The Madison

2010-01-25T11:09:00.000-08:00

Please help us to defend our title as The Best Wedding Reception Venue! It was such an honor to win last year and we are hoping to have another victory in 2010.

Vote at City Beat!

Announcing winners!

2010-01-25T11:05:00.000-08:00

Is very excited to announce the winner of the "Become a Fan Challenge"! Drum roll please....Congratulations to Molly Meyer & Matt Meyung! They introduced us to 200 new friends and earned themselves a $250 gift certificate to The Madison and tickets for our Veils & Cocktails event.

2nd place goes to Tricia Dorman! We received this very sweet letter from Tricia:

"Whatever the outcome it's been a great experience. I reached out to all my friends through an event page and it was amazing to see how many friends and friends of friends cared. Everything from gradeschool to grad school and everything in between. Truly the best present we could ask for by far.

I just wanted to say thanks for sponsoring this contest. Just participating has been a blessing for us. Best wishes to all the staff at Fab Bridal and the Madison. My birthday present each year is the Saturday Salon in October and I'm a huge fan of your organizations and all the philanthropy efforts on behalf of animals. Glad to have you in our community!"

Seriously? MELTS MY HEART! Tricia, we are so happy to have you in our community to support us. Having brides like you is what keeps us loving the work we do! We love that you introduced us to 170 new friends! As a thank you we'd like to share with you 2 Veils and Cocktails tickets and a $100 gift certificate to The Madison!

Thank you to everyone who participated! it was a blast!!!

Fun NYE Contest

2009-12-07T13:03:00.000-08:00

While the Naked Karate Girls have this awesome conest, we are considering raffling off dates with Ponch, Mustang, and Teepee!

BOOtiful Centerpieces! Ha!

2009-11-23T18:34:00.000-08:00

Just wanted to show off the pumpkin that Chef Kevin (Chevin as we call him) carved for Halloween.

So these are my favorite centerpieces that I have ever seen at The Madison. I literally walked into the room, pouted, and in a whiny voice said "I want this to be my wedding." It was total pathetic wedding envy. Melissa and Ben, I loved your wedding!

New Year's Eve Celebration

2009-11-11T12:08:00.001-08:00

Wow! From today until the end of the year we are jam packed full of holidays! Of course here at The Madison we are looking toward "The Big One". New Year's Eve is our staff's favorite night of the year. Sure we work our butts off processing credit cards, mailing tickets, and planning up until the day, but by the time it hits we are so elated (or possibly it's slap happiness) that we let loose!

This year we have some awesome entertainment lined up. Our favorite DJ in the Crystal ballroom, L-Train with Maize Music! You've seen him in the hippest Cincinnati bars, he DJ'd your friend's reception, and he has been known to show up with yummy Jamaican jerk!

Naked Karate Girls will be in full force in the Grande Ballroom. Although, we have actually had people ask how we have pulled off being allowed to do this, let me assure you there will not actually be unclothed martial art chicks. If there are, please know that we did not pay them! That's my story and I am sticking to it.

We just booked The Leroy Ellington Band for The Emerald Ballroom. From what I understand they are the crowd-pleasers and will surely help ring in a new year with style.

Add in free parking, buffet dinner, hors d'oeurves, drinks, a photobooth provided by Shutterbooth, and friends and this party will not disappoint. Oh oh oh! We'll also be serving a breakfast buffet at midnight. Sorry Anchor Grill and Waffle House we won't be needing you tonight!

If VIP is more your style, plan on a private bar, your own champagne bottle, and a menu that includes Beef Tenderloin served with a truffle cream sauce, lobster themodore, and many more goodies.

50 days and counting!

Brides Giving Back

2009-11-05T10:01:00.000-08:00

We are super excited to be participating in "Brides Giving Back". What an awesome way to get discounts for your wedding! Our barrel for donations was delivered yesterday just in time for our first bride's donations. Thank you, Melissa Sloan!!!!! I am sure your guests will enjoy that half-price bar!

Is it really time for holiday parties?

2009-10-21T12:22:00.000-07:00

It feels like just last week that we were gearing up for wedding season. Even though October is still a huge month for weddings we are already looking toward holiday parties. We have so many awesome organizations, big and small, that we have the pleasure of hosting parties for this year. Last year we had a great time with the Nielsen Company's annual party. They were so great to work with and the party was A BLAST! We're talking karaoke, a dance party, and a game room. First, I have to give it up for anyone who had the nerve to sing karaoke in front of their co-workers. Our own little office jingles and Happy Birthday renditions are plenty enough for me! Did I mention they had a game room? The Nintendo Wii rented from Black Diamond was a hit and our entire office got to try it out beforehand. No wonder that thing was the biggest gift to give last Christmas. LOADS of fun! Seriously, why can't I bowl that well in real life?

More than anything else I am looking forward to the holiday spirit that comes along with the parties. The guests are so amazing at this time of year it melts my heart. We hear awesome stories of goodwill and donations. It's so easy to have too much on your plate. Gift buying, errand running and Christmas cards can consume your life, but I am always amazed at the holiday party crowds. For a few hours you manage to forget about the woman at the store who ran you over with a cart for an Easy-Bake oven, the creepster who stole your parking spot at the Mall, and the hundreds of cookies you are baking for your child's classroom. Every year there is a moment where I slow down, realize I am surrounded by awesome people, feel so grateful, and just breathe in. I swear it is the moment I wait for all year long. It simply re-energizes me and reminds that holidays are for the soul!

2009-10-07T12:09:00.001-07:00

Just came across a new tux that is starting to get alot of action. (Ha! I mean at Skeffington's Formalwear not on your wedding night!) We, as brides, search and search for a dress that stands out and then we expect our Honey to wear the penguin suit. I think the new grey Calvin Klein tux is an awesome alternative.

GQ- or should I say CK?

All the single ladies, can we say easy on the eyes?

Thanks, Allison & Mike! Love looks good on the two of you!

Stacey & Tyler

2009-10-02T08:51:00.000-07:00

We L-U-V love to get photos from brides! Thank you so much to Stacey & Tyler Ponchot for sending us the link to their photographs done by Ron Shuller's Creative Images Photography! All along we thought Stacey was cute as a button. I mean totally the kind of cute that you want to put in your pocket and save for later, but then we saw her on her wedding day. Woah, Mama! Now on to the gorgeousness called Stacey!

We also fell for these centerpieces. So pretty and elegant for their August wedding.

They decked out the Grande ballroom quite nicely, but nothing tops their GRANDE entrance. I mean do these two know how to start a reception or what?!

Thank you, Stacey & Tyler for letting us be a part of your special day! There is nothing better than seeing a great event come together for the start of a new family. Best wishes to you love birds for the future!

Tweet tweet

2009-09-24T13:50:00.001-07:00

You think you hear a little birdie? That was just us joining twitter. Please be sure to follow "madisonevent" on Twitter. You definitely want to hear all the crazy wedding stories!

Excited, thrilled, elated, delighted, down-right blissful!

2009-09-18T08:14:00.000-07:00

You're thinking how you feel on your wedding day, right? Right and wrong! Really it's how we feel to be finally blogging. Quite frankly we don't even know where to begin. We have a boatload of ideas for the blog and can't wait to share them ALL. Be sure to read often so you know what is going on in our world. More importantly leave us comments so we know what is going on in yours! Well, forget all the introductions we're ready to get this train movingl.......