking about, is it?
“Vyria” is pronounced like “Lydia” with a “V.” “Paselk” is pronounced as though you were sitting at the dinner table in the lodge after a long day of game-hunting and you want nothing to do with the venison or the rabbit, but rather you’d like somebody to “pass (the) elk!”
“Haverhals” is pronounced as though you were the sole descendent of a Queen who owns a palace filled with extravagant halls. If the queen were to pass away and leave this palace to you in her will, you would then “have ‘er halls.”
Advanced lessons available after the ceremony include how to pronounce both the soft and hard “D” sounds represented by the letters “R” and “D” in the Spanish language; and the other pronunciations of “Haverhals” depending whether you’re on the West Coast, in the Midwest, or back in Holland.
Can we bring our children?
We love your children and would never tell you not to bring them with you for the weekend if you’re traveling into town. However, we should note that many of our friends are arranging sleepovers in order to enjoy a date night/weekend in the city. And, as the reception will be in North Beach with an open bar on a Friday night, it may not be the most ideal place for young ones. If you will be bringing your children with you San Francisco we absolutely want to see them at the park on Saturday! But, we suggest checking out a service like Care.com to arrange a sitter for Friday.
Why are the hotels so expensive?
Welcome to San Francisco, where the median rent for a one-bedroom apartment is currently approaching $3,700 per month.
The links to hotel sites that we’ve provided also include neighborhood filters in order to guide you away from less-stabby areas of the city (Tenderloin, Civic Center, etc.) which will contain cheaper lodging. Feel free to reset these filters or do your own search for lower rates outside of the north end if you’re familiar with the city.
What’s the weather going to be like?
Something that will likely require layers. It’s not the California you see on TV where everybody is wearing flip-flops on a beach. Our friend Karl (because we love our fog so much that we named him) keeps us on our toes and will blow in around 3p to turn a sunny, 70-degree day into a damp, windy, bone-chilling evening in under an hour. So, bring a jacket - because “the coldest winter you’ve ever spent is a summer in San Francisco.”
Will there be food at the After-Party?
For sure! We’re keeping this celebration casual but will have appetizers and small bites available and we’ve also coordinated with our friends at Del Popolo who will be out in front of the SFIAC getting the dinner part of the party started by dishing out the best wood-fired pizza you’ve ever had from a food truck.
A $600 vacuum? You two have really expensive taste!
It’s true, we do like nice things. But, we should reiterate that these are only nice-to-haves and, in some cases, replacements that we hope to never have to replace again. We should also note that during the wedding-planning process, we’ve learned most registries offer something called a “completion discount.” This means that they offer an additional 20% off of anything on the registry that remains unpurchased after the wedding. Being fiscally responsible and value-driven, we realized this would give us a discount on some of the bigger-ticket items that we know we’ll need to purchase ourselves. We don’t really expect anybody to gift us a new projector - it’s simply on the list so that we can hopefully save a few hundred dollars to put toward a new sofa. Nice things are nice, but our top priority is that you’re able to join us for the celebration!