Sunday, November 25, 2012

The Wedding Place

Did you know there are free tours of San Francisco's City Hall conducted on regular basis during the week? A volunteer docent leads the hour-long tour through public and a few private areas. Recently, I took advantage of this program as I have not been inside in decades. Everyone in the group was from out of town and I felt a little guilty as I am a native San Franciscan.

The City Hall is not only a busy place to conduct government and city business, but it is a popular location to hold weddings during the week. A quick 30 minute service will set you back $99 for the marriage certificate plus $75 for the County Clerk to conduct the ceremony. A more private event with 100 guests will be $1,002 or one held during a Saturday is $4,000 for up to 200 guests.

While I was there for my tour, I saw a few couples taking their photos in the rotunda during their special day.

- Karen


9 comments:

betchai said...

beautiful images of the SF City Hall, Karen, thanks for sharing that info about free tour there. I have never been to the city hall here in SD either. love your pictures.

Anonymous said...

It's a nice place to cerebrate. :)
It's beautiful and nice interior

Anonymous said...

What a grand looking place, fantastic location for weddings and photos!

rainfield61 said...

A great place.

Many great couples.

Yogi♪♪♪ said...

That is cool! I love the big stairway.

LifeRamblings said...

such a beautiful city hall. a great place to celebrate an event.

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Jenny Woolf said...

An ideal background for any wedding. Wonderfully grand and dignified.

lina said...

The second photo.... you capture a good moment there. :)