tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-65225316515894173672024-02-22T04:27:38.990-05:00Jesse and DeannaWelcome to Our Wedding Blog!Jessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12345826370323947640noreply@blogger.comBlogger63125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522531651589417367.post-5359724602195327942009-02-05T09:21:00.003-05:002009-02-05T09:32:29.721-05:00new blog!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://mischiefandmadness.blogspot.com"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 277px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKANSMWgQWvcYPdnSDPp_gSYd5F0w8Lko-Slfz60934k-uLbW7d5PDUP2hhdp0L6AS5GxGJHEvhqTxgJ78GNV5oLFq5KG6Y8wkDNaSVuy_hRz8LkB8mopZA0nbStCKSuvyersGL2fqkIw/s400/mischief.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5299318356075815490" border="0" /></a><br />Like I mentioned in the last post, I've been toying with the idea of starting a new blog since this one was so much fun. Well, earlier this week, I jumped right in and formed <a href="http://mischiefandmadness.blogspot.com"><span style="font-style: italic;">Mischief and Madness</span></a>. It's my outlet for displaying all sorts of pretty things that inspire me: art, design, fashion, film, and, of course any new DIY projects I'm working on. And get this - my new blog will be updated daily. No more of this posting once in a blue moon for me. So, if you're at all curious, or just need to look at something pretty during the day, feel free to check it out. Maybe I can even convince Jesse to guest post on there every once in a while. Cheers!deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00462967603165693754noreply@blogger.com68tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522531651589417367.post-15269634909382959162009-01-13T23:57:00.004-05:002009-01-28T11:18:21.649-05:00Farewell!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqYVK2Sjtv57DV2q2AJRFf0LPUraf2SiRKGEeMz9sNG3WwolQsPFNaMeLmdpirxH3jGs5ohpgA-theCV6Ffmv3wW2hAeCgvOdg0UoSAWRxxvD42M3V6RSVZTopMdue3jaRRnBKSuwmqm0/s1600-h/DSC04716.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqYVK2Sjtv57DV2q2AJRFf0LPUraf2SiRKGEeMz9sNG3WwolQsPFNaMeLmdpirxH3jGs5ohpgA-theCV6Ffmv3wW2hAeCgvOdg0UoSAWRxxvD42M3V6RSVZTopMdue3jaRRnBKSuwmqm0/s400/DSC04716.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296379622893761122" border="0" /></a><br /><br />This is the final post of our wedding blog. You probably guessed the same since we haven't updated this thing in months. We're loving our first year of marriage and are ready to move beyond our wedding to the rest of our relationship together.<br /><br />Jesse and I just want to say thank you to everyone who's stopped by to check out our little blog and to those of you who have taken the time to leave us so many nice comments. We have no plans to take this little shindig down, just in case any of our planning experiences can be of use to any future brides or grooms-to-be.<br /><br />We both really enjoyed our time posting. In fact, I've been turning over the idea of starting a new non-wedding related blog for some time. If that plan ever actually happens, and I have enough design-y, crafty goodness to share, I'll make sure to post a link here.<br /><br />In the meantime, good luck with your own planning!<br /><br />Thanks again and much love,<br />Jesse and Deannadeannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00462967603165693754noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522531651589417367.post-48099093340339556152009-01-13T23:20:00.007-05:002009-01-13T23:57:42.802-05:00blurb wedding albumHappy 2009! We finally got around to designing our wedding album...yeah, almost a full six months after our wedding date. We decided to publish it using <a href="http://www.blurb.com">blurb</a> again, since we were so pleased with how our <a href="http://jessedeanna.blogspot.com/2008/07/detail-post-4-guest-book.html">guest book</a> turned out. For the second time, blurb passed the test with flying colors, so we thought we should post a couple of images of the finished book in case anyone else is thinking about trying them out. You can see a preview of the first 15 pages <a href="http://www.blurb.com/books/503666">here </a>if you're in need of layout inspiration for your own album.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(click to enlarge the photos)</span><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyujgh_5MA-qR-8twadGyKrpySD3MFa6Zk0OfefAydwD3DcOopuWUZAkdMDgAdzLs78AREDoTjplokJ4u9Z9fg_e2IKRErtOZ68ecZ8oDzjDu5HcbYPm1OapWMod7tyE8G_Zy7zOlJnyg/s1600-h/album1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 215px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjyujgh_5MA-qR-8twadGyKrpySD3MFa6Zk0OfefAydwD3DcOopuWUZAkdMDgAdzLs78AREDoTjplokJ4u9Z9fg_e2IKRErtOZ68ecZ8oDzjDu5HcbYPm1OapWMod7tyE8G_Zy7zOlJnyg/s320/album1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291004773724464098" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmGoImIMG1gEeRku8rmnP9vR0CFXtNu_dgqoRyRlHSU1eR8t6T-ENf8xDXwlEPN9Jd4B8LaPAZKacuChhw8bIM3WCUvCNVwxLooUhQN71FcLJ72xAEHoUqLWn4MBmiK75j7jfSpRIbcJc/s1600-h/album2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 224px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmGoImIMG1gEeRku8rmnP9vR0CFXtNu_dgqoRyRlHSU1eR8t6T-ENf8xDXwlEPN9Jd4B8LaPAZKacuChhw8bIM3WCUvCNVwxLooUhQN71FcLJ72xAEHoUqLWn4MBmiK75j7jfSpRIbcJc/s320/album2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291004779848113250" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxeoZuvfBT-wEmGLo5ixHNrFJoZu-WaZ5WBrHrMO7zWPFl4QGMdz7vTLAA3m3_H_srAL2ZiY7trM4JNJ-V-WGjhCOlmfEVLUJqmxNjxjYyVOFashJJ1PII-aeLec-yJA8jK-0APqMR9rA/s1600-h/album3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxeoZuvfBT-wEmGLo5ixHNrFJoZu-WaZ5WBrHrMO7zWPFl4QGMdz7vTLAA3m3_H_srAL2ZiY7trM4JNJ-V-WGjhCOlmfEVLUJqmxNjxjYyVOFashJJ1PII-aeLec-yJA8jK-0APqMR9rA/s320/album3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291004780985002178" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXpfllEGbEtlMRH2SrWH-NePJgv0EIqogO0mUCfs9TVL0briDzNAf-ha1kJmhyphenhyphengjwV8q8qzdauZhWAkkhTA1sI9vJjeORxM16BQ3RDMMwMnLpLQMlNRfW991I-X88LHzzmkOTygSPK06M/s1600-h/album4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXpfllEGbEtlMRH2SrWH-NePJgv0EIqogO0mUCfs9TVL0briDzNAf-ha1kJmhyphenhyphengjwV8q8qzdauZhWAkkhTA1sI9vJjeORxM16BQ3RDMMwMnLpLQMlNRfW991I-X88LHzzmkOTygSPK06M/s320/album4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291004783232284306" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQxmdQgtSiM_3jsffZlmB6oFuoGYtZQ3rIXpFuK1apxnEwM21XHT2i3R4HTZzQhD8xqaSx5rDkmzo_bzj-zD9ddM4RU4x-U3sveAofklI9LLpGyNKlD1y4Cn4_pg9kZ7Z9viU91naIdEw/s1600-h/album5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 216px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQxmdQgtSiM_3jsffZlmB6oFuoGYtZQ3rIXpFuK1apxnEwM21XHT2i3R4HTZzQhD8xqaSx5rDkmzo_bzj-zD9ddM4RU4x-U3sveAofklI9LLpGyNKlD1y4Cn4_pg9kZ7Z9viU91naIdEw/s320/album5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291004784403406242" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhihtLI1regsjkDoQEOi_Z09q6k27UTSYdQNwUpNTz_Gms9Xr53KqqGiT50FPn51n3hu0VsRUy0nXnq2igDaCAMqJUZBpZakh2xhJ7VJM8OO-E1KpdUB6PST3iNIy80iyqKj9My6dP5jL0/s1600-h/album6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 213px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhihtLI1regsjkDoQEOi_Z09q6k27UTSYdQNwUpNTz_Gms9Xr53KqqGiT50FPn51n3hu0VsRUy0nXnq2igDaCAMqJUZBpZakh2xhJ7VJM8OO-E1KpdUB6PST3iNIy80iyqKj9My6dP5jL0/s320/album6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291005964986043458" border="0" /></a>deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00462967603165693754noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522531651589417367.post-60346814627247870842008-11-03T13:30:00.003-05:002008-11-03T13:50:10.997-05:00wedding videoI think I've mentioned this before, but Jesse and I first met years ago at art school. One of our closest friends there (and Jesse's roommate for several years) was a very talented video major named James Favata. James is awesome for many reasons - he once completely painted himself red for a photo project, he used to work at a <a href="http://www.picturepeople.com/">picture people</a> in the mall and would hang random people's portraits on their college fridge, and he and our friend,Chris, inadvertantly are the reason Jesse and I met one fateful night.<br /><br />The main reason that James is awesome, though, is because he offered to shoot our wedding video. And he did a seriously great job. If you live in the Washington D.C. - Baltimore - Philadelphia area and are looking for a videographer (wedding or otherwise), check out his <a href="http://www.jpstudios.net">website</a> - he's a cool guy.<br /><br />And now, a little snippet of our wedding day! Watching this the first time brought all of the emotions from that morning right back. The music used throughout the video was taken from either our ceremony or reception playlist. Enjoy!<br /><br /><object width="400" height="225"> <param name="allowfullscreen" value="true"> <param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"> <param name="movie" value="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2085764&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1"> <embed src="http://vimeo.com/moogaloop.swf?clip_id=2085764&server=vimeo.com&show_title=1&show_byline=1&show_portrait=0&color=&fullscreen=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" allowscriptaccess="always" width="400" height="225"></embed></object><br /><a href="http://vimeo.com/2085764?pg=embed&sec=2085764">Jesse and Deanna's Wedding</a> from <a href="http://vimeo.com/user723129?pg=embed&sec=2085764">JPstudios</a> on <a href="http://vimeo.com?pg=embed&sec=2085764">Vimeo</a>.deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00462967603165693754noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522531651589417367.post-9326935505818473962008-10-28T12:12:00.007-05:002008-10-28T12:58:47.856-05:00Music (Part 3)And finally, the promised post about our ceremony music. First a little back story, though.