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Quote: Originally Posted by Nrvsbride Jen I moved to Nassau County so maybe I'll be able to get away with mailing it in? It doesn't say anything about Nassau so I'm assuming I would be okay. Gosh I really hope I can just mail it in. Oh you lucky girl. You are right, if you live in Nassau now, you can definitely mail it in. I thought you still lived in Flushing.

Quote: Originally Posted by Nrvsbride Oh goodie, I'm def going to mail it in. Hmm now I wonder if I can use my married name as a lawyer since I got licensed under my maiden name. I would think I could right? Does anyone have any idea? Glenda, because you live in Queens, you can't mail it in. I checked. Apparently, EVERYONE in the country can do this via mail except for a few of us (Queens is one of them.) Check out this info on their website: In order to enhance public service and strengthen the integrity of the Social Security Number, the Social Security Administration has opened six Social Security Card Centers. People who live or receive mail in Orlando, FL, Brooklyn, NY, Queens, NY, Las Vegas, NV, or the Phoenix, AZ metropolitan areas must apply at one of the following Social Security Card Centers. These offices serve both U.S. citizens and noncitizens applying for new or replacement Social Security cards. Orlando (Florida) Social Security Card Center - Serving people who live or receive mail in Orange, Osceola, or Seminole Counties: 5520 Gatlin Avenue, Suite 102 Orlando, Florida 32812 Hours: Monday to Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. Brooklyn (New York) Social Security Card Center - Serving people who live or receive mail in Brooklyn (Kings County), New York: 625 Fulton Street, Sixth Floor Brooklyn NY, 11201 Hours: Monday to Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Thursday, 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Queens (New York) Social Security Card Center - Serving people who live or receive mail in Queens (Queens County), New York: 155-10 Jamaica Avenue, Second Floor Jamaica, NY 11432 Hours: Monday to Friday, 7:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Wednesday, 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. Las Vegas (Nevada) Social Security Card Center - Serving people who live or receive mail in Las Vegas, North Las Vegas, Boulder City, Henderson, Sandy Valley, Primm, Mt. Charleston and Indian Springs, Nevada: 1250 South Buffalo Drive, Suite 100 Las Vegas, NV 89117 Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. North Phoenix (Arizona) Social Security Card Center - Serving people who live or receive mail in Glendale and North Phoenix: 16241 N. Tatum Boulevard, Suite B Phoenix, AZ 85032 Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Downtown Phoenix (Arizona) Social Security Card Center - Serving people who live or receive mail in Apache Junction, Mesa, and Downtown Phoenix: 250 N. 7th Avenue, Suite 200 Phoenix, AZ 85007 Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Quote: Originally Posted by lambert13 Well, we are one week away from the date. What is everyone thinking about whether or not to keep going with it? From the sounds of it, it seems like the general consensus is to have it on another date when more people can show up. I'm thinking that might be the best option right now. I'm all for going, but I agree with you Jason. I would hate to see Kelly and Everton drive all that way for such a small group. (Plus summer traffic to the city is a NIGHTMARE!!!!)

Quote: Originally Posted by Yari Very cool! I am sure someone will be getting married from the forum when you go. You should wear a tank top that says "BDW Wedding Crasher". LOL! That's so funny. And I can use that tank top for when I crash Glenda's wedding and Shelley's wedding - LOL!!! Quote: Originally Posted by LC_Rachel hahaha- we should post wedding details in that thread too- like whether or not there will be an open bar! LOL That's awesome Jen! I totally want something to look forward to. My life seems so boring now that the wedding is done and I have nothing to get excited about and count down the days for. I need another big vacation! OMG - Do you wanna come with us

YAY Maureen!!!! I don't have any plans to go o ROR or Aruba, but if I do, you'll be the first person I'll call. Best of luck to you.

Brendan and I just booked our 1st Anniversary trip. I know it's about a year away, but I'm so excited we're going back. The Hilton Los Cabos has a deal that if you get married there, they'll give you a special rate if you return for your first anniversary. So we decided to take advantage of this. We're actually not going until the middle of May 2009 since the Hilton was booked during the weeks in April that we wanted to go. That's fine with me, as long as we get back there. Anyway, I keep checking the "Post your Wedding Date" thread to see if anyone is getting married in Cabo during the time we're going to be there. I'm trying to find a wedding to crash - LOL!!!

Quote: Originally Posted by Nrvsbride Hey Jen did you have to go to Supreme or Civil court? I am there literally everyday and the only saving grace is that I have an attorney pass so I never have to wait on the security lines to go through the metal detectors and there are usually attorney lines when you go in offices. I am so confused. Either that or I'm just stupid. I thought all you had to do was change your name with the social security department. Why did you have to go to court to change your name? I always thought you had to go to court to change your name if you got divorced and you needed to show them the divorce decree or something. Btw Queens is heaven compared to the Bronx. You should see the lines there, it is insane! And trust me Brooklyn is second worst after that. Queens is considered the "civilized" borough. LOl. I'm going to pick up a my marriage license in the Kew Gardens court. Not looking forward to those lines at all! No, I didn't have to go to court. I just had to go to the Social Security office on Jamaica Blvd. The people on line weren't bad, it was just that the wait was SOOOOO LONG!!! And you have to wait on line even though you take a number - made no sense. Oh, and they told me to make sure my name is on the mailbox or the postal carrier won't leave my new card.

