Are You My Venue?

"I do have a venue," said the bride-to-be. "I know I do. I have to find it. I will. I WILL!"

"There she is!" she said. "There is my venue!" She ran up to it.*

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The Michigan Union, a building with history

Halls singing of maize and blue glory

Floor-to-ceiling windows and marble tiles

Chandeliers, hardwood floors, old-world style

However, with students milling around

And beginning our union at a Union

Where I used to study began to compound:

All of a sudden this doesn't seem so grand.

"I do have a venue," said the bride-to-be. "I know I do. I have to find it. I will. I WILL!"

"There she is!" she said. "There is my venue!" She ran up to it.

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Matthaei Botanical Gardens, lush and serene

Surrounded by floral splendor

What bride wouldn't feel like a fairy queen?

But cold, wet, unpredictable Michigan May

The weather could throw a kink in our big day

No, no the bride-to-be said

There is a venue out there where I will be wed

"I do have a venue," said the bride-to-be. "I know I do. I have to find it. I will. I WILL!"

"There she is!" she said. "There is my venue!" She ran up to it.

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Meadowbrook Hall, a historic house

A picturesque place to take a spouse

Sophisticated, romantic, full of charm

The entire estate is yours

Ballroom, terrace, the entire outdoors

"I do have a venue," said the bride-to-be. "I know I do. I have to find it. I will. I WILL!"

"There she is!" she said. "There is my venue!" She ran up to it.

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Cranbrook House and Gardens

Sculptures, spacious lawns and fountains

Like walking through the Gardens of Versailles

Enchantment abounds

Both of these are European dreams transplanted

But to go with the glamour

Are price tags to make one stammer

And neither is for this bride-to-be


"I do have a venue," said the bride-to-be. "I know I do. I have to find it. I will. I WILL!"

*These lines adapted from P.D. Eastman's classic children's book "Are You My Mother?"