<br /><br />After deciding to get married in Lititz Springs Park, I spent a few weeks worrying that our day might devolve into Joy and Darnell's fabulously trashy park wedding from the television show, <span style="font-style: italic;">My Name is Earl</span>, hostess twinkie cakes and all. Their wedding looked fun on TV, but wasn't what I had in mind for my own. So we decided we would hire a violinist to play at our ceremony to "class up" our little public park soiree. As the date loomed closer, though, our budget got tighter and our violinist contacts dried up. So we decided to stick with the itunes laptop again, and pay a really nice friend of Jesse's to man the operation. In the end, I'm actually really happy we made this decision. It was way cheaper, we got to pick very specific versions of personal songs, and we were able to hide Brett (Jesse's awesome friend) and our laptop on the side of the gazebo, so it didn't detract from the ceremony. The park even provided most of the speakers and cables.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuCiAW1ZqLMpDg9AJBiRAVKZGGzJA2oD175YBAcV0WA92tP_GL_IHWIT4_rnVManvgTPUcX0F7NZgnJeHLAMskbCNU-WC5OJqxj-k-HfNLJImZzhuT1aSc58Nv7WzN9c8_W9b9VaDqXFo/s1600-h/ceremony_music.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 320px; height: 214px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhuCiAW1ZqLMpDg9AJBiRAVKZGGzJA2oD175YBAcV0WA92tP_GL_IHWIT4_rnVManvgTPUcX0F7NZgnJeHLAMskbCNU-WC5OJqxj-k-HfNLJImZzhuT1aSc58Nv7WzN9c8_W9b9VaDqXFo/s320/ceremony_music.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5262262354243223634" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">The only ceremony photo including our awesome laptop helper. The expression on his face cracks me up.<br />(click to enlarge)<br /></span></div><br />We couldn't make another mixwit compilation because most of our songs are either very specific or kind of obscure. So, instead you just get a little list. Sorry. We didn't want our ceremony to stick to the traditional music since it felt too stuffy for us, but we also didn't want to go crazy with pop music. I think we ended up with a nice balance, while still including a lot of subtle nods to movie sountracks since we're both such film nuts. Whenever I hear any of these songs now, it just brings me right back to that morning and makes me giddy.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: left;">Pre-ceremony Music (Played while the guests arrived)<br /></div><ol style="text-align: left;"><li>String Quartet in F Major - Ysaye Quartet (Royal Tennenbaum's Soundtrack)</li><li>La Valse D'Amelie (Orchestra Version) - Amelie Soundtrack</li><li>Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness - The Smashing Pumpkins</li><li>Claire De Lune - Debussy</li></ol><div style="text-align: left;">Processional Music (Played while our mothers and my sister entered)<br /><ol><li>Les Bulles - Carlos D'Alessio (Delicatessen Soundtrack)</li></ol>Bridal Entrance<br /><ol><li>Ave Maria - A simple piano & Violin version by the O'Neill Brothers</li></ol>Recessional<br /><ol><li>Happiness (Jesse edited this down to just the chorus) - Elliott Smith</li><li>Hey Jude (The Beatles Cover) - Mutato Muzika Orchestra (Royal Tennenbaums Soundtrack)<br /></li></ol></div><div style="text-align: left;">Up Next: we'll finish up our wedding blog with a very fitting final end post - our wedding video shot and edited by one of our extremely talented friends.<br /></div></div>deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00462967603165693754noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522531651589417367.post-24938750909566703292008-10-04T15:30:00.006-05:002008-10-28T12:55:06.666-05:00Music (Part 2)Now we move on to the post meal dancing...<br />Again this is an abbreviated version of our dance playlist.<br />Deanna and I are not clubbers, and we aren't usually too up to date with the latest radio and MTV chart toppers. So when it came to picking out the dance music we had a little bit of trouble finding a way to balance the music we like, with the music you can actually dance to, and that our guests would enjoy. I think our only regret with the playlist is that we would have played slow songs more frequently. We found that people over 35 will not dance to anything but slow songs. There were plenty picked out, but we only ended up playing about 1/2 to 2/3 of our dance music. There were many reasons for this...<br />1- people didn't drink too much, most likely because it was an afternoon reception.<br />2- we had a really long playlist<br />3-we had to fit in cake cutting, throwing the bouquet, throwing the garter, announcements and so on.<br /><br />So on with the music!<br /><div style="width: 430px; text-align: center;"><a style="left: 214px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-009563432117718196 visible ontop" href="http://www.mixwit.com/flash/widgets/shell.swf"></a><a style="left: 214px ! important; top: 15px ! important;" title="Click here to block this object with Adblock Plus" class="abp-objtab-05816307564255788 visible ontop" href="http://www.mixwit.com/flash/widgets/shell.swf"></a><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.mixwit.com/flash/widgets/shell.swf" wmode="transparent" flashvars="env=embed&widget=a9ce75efee2f861ef3c317f509563cad&playlist=a2f7a7a4e3405b90c0812938d025a5f5&vuid=embed" height="327" width="426"></embed><br /><script src="http://www.mixwit.com/m.js"></script><a href="http://www.mixwit.com/jesseturnbull?e"><img alt="Mixwit" src="http://www.mixwit.com/p.jpg" style="padding: 0px;" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.mixwit.com/create?e"><img alt="Mixwit make a mixtape" src="http://www.mixwit.com/m.jpg" style="padding: 0px;" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.mixwit.com/?e"><img alt="Mixwit mixtapes" src="http://www.mixwit.com/l.jpg" style="padding: 0px;" border="0" /></a></div><br /><img style="visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px;" src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEyMjMxNTI1NDk1MDImcHQ9MTIyMzE1MjU2MzQxMSZwPTE4NDMzMSZkPSZuPSZnPTEmdD*mbz1hYWJhOGRjYTI3ODE*Mjc4OTQxOTI1NWEwOGMzZGRhYw==.gif" border="0" height="0" width="0" /><br /><br />The MixWit songs are pretty accurate on this one. So I will let the list speak for itself for the most part. Here are a couple notes.<br /><br />The songs are not in the order they were played.<br /><br />#4 I like Ben Folds, Deanna does on occasion, but isn't a fan of this song. We did find that our parents and the older couples really liked this one though.<br /><br />#9 This was our <span style="font-style: italic;">first dance</span> song.This is credited to Jon Brion because he did a different mix of this song for the Punch Drunk Love Soundtrack (which was the version we used). It is actually sung by Shelly Duvall and was originally on the Popeye Soundtrack.<br /><br />#10 This was Deanna's dance with her father.<br /><br />#11 was my dance with my mother. Our family has always had close ties to all things Muppets, so this was a good pick for us.<br /><br />#12 Everybody's Gonna Be Happy is a Kinks song, it was not labeled on the mix.<br /><br />#13... no, we don't watch American Idol. We liked this song before it was ruined, and only hope there was enough space between that version and the wedding for people to forget Sanjaya's version of it.**Deanna thinks this comment sounds mean and claims no responsibility for it.**<br /><br />#16 Ok, so the lyrics don't exactly speak of marital love, but its a really great cover, and Deanna likes "old sounding" songs.Jessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12345826370323947640noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522531651589417367.post-81790294389214921822008-09-28T21:39:00.003-05:002008-10-05T11:02:38.431-05:00Music (Part 1)Here is a selection of some of the music we played during our wedding brunch. We played our music off of a laptop and hooked into the reception location's sound system, so everything was cheap and sounded pretty good after a lot of mp3 testing and playlist setups. We used many instrumental songs as to not interrupt our guests' chatting too much. Most of the music was plucked from some of our favorite movie soundtracks. Both Deanna and I are movie junkies, so it was another nice way of making the day feel more like "us". The "food" playlist, as it was called, ended up being about an hour and 45 minutes. We wanted to give it a little extra buffer if things ended up taking longer than expected. Deanna's mother arrived early to start the music, so it was playing when everyone else entered. I think we played about an hour and a half of music from the start until the end of the meal.<br />The sampling here isn't spot on, some of the versions of songs were different, but it gets the point across.