we have liftoff
We picked the venue. It’s going to be the Santa Barbara Historical Museum. Happies! It’s what we both loved, but we were hesitant because didn’t love the price. Yet it meets 8 of the 10 things we were...
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a true friend is someone who would make a red velvet armadillo cake for you
The other day I came home to find an Amazon box lurking on my front porch, despite the fact that I hadn’t ordered anything from Amazon recently. Surprise, it was a gift from my dear friend and brigadier of honor, who saw...
Read Morefaux pas, proudly committed
The beau and I ran into a number of acquaintances this past weekend at Oktoberfest and, as people do, they invariably asked what’s the haps with our wedding plans. At one point this girl and I found ourselves on the...
Read Morebut i’m only paying extra if they are actually flown in from vienna
A couple of weeks ago, while the beau and I were in Michigan visiting my family, my mom presented me with a tome titled “The Bride’s Year Ahead: The Ultimate Month-by-Month Wedding Planner.” Note that the bride...
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i take it back
All that talk about oh, Santa Barbara, I don’t wanna get married there? Oh, Santa Barbara,...
Read Morenot quite just another saturday
I have a confession to make: I want to get married on the anniversary of a national disaster. If I had it my way, I’d get married next year on October 9, but this isn’t Burger King. And this goes way beyond just me, too. It’s a...
Read Morewe’re not dead yet, but we ARE stuffed
Wow. So the bridal expo was, surprisingly, not as painful as we’d anticipated. You know what else I hadn’t anticipated? Free food and drinks. One of the first vendors we stumbled across happened to be a bartender....
Read Moretexts from the boy
beau: “Did you see that earl warren (showgrounds) has a bridal expo this sunday? Makes me wonder if they have deals and want to vomit at the same time.” me: “Oh jesus, i feel like we should get drunk and...
Read Moredear wedding venue
Thank you for offering up your facility as a place my beau and I might hold our wedding. It has come to my attention, however, that perhaps your website is not realizing its full potential. As someone who has perused, by my own...
Read Morethis is what we get for renting a house with no insulation
It is hot. It is HOT. I can’t tell how hot it really is in our house because the temperature gauge on the thermostat stops at 90. It is so hot my feet are swollen. So are my hands. I broke a sweat this morning while...
Read Morealready wistful / to wish impossible things
We’re still over a year out from the wedding, and no plans are even in place. Yet sometimes I’ll be scrolling through a blog featuring some happy couple’s big day, and I’ll feel a twinge of sadness. And not because the photos...
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