The Essential

Welcome Party

Grand Bohemian Hotel Mountain Brook

Wedding Day

Ceremony

Cocktail Hour

Reception

Fall

Our Wedding

it started with a friendship

Our Story draft page

Our Story

Brian Orkin

Devin Orkin

Colby Byrd

Andrew Bowman

Kevin Ginty

Lauren Sims

Sarah Stevens

Tague Shonting

Kresta Pollard

Emily Boucher

Sarah Swain

Wedding Party

Grand Bohemian Mountain Brook, Autograph Collection

Valley Hotel Homewood Birmingham, Curio Collection by Hilton

Courtyard Birmingham Homewood

Hampton Inn Birmingham/Mountain Brook

Residence Inn Homewood Mountain Brook

Hotels

WHAT SHOULD I DO WHILE I'M IN BIRMINGHAM? Explore Homewood's Restaurant Scene:Little DonkeyRodney Scott’s BBQPizzeria GMLuca LagottoSlice PizzaGianmarco's RestaurantTaco MamaHero Doughnuts Explore the Downtown Restaurant Scene:Helen (contemporary Southern grill)EastWest (Asian Fusion)El Barrio (Mexican)Lé Fresca (Italian)Jack Brown's Beer &amp; Burger JointAutomatic SeafoodTasty Town (Greek)La FêteOvenbirdBamboo on 2nd (Pan-Asian)Trattoria ZazaPizza GraceThe Rougaroux (Cajun) Explore Downtown Birmingham:The Market at Pepper Place (7:00 am – 12:00 pm rain or shine)The Civil Rights Museum Outdoors:Birmingham Botanical Gardens (across from The Grand Bohemian)The Birmingham Zoo (across from The Grand Bohemian)Jemison Trail (Mountain Brook)Vulcan Park&nbsp;(Birmingham/Homewood)Homewood Central ParkLakeshore Trail (Homewood)Railroad Park (downtown)Red Mountain ParkOak Mountain Park Shopping:The SummitMountain Brook Village (walkable from The Grand Bohemian)Downtown HomewoodStash (Downtown - for some fun antiquing)Little Professor Bookshop (Homewood and Pepper Place locations) Coffee Shops:O’Henry’s (Homewood)Cala Coffee (downtown)Seeds Coffee Co. (Homewood)Church Street Coffee (Crestline, Mountain Brook)Caveat Coffee (Homewood)Red Mountain Expresso drive-thru (Homewood)Punch Love Coffee (Avondale)The Red Cat (Railroad Park and Market at Pepper Place locations) Bakeries:Continental Bakery (English Village, Mountain Brook)Daughters Baking (Mountain Brook Village)Edgar’s Bakery (Homewood)Bandit Pâtisserie (downtown)Pastry Art Bake Shoppe (Homewood)Savage’s Bakery (Homewood)

Q + A

Things to Do

Alex and Sydney would love for you to add your song requests to their DJ list! <a href="https://superiorsoundclients.com/requests.asp?djidnumber=17286" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Visit this link</a>, enter in the wedding date (November 8, 2025) and then enter in the following passcode: wsvgmpd. The song requests will automatically be added to the reception playlist. Serious requests only please! :)

Reception Song Requests

Registry

Sydney & Alex

Sydney & Alex

S&A

Welcome Party

Wedding Day

4:30 PM

Ceremony

5:00 PM–5:45 PM

Cocktail Hour

6:00 PM–9:30 PM

Reception