<br /><br /><div style="width: 430px; text-align: center;"><embed type="application/x-shockwave-flash" src="http://www.mixwit.com/flash/widgets/shell.swf" wmode="transparent" flashvars="env=embed&widget=d662aaa39198f1f6e4c98f2a8e1b3f84&playlist=68f8433869581ec63a792b4fcf645c75&vuid=embed" height="327" width="426"></embed><br /><script src="http://www.mixwit.com/m.js"></script><a href="http://www.mixwit.com/jesseturnbull?e"><img alt="Mixwit" src="http://www.mixwit.com/p.jpg" style="padding: 0px;" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.mixwit.com/create?e"><img alt="Mixwit make a mixtape" src="http://www.mixwit.com/m.jpg" style="padding: 0px;" border="0" /></a><a href="http://www.mixwit.com/?e"><img alt="Mixwit mixtapes" src="http://www.mixwit.com/l.jpg" style="padding: 0px;" border="0" /></a></div><br /><img style="visibility: hidden; width: 0px; height: 0px;" src="http://counters.gigya.com/wildfire/IMP/CXNID=2000002.0NXC/bT*xJmx*PTEyMjI2NTYyNDUzNjYmcHQ9MTIyMjY1NzQ3MTQzMiZwPTE4NDMzMSZkPSZuPWJsb2dnZXImZz*xJnQ9Jm89YWFiYThkY2EyNzgxNDI3ODk*MTkyNTVhMDhjM2RkYWM=.gif" border="0" height="0" width="0" /><br /><br />1: The Theme from Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind - Jon Brion<br /><br />2: The Way I Feel Inside - The Zombies ( We used a different version, but its close)<br /><br />3: Playground Love (from the Virgin Suicides) - Air (We used the vibraphone version, which is an instrumental)<br /><br />4: After Hours - The Velvet Underground<br /><br />5: Phone Call (also from Eternal Sunshine) - Jon Brion<br /><br />6: A Well Respected Man - The Kinks<br /><br />7: Just Like Honey - The Jesus and Mary Chain (cause we liked it in Lost in<br />Translation)<br /><br />8: Hey Jude (from Royal Tenenbaums) - Cover by Mutato Muzika Orchestra (We used a lot of Mark Mothersbaugh music from the Wes Anderson movies, and yes I know a lot of this makes us come off as hipsters... sorry)<br /><br />9: We Are Going to Be Friends - The White Stripes<br /><br />I will put up a similar post soon about our dance and ceremony music, so stay tuned.Jessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12345826370323947640noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522531651589417367.post-90734728486015921372008-09-17T11:33:00.006-05:002008-09-17T12:37:28.290-05:00More details about those birdsI've gotten several requests lately for patterns and more detailed instructions for our little fabric birds.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfS99zI61ZW5698O_QIwHIU9Rn8p8dPoELXzcIrOQM9oJ1EOTXdgaxqP8VO5eSKpiADs3hitY4pmGLEy5clPGrxAU7qLi7sVqd6rRhrsCpKJs7PUO87wwzcJ4hkfu4J62QTj64ekwztlQ/s1600-h/2762370187_5b634c1d6c_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfS99zI61ZW5698O_QIwHIU9Rn8p8dPoELXzcIrOQM9oJ1EOTXdgaxqP8VO5eSKpiADs3hitY4pmGLEy5clPGrxAU7qLi7sVqd6rRhrsCpKJs7PUO87wwzcJ4hkfu4J62QTj64ekwztlQ/s320/2762370187_5b634c1d6c_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247041690711459074" border="0" /></a><br />While I'm very flattered that so many brides-to-be liked them, this is also kind of a touchy subject for me. As a self-employed freelance illustrator, I know how hard it is to make a living off of your artwork, and while my birds aren't nearly as cute as <a href="http://www.annwoodhandmade.com/">Ann Wood's</a>, they were very heavily influenced by hers, so I'm leery of doing anything to cut into her business. That's one reason why it wouldn't sit right with me to make or sell these for a profit.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVYQia4_PQVMYOtVPYwezA5HzkUF98-mxC_JzNqUswD4DFuRuZtqIuIIi21b7heS2GKeRuYoUAR3VHufeN7VGmSWac71iBipiVL1Vq4YfEvwqPS-NaXMc1l5d9uIfJNhiD7SORkgw5NgE/s1600-h/2837630027_a708d95c74_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVYQia4_PQVMYOtVPYwezA5HzkUF98-mxC_JzNqUswD4DFuRuZtqIuIIi21b7heS2GKeRuYoUAR3VHufeN7VGmSWac71iBipiVL1Vq4YfEvwqPS-NaXMc1l5d9uIfJNhiD7SORkgw5NgE/s320/2837630027_a708d95c74_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5247045644396148066" border="0" /></a><br />On the other hand, I also know what it's like to be a bride on a budget and how frustrated I felt when I first started experimenting on mine. So, instead of detailed instructions, I'll post all of the links that I found helpful and add a few more tips. You can also look back at my <a href="http://jessedeanna.blogspot.com/2008/08/detail-post-5-last-minute-diy-projects.html">original bird post</a> for my very general instructions.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.weddingbee.com/2007/12/05/cake-topper-progress/">mrs. penguin's handmade bird toppers from weddingbee.com</a> - general details and photos of the making-of process.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.spoolsewing.com/blog/2008/05/16/bird-mobile/">spool's bird mobile pattern</a> - these birds look a little different, but they offer a free pdf pattern you can download. I actually used a modified version of this pattern to make the bodies for mine. I extended the belly piece further up to form a face, attached wings, and made a separate larger tail. I also found that threading wire through the tail helps make it bendable.<br /><a href="http://peoniesandpolaroids.blogspot.com/2008/06/step-by-step-by-step-by-step-by-step-by.html"><br />peonies and polaroids hand made bird instructions</a> - detailed instructions with photos. i didn't use these to make mine, but her tips were very helpful.<br /><br />So, you can see there are quite a few different ways to make the little birds, but they usually require a lot of time and a little bit of experimentation. I hope this is helpful, without stepping on anyone's toes. Good luck!<br /><br />Up Next: Music (finally)deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00462967603165693754noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522531651589417367.post-57014486048637617062008-09-14T10:07:00.007-05:002008-09-14T20:52:47.530-05:00Thanks Katherine!During our super-long engagement, I developed a pretty hardcore wedding blog addiction. I used to check <a href="http://bklynbride.blogspot.com/">brooklyn bride</a>, <a href="http://stylemepretty.com/">style me pretty</a>, <a href="http://practicalwedding.blogspot.com/">a practical wedding</a>, and <a href="http://weddingbee.com/">weddingbee</a> at least every day (and several other bridal blogs more sporadically). My absolute favorite and most inspiring blog, though, was the inspiration-board-a-day extravaganza, <a href="http://snippetandink.blogspot.com/">snippet & ink</a>.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://snippetandink.blogspot.com/2008/09/real-wedding-saturday-deanna-jesse.html"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgb8WdkDwsltWF_BXUFr5AGA_Dv_gITKcZJgNCniVSdimE2ynRHY5BwvkFwuGrfgKZJgjmjcUwv_PmRFi4PbDZuqt4-MT-2EPhmBf_gbtqvHTU-rX-NMTieeFvvHWDWQBClBgOuql64Jlg/s400/header+3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5245901801989702930" border="0" /></a><br />So, I was incredibly honored when Katherine of Snippet & Ink asked to include our little soiree as one of her "featured weddings". Our <a href="http://snippetandink.blogspot.com/2008/09/real-wedding-saturday-deanna-jesse.html">post</a> went up<span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span> over the weekend, and I'm so touched by all of the wonderful comments readers have left. So, thank you so much for the shout-out, Katherine, your site is seriously one of the best out there.<br /><br />P.S. - Since getting married I've gone cold-turkey on my wedding blog addiction.....almost. And I promise to finish up the last detail post before the next century. Work has been crazy and I'm a pretty terrible blogger.deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00462967603165693754noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522531651589417367.post-19406395815068330732008-09-07T23:22:00.012-05:002008-09-25T11:27:40.191-05:00detail post #6: flowersI should say up front that flowers were not high on our list of priorities for the wedding. I just couldn't justify plunking down tons of cash for something that would only last for a day. Plus, we knew that we wanted to keep them fun and simple, so we decided to do them ourselves<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Centerpieces</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiahqqdkmBNsLj6yCbmy737GlXxAk9KU3jDBfp7BA7AdrK-tmPZfPjwEGCVw7PmGo_9hsAQBjVlTB9aG_B3jaQMEbjDPIbZdGMlZkuK28VYc2lIbuGBq04MI_X07pz58AvPnu70pDPwFBA/s1600-h/2778660472_7cfbe5a9aa.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiahqqdkmBNsLj6yCbmy737GlXxAk9KU3jDBfp7BA7AdrK-tmPZfPjwEGCVw7PmGo_9hsAQBjVlTB9aG_B3jaQMEbjDPIbZdGMlZkuK28VYc2lIbuGBq04MI_X07pz58AvPnu70pDPwFBA/s320/2778660472_7cfbe5a9aa.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243509686516587266" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">I mentioned <a href="http://jessedeanna.blogspot.com/2007/11/flowers.html">our decision earlier</a> to place individual stems in vintage glass bottles. Jesse and I are thrift store fiends and collected most of our bottles for $1 or less. His mother even found a table full of really awesome old ones at a garage sale for $25. I really wanted to fill the bottles with dahlias since they would be in season in July and I love the modern shape of their full-petaled heads.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9vcGXbG2sCo8P9WTE-uyk5LO2udQtf164J0-7T8pW6nPMiOSeFol0AO71Dm2AmLVYq_9Kwny-WrFXtEmCW5-wId_MLPOA2PCf91dlty6-iLhTOjnuT0LZHZ5mF-lAlqCjxOlLlNoMs00/s1600-h/2767455892_4b071d4b2b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9vcGXbG2sCo8P9WTE-uyk5LO2udQtf164J0-7T8pW6nPMiOSeFol0AO71Dm2AmLVYq_9Kwny-WrFXtEmCW5-wId_MLPOA2PCf91dlty6-iLhTOjnuT0LZHZ5mF-lAlqCjxOlLlNoMs00/s320/2767455892_4b071d4b2b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243508865056742194" border="0" /></a><br />We ordered the 75 yellow ones wholesale from <a href="http://www.fiftyflowers.com/flowers/AllFlowersDahlias_297.htm">fiftyflowers.com</a> to be delivered two days before the wedding. They arrived early that Thursday with no problem (I highly recommend their site). I trimmed each flower down and stored them in buckets full of water with plant food until later that evening when some really kind neighbor ladies helped me start arranging them in the jars.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqtJsnEWoqkA9tHYDjVIuHLoc0Q37WNoOyScFEn4rN4TP-pgSKqMbTb9L_hrOhts5Lkc8Yk6B2igvPtpA77QmOX1koke5Wu87F_6VJcPFJSotbmNKXiQ5I0_1lmzDqSVAPhHyLsEVz0x0/s1600-h/2837630039_17e6e5d5f9.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqtJsnEWoqkA9tHYDjVIuHLoc0Q37WNoOyScFEn4rN4TP-pgSKqMbTb9L_hrOhts5Lkc8Yk6B2igvPtpA77QmOX1koke5Wu87F_6VJcPFJSotbmNKXiQ5I0_1lmzDqSVAPhHyLsEVz0x0/s320/2837630039_17e6e5d5f9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243508868203393442" border="0" /></a><br />I thought the centerpieces might need some accent colors, so Jesse and I ran to the lawn + garden section of the local grocery store that evening and bought a potted lantana and a couple of small potted kalanchoes in peach, pink, and orange for about $30 total and added their trimmed buds to our smaller jars.