We have been to Bridgemen's Ballroom several times to cover photography over the years. We had the…read morepleasure of documenting a beautiful wedding couple have their ceremony and reception there. I really love the modern look of the ballroom, the high ceilings and I like the added metal fixures on the chandeliers which gave them a more modern look. The room is very large and spacious and can hold a lot of guests. The gazebo ceremony was a lovely area as the sun was setting. The food was great, and the staff are so friendly, I especially loved working with the wedding coordinator who works really hard, I've met her before at another event. I look forward to coming to this location again to cover more photography events!

This place offers great food, great service and a beautiful room. Has free on site parking and…read moreperfect location.

We saw Chris Randall at Smoke & Mirrors--and all four of us had a great time! He's very skilled…read moreand a great entertainer. We were mystified and entertained. The theater has been creatively carved out of an old bank building, and it's very comfortable and intimate in scale. Every seat is a good one! And after the act, you can explore the old bank vault, which is quite a sight in itself. So what are you waiting for? You'll have a good time, just go!

I attended the Saturday night show on July 11, 2026, specifically to see Javi Benitez, who was…read moreprominently advertised on Smoke & Mirrors Theater's website and marquee as the featured performer. Unfortunately, he never appeared. What made the experience even more disappointing was that the theater apparently knew in advance that Javi Benitez would not be performing but continued to advertise him anyway. Customers were not informed of the substitution until just before the show began, after everyone had already arrived and paid for their tickets. Had I known that the advertised performer would not be appearing, I would not have attended. Continuing to advertise a performer who is no longer scheduled and waiting until the last minute to tell customers is misleading and shows a lack of respect for patrons. The replacement performer may have been talented, but that's not who I purchased a ticket to see. Customers deserve accurate advertising and timely notice of significant changes to a show's lineup. Unfortunately, this experience has left me with little confidence in Smoke & Mirrors Theater's business practices. I hope they improve their communication with customers and consider offering refunds or other compensation when advertised performers are unable to appear. I cannot recommend attending future shows unless the theater is more transparent about changes to its advertised lineup.

WHAT A BLAST. We came here for my birthday kind of ironically because online we saw reels saying it…read morewas the "weirdest museum ever," and thought it would be kind of funny/maybe even creepy. Little did we know it was actually FASCINATING; it was so fun to admire every last piece in the museum. The tram guide was great, the pre-recorded audio is helpful and interesting, and the collection is so varied and extensive that you can't help but love it. The pipe organs - fabulous. The walkable "toy box" collection was great after the tram. Overall, I'd recommend this to anyone - it was soooo fun.

What a fun thing to do! We didn't know what to expect and want to say we all really enjoyed the…read moreexperience! Admission was reasonable and enjoyed the self-guided part while waiting for the next tram departure time. There was everything you could imagine - except one thing! A TELEX MACHINE (which I used to operate). When I asked the staff if they had one none of them even knew what I was talking about (early 20's)! We took the tram tour and really enjoyed it. The tram moved at a nice pace so you could really take in everything. So much to see - everywhere. It was a really fun way to spend a few hours on a rainy day! But I urge you to visit rain or shine!

RWME is absolutely amazing! Rhian is so organized, creative, and truly cares about every little…read moredetail. There are 2 sides to every story

TLDR: Rhian is a scam artist who bailed on us on wedding day, fought with her for months, finally…read moregot money back via Venmo. Did not ruin our day because we had amazing people who stepped up to help out but please DO NOT hire her, or you will lose money and possibly more! ____ Every negative review here is true. Rhian bailed on us the morning of our wedding last June, like she has so many other people - it was confounding considering the fact that she came to our home the night before to pick up our items and bring them to the venue. When the morning came, and I was awaiting my "complimentary breakfast" from her, it was apparent she was not coming. My bridesmaids began to call her. They then called my husband, who called her and she was horrible to him on the morning of his wedding! She began lying and from there, the lies never stopped. It was stressful, heartbreaking, and it really makes you wonder what could make someone so hateful to try and ruin people's most sacred day. Scamming people on their special day is SO LOW. She lied at so many different times that I began keeping record. I kept every email, text message, and screenshot to prove to anyone, at any point, that Rhian is indeed, a literal scam artist. (Beware - she has several businesses under different names in Texas, Delaware & PA and at different points has been verified on The Knot and other major wedding websites. This is what makes her scam work! You see fake 5 star reviews and think, "Wow, this seems great!"). There is also a post on Reddit about her from another couple and you can see in the comments other links to times she has done this if you want further proof. I wish I could upload all the screenshots. I will keep these documents FOREVER and will show them to anybody wo asks for proof. We fought with her for months (when all we wanted to do was forget about her) to be recouped the $1,900 she owed us. We finally were able to get our money back via Venmo after repeatedly threatening to take Rhian to court. I am happy to see others taking this scam artist to court. It's taken me over a year to write this review due to the anxiety and sadness I had any time I thought about what she did. I am finally over it enough to review and let any other person in the industry or any other couple, know that this woman is a literal thief - of both money and JOY. Rhian, when you read this, I hope you shed as many tears as you have caused. Unlike so many other couples, we were very lucky during this unfortunate situation because of two things: 1. Rhian was an 'add-on' - our venue did all of the work and were AMAZING (shout out to Lindsay at The Lodge at Mountain Spring Lake). No part of our day did not happen because of Rhian's lack of professionalism, thank god. We hired Rhian to help with odd jobs like picking up breakfast, organizing a champagne toast at the bus pick up, and to set up the day AFTER the wedding because we were after a lake-day after party with food, games and drinks (everything that WE organized - all she had to do was pick up the orders and set up ...which shows how pathetic she is since this was a really EASY task). When Rhian didn't show up to our wedding, though we had to quickly scramble to adjust some things (again, thanks to our venue), it wasn't the end of the world (like it clear has been for some others - so sorry guys!). Our amazing friends did all the work to pick up the orders and what a blessing to see your friends love you so much that they pick up the slack because the loser you hired never showed! 2. We got our money back. Unlike so many of you, we got it back. But note: it took forever. Rhian was supposed to give us it back one month after our wedding. She wrote up some bogus contract that was basically a gag order. We couldn't review her before the money was returned or she would withhold the money (LOL after she never showed up to our wedding - her audacity is almost commendable). When the month was up, I uploaded the check she had issued and my bank (a credit union) flagged it as FRAUD! I then had issues with my bank for the following 2 months (thanks for that one, Rhian!). I began calling her, leaving her VMs, texting her. She never would answer but then would text she was "in a meeting" (Lol, which reminds me of the other lie she made at the final venue walkthrough a few weeks before the wedding when she also NEVER SHOWED UP). My husband and I were relentless. I was 1000000% taking her to small claims court. I am a pitbull that does not let go when I think things in this world are UNJUST. I am not sure if it was my sheer nastiness or what that made her finally agree, months after D-day (we literally did get married on 6/6), that she approved the dispute in Venmo and the money was returned. At one point during these arguments, Rhian said I was "entitled." Rhian, honey, I know it's hard for you to get this but when people PAY you, they are, in fact, entitled to the services you offer.

