Monday, July 23, 2018

Cafe Brauer, Lincoln Park Zoo, Chicago

Just a gorgeous room!


It is always a pleasure to be in a historic room like the Cafe Brauer. In one way, however, this was a first for me. I had all of their special requests parceled out, with the bride's favorite (Falling Slowly from "Once") set to be absolute last. Now, most weddings start a little late, so absolute last for me is 3 minutes until the stated start time, and that's worked just fine. Until now. On this day, they actually started early!!! It was a confluence of super organized people, and a disciplined wedding coordinator, and it definitely did not work out to my advantage! Luckily, the couple came back in after the ceremony, and I got to play at least a little of it for them. However, in the future, everyone's special requests are going to be played just a little earlier, so be ready!!