Beautiful dress. I LOVE the way it falls in the back.

Quote: Originally Posted by starchild hahaha....nice!!! I soooo love him...did I tell you DH set the dvr to record the show 4x a day? And we watch them all...lol He calls me Carrie because of my attitude but I bet you'd give me a run for the money, plus you probably have the accent Poor Brendan, I'm SOOOO Carrie - in the worse way.

Quote: Originally Posted by lauren c. i did my ss card and my license but haven't done cards or anything yet...and i keep signing my maiden name on everything...i can't get used to it. I know, I called Brendan my boyfriend the other day. I'm having a hard time remembering that he is actually my husband now.

Quote: Originally Posted by starchild Congrats girl! Yet another recently married bride putting me to shame. 1 1/2 hours is probably what I'm looking at in L.A. too....I just need to do it. If I'm feeling frisky I'll go tomorrow. They don't open until 9am though and everyone and their 4 kids are in line at like 7:30 BTW - I see you went with Queen of Queens....nice!!! You are Queens to me LOL!!!!! In Queens it was everyone and their 5 kids. YIKES!!! Yes, I went with Queen of Queens just for you. And by the way, I was just thinkng of you. I'm watching the Mets game right now and there was a clip of Kevin James (who I know you LOVE) saying "Let's Go Mets" over and over and over, like a crazy man. He's sooo funny. Sorry to highjack my own thread - I always do that.

Sorry I'm so late to this thread, but thanks for the info. I was wondering what happened to you and what was going on with all your planning. Everything sounds great. Don't be surprised if I crash your wedding that weekend. I'm a Nantucket girl (BIL's family has a house there) so I'm a sucker for Cape Cod.

Quote: Originally Posted by Tav Hmmm...I feel safe on the On Consumption, but I'll be sure to confirm that no wine or drinks will be served if they're not ordered. I'd say half of our guests don't drink alcohol period, so I don't think open bar would be best for us. I had not arranged for free soda/water. Should I!?!? What's an easy way to "negotiate" that? Maybe they won't since we're on consumption? Great info, by the way. Thank you for replying. Just remember, even non-alcoholic drinks are expensive too. Go over the drink price list they gave you and try to get an idea of how many drinks someone will have an hour and compare that to the Open Bar rate. I think there are less expensive open bar options too. As for the comped bottled water and soda, tell Jaira that you are a member of BDW and that other Hilton brides have said that they had free bottled water and soda included with their dinners. See what she says. One thing about the Hilton, they have all these things they are willing to do for you, but only if you ask for them. The hard part is knowing what to ask for.

Quote: Originally Posted by TammyB Just 3 dogs and a Cat. However this week started off with a Brother and sister (they were moved to a foster home with a fenced in back yard since the boy has some leash issues that need to be workd on) Then we had our senior foster that we had to put down due to a very bad case of heart worms and testical cancer, and now Stewie. All in 6 days. Wow my head is spinning just thinking of all of this. Honestly, I don't know how you do it. Having to put a dog down would probably kill me. I keep telling my sister, I have to die before Bridget because I don't think I'll be ok when her time comes.

OMG, I'm so sorry for your loss. I got chills when I read your thread. I hope and pray that you and your FI get through this ok. You're in my thoughts and prayers.

I'm such a bitch, I would probably use every opportunity to remind them that we're paying and they're getting a free vacation.

Quote: Originally Posted by JUSTUSTWO Congrats on the name change! I'm in the stages of changing my name on eveything & its been such a hassle. Calling all the credit card companies & every company wanting a different piece of info is sooo annoying. I have yet to do the impt things such as my license, ss card, or passport. I can only imagine what fun that will be! And I definitely thank you for giving me the heads up as to what to expect in Queens! I dread going to the Jamaica office....sigh! Men should be mandated to accompany us on any name-change trips that we have to make! Just a tip, I believe the SS office opens at 7:00AM everyday and Wednesday night they're open until 7:00PM.

