Camden Maine is becoming a destination wedding hot spot. When I bought the Camden Windward House Bed and Breakfast in 1995, my first thought was - wow this is where I would get married, but I was already married. Camden is a beautiful seaside village. I like the word village because it connotes a place of people working together all within walking distance. That's what it is. In our little village there is a post office, grocery store, shops, restaurants, library, beautiful harbor with sailing boats, opera house and even a gas station. What else do you need (well maybe you don't need the gas station). Anyway, The harbor is a great backdrop for your wedding pictures and the Windward House being so close to the Harbor, what a great place to hold a reception. When I came to meet the real Estate Agent and get the tour of Windward House, I drove in the back way to the Inn. There is an acre property so it is very grand in comparison to some In-town properties. I remember getting out of the car and just looked at the house, I stared at it trying to envision all of the possibilities. They say if you can't see any possibilities when you are buying a house or a business, move on. The first possibility I saw was hosting wedding receptions in that backyard, it seemed natural and I was curious if the Inn did that already. The woman we bought the house from remembers the day I came and says it was as if the house was talking to me. She saw me gazing at the house that day. Well, to make a long story short, we bought the house 2 weeks later. To my surprise the Inn and the town was not known for its wedding potential. I went to business meetings and asked others what they thought of the wedding business and if they thought it a possible future for Camden. Some thought it was great and they were already planning on a joint website and marketing. I was excited. The busy season came and everyone was so busy with there current business that trying to make a new wedding destination was put on hold. I was still excited and developed in my (ha-ha) spare time the Mycamdewedding.com website. I really don't know how I did it but I did. I wanted to showcase Camden as a destination wedding spot. The librarians at the Camden Public Library saw it and thanked me for pointing out to them how beautiful the town was. I guess sometimes when you live somewhere to long - you take it for granted.
Anyway, if you are thinking about getting married and want a new venue check out mycamdenwedding.com and check back here about once a week as I tell you all the Camden gossip on weddings. I have been storing up a few good ones and once you start typing, you sometimes can't stop.
