The Reception Decor

Lavish decorations carefully chosen to reflect an Asian-American theme filled the reception space at Empress Palace. Tables were named with Chinese characters and the English translations, such as happiness and love. Thien and I initially wanted to have our reception in a more formal setting, but we couldn't find a location to accommodate our number of guests-more than 500-and provide the menu that we wanted, Jeannine says. Luckily, Empress Palace specializes in both-it can hold up to 1,000 guests.