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitaWBRQF0bsg6iIPUmr-9rUrAeGzP6S0rbVL4oPqIqIuEakvpC2y7TQr_glXyLyBWmkQlas3vuLqFqTLZrhcxOkZ0_ms0hrtaHNacg5K3cRQfebLgLBrFWyXxNHtKM3Lr2mpFh7moXRIs/s1600-h/2762029362_19529088f1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitaWBRQF0bsg6iIPUmr-9rUrAeGzP6S0rbVL4oPqIqIuEakvpC2y7TQr_glXyLyBWmkQlas3vuLqFqTLZrhcxOkZ0_ms0hrtaHNacg5K3cRQfebLgLBrFWyXxNHtKM3Lr2mpFh7moXRIs/s320/2762029362_19529088f1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243508860707441394" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix1KlQGabJjKsSuLu9TE7nMxJPWgyMlvy7IiGy1RyttQyi7LrFPZg_37LGD0_ZBNj_yR1GFssIhF5P_szhGvpV2KAjAxADX3i-m1bh_ag3ObNpftro6g1dDbDO8RV_d-RtBhgKKLY1pVo/s1600-h/2668342990_2d3a0f1d0b_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEix1KlQGabJjKsSuLu9TE7nMxJPWgyMlvy7IiGy1RyttQyi7LrFPZg_37LGD0_ZBNj_yR1GFssIhF5P_szhGvpV2KAjAxADX3i-m1bh_ag3ObNpftro6g1dDbDO8RV_d-RtBhgKKLY1pVo/s320/2668342990_2d3a0f1d0b_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243718199595898370" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">a photo taken by my friend Jen. This was our "chemistry set" inspired centerpiece.</span><br /><br /></div>Luckily we were allowed to set up our centerpieces at our reception site the day beforehand which was made even easier by the assistance of several friend and family members. Arranging and storing our centerpiece jar groupings in advance also helped to save time. I was pleased with how they turned out and they weren't terribly hard to do ourselves, especially with so much wonderful help. Plus, now we have a really fantastic collection of vintage bottles!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8oEB78DhugXbb3Hx0ccTGoOPlUs6eE-kQc-FQKUGlNEhHwh7nbaDFVaFZjOAQgJWCPS72rgeh2KDrG2-Xa80KnTZuqtz1v3QkLjiRZ3ozYeyn8M6Ja2NgrFvuwdh8IGgnl3xU3DCboIs/s1600-h/birds_birds.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8oEB78DhugXbb3Hx0ccTGoOPlUs6eE-kQc-FQKUGlNEhHwh7nbaDFVaFZjOAQgJWCPS72rgeh2KDrG2-Xa80KnTZuqtz1v3QkLjiRZ3ozYeyn8M6Ja2NgrFvuwdh8IGgnl3xU3DCboIs/s320/birds_birds.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243750637122758674" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBKXiCWuos1eOsyoaBRwsdYdrcI3GeXk_j4_IRpJXqwEiUNFx4q4M3txPFH08jQxFR8RKkiiYCLGhwGLQlevjB7CAMV0sqBDdoTlizZ6W1SHA-oaNdZW1qb3YwqKk2MKBfFxemjjDcMiw/s1600-h/bottles1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBKXiCWuos1eOsyoaBRwsdYdrcI3GeXk_j4_IRpJXqwEiUNFx4q4M3txPFH08jQxFR8RKkiiYCLGhwGLQlevjB7CAMV0sqBDdoTlizZ6W1SHA-oaNdZW1qb3YwqKk2MKBfFxemjjDcMiw/s320/bottles1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243750641082500930" border="0" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">The Bouquets</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiww5aJNXv2XRegt9TpFHJbj-C5Z9c2-OOdpy_kHjkyJNbXAP2ugXOhdNd2ns9xUSrVvHNarh7kSci8yTRF3x5ycIhVBBXEmHufKSm9rHUAR91yQwLxs_WcPOBLcqr4sxVR775njHi9gA4/s1600-h/2740564860_8c55c7d682.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiww5aJNXv2XRegt9TpFHJbj-C5Z9c2-OOdpy_kHjkyJNbXAP2ugXOhdNd2ns9xUSrVvHNarh7kSci8yTRF3x5ycIhVBBXEmHufKSm9rHUAR91yQwLxs_WcPOBLcqr4sxVR775njHi9gA4/s320/2740564860_8c55c7d682.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243515589898705970" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Although I'd been collecting clippings for months of tons of different beautful, full bouquets, even a week before the wedding I didn't know what I wanted to do for mine. I seethed with jealousy of brides who got to carry peonies or <a href="http://jessedeanna.blogspot.com/2008/04/flowers.html">daffodils</a>, and tried to figure out every possible way to find them in mid-July, but buying them out-of-season would have cost me a small fortune. I finally decided I just didn't really care. I'd only be holding my own bouquet for a few minutes while I walked down the aisle. It wasn't worth worrying about and I really just wanted something small, monochromatic and hand-tied, so I did the unthinkable in bride-land....I bought my bouquet flowers from a grocery store.<br /><br />We only needed three bouquets - one for me, one for my sister, and one to toss during the reception. So, I bought white, yellow and pink roses, some mixed zinneas and snap dragons, lots of ribbon and called it a day. My mom helped me to arrange the flowers the evening before the wedding and I finished tying their ribbons later that night while hanging out with girlfriends in my hotel room, so it turned into a fun bonding experience. Sure, they were far from perfect and it's obvious that they weren't professionally arranged, but they suited me fantastically for the day.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhERlWfEAz5XLqI9tDyYsyHQoxIZJyqSE2K7k6fR_uabIZF-DfLiq0O9zgoV1Nn6usl-j5pSnSsoUXS6XS4GJPWf7y8KfMZCb4uU-ipmaXc5nKFVCEvCEVBJmycrSGLTZw_z6wC3qMRP8I/s1600-h/2838895026_dd2c029da5_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhERlWfEAz5XLqI9tDyYsyHQoxIZJyqSE2K7k6fR_uabIZF-DfLiq0O9zgoV1Nn6usl-j5pSnSsoUXS6XS4GJPWf7y8KfMZCb4uU-ipmaXc5nKFVCEvCEVBJmycrSGLTZw_z6wC3qMRP8I/s320/2838895026_dd2c029da5_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243715648061943826" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">My sister's bouquet turned into a wildflower mix of zinneas and snow peas tied with a thicker red and white striped ribbon with a thin salmon-colored ribbon on top. I initially wanted to go monochromatic with all three bouquets, but her dress (although absolutely beautiful) was a little bit darker and more purpl-y than the rest of the wedding colors, so I mixed darker, lighter, and brighter flowers in an effort to tie everything together.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQlD7SR_5JzYrZLAmeME1C_GSSK6Pae8L_M8MjgqWoYkueFEapls3Z9UgO__MzAbe1-L43AaAjSkGHnZpIDkVkhX9LZ6F-LoMmuJnRF7wlR8Cz_5Wsc1FICrLreV3_iOBcmnH5r6Dcvhw/s1600-h/deanna_toss_flowers.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQlD7SR_5JzYrZLAmeME1C_GSSK6Pae8L_M8MjgqWoYkueFEapls3Z9UgO__MzAbe1-L43AaAjSkGHnZpIDkVkhX9LZ6F-LoMmuJnRF7wlR8Cz_5Wsc1FICrLreV3_iOBcmnH5r6Dcvhw/s320/deanna_toss_flowers.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243715653323756290" border="0" /></a><br /></div></div>The toss bouquet consisted of large yellow roses tied with a thin yellow and white ribbon. In the photos, the flowers actually almost look a tiny bit like yellow peonies (at least in my imagination) because they were so full.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxLoNjR1BrhYENCz0VE10wagk953xduMWJHrvVSSydPLEuio75uGDAivq0hBsJgf83dNep2HDL2YswWIkdnK7c48wUOfiqGTLqA_-9Q3kb92fDHlwnamu3hMtqZV57lbCgNAhVdQatOZA/s1600-h/2777804295_ccf1a10153.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxLoNjR1BrhYENCz0VE10wagk953xduMWJHrvVSSydPLEuio75uGDAivq0hBsJgf83dNep2HDL2YswWIkdnK7c48wUOfiqGTLqA_-9Q3kb92fDHlwnamu3hMtqZV57lbCgNAhVdQatOZA/s320/2777804295_ccf1a10153.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243515586897498626" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjCEsx5Rt2J5DLsWDyX5iWRz-f2n4zq-krP4fdyC4JYCQGj8hgwcZEVl7r0ie2EN-5jgC3vs7wOWPHzpUuAC-NoSYv1TkBgM_VWj7X1yp872MaroRGYNGn7mjRdNPmgJSzOfq30Vtfxi4/s1600-h/IMG_4285.JPG"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjCEsx5Rt2J5DLsWDyX5iWRz-f2n4zq-krP4fdyC4JYCQGj8hgwcZEVl7r0ie2EN-5jgC3vs7wOWPHzpUuAC-NoSYv1TkBgM_VWj7X1yp872MaroRGYNGn7mjRdNPmgJSzOfq30Vtfxi4/s320/IMG_4285.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5243719654922130146" border="0" /></a><br />I ended up using the white roses and the same yellow ribbon for my own bouquet. I used to label roses, and especially white roses, as "boring" for a bridal bouquet, but the day I bought them I decided to re-label them in my mind as "classic". It's amazing what a difference a tiny little mind trick like that can make.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(all photos taken by Mariano Delgado unless specified. Click any of them to enlarge)</span><br /><br /><br /></div>Up Next: Music<br /></div></div></div></div>deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00462967603165693754noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522531651589417367.post-70924324782180368592008-08-27T09:16:00.010-05:002008-08-27T15:20:51.442-05:00detail post #5: last minute diy projectsWell, now that we've finally wrapped up our never-ending wedding and honeymoon photo extravaganza, I guess it's time to finish up the detail posts as well. This one chronicles the remaining d.i.y. and design projects we finished right before the wedding - sorry if it's kind of a hodge-podge. After this post, I'll cover our flowers and music and then I think we'll actually be done!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">(as always, click each image to enlarge)<br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Programs</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiuMtNSGLNLqyojirXCOZ4BGejPVgG6LSCN5ysWUc0VDOn7TZ-y3YSCxxJYjxK2H845gG0NQVY0JvxX78uw4iQSArpwU_nr2GSRgRBB9qh3ih7E_S7hQ16Q7P-uHtV8vXeASAH_uxq3iU/s1600-h/program.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiuMtNSGLNLqyojirXCOZ4BGejPVgG6LSCN5ysWUc0VDOn7TZ-y3YSCxxJYjxK2H845gG0NQVY0JvxX78uw4iQSArpwU_nr2GSRgRBB9qh3ih7E_S7hQ16Q7P-uHtV8vXeASAH_uxq3iU/s320/program.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239233355168679266" border="0" /></a><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Although <a href="http://www.marthastewart.com/">The Martha</a> tried to entice me with her ribbon-bound, hand-sewn, double-stuffed booklets of information, by this stage of wedding planning I had finally learned how to "just say no". We kept them simple. So simple that they really don't need any explanation at all. We had white card stock on hand, so that's what we used. We designed them in Photoshop and printed them out with our own ink-jet printer. One particular note of interest, though - it was *Jesse's* idea to use the polka-dot pattern - I've finally won him over to the polka-dotted dark side...mwah ha ha.