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Announcing the Wedding of Michelle Johnson and David Coon
Saturday, April 19, 2003
11:15 in the morning
Remmington Chapel/Meeting House, Mt.Vernon
Unitarian Church, Alexandria, VA.
The Ceremony will be a UNITY ceremony officiated by Dee Swinney, Minister of Unity In Alexandria.
The ceremony is at MVUC which is locatedin south Alexandria, Va (in Fairfax County) at 1909 Windmill Lane, just off the George Washington Parkway, 5 minutes from Old Town, Alexandria and 15 minutes from Washington, D.C. On the grounds of the MVUC is the historic Hollin Hall Plantation, owned by George Mason's son. See below for directions.
The ceremony will be held in the Remmington Chapel/Meeting House, Mt.Vernon Unitarian Church, Alexandria, VA and will begin promptly at 11:15am.
Copy of Wedding
Program 
Note: We only have the MVUC reserved for 2 hours, so there will not
be a receiving line at the church. We look forward to spending time
with you at the reception site and the church is not open until 10:30am.
Directions to MVUC (site of ceremony):
* By Car, these directionsare provided by the MVUC website.
*By Public Transit (not recommended, you probably will need a car):
Take the Fairfax County
Connector Bus, Route 101/102
Fort Hunt Line From the Huntington Metrorail
Station's Huntington Ave
Exit. The bus fare is 50¢ or 25¢ [Due to fare increases and route resturcturing, these directions are no longer accurate as of 9/27/2004, however this site will be maintained for historical purposes.]; with a Metro-to-Bus Transfer.
Take this bus to the Mason Hill Drive Stop. When boarding, simply
tell the driver to let you off at the Mason Hill Drive Stop. Get off at
Mason Hill Drive, and walk onto Mason Hill Drive, go up the hill, and take a
right onto Windmill Lane and follow signs to the MVUC. It is about a
5 minute walk to the church.
If there is enough demand, we may arrange for transportation from thehotel
to the ceremony, reception, and back to the hotel for those who donot wish
to rent a car. Just e-mail us if you are interested in getting this service
Reception:
The reception will be at the TysonsCorner Maggianos Little Italy immediately following the ceremony.
Directions to Tysons Corner Maggianos Little Italy
*By Car, Driving
Directions from the MVUC to the Maggianos.
*By Public Transit (not recommended, you will probably need a car):
It will take a very long time to get from the Ceremony to the Receptionusing
Mass Transit and you might miss the festivities, but here is how you would
do it: From the corner of Mason Hill Drive and Ft. Hunt Rd, Take Fairfax
County Connector Bus, Route 101/102
Fort Hunt Line Towards Huntington
metrorail station. Before boarding the train collect a bus transfer
ticket. Take the Yellow Line train one stop to King
Street Station (Fare $1.10). At King
St. Station, catch the 28A TYSONS
CORNER/WESTPARK bus. Make sure to give the driver your transfer
slip (Fare 25¢ w/transfer). Ask the driver to let you off the bus
at Tysons Corner Shopping Center. From Tyson's corner shopping center
on International drive, then walk to the TYSONS II shopping center,where
the Maggianos is at.
Hotel
A block of rooms has been reserved at the Holiday
Inn Eisenhower Metro Center, for the Coon-Johnson Wedding, the Weddingrate
is $89 per night.
Other hotels:
Days Inn
HamptonInn
RedRoof
Inn
Amtrak serves both the Alexandria,Va Union Station and Washington, DC Union Station.
By far, the closest airport is National Airport, but other area airports include Dulles International Airport and Baltimore-Washington International (BWI) Airport.
We are registered at SEARSand MACYS.
Our wedding will be photographed by Martin
Torre
Our engagement photos
were taken by our friend Nancy Healey who is a professional photographer.
We plan to have Harp Music by Kim Davidson DeRosa.