Venues of the Southland~The Los Angeles Biltmore

The Los Angeles Biltmore Hotel

The Hotel and Pershing Square

The Olive Street Entrance

Today I am going Downtown. To LA and one of the cities must sees. The Los Angeles Biltmore. The hotel turned 85 this year and has hosted the Academy Awards and countless other fine affairs throughout the years. The hotel has also been featured in numerous movies and television shows. The crown jewel of the hotel is the Crystal Ballroom. It seats about 300 for a wedding and comes with the Tiffany Ballroom for the reception. One of the more unique aspects of the room are the balcony's. You can display your cake or have your first dance up high in the room.

The hotel also has the Emerald Ballroom and the Gold Ballroom. They are all unique in style. Not your typical hotel ballroom.

The Rendezvous Court hosts an Afternoon Tea almost daily.



The Crystal Ballroom

The Emerald Ballroom all ready for a ceremony

The Gold Ballroom

Enjoy the eye candy and check out the Biltmore.

I did work at the Biltmore so I am a little biased, but it is a fabulous place to get married at!

Venues of the Southland~The Queen Mary

The Queen Mary is a spectacular art deco venue and hotel located in Long Beach. Her maiden voyage was in 1936 and she has been berthed here since 1967. She is 1,019.5 feet long with 12 decks. She went on 1001 transatlantic crossings and could hold 1957 passaengers.

You can get married inside in the Royal Wedding Chapel {160 guests} 0r you can get married outside on the Verandah Deck {350 guests} or the Gazebo on the Sun Deck {100 guests}.

There are also a few different Salons for your reception.

The Grand Salon was the First Class Dining Room. It can hold up to 600 people for dinner and dancing.

This is the Queen's Salon, you can have up to 300 guests in here. Originally it was the First Class Main Salon.

The Royal Salon was the First Class Smoking Salon. It can hold up to 160 guests.

Enjoy,

The Sky Room

I completly forgot to put up photos from inside

The Sky Room in today's post.

Venus of the Southland. The Sky Room.

Today I'm talking about the Historic Sky Room. It is located on the 14th floor of the Breaker's Hotel in Downtown Long Beach. It is an Art Deco lover's dream. It has the feel of a supper club. It has been open since 1926 has received many awards for it's cuisine. There is a 360 degree view and on clear day you could see the Hollywood sign on one side and Catalina on the other. It seats about 240.

There is also a roof top terrace La Cantina del Cielo that is Spanish in flavor on top of The Sky Room. You have to go up a narrow flight of stairs get up there but it is worth the trek. It seats about 70 up there and is open air. Perfect for an intimate affair.

There is a wedding chapel on premises in a Grecian motif & the Empire Ballroom downstaris. A little weird compared to upstairs. They don't have the stlye or the view. I did notice a weird odor while touring the property, but with flowers and people I don't think it will be noticed.

If you want an elegant Art Deco wedding this is the perfect setting for it.

Happy Reading,