{"id":112,"date":"2014-06-01T12:33:55","date_gmt":"2014-06-01T12:33:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madrian.us\/?page_id=112"},"modified":"2014-06-16T15:38:32","modified_gmt":"2014-06-16T15:38:32","slug":"frequently-asked-questions-kids-airports-etc","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/madrian.us\/?page_id=112","title":{"rendered":"FAQs (Kids, Airports, etc..)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some things you may be wondering:<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8212;Logistics&#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>How can I RSVP?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>You may send in the RSVP card in the envelope provided with your invitation. Or, you may <a href=\"http:\/\/madrian.us\/?page_id=90\">respond online<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Which Airport?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.massport.com\/logan-airport\/\">Boston Logan International<\/a> &#8211; this is likely the only choice that makes any sense.<\/p>\n<p>Directions for getting from the airport to the hotels (via the &#8216;T&#8217;) will be on our <a href=\"http:\/\/madrian.us\/?page_id=63\">Getting Around<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p><strong> Heavens! These Hotels are expensive! Why?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Boston\/Cambridge is an easy city &#8211; it&#8217;s like an overgrown town, you&#8217;ll love it. Except if you drive. Boston drivers are the <strong>worst<\/strong>. If you drive in Boston you&#8217;ll hate everyone. Not just Bostonians, everyone. So our strong recommendation is: stay in the city (Cambridge counts as &#8216;city&#8217;) &amp; take public transportation.\u00a0We thought about getting a hotel block at a cheaper suburban hotel but then you&#8217;ll have to rent a car and the cost will be nearly the same as if you stayed at our hotel blocks in Cambridge. Also you&#8217;ll be near lots of good stuff &#8211; delicious fancy restaurants, delicious not fancy restaurants, grocery stores, interesting things to look at, beautiful things to look at&#8230; etc. Over all, it will be cheaper &amp; you&#8217;ll like it more.<\/p>\n<p>If you want a cheaper option, we recommend getting an AirBnB in Cambridge. Find out more on our <a href=\"http:\/\/madrian.us\/?page_id=63\">Hotels<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p><strong>How will we get to\/ from the reception?<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>There will be a shuttle &#8211; check our our <a href=\"http:\/\/madrian.us\/?page_id=63\">Hotels and Getting Around<\/a> page for more info! You can also get a taxi there\/call one to get home if you wish.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What should I do between the ceremony and reception?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The ceremony will end at about 2:30pm and the reception formally starts at 4:30pm. You may come to the reception venue with us, if you would like, for a bit of a garden party, or you may go to your hotel or to another establishment to relax for a little bit. More info on the shuttle schedule will be located on the <a href=\"http:\/\/madrian.us\/?page_id=2\">Schedule<\/a> page.<\/p>\n<p><strong>There are things I can&#8217;t eat, what should I do about that?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We understand your concerns. We&#8217;ll have some (very strictly monitored) no-nut options because we know some of you will die if you eat nuts, and dying not something we will tolerate at our wedding reception.\u00a0 We&#8217;ll indicate things with and without nuts which is to say &#8211; there will be some nuts there (there will be some people who are quite odd, of course, and also, there will be some tree nuts\/ peanuts). There will also be vegan &amp; vegetarian options (lots of vegetarian, fewer vegan). For the few of you (hello dears!) who have very complicated diets, we&#8217;re going to make sure you can eat at least one thing, or set one thing aside for you &amp; if you want to bring supplementary food, that is totally cool with us.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8212;General&#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Can we bring our offspring to your wedding and\/or reception?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We love offspring! However, we would also love to dancing into the night and converse with our adult friends. So here is our theory:<\/p>\n<p>Bring your kids to the wedding! Seriously- we think (or at least Margaret is very vocal about this) it&#8217;s important for kids to be part of the community of people who witness our marriage. The marriage itself is the most important part of what&#8217;s happening and we want all of you to see it, to witness it, to participate in this delightful leap of faith we&#8217;re making, that&#8217;s why we&#8217;re inviting you &amp; your kids!<\/p>\n<p>Bring your kids to our reception&#8230; <strong>IF\u00a0<\/strong>you&#8217;ll stay and dance and talk and have a great time. We&#8217;ll have a room set aside in the sprawling Pierce House and if you&#8217;re willing to let them sleep somewhere random, they can doze off there when they&#8217;re tired&#8211; it&#8217;ll be sort of quiet in there. Or, you&#8217;re willing to deal with the insanity that ensues from children who are up until 10:30pm. Don&#8217;t bring your children if it means you&#8217;re going to take off at 9pm; we have exciting things planned for after 9pm! Or at least, we&#8217;d like you to be there to make exciting things happen.<\/p>\n<p>If you do want to bring your kids &#8211; let us know &#8211; you can RSVP your kids if you haven&#8217;t already on the <a href=\"http:\/\/madrian.us\/?page_id=90\">RSVP page<\/a>. The Pierce House has lots of lawn to run around in (and house has lots of rooms to explore). There is also be a small pond at the Pierce House so for very small children who can&#8217;t swim you probably don&#8217;t want to leave them totally unattended.<\/p>\n<p><strong>part a. This party sounds awesome, but I think my kids won&#8217;t enjoy it&#8230;do you know good babysitters in Boston\/Cambridge?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Yes! We do &#8211; we know lots of parents in Boston &amp; they know babysitters. I can probably get you any kind of babysitter you want &#8211; one w\/ a PhD in child psychology maybe! I know a lot of people w\/ PhDs in child psychology. Seriously &#8211; if you need a sitter, please let us know &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/madrian.us\/?page_id=90\">RSVP page<\/a> is the right place to do that too, and we will put you in touch w\/ a friend who can help.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What&#8217;s the dress code?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>To give you an idea, the groom will be wearing a suit and tie. (This is technically called &#8216;<a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Informal_attire\">informal attire<\/a>&#8216; to distinguish it from <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Formal_wear\">formal<\/a> (white tie) and <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Semi-formal\">semi-formal<\/a> (black tie).) We&#8217;ll take you in whatever outfit you decide to wear, but you may look out of place if you come in sweatpants.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What should I do in Boston while I&#8217;m here?<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Do you have any recommendations for places to eat? <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>We have recommendations for each, but they aren&#8217;t typed up yet.\u00a0 We&#8217;ll update this page with answers when we do.<\/p>\n<p><strong>&#8212;Other&#8212;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Will there be any tapirs at the wedding? What are good topics of conversation if seated next to a tapir*?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Unfortunately, we have not rented any tapirs for the event. If you would like to organize this as a surprise to the couple, we will be very surprised!<\/p>\n<p>*True question, from a real guest! Certainly, our favorite FAQ so far.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are some things you may be wondering: &#8212;Logistics&#8212; How can I RSVP? 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