Matt and Melissa's Wedding Information



When: September 28th at 5:30pm
Where: 144 Flint Street, Asheville, NC,  28801, at the home of Rita Hayes.


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Parking: The Montford neighborhood has a lot of on-street parking for blocks around 144 Flint Street. We are figuring that there will be ample parking for this event. Shuttles will be provided from the Civic Center parking deck (two blocks away) if needed.

Hotels: The closest hotel to the wedding is the Four Points Sheraton, which is about 4 blocks away. It is $199 per night. A few other options include:


Hampton Inn on Tunnel Road, $169/night
Country Inns and Suites:  Tunnel Road:  $111/night.
Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites, Tunnel Road:  $171/night
New Addition: Downtown Inn and Suites: around $80/night. This used to be a somewhat sketchy place, but my mom has had friends stay there recently who claim it is cleaned up and pretty nice.  It's near Wall Street in downtown Asheville. 

We also highly recommend checking out airbnb.com for some better deals and especially if you're interested in getting a few people into a house. 

General Information: The wedding will be held outdoors in Rita's front yard and we're hoping for good weather. However, we will have tents set up in the yard in case the weather doesn't cooperate. Be prepared that the weather might be rainy and/or cool and pack and dress accordingly. We would describe the"Dress Code" as Casual Plus; Matt's wearing a vest and tie (and pants); Melissa is wearing a J.Crew dress. So we're not trying to win the crown at the Princess Ball, and you don't have to either unless you're just feeling the spirit move ya.  

Registry: I know, we've been slacking on the registry for all you early birds. We will have a modest gift registry up soon. Update from 8/20/13: Okay, please disregard all prior comments regarding a registry! We tried to create one on Amazon and came up with a total of about 3 things we needed/wanted. We're blessed to already have so much of what we need. Soooo...here comes the shameless plug for donation gifts! I have set up a registry for donations below, which we request in lieu of most gifts so we can get all tropical this fall. Melissa says my farmer's tan needs a week at the beach.  

Contact: Any questions about what you see (or maybe don't see) on this site? Please email us at mattpaden @ gmail dot com for more info. (I had to spell the email like that to reduce spam from robot spiders that crawl the web looking for email links so they can spread their evil ads for goat weed pills and Jordanian Princes in a jam who need you to hold their money.) 


Registry Donations

It's okay, you can say it. We know we're old (or old-ish). And since we're old-ish and have been living together for awhile, we don't need that much house stuff. We have a few registry items we'll be posting soon, but what is most important to us is life experiences we can share together, and we'd very much appreciate donations toward a honeymoon adventure. 

For online gifts: Please use the PayPal 'Donate' button below to send us on the honeymoon of our middle class dreams. (PayPal takes most credit cards; you don't have to be a member and there is no cost to you for processing donations). As a final thought, Melissa wants me to tell you that there will be no rock climbing allowed on our honeymoon, just relaxing and drinking fruity drinks on the beach, and maybe some surfing. Melissa plans on looking like this for at least 3 days:




Note: To use a credit card, click the Donate button above to be taken to the PayPal page. Look at the bottom of the page for 'Don't have a PayPal  Account?' and click the blue "Continue" link. You will magically be transpoted to a page where you can make a credit card donation.

For mailing gifts: Our WV mailing adress is:

Matt Paden & Melissa Bright
418 Fayette Circle
Fayetteville, WV
25840

For gifts the day of the wedding: We will have a wee little table set up for receiving gifts the day of the wedding. 

THANK YOU! We love you!