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Garland of Ancestor Wedding Photos</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOwoBsZgxpgGiauB7KfZqLyTumNIRaCfiVuWhJpnMoEwlfo26m-XJWT74QY82B1oDPAyzcfSlLVjJhyUJtGU_vVbHfnEJnAjTnGZSNoF1g4cPj4MjjAj99jFW3qW4dlxnCacaITlAnXAE/s1600-h/2569986675_85dd20d29e_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOwoBsZgxpgGiauB7KfZqLyTumNIRaCfiVuWhJpnMoEwlfo26m-XJWT74QY82B1oDPAyzcfSlLVjJhyUJtGU_vVbHfnEJnAjTnGZSNoF1g4cPj4MjjAj99jFW3qW4dlxnCacaITlAnXAE/s320/2569986675_85dd20d29e_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239233358251130546" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">(the photos from our parents' weddings)</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">We wanted to do something to honor our parents' and grandparents' weddings and although I loved the images of other weddings with tables filled with framed photos, I'm kind of obsessed with garlands.<br /><br />To make these, we scanned in each wedding photo (or a photo of each couple from around the time that got married if they didn't have formal wedding photos taken), cropped them, transformed them all into black and white files, and printed them on glossy photo paper. We then designed the frames in Photoshop and added name plates so that all of our guests would know who they were looking at. We printed the frames on cream card stock and cut out ovals with an exacto knife. We folded the frames in half like a top-folding greeting card and taped the photos to the interior with double-sided tape. We made two loops out of thin rectangles of card stock which we glued to the back of each frame and then threaded pink ribbon through. Since we weren't allowed to nail or tape anything to the walls of our reception site, we tied the ribbon ends to two lamps that were jutting out from the wall above our beverage table. See the finished product <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessedeanna/2760175450/in/set-72157606702393398/">here</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Paper Circle Garlands</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizzEEogtTiXpkymOWroH37Dt5tclE4838FWzV2WRoA4STT0E62X_HWtf7FYvJ-3ie1GtS1FgGsfhezVyoQy92aoBk7QGSmJ6M28HA7pVEni6AafO9V4jcz_x7tiy64bu3Rycxz7RbuMvc/s1600-h/2508227833_94b6d57c37_b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizzEEogtTiXpkymOWroH37Dt5tclE4838FWzV2WRoA4STT0E62X_HWtf7FYvJ-3ie1GtS1FgGsfhezVyoQy92aoBk7QGSmJ6M28HA7pVEni6AafO9V4jcz_x7tiy64bu3Rycxz7RbuMvc/s320/2508227833_94b6d57c37_b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239233362261059250" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">(part of one finished garland laid out on our kitchen floor)</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Finally, I was able to unite two of my favorite things - polka-dots and garlands - together at last! We made several long strings of paper circle garlands to hang from both the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessedeanna/2741820477/in/set-72157606587448693/">ceremony gazebo</a> and <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessedeanna/2763223268/in/set-72157606702393398/">above the dance floor</a> at our reception site. I got the idea after seeing <a href="http://www.sophiecuvelier.com/">this website</a>. Colorful garlands always remind me of vintage circus tents and summertime, which is a definite positive in my book, plus they seemed cheap and easy to make.<br /><br />To make ours, we bought several meters of thick embroidery string and a couple of large sheets of heavy-weight paper in our wedding colors from the local art supply store. Since they didn't sell paper in every color that we wanted, we also painted a couple of sheets of thick bristol paper on both sides with acrylic paint to finish off our color palette. After the painted sheets dried, we attacked each of our papers with a handy 1 3/8" circle punch until we had piles of colored circles covering our living room floor. Then we glued little rectangular tabs in the same color to the top of each circle and folded each tab in regular increments along the embroidery string. We ended up making four really long garlands and sprinkled some of the extra circles without tabs on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessedeanna/2766557585/in/set-72157606702393398/">side tables at the reception</a>. Making the garlands turned out to be a pretty mind-less task that we worked on while watching movies (1 completed garland = about the running length of 1 movie). The supplies for this project probably cost about $8 total - score!<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">My Head Band</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXT4jYqO41n4oBqxfvk8aue4ZNLIyfiW2HJUaHVehmckhDdtwYSZw2f4a-jb5NaMKAx5qpMbXQzjyDHUn4Q5So054ERWYatzg656HPCto31jGjPzkRoWs3Q6mt7pVGigB_TT-zyP6EmuU/s1600-h/headband1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXT4jYqO41n4oBqxfvk8aue4ZNLIyfiW2HJUaHVehmckhDdtwYSZw2f4a-jb5NaMKAx5qpMbXQzjyDHUn4Q5So054ERWYatzg656HPCto31jGjPzkRoWs3Q6mt7pVGigB_TT-zyP6EmuU/s320/headband1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239233367602171026" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Up until the week before the wedding, I had no idea how to accessorize my hair. I'd practiced <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/deannastaffo/2418330903/in/set-72157604572786153/">several up-dos</a> and had a general idea of how I would wear my hair for the wedding, but it looked a little plain without any adornment at all. I'd tossed around all of these <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/deannastaffo/2435910183/in/set-72157604572786153/">ideas</a> for months, but none of them looked quite like what I had in mind. The veils got nixed because they seemed like they'd make my dress look over-formal and fussy. I tried a couple of fake flowers but they ended up looking like frilly tumors blooming out of the side of my head. Finally, during my last hair practice, I played with wrapping one of my silver beaded necklaces around my hair and everything clicked. It was the exact look I was going for - a simple little bit of extra shine.<br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><br />My headband was EXTREMELY easy and cheap to make. I bought some small silver beads and a spool of thin silver elastic at the craft supply store and used a spool of really thin copper wire and two tiny silver brackets that I already owned from past necklace experiments ( those can also be bought at any craft store for a couple of dollars). First, I attached a bracket to the copper wire and strung enough beads on until it was just short of encircling my head. I tied off the other end of the wire with the second bracket and looped a short amount of elastic between the two brackets and then attached a piece of a third bracket at the center of the elastic to cover the its tied-off ends. You could use only elastic and beads, but the copper seemed stronger than the elastic, and I couldn't find elastic thin enough to fit through the bead holes. I think this project took me all of 5 minutes to make and about $5 worth of supplies. Finished product <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessedeanna/2739718169/in/set-72157606587448693/">here</a>.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Stuffed Birds</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSLNuDtdpeLjodkiXSfuT3o5J_nI3V9UfmRzV3RJ8-wU03Xpek6MAPHiqFInEsRt0tshidTzSQgs9WDrhPDMshxrf9gcj0n5WYU5ebosomZjKeLEeE4sGAMuAqf9DbYbRPX_pMI4Oi_Zo/s1600-h/2670716795_ff8a4e4819_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSLNuDtdpeLjodkiXSfuT3o5J_nI3V9UfmRzV3RJ8-wU03Xpek6MAPHiqFInEsRt0tshidTzSQgs9WDrhPDMshxrf9gcj0n5WYU5ebosomZjKeLEeE4sGAMuAqf9DbYbRPX_pMI4Oi_Zo/s320/2670716795_ff8a4e4819_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239235228323861410" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">This was another project I completed in the last week leading up to the wedding. It was one of those projects on my list that I saved for the very end because it wouldn't make or break the look of the reception if I ran out of time. It would just be a nice extra touch if it did work out. I'd fallen in love with <a href="http://www.annwoodhandmade.com/">Ann Wood's ubiquitous birds</a> like so many other brides before me (they were even part of the first gigantic <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/deannastaffo/2418223481/in/set-72157604572786153/">inspiration board</a> that I made ages ago), but we had absolutely no wiggle room in our budget by this point. If we had, I would have just bought several of hers and called it a day. Instead I figured I'd experiment and see if I could make my own on the cheap.<br /><br />As you can see, mine are a lot more sloppy and no where near as cute as their inspiration, but they also didn't break the bank, so I'll call this project a success. I raided the local thrift shop for clothing and pillow cases in fabrics that complemented our wedding scheme because that ended up being much cheaper than yards of new fabric. I stuffed each bird with the insides of an old pillow and used wire and hot glue that Jesse already owned for their legs. It took one evening of experimenting with different patterns and several failed attempts to come up with the body shape that I had in mind. I completed the cutting, sewing, and stuffing of each bird's body while watching a movie or a couple of tv shows and tackled about one each night. I attached all of their beaks (felt, sewed or glued together), sewn eyes, and wire legs during one more evening of movie watching and added accessories (felt hat, mesh veil) to the bride and groom bird over the coarse of one morning. So I guess it took about a week of sporadic work to make all of the ones shown above + one extra legless bird that I tied to our card cage. All of the supplies (cloth, stuffing, felt) cost between $10 - $15 total, so this was a project cheap on money but not on time.