Quote: Originally Posted by Tav Hey Jen, Thanks for the post and info on shade/sun. Quick clarification on the drinks, what do you mean about the wine? We'd planned on picking 5 bottles of red and 5 of white for everyone to drink during the night and if they want more they would order a glass. Not sure what you mean about them opening a bottle without someone asking. Also, we DON'T have heavy drinkers (well, maybe one or two), so we figured the open bar would be more than most would drink. What do you think? Thanks again! Someone (and I can't remember who - I think it may have been Kashmira) said that she was paying for drinks on consumption yet the waiters just went ahead and opened bottles of wine and started pouring glasses for everyone when the guests didn't order it. And the wine wasn't bought ahead of time, it was also included in the "pay on consumption" part. We paid $89 a person for 6 hours of Premium Open Bar. I know that sounds like a lot but it works out to about $14 a person an hour. I don't remember the drink prices but some drinks were $10 and up. And we knew our friends were going to be dinking more than one drink an hour. They were POUNDING the drinks, shots, you name it. I KNOW it worked in our favor to pay for it this way. Our bill would have been more than double if we paid on comsumption. Are you at least getting bottled water and soda for free?

YIKES!!! I was actually a little emotional over this. I've had the same name for over 35 years, I almost didn't want to change it. But I did. I actually moved my maiden name to a second middle name. So it's still there, but I don't have to use it unless I want to. Anyway, for those of you in NY - if you live in Queens, you HAVE to go to the Jamaica office to do your name change. You can't mail it in or go to any other office. I waited on line for AN HOUR AND A HALF and then they almost gave me a hard time about the marriage certificate being in Spanish. Um, hello, this is QUEENS, NY - the most culturally diverse 514 square miles in the world (something like that.) SOMEONE here must be able to translate this thing. They had a supervisor do it. Oh, and I can read lips so I saw her saying behind the thick, bullet proof glass (yeah, welcome to Queens) that something was wrong on my marriage certificate. Nice, now I have to look into that. At least I'm done. I called Brendan when I was done and told him I should have dragged his ass down there with me. Men suck that they don't have to deal with this stuff.

Quote: Originally Posted by jamisoncollette Yes, Please! I'm going to social worker hell for wanting to break her legs but this is my wedding for crying out loud! Once the wedding is over, don't be shy about voicing your dissatisfaction. Let her know you're pissed and that this is FAR FROM OVER. Make sure you leave with her sweating a little bit.

Ooooh, I have lots of advice for you. You will be in the shade. Both terraces are right outside the resort so it's not like you have to walk far towards the beach or anything to get to them. The sun should be going behind you at that point. As for drinks, we went with the open bar. As expensive as it was, we knew we would make out on this end of it. We have VERY HEAVY drinkers and if we paid on consumption, we would be broke. The prices per drink are expensive. One other thing, be sure to tell them NOT to just open wine and pour it unless someone asks for it. I can't remember who it was that said they had that problem, so you may want to make that clear. Also, sign up for Hilton Honors Points and make sure it's in your contract that you'll receive points for the $$ spent on the wedding. This adds up and can then be used for another vacation somewhere. If this is not in your contract, they won't honor it. And make sure whatever name the HH points is in, is who the room is booked under. You'll get points for that too. Let me know if you have any other questions.

Quote: Originally Posted by TammyB Yes Jen I' am.. More then any of you know.. lol How many doggies do you have now?

He's adorable. And you're crazy!!!

Congratulations!!! I love hearing good news and this is great. No use staying in any relationship that makes you miserable. Jobs included. Enjoy the time off.

Quote: Originally Posted by jamisoncollette Ugh, so I havn't updated because things are so messed up with this issue. I emailed the owner, was very nice, and asked for the breakdown, expressed my concern, etc. No answer at all. I contacted several other venues and got quotes however the ones that had availabilty were way out of our range (El Convento had the best customer service though). FI and I decided to suck it up and take up the contract issue after the wedding. I called The Gallery Inn and spoke to the owner-she was horrible to me! I started with "I'm calling to make the deposit on the such and such wedding. I have the contract and thought you should be aware there are 32 guests, not 30. We have 29 adults and 3 children". At which I am interuppted with "I'm not comfortable lowering the price, children drink just as much as the adults." WTF?! Children drink as much as adults? Not when the bride is a damn child protective worker! She proceeds with admonishing me with "my chairs cost at least $100 each, of course I can not give the seven-year old a chair at a table". At this point I am very angry again and tell her "the seven year old will have a chair as the seven year old is my daughter." Owner then says well I'm by the pool right now so I can't take your CC #. I'll call you this weekend. Of course we didn't hear from the place. I spent my entire birthday weekend anticipating a horrible phone call. FI called last night to see what is going on and owner said I was supposed to call her. GRRRRR! So the short is, we are still holding our wedding at The Gallery Inn. I've made copies of all correspondance and after the wedding, I'll let you ladies know how you can help tell this woman what she did was not ok. I'm still upset but I will not let this ruin my day (or FI and "the seven year old") Once the wedding is over and you're checking out - be sure to tell her you're going to be in touch with a lawyer, your credit card company and anyone else you can think of to make sure she doesn't see ONE RED CENT for this wedding. Oh, and be sure to tell her you're even willing to create a website dedicated to bashing her and her business. And tell her about BDW and how NO BRIDE FROM HERE WILL EVER CHOOSE HER LOCATION because of how she treated you. Do you want me to fly down there and kick her A$$?