Directions to the wedding venue

Matt and I went to Eureka Springs earlier this week to pick up our marriage license and scope things out. We followed the directions we'd printed off of Mapquest, and they got us to Eureka Springs just fine; once we arrived in town, though, the directions became useless. So if you have Mapquest directions to the Inn, disregard the part about turning onto Glen Avenue and so forth, and do this instead:

Follow the highway into town. On the left you'll eventually see a big sign pointing you down into the Historic Downtown area. Turn here. This is Main Street (not that you'll ever see a street sign). Follow Main Street all the way down (at one point the road splits into a high road and a low road; take the low road) until you see a train station on the right. On your left, immediately across the street from the train station, is a street going up the hill. This is Grande Avenue. Turn here, and then IMMEDIATELY make another sharp left onto the street running almost parallel to Main. This is Hillside Avenue. There are three B&Bs along this road, but only two of them have signs at each end of a driveway that serves all three. The first sign is for Arsenic & Old Lace. The second is for The Angel at Rose Hall. Turn into either entrance, because our B&B, The Inn at Rose Hall, sits directly between them.

This should get you there. Of course, if you still manage to get lost, our experience was that the locals are very friendly and happy to help you get where you're going.

Clearing up some confusion

It seems that I didn't word my reception invitations very clearly and, unless it's read very carefully, it's not clear that it's an invitation to the reception and not the wedding. We apologize for the confusion. The wedding itself will be a private ceremony in Eureka Springs. Since it's a considerable distance away and seating at the venue is extremely limited, the only guests there will be our immediate family members and the wedding party themselves. The reception held the following week at my mother's house is for everybody whom we're unable to include at the wedding. Which is practically everybody.

If you received a silver, black and white invitation with a black bow, that is specifically for the reception on September 15th and NOT for the wedding on September 9th. It should read something more like,

"Matt and Jean are getting marred in Eureka Springs on September 9th. Please join us in celebration at a reception to be held in their honor on September 15th, etc."

I tried to be all formal and proper in my wording and as a result my meaning got all muddled. Again, I'm sorry.