<br /><br />Since Jesse doesn't like the look of things plopped on top of a wedding cake, we decided to arrange the bride and groom birds <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessedeanna/2760137834/in/set-72157606702393398/">beside our cake</a> instead and add the other three to our sweet heart table <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessedeanna/2767458816/in/set-72157606702393398/">centerpiece</a>. A lot of the kids at our reception seemed enthralled by the birds, so I'll take that as a thumbs up on this project.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Getaway Vehicle</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg34XNXWWckLUwYEigupmHkj55vDrqVCw65B0ETtnPbOR0pao1UWSHvepM8GLaqVxBzR01yKJKlAMZfqhVpDSyqMU_OAJD9S-EiL5DT4iIP5PpTObHBdOQVHd3bVu3mPUlpLbtFj33cOPE/s1600-h/2584499422_71277573d2_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg34XNXWWckLUwYEigupmHkj55vDrqVCw65B0ETtnPbOR0pao1UWSHvepM8GLaqVxBzR01yKJKlAMZfqhVpDSyqMU_OAJD9S-EiL5DT4iIP5PpTObHBdOQVHd3bVu3mPUlpLbtFj33cOPE/s320/2584499422_71277573d2_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5239235228973352594" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">(documenting the first practice ride)</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">This wasn't a d.i.y. project at all, but I thought it could use a little bit of an explanation (if you haven't already fallen asleep from the rest of my over-exposition). I'd heard stories and seen photos of a tandem bike that Jesse's family owned, but had never actually seen it in person. Apparently they'd stuffed it in their attic a decade ago never to ride it again. I was determined to make it our getaway vehicle, especially since it was a vintage <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">red</span> Schwinn, even though it took many months of convincing to get Jesse on board. You see, he knows my <a href="http://jessedeanna.blogspot.com/2008/01/my-seamstress-is-superhero.html">clumsiness</a> first hand. He was sure that this idea would end up a folly of skinned knees, torn clothing, broken bones or worse. But we took it out for a spin around the block with no major mishaps and I bought a short <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/deannastaffo/2671539248/">2nd dress </a>so that we wouldn't have to worry about my long train getting tangled in the spokes. After some cleaning and a replacing of the breaks he was convinced and the bike was ready to go.<br /><br />Our <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessedeanna/2767408400/in/set-72157606702393398/">ride</a> was one of my favorite parts of the day. After all of the craziness (although fantastic craziness) of that morning and afternoon, it felt like a little bubble of peaceful bliss to escape for a few minutes and pedal down the wooded paths of the community center all by ourselves. I'm also happy to report that we didn't fall once! Now I just have to figure out a way to steal it and bring it back to our tiny apartment in Philadelphia.<br /><br />Up Next: Flowers<br /></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00462967603165693754noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522531651589417367.post-60573344034350228882008-08-24T08:40:00.034-05:002008-08-24T12:16:34.839-05:00HONEYMOON! (days 7 & 8)<div style="text-align: center;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">"This is the end, Beautiful friend"- The Doors</span><br /></span></div><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 51);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br />We took a variety of albums along with us on the trip that neither of us listened to all the way through or on a regular basis. (Many thanks to the UPenn library for their extensive collection) So we had a musical reeducation during our long drives. One of the albums being "Doors" by the Doors as mentioned above. Most of the selections were from Rolling Stones top 500 albums list. We listened to a lot of Beatles and Pink Floyd. I recommend Dark Side of the Moon if you ever find yourself driving through dark Redwood forests. Some of our favorites that got played through a few times were:<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:georgia;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 51);font-size:100%;" ><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Devo</span>- Q: Are We Not Men? A: We Are <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">Devo</span>!</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FV411YKNL._SL160_AA115_.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 94px; height: 94px;" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51FV411YKNL._SL160_AA115_.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:georgia;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 51);font-size:100%;" >Pixies- Doolittle (listened to that A LOT)</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: left;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41NDXJW79RL._SL160_AA115_.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 97px; height: 97px;" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/41NDXJW79RL._SL160_AA115_.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;font-family:georgia;"><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 51);font-size:100%;" >The Zombies- <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">Odessey</span> & Oracle</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MPQSH5MQL._SL160_AA115_.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 94px; height: 94px;" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/51MPQSH5MQL._SL160_AA115_.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></span><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 51);font-size:100%;" >The Kinks- We are the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">Village</span> Green Preservation Society</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/2108ATE1HSL._SL160_AA115_.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 95px; height: 95px;" src="http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/2108ATE1HSL._SL160_AA115_.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><span style="font-size:100%;">Anyway, onto the day...<br />We left our chic little hotel in Big <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Sur</span> and started back down CA 1. Big <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Sur</span> was very foggy that morning and we drove through it for 45 minutes or so. It was really beautiful and peaceful.<br /></span></div></div><span style="color: rgb(68, 68, 51);font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpgutd_Ia0eX2etStvHLSFR-i2eNJrGy_z262ILv6mNzHTgP6j-4ILE0Mv-0QHyzE5tSgWEz-_tTA4vCbG2E7owd25N0MiXNCm1OEQa-P1rT5QjFyvsRI0AIsrf0-9wlG1gzK3v7_FIDhh/s1600-h/d5_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpgutd_Ia0eX2etStvHLSFR-i2eNJrGy_z262ILv6mNzHTgP6j-4ILE0Mv-0QHyzE5tSgWEz-_tTA4vCbG2E7owd25N0MiXNCm1OEQa-P1rT5QjFyvsRI0AIsrf0-9wlG1gzK3v7_FIDhh/s400/d5_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238082137625362018" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:85%;">We stopped off a couple of times to take pictures of the coast bathed in pea soup.</span><br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRDRKNy0-Bwgr7Opz3RrHV7_tgxYg28xgNxiljffBj8zfUtkZPHJI1V2FZHgoJ4v_cddK-jSwcz2HG63ff78eNzk5-n7V_SmCLAtfdXzQhcrtm0tQuGWdFkbxBzqLV2PUuhwwePyeHPhnB/s1600-h/d5_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRDRKNy0-Bwgr7Opz3RrHV7_tgxYg28xgNxiljffBj8zfUtkZPHJI1V2FZHgoJ4v_cddK-jSwcz2HG63ff78eNzk5-n7V_SmCLAtfdXzQhcrtm0tQuGWdFkbxBzqLV2PUuhwwePyeHPhnB/s400/d5_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238082140065709314" border="0" /></a><br />There were also a few places in Big <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Sur</span> where we could really see the damage from the wildfires. This section shown above was pretty expansive and stretched over a couple of ranges. We piled back in the car and drove out of the fog eventually. The road around this area started to twist and turn a bit more and continued to have great views. We started seeing more <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">sprawling</span> farmland the closer we got to San Simeon. We were expecting to pass by Hurst Castle, which we weren't too interested in, but we were not expecting this...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggjlnX9DMVsFGEEnq0SzxMWU1Oa8gpYv5kBc5_xwevMTffBi2SFhX9NmoxlSB8qRlcl3l_uEJV3bXeg8Zvyne0gtB6axMKnolcun9S6qlV8Rv8IGovDwHnQQqoOr5EHwZnnHL22joujTGB/s1600-h/d5_3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEggjlnX9DMVsFGEEnq0SzxMWU1Oa8gpYv5kBc5_xwevMTffBi2SFhX9NmoxlSB8qRlcl3l_uEJV3bXeg8Zvyne0gtB6axMKnolcun9S6qlV8Rv8IGovDwHnQQqoOr5EHwZnnHL22joujTGB/s400/d5_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238082144890283650" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPlrNC3gGx1uuiVSZys0kR5ETzP1FC7mlUrBGbs1TiT42i1jeG-atGqstQHKQ3iHjASN6MrFykCxMaCAalzbSI_xWXZt8goTAG4p5TNpkLQLnZJUlRwtODFUXxj5fsuZDv2B3SVA0tvsgw/s1600-h/d5_4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPlrNC3gGx1uuiVSZys0kR5ETzP1FC7mlUrBGbs1TiT42i1jeG-atGqstQHKQ3iHjASN6MrFykCxMaCAalzbSI_xWXZt8goTAG4p5TNpkLQLnZJUlRwtODFUXxj5fsuZDv2B3SVA0tvsgw/s400/d5_4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238082151436196674" border="0" /></a><br />In the San Simeon State Park area there is a elephant seal refuge. We saw the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">pull off</span> from pretty far back , and weren't sure what it was. As we got closer I asked Deanna if those were really big shiny rocks or seals. We pulled in and got really close to these giants. They didn't do a whole lot. They were not as active as the seals or sea lions we saw before. They did bellow loudly, though, which was really incredible to hear. It was a very low but loud fog horn sound. </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4SGHdZ-tMZIFDxetiHTWJMyIEgMnZfMOp3j20IFSE8WYci_w1EDbByIXgqCpZlk8Ki-YJr54JQajZ_NbJV6UJ-jqLWBnWyXicOb90SI-PW7r2DK-EIwXQgl42sFrGhoh0-0-1wp5CxXSy/s1600-h/d5_12.