First update ever!
woo me and gary (and our dear wedding planner christine) are totally knee deep in finding a ceremony site =) Its been amazing, and we're so thankful to have awesome friends willing to accompany us to numerous sites!
After visiting over 15 sites including, Hilton la jolla, The Lodge la jolla, Rancho valencia, Maderas, The Inn Rancho Sante Fe, La Jolla Cove, The Dana, Orfila Vineyards, i cant even remember them all haha
I think we narrowed it down to 3 we really like!
1. Rancho Bernardo Inn- North lawnits a gorgeous secluded little garden area.. both me and gary totally fell in love with this area almost instantly! the only slight issue is were not the only ones who love this haha =) so were still trying to work out a date and time if possible! Howard and Steph were able to come with us! (you can probably see them in the pictures i snapped hehe) Its hard to see all the pink flowers in the bushes and surrounding the area, but its much more evident when you are actually there ^^
2. La Estancia- CourtyardIt was voted number 1 place to have a wedding in san diego ^^ omg super beautiful! We would have picked this site hands down, if it weren't for the $10 valet and parking fees the charge per guest. Its also unfortunately the most expensive site.. and the least responsive of all the places we have contacted =( But out of every place we've been, this was by far the most beautiful. Joy totally approved too!
3. Sheraton La Jolla- Koi PondThis was a very pretty area as well! one of the first sites i visited and almost just chose it right on the spot! The only slight concern i had was that parts of the area were up on a slight textured inclined hill, which makes the setting up the seats slightly strange, it will most likely end up being alternating rows of 3, 4 and 5 chairs haha =)
a bit of a backtrack..
All last week: met with 4 different coordinators and selected Christine Lustig on friday woo! and are extremely happy with our choice!
1.14-Wednesday lunch: Visited sheraton
1.16-Friday Lunch: Visited the La Jolla Cove suites w/ Ihui and Jeanna
1.17 Morning- 5 different wedding venues! Including Hilton SD and the Dana. Oh actuall scratch that we ended up going to 4!
1.17 Afternoon-Bridal Bazaar: Gary braved the land of no man (except for maybe.. a slight 1% of the population) along with me and natalie! lots of fun, lots of pretty stuff to look at and yummy cakes to taste too! There was also a fashion show.. but unfortunately being short short me i couldn't see that well, and gave up on trying to peek inbetween people haha =D and instead we just took advantage of the fact that venues were not so busy when everyone else is crowded around the show! ^__^ Brandy visited and I was able to talk to a florist about possible pricing and found out one of the most important things to get down are the bridesmaid dresses, because basically everything (decor/flowers etc) will end up matching those dresses. haha i never thought about that before! I guess it makes sense since the brides dress is white.. and that matches everything! ^__^
1.18 More Venues with Christine! We were happy to have Howard and Stephanie accompany us and give their super awesome two cents about each place. Lucky for us, that day we found the rancho barnardo inn, and totally loved it! =) happy day.
1.19 Joy came to visit! and we went to see la Estancia =)
GOAL: SET a date by this weekend!! =) please continue praying for us!
love,
michelle
The most awesome girls ever. We were serious troppers this weekend, I'm so proud to have you guys as my bridesmaids! ^___^
