A Week of Weddings at Maplethorpe
This has been a busy summer at Maplethorpe, with 3 wedding activities taking place just in the past week!
Michael and John, a same-sex couple from New York, traveled to Prince Edward Island to be married in Canada. We were thrilled that they chose Maplethorpe for their wedding location! We discussed a possible outdoor service, debating the possibilities of battling either rain or the famous Bedeque mosquitoes. It turned out to be rainy, so Michael and John had a lovely, intimate service in the parlor and we were all happy to share their special day.
John and Michael, Wedding Commissioner, Jim and Dianna
Fred and Teena had a big wedding in Summerside and asked the Maplethorpe staff to create a cake for the reception. It turned out beautifully…even if we do say so ourselves! The three tiers consisted of a pound cake on the top, a marble cake in the middle and a chocolate cake anchoring the bottom, all covered with pink buttercream frosting. The brown ribbon and fresh flowers from Summerside’s Kelly’s Flowers matched Teena and Fred’s wedding color perfectly!
Teena and Fred's Wedding Cake
Jessica and Daniel were married on the beach in Lower Bedeque, then had their wedding dinner and reception here. It was a great day for a wedding, perfect weather, and a great supper for 27 guests after. We served a beautiful salad with veggies pulled from our garden just minutes before service. The salad was followed by Confederation Cove mussels, steamed in white wine. Half of the guests had seafood pie (thanks, Captain Cook’s for the fantastic local seafood) and half had chicken breast in a delicious sauce of Rol-Land Farms mushrooms and fresh ADL cream. The wedding party enjoyed a fantastic chocolate-banana wedding cake with Maplethorpe homemade ice cream.
And That’s Not All!
The B&B rooms are full, and the lunches and supper at Maplethorpe are also crowded this summer season. We just love taking care of our local customers as well as visitors to Prince Edward Island! (But sometimes we feel like Santa’s elves on Christmas Eve–run off our pointy, curled feet!) The weather has been perfect for all kids of outdoor adventures and we have been slipping out to the beach every couple of days.
Tags: Captain Cook's Seafood, Kelly's Flowers, Rol-Land Farms, Sumemrside, wedding cake, wedding reception, weddings
August 5th, 2010 at 8:49 pm
Hey guys, looks like you’ve been busy busy busy!!!!!!! I hope we can make it for supper sometime this summer. Hope you still have that wonderful mushroom soup on the menu and the spinach goat cheese salad, yum!!!
August 6th, 2010 at 4:53 am
Hi, Jen,
Thanks for the note. I saw some of your carrots in the Village Store yesterday and, boy, did they look nice!
We have been busy, especially with the grand kids here for the summer, but we still have time to make the mushroom soup! We’d love to have you for supper some night.