Great Wedding Chapel location. They work with you to make your day special. They are able to have…read moreadditional events at this venue space so that is a plus as well

we loved our wedding and it was very beautiful but there are a LOT of things that we are not happy…read moreabout. I am at the point where everytime i think about our wedding day i regret where it was done and if i could have reversed time and picked somewhere else, or even gone to the courthouse like we originally planned we would have been happier. getting in contact with your planner is so hard, it would take days to respond. we didnt even get to pick our cake flavor or anything like that until two days before (which they got wrong, we asked for chocolate and got vanilla). thats not even the part where im upset, we spent an EXTRA 300$ on a wedding video. after our wedding we received an email stating that we should be getting it in a few days. a week passed by and nothing, i emailed them and waited another week for a response and found out that they LOST OUR WEDDING VIDEO and is looking for it. my husband then emailed but with no response. another week went by and i texted them and was left in read for about 1-2 days before they told me that they figured out the problem on the technical side but no luck on our video, we should be getting a refund in about 10 days. it has been OVER 10 ten days and we have received nothing so i have texted them AGAIN and got left on read, which lead to another text a week later and still left on read and ignored. its sad to see this company more active on instagram than their clients. im grateful for the beautiful day i got with my friends and family, but i wish we picked somewhere else. i am heartbroken. we have no way to look back on our special day except with iphone pictures my friends and family took. we had a friend record the whole wedding and told him we didnt need it because we were getting a professional one done, so he deleted it. we understand they are very busy people, but when you screw up so bad like losing a whole wedding video you should be a little more caring than you are. reading these reviews have showed us that we have been treated worlds differently than other couples, unfortunately not in a good way. thank you elegant celebrations, for making our day definitely something we wont forget.

I live there at the creek; in the woods. -or swamp. But I've taken up residence quite a few spots…read morealong the crick. On top of the cliff Jeff Ruda fell off of and broke both arms, his right tibia & fibula, multiple ribs, lacerated his spleen and liver and broke his cocsis (assbone but not the sacrum). So I don't recommend falling off it (actually another dude, I didn't know, fell off it too!)(broke his back I believe ). Poor guy was climbing it. Ruda was just drunk on to of it. It's gotta be 80 or so feet straight up though. So if You're hiking or whatever up there be careful! I also lived by the trash cans down there too. Albeit short lived there though. Cops kicked out of there mighty fastly! And if you meander past the Lower Swedish cabin be very careful around there too! Lot's of high rock cliffs, lose dirt, sticker bushes (and worse!) (the meanest damn sticker bushes you'll ever find! Oh and Devil's club! and that shit's real nasty!) If you hike a hill or cliff DO NOT TOUCH ANY TREES! AKA Devil's Club; even if You're falling or sliding, just fall before you go grabbing on any trees back there! Trust me. I never seen that crap anywhere but there either. It's got spikey thorns all over it; and it's some kind of poisonous that'll hurt for months sometimes! Vicious stuff! I was building a log house on the cliff before Garrett Rd bridge but the kicked me outta there too. Sucks. But the crick back in the valley is very nice and beautiful! The other direction, towards Kent part, has a beautiful waterfalls too. Again very beautiful! (just don't go trying to live there...)

From the owner: Founded in 1984, DCVA is a nonprofit watershed organization dedicated to enhancing the quality of…read morelife in and around the Darby Creek watershed by restoring and protecting its natural, historical, and cultural resources.