On Saturday, We Hosted a Wedding at Paradise Palms… 

It was for CF, a nephew, and his bride. There were about 150 people in attendance. It was held in a section of the gardens designed to be a venue for outdoor events like this.

This was the second wedding held at Paradise Palms. The first one was five years ago for Number Two Son and his bride. Their wedding was a great success. But there was more pressure on us to see CF’s succeed because it was a trial run for the kind of weddings we hope to have there.

There were all sorts of things that could have gone wrong. And some of them did. But we were prepared for most of them, and so were able to fix the problems before any of the guests even noticed them. We were also able to observe the dynamics of the wedding plan, the subcontractors, and the guests, which was invaluable in making adjustments here and there to ensure better performance in the future.

We’ve been told by several of South Florida’s top wedding planners that we should be able to book as many weddings as we want at a charge of $10,000 a day. That was a nice thought when I first heard it. Now it seems like a genuine possibility.