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Wedding Planning Fun - Tuesday, February 21, 2012
wedding: noun. a momentous, jubilant occasion where multi-faceted consumerism masquerades as timeless tradition.
Priscilla and I have always been simple people. A simple wedding at city hall with just immediate family would've sufficed for us. Packing our wedding with 140 people, decorating everything, and hosting a reception with fancy plates, tablecloths and centerpieces never appealed to us. The presence of so many guests and niceties are more for our parents, and we've come to respect that, especially since they volunteered to pay for the reception.
This weekend, due to the President's Day holiday, I drove down to LA for more wedding planning. I almost didn't make it since I was sick all week, but on the planned day of travel I was feeling well enough to make the drive. I made the return trip today, which gave us a lot of time to do things.
On Saturday we had our long-awaited meal tasting at Roz's house. Roz and Lowell have been perfecting the menu, and using their families as guinea pigs in the process, and it shows. The food was amazing. We had two types of salad to choose from- mandarin orange and Asian pear, soy sauce chicken fillets, walnut shrimp, soy sauce fish, green beans with mushrooms, and a sparkling punch made from orange juice and ginger ale. Every bite was delicious. Roz served us with all the place settings that will be used in April- square ceramic plates and a hunter green napkin with silverware and disposable chopsticks. She even surprised us with custom-labeled pint-sized water bottles: she got a picture of me and Priscilla, got the pattern from our wedding invitation, and printed them onto the label. For all we're getting, we're getting a really good deal.
After dinner, Stephanie, our wedding planner, came over and we went over logistics about reception seating and traffic flow. On Sunday, we met with Tom and Amanda at their house and worked out ceremony details. And on Monday, Priscilla and I went to All Valley Rentals in North Hills to check out tables with umbrellas so that we can provide shade for people sitting in the center of the patio. We've gotten most of the wedding details worked out. I think we'll be ok. =)
Priscilla and I have always been simple people. A simple wedding at city hall with just immediate family would've sufficed for us. Packing our wedding with 140 people, decorating everything, and hosting a reception with fancy plates, tablecloths and centerpieces never appealed to us. The presence of so many guests and niceties are more for our parents, and we've come to respect that, especially since they volunteered to pay for the reception.
This weekend, due to the President's Day holiday, I drove down to LA for more wedding planning. I almost didn't make it since I was sick all week, but on the planned day of travel I was feeling well enough to make the drive. I made the return trip today, which gave us a lot of time to do things.
On Saturday we had our long-awaited meal tasting at Roz's house. Roz and Lowell have been perfecting the menu, and using their families as guinea pigs in the process, and it shows. The food was amazing. We had two types of salad to choose from- mandarin orange and Asian pear, soy sauce chicken fillets, walnut shrimp, soy sauce fish, green beans with mushrooms, and a sparkling punch made from orange juice and ginger ale. Every bite was delicious. Roz served us with all the place settings that will be used in April- square ceramic plates and a hunter green napkin with silverware and disposable chopsticks. She even surprised us with custom-labeled pint-sized water bottles: she got a picture of me and Priscilla, got the pattern from our wedding invitation, and printed them onto the label. For all we're getting, we're getting a really good deal.
After dinner, Stephanie, our wedding planner, came over and we went over logistics about reception seating and traffic flow. On Sunday, we met with Tom and Amanda at their house and worked out ceremony details. And on Monday, Priscilla and I went to All Valley Rentals in North Hills to check out tables with umbrellas so that we can provide shade for people sitting in the center of the patio. We've gotten most of the wedding details worked out. I think we'll be ok. =)