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4SGHdZ-tMZIFDxetiHTWJMyIEgMnZfMOp3j20IFSE8WYci_w1EDbByIXgqCpZlk8Ki-YJr54JQajZ_NbJV6UJ-jqLWBnWyXicOb90SI-PW7r2DK-EIwXQgl42sFrGhoh0-0-1wp5CxXSy/s400/d5_12.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238103317786775650" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >There was also some type of wild squirrel there that was very used to human interaction. They would eat food right out of peoples' hands and even crawl up into their laps. After hanging out there for a little we drove on to San Luis <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Obispo</span>. Deanna had found this hotel online that caught her interest. Its called the Madonna Inn. It features over 100 rooms, each of which has its own theme. We thought we would stop off there for a quick lunch, and weren't sure what to expect really. We got there and knew right away that this was going to be an experience. It felt like you were <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">entering</span> some sort of theme park.<br />Pink. Pink everywhere... The lamp posts were pink. The flowers were pink, the buildings were pink. We walked in and poked around a bit. We took a lot of pictures. I could make three posts strictly about this place, we have that much material...<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWf_RMay2Rr4MqlITey2rCwQZLK_6GB2tO6qfgwycX_dNFCQvtqXtQUQCc4bWem7ujWOg4L0UdayB2b2E2G1SlL-0HkgtDtOArLcXAFAtr6K6qewlyLBRv-xazqQ_GVHL_z2mllIfwwn6a/s1600-h/d5_5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWf_RMay2Rr4MqlITey2rCwQZLK_6GB2tO6qfgwycX_dNFCQvtqXtQUQCc4bWem7ujWOg4L0UdayB2b2E2G1SlL-0HkgtDtOArLcXAFAtr6K6qewlyLBRv-xazqQ_GVHL_z2mllIfwwn6a/s400/d5_5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238082153831473362" border="0" /></a>Above is one of their dinning areas. I think this is where the dinner service is. As you can see, no one ever said "I don't know, maybe it's too much?" while decorating the Madonna Inn.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY5e6d_Rmy8rXj5IhxOHsQcibMuELfPQQsPWgA3rES01T-1sQB4e6hN-mZebm9U8PDzde2EcYqYcrct9bI2LJXj6y2pt3FirwcrVozlFv54mzoqTdVkqlk3R86fAq7jN6FNCdEaDxhiqdi/s1600-h/d5_6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY5e6d_Rmy8rXj5IhxOHsQcibMuELfPQQsPWgA3rES01T-1sQB4e6hN-mZebm9U8PDzde2EcYqYcrct9bI2LJXj6y2pt3FirwcrVozlFv54mzoqTdVkqlk3R86fAq7jN6FNCdEaDxhiqdi/s400/d5_6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238082857443977522" border="0" /></a>This is Deanna exploring the men's bathroom. Don't worry, no one else was in there, and I was keeping watch at the front door while photographing. Its a little hard to see here, but Deanna is standing at the urinal which is actually a large motion <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">sensor</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">waterfall</span>. Yes, you pee into a waterfall and there is a drain in the floor at your feet. This was one of the two men's bathrooms I explored. The other had a large watermill and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">trough</span> for the urinal and <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">water pumps</span> for the sink faucets.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKmZcbB9K0mVJRZ0jEF4Rpw006z-Z3qIysoUR0oxGasDlexIjrFDdQDV8WbBYdZyKszrIJSFWiym410IWnGZmLfLwIukX2eXYYiViUyTpOc5FExg4CyL7LQvpUwRNbDQsPuAlUfbgCvWl6/s1600-h/d5_7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKmZcbB9K0mVJRZ0jEF4Rpw006z-Z3qIysoUR0oxGasDlexIjrFDdQDV8WbBYdZyKszrIJSFWiym410IWnGZmLfLwIukX2eXYYiViUyTpOc5FExg4CyL7LQvpUwRNbDQsPuAlUfbgCvWl6/s400/d5_7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238082863984661570" border="0" /></a>This was the women's restroom in the lobby. Deanna was infatuated with this room. The whole time we were there she kept saying everything was INTENSE! The women's bathroom had <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">chandeliers</span>, pink <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">iridescent</span> wallpaper, and lots of deep red vinyl fabric, and lots of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">light bulbs</span>. I forget if it was this one or the other ladies' room (I didn't venture in those, just saw pictures) that had a large strip of carved wood that said "YOUR BEAUTY IS YOUR SMILE".<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLNA4LK7WAlYcFR4UNHlXcq0i_8qN9cYI4kQ-wJaA5E8xU-m-05FkTd-kMDMBZpwojTMpx-KSEUDcw2AGItoNIBnqF2Xado9Ox-p_Vd0OzlIPJU8oB4put3UXpHswOL8lUDsdVO-svzmI6/s1600-h/madonna_inn.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLNA4LK7WAlYcFR4UNHlXcq0i_8qN9cYI4kQ-wJaA5E8xU-m-05FkTd-kMDMBZpwojTMpx-KSEUDcw2AGItoNIBnqF2Xado9Ox-p_Vd0OzlIPJU8oB4put3UXpHswOL8lUDsdVO-svzmI6/s400/madonna_inn.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238082861749938802" border="0" /></a>We got our lunch in the Copper Cafe which is part of the hotel. This is a panorama of the area we were eating in. We were seated on puffy red leather stools at a counter. It was quite a place. </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIdTRIokAPXhQg6hyxSOLbWXIUuNWK32h2Xnafctn-ZyQ1Ld2uygvSNhyphenhyphenmQU0Qt7Fp8klSikHQ5NtWZdBaKg-xbYwGQRDuMsrv0Y9I0wIBtvFFyU3sb5IhaS_bZfsUCsp4SIqD1neJug_z/s1600-h/d5_11.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIdTRIokAPXhQg6hyxSOLbWXIUuNWK32h2Xnafctn-ZyQ1Ld2uygvSNhyphenhyphenmQU0Qt7Fp8klSikHQ5NtWZdBaKg-xbYwGQRDuMsrv0Y9I0wIBtvFFyU3sb5IhaS_bZfsUCsp4SIqD1neJug_z/s400/d5_11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238103316780205810" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >We split a sandwich and then got a huge banana split dubbed the Madonna's Delight. The service was great and the food was good. I was expecting this place to be a little more seedy or weathered by age, but it's incredibly well kept and clean. We went over to the check-in area to look at postcards. They had postcards of a good majority of the rooms, if not all of them. Seeing all of those made us wish we had scheduled a night there. Check out the hotel and rooms here:<br /><a href="http://www.madonnainn.com/">http://www.madonnainn.com/</a><br />We got back in the car to do another two hours or so drive to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Ventura</span> where we were staying for the night. On this stretch we were away from the coast. We were driving through a lot of rolling hills. We saw our first wine <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">vineyards</span> here. I was a little more impressed by those than Deanna. Neither of us are big wine drinkers, but it was a sight to see. We pulled into <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Ventura</span> and found our hotel which was not too far off the main road. We were pleasantly surprised with a slightly upgraded room, which is always nice.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHeuOQxp5-ejhLwS_gCQL8P62hY4BOIW5izvxNkHQCBVf84cIglLxDLGWTmTTVd_ARgH_FflgGkCUwVSgH5k-fWC3gT8cZPTBcY8JdSTOkLseMtdCtNp7CnKFwbtGzGNgqvAxummKzaAN4/s1600-h/venturaharbor.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHeuOQxp5-ejhLwS_gCQL8P62hY4BOIW5izvxNkHQCBVf84cIglLxDLGWTmTTVd_ARgH_FflgGkCUwVSgH5k-fWC3gT8cZPTBcY8JdSTOkLseMtdCtNp7CnKFwbtGzGNgqvAxummKzaAN4/s400/venturaharbor.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238082868411129490" border="0" /></a>The hotel was next to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">Ventura</span> Marina, so this was the view from our second floor balcony. We relaxed for a few minutes, then changed into bathing suits and drove to the beach that was only about a 3 minute drive from the hotel.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisSXMM8bbku4f3Ow7wbk1YobXooWff5haMzo_CDlcvj93j85iu0GuW47FiOP0rJueiMMnwCcWIxBf-Qd1AUBhTZN-oywn3fMeuQnG0o7vX2O6zkbDEOoh5yeAHxcfzSSdkEpmjzhwmkxWe/s1600-h/d5_8.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisSXMM8bbku4f3Ow7wbk1YobXooWff5haMzo_CDlcvj93j85iu0GuW47FiOP0rJueiMMnwCcWIxBf-Qd1AUBhTZN-oywn3fMeuQnG0o7vX2O6zkbDEOoh5yeAHxcfzSSdkEpmjzhwmkxWe/s400/d5_8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238082868008223970" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD-EIpq9yigfBXQCrc-by77V-tRxG2JSertC5oc81wC51VWgXKT3WfOkg9vOnseUhtGk8H17jQBWKid7q8l3SQGl2qQ8iBV5nWfqZkXC0TACkfzP7wRs9hgLWWw9Rm8KOludLLKp2fmtwV/s1600-h/d5_10.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhD-EIpq9yigfBXQCrc-by77V-tRxG2JSertC5oc81wC51VWgXKT3WfOkg9vOnseUhtGk8H17jQBWKid7q8l3SQGl2qQ8iBV5nWfqZkXC0TACkfzP7wRs9hgLWWw9Rm8KOludLLKp2fmtwV/s400/d5_10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238103315656114946" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" >The beach was really pretty and it was late enough (5-6<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">ish</span> maybe) that there weren't too many people around. We had yet to really go into the ocean since the water had been too cold further north. I was able to talk Deanna into coming in with me. So we got to dip into the Pacific which was fun. It was a little chilly, but not bad. We went back to the hotel and freshened up before heading to downtown <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_23">Ventura</span> for some dinner. We got a slice of</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" > </span><span style=";font-family:verdana;font-size:100%;" >pizza</span><span style=";font-family:times new roman;font-size:100%;" ><span style="font-family:georgia;"> on main street and walked around for a bit.