Shaftsbury, VT, USA < change city >

Cakes/Candies Vendor:

Bake

"Bake's pastry chef, Brenna Waibel, made our wedding cake. It was absolutely amazing and was one of the most talked about parts of our wedding. It was certainly the best tasting wedding cake I'd ever had and was absolutely beautiful. The cake itself certainly deserves 5 stars, but so does the process of selecting/designing it. Brenna gave us a great range of flavor options and we selected a few combinations for a tasting. They were all wonderful and left us wishing we could make cake tastings a part of every day. Once we decided on what the cake would taste like, Brenna worked with us to design the cake. We came to her with our ideas and she helped us work through the options; at one point she even made a very nice drawing for us to help us visualize a design. A satisfying process and a superb end product!"

Caterer:

Blood's Catering and Rentals

"Blood's did a solid job at our wedding. The tent and other rentals looked very good and were set up well. The food was good (not amazing, but then we weren't paying for amazing). The only real downside was the planning process with Ken, which got unnecessarily stressful at times."

Ceremony:

First Congregational Church

"A very nice building. A high point is the organist/wedding organizer who is a very, very talented organist."

Hotels:

Aspen Motel

Hotels:

Hill Farm Inn

Hotels:

Ira Allen House

Hotels:

Northshire Motel

Hotels:

Weathervane Motel

Entertainment:

Dorset Playhouse

"See a summer play here."

Activities:

Battenkill Canoe Ltd

"We’ve always liked canoeing and tubing on the Battenkill River. You can rent a canoe and put in at Battenkill Canoe—within walking distance from Ira Allen House."

Activities:

Bromley Mountain Ski Resort

"In the summer Bromley Mountain has a "thrill zone" with an alpine slide, deval carts, and other fun things."

Activities:

Dana Thompson Recreation Center

"On July 4, see fireworks, listen to music, watch tractor pulls, and eat fair food at Manchester’s Old-Fashioned Fourth here."

Activities:

Equinox Skyline Drive

"There is a toll road that allows you to drive up Mt. Equinox. From the parking lot at the top you get a nice view to the South and West. If you take a short hike you can get to an overlook of Manchester and the Battenkill River valley to the East."

Activities:

Hildene Lincoln Family Home

"This is the former home (mansion) of Abraham Lincoln's son, Robert Todd Lincoln. It has very nice gardens and is on a small bluff overlooking the Battenkill River valley."

Activities:

Norman Rockwell Exhibition Shp

"This is a small art museum which has a collection of Norman Rockwell's work. Rockwell lived in West Arlington for a number of years. Open daily, 9am - 5pm. Admission $1."

Activities:

Southern Vermont Arts Center

"This is a local arts center with galleries, walking trails, and a performance center."

Activities:

Vermont State of: Bennington Battle Monument

"This is a monument built to commemorate the Battle of Bennington during the Revolutionary War. You can take an elevator to the observation floor."

Hikes:

Lye Brook Falls

"This is a moderate hike (4.6 miles round trip) which starts on an old abandoned logging rail bed and leads you to a very nice cascading waterfall."

Shopping:

Bennington Potters Inc

Shopping:

Shopping in Manchester Center

"There are lots of outlet stores in Manchester Center. You can park most anywhere and walk around town. A favorite bookstore of ours is where this marker is placed"