Lighting the Candles

Did you know that whenever you are using candles for an entertainment, that as the host it is incumbent on you to have the candles lit when ...

A Lovely Wedding Cake with Lilies of the Valley

Here is a 360 degree view of a wedding cake in our ballroom. We usually set the cake up on a cake table stationed on the dancefloor until t...

Throwing the Bridal Bouquet from the Grandmother Window

The second story windows overlooking our Grand Ballroom are affectionately known as the Grandmother Windows because the grandmothers used to...

Wedding Day Love Letters -- Such a Sweet Gesture

      Being in the wedding 'business' makes some of us incurable romantics at times. That was the case with this past Saturday'...

Waiting on the Grand Staircase

Here is a video of a wedding party lined up and waiting to be introduced into the Ballroom by the DJ of this wedding. You will also see the ...

We always get to see the room when it is pristine

and I thought you might like to as well. Juli

A Bride's Arrival at the Reception Starts at the Front Door

Here you see a lovely bride arriving at the front doors of the Hawthorne Hotel and being escorted up to the private photo room just prior to...

Grace Church in Salem

This is an Episcopalian Church, located on Essex Street in Salem, across from the Public Library. It is a lovely old building, and if you a...

We're all about the service

If you have ever attended a banquet anywhere other than the Hawthorne Hotel, you will probably expect very impersonal service from the banqu...

Thank you in any language is appreciated!

This week, the mother of the bride (Sarah) who had the African-themed wedding here last week came by with thank you gifts for Christine Tur...