Ballroom setup with Dance Floor at the Parking Lot End

        The Grand Ballroom is set up here for 150 persons. Usually we set up the Ballroom with the dance floor in the middle of the room, wi...

An Unusual Christmas Wedding Theme

        This wedding took place in our Nathaniel's and Sophia's Rooms on the second weekend in December. The couple chose a Christm...

Here is the outcome of all that planning

  A few days ago we wrote about Betsy and her planning organization. Today we receive a lovely thank you card, which read: Dear Christine, K...

Here is a DIFFERENT view of a Hawthorne Hotel bride

  We found this photo on a roll of pictures, and are not sure of who this is, nor when it was taken. However, we do think every bride shoul...

Organization is the Key to a Great Wedding

  Here you can see Christine Turner, on the left, posing with Betsy, a mother of the bride, on our stairs in the lobby of the Hawthorne Hote...

The Winter Holidays are a Great Time for a Wedding

        You can see from these photos how nicely the winter holidays and atmosphere here at the Hawthorne Hotel can be carried ofer into you...

DJ and Wedding Coordinator Share a Special Story

  Several months ago we had two weddings here at the Hawthorne Hotel - a Day Wedding and a Night Wedding. The DJ, and the Hawthorne Hotel ...

Wedding Ceremony Line-Up on the Stairs

Here is a VIDEO of the wedding party from Friday night's wedding in the Ballroom. This bride had many attendants, so it took awhile for...

A Very Unique Groom's Cake

Tonight's wedding features a groom's cake. Now that in itself is still a bit unusual. But this one is even more unusual, because i...

Daughter and Dad Dance

    This might appear to be a couple that just got married, but you would be only half right if that was your supposition. This is a specia...

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...

A Wedding Out of Africa

This wedding took place in our Ballroom on September 23. The bride and groom live in Africa, and wanted that to be the theme for their wedd...

Two Generations of Weddings, Same Fireplace

Here you see two generations of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Gallant. On the left, is the Gallant couple who married today at the Hawthorne Hotel. ...