</span><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6v9AJfMonESeivaHOSSZZ6mY7W80xAXMTCqoMMixQCSeKcdYgDFsr-v3nuE4Ptx1fHsCIr8HfIoK4dqYIeifPjTofepZXECSI2IRbBr_hfHPQzmANbXIEFxcD-8pmJ8H8qbnxeN9amnl9/s1600-h/d5_9.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6v9AJfMonESeivaHOSSZZ6mY7W80xAXMTCqoMMixQCSeKcdYgDFsr-v3nuE4Ptx1fHsCIr8HfIoK4dqYIeifPjTofepZXECSI2IRbBr_hfHPQzmANbXIEFxcD-8pmJ8H8qbnxeN9amnl9/s400/d5_9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238103310551631522" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:85%;">I was pretty happy with this shot of </span><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_24" style="font-size:85%;">Ventura</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> at dusk</span><br /><br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: center;font-family:georgia;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW0AC2D23HSeNtmM6l925qh9eh5ytjKOjhatLhr0exDpSaQp9C-2LYx1TcYi0TiprI5SIxs06wovkxyIax5X2mvOTy6SXTH0xTgKVjxAclxVpm2Hq9SJ0PFi2NZDWR8Zs4MH1cZQhCiUx4/s1600-h/d5_13.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiW0AC2D23HSeNtmM6l925qh9eh5ytjKOjhatLhr0exDpSaQp9C-2LYx1TcYi0TiprI5SIxs06wovkxyIax5X2mvOTy6SXTH0xTgKVjxAclxVpm2Hq9SJ0PFi2NZDWR8Zs4MH1cZQhCiUx4/s400/d5_13.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238103325924641298" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_25" style="font-size:85%;">Ventura's</span><span style="font-size:85%;"> City Hall</span>, <span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" >Father </span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_26" >Junipero</span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:85%;" > Serra statue</span><br /><br />We tried navigating our way back to the hotel, which took a little guess work. We stopped off at a Circle K (several times on the trip I got to use the "Strange things are afoot at the Circle K" quote from <span style="font-style: italic;">Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure</span>) and picked up some snacks to take back to the hotel. I ran to the balcony just in time for the tail end of the sunset.<br /></span></div> <div style="text-align: left;font-family:times new roman;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxYNtu5-CgEujc5ozakaVUrHEKhSc_9d77KelA-N5LSBvTHoe4jSyw2MBgT304lvDNKg42VZkM5bC5ER4rWHK3lguBef3aWq1r7co2PkHkbEn3iyyJPwAqImWKXS2qJi6U2tMYS13Dv9y2/s1600-h/venturaharbor_night.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxYNtu5-CgEujc5ozakaVUrHEKhSc_9d77KelA-N5LSBvTHoe4jSyw2MBgT304lvDNKg42VZkM5bC5ER4rWHK3lguBef3aWq1r7co2PkHkbEn3iyyJPwAqImWKXS2qJi6U2tMYS13Dv9y2/s400/venturaharbor_night.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238083296054023362" border="0" /></a>And got one more panorama of the marina at night. We kicked back the rest of the night and watched some cable. Deanna got to indulge in some popcorn and<span style="font-style: italic;"> John and Kate Plus Eight</span> in a king sized bed, tough to top. We got up early the next day in hopes of making one more trip to the beach. We went, but it was too cold and not sunny, so there was no more swimming for us. We got some breakfast, then were off to LA. LA......<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_27">uhhhhh</span>(long sigh, not a good sigh either) This was my grumpy day. I did not enjoy driving this day. We went down the coast through Malibu and all of the coastal beaches you hear about in movies and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_28">tv</span>. It was pretty in parts, but cars were beginning to stack up. We eventually got to Santa Monica and did a few circles until we figured out where we were and parked. We walked on the beach for a bit toward the pier. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGmjHW-xv9RRoE2-wzzhqYW9D4hxsyV5o0LnM69zGDGjDGKdBf4PHJ0hGF8bXZfYLfSSpmW1E_7bweCHLxrWo_eg-nbac4COs29oqvKF9MpYXqtkAnya8baTDf8cUXkpg-OzwirVot1IL8/s1600-h/d6_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGmjHW-xv9RRoE2-wzzhqYW9D4hxsyV5o0LnM69zGDGjDGKdBf4PHJ0hGF8bXZfYLfSSpmW1E_7bweCHLxrWo_eg-nbac4COs29oqvKF9MpYXqtkAnya8baTDf8cUXkpg-OzwirVot1IL8/s400/d6_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238083296336473506" border="0" /></a>We went through an adult playground area with <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_29">exercise</span> stations. I tried out an <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_30">enormous</span> row of metal ring swings and determined I am not destined to be on American Gladiators. Deanna faired much better on the curvy balance beam. We walked around the rides and stopped in an arcade looking for a picture booth. For those of you who don't know, Deanna loves picture booths. They can't be the newer digital ones though, they have to be film process.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5NAxOp1Xc8yRL_f37e8Fybz89m3HJe9NFDkMKC3U61AkyFBBBlAEqrkzRGxL_yidqD-MHiqkgruiqis0DLIrb26tPHdBSK6YkUmWBjVN8e-wWAb4FQH5oNm1n60lA-0iV_3IZPODtU9Mp/s1600-h/pbsm.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5NAxOp1Xc8yRL_f37e8Fybz89m3HJe9NFDkMKC3U61AkyFBBBlAEqrkzRGxL_yidqD-MHiqkgruiqis0DLIrb26tPHdBSK6YkUmWBjVN8e-wWAb4FQH5oNm1n60lA-0iV_3IZPODtU9Mp/s400/pbsm.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238111976439427106" border="0" /></a></span><span style="font-size:100%;">We also hit one earlier on the trip in San Francisco. She appears to be clawing my eyes out it both.<br /><br /></span></div><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCcPIb4ba4teSCi72R4uK-qaEC6RNUpRzUT8f0wmJIYJ5rM0L1nnV0vRKCHncFBiPD399DkELYZ9-gzV8yHSFFkMAonN91A0W0gd1q5pUmcbjATfEnQJUhbKmIiwf7VFqaC0DZXhUan0Ab/s1600-h/pbsf.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCcPIb4ba4teSCi72R4uK-qaEC6RNUpRzUT8f0wmJIYJ5rM0L1nnV0vRKCHncFBiPD399DkELYZ9-gzV8yHSFFkMAonN91A0W0gd1q5pUmcbjATfEnQJUhbKmIiwf7VFqaC0DZXhUan0Ab/s400/pbsf.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238112081635843538" border="0" /></a></span><span style=";font-family:georgia;font-size:100%;" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_nKOKtbTB2-ViD65Yl-VsDWV5JR84uUb30dpcFJjQNHKsD1C570xJMeL2qyqEOUVeA9TwJ3XKhV0iXIOp1OigFPRo13PLcFHmTcsV-EdpmPLrb3lxdUfXrF0iARq0cYvjl9lYQt_b4k4f/s1600-h/d6_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_nKOKtbTB2-ViD65Yl-VsDWV5JR84uUb30dpcFJjQNHKsD1C570xJMeL2qyqEOUVeA9TwJ3XKhV0iXIOp1OigFPRo13PLcFHmTcsV-EdpmPLrb3lxdUfXrF0iARq0cYvjl9lYQt_b4k4f/s400/d6_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238083295328371666" border="0" /></a>This was taken from the pier looking down at the Santa Monica beach. On our way back we saw a lot of Segways for rent. They seemed to be as popular as the bike rentals, and they had kid sized Segways which I hadn't seen before. The rest of the day was planned very vaguely. We knew we wanted to see Sunset Boulevard, and Mulholland Drive. So we drove, and drove and drove. Nothing was within walking distance, and once you got to one destination, the rest of the sites were still very spread out. We drove around LA for 4 hours, stopping shortly for lunch at Arby's. So we covered a lot of ground, but didn't feel like we saw a lot. Beverly Hills had some pretty parts. We drove through studio city by accident which was probably my highlight of the day. <a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEuOfU80Ost9-4w612lo6zs76nPKKgd68HvXkDSvFqCtgptDM0RsBuXWv4kCBOcyhklodaKLggbChUbWZmMlP7gqxycX9p06LICucMDRHOZr5wBUIrVUd4Xl0NYClrnrxeoegKRCzqYfhD/s1600-h/d6_3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEuOfU80Ost9-4w612lo6zs76nPKKgd68HvXkDSvFqCtgptDM0RsBuXWv4kCBOcyhklodaKLggbChUbWZmMlP7gqxycX9p06LICucMDRHOZr5wBUIrVUd4Xl0NYClrnrxeoegKRCzqYfhD/s400/d6_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5238083298937235218" border="0" /></a>We pulled off at a vista view on top of a hill and saw the Hollywood sign. We saw it throughout the day and kinda thought, "well, there it is". So LA was not our favorite place on earth. I think if we had found a couple specific places we wanted to see it would have been better, but we left with the impression that it was just an odd and kind of dirty city. So we looked around for cheap gas (which ranged from $4.50 a gallon to $4.17 a gallon on the same block) and a carwash. We got to the airport and checked in. Our plane ended up being delayed by an hour because we had to de-board and get on a different plane, but aside from that everything went smooth. We both slept for the majority of the overnight trip. We had to run a bit in JFK airport due to our plane delay, but we made it and got back to Philadelphia in one piece. Once back at our apartment we collapsed for a couple of hours. The next couple of days were a little slow paced as well until we got back into the groove of things.<br /><br />It was a fantastic trip! We both had a lot of fun, and gained a ton of new experiences. I liked the north much more than the south, but we really enjoyed Ventura and the Madonna Inn, too, so I wouldn't change a thing.(except maybe skipping LA) I hope we get a chance to travel a lot more in our future since Deanna makes a very good travel partner and navigator. Thanks for reading about our journey!<br /></span>Jessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12345826370323947640noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522531651589417367.post-29113445842477696012008-08-19T12:11:00.009-05:002008-08-19T13:34:38.350-05:00Professional Photos (Reception)Finally, our professional reception photos. It was really hard just picking a few to post here, so check out the rest of the <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessedeanna/collections/72157606592794936/">flickr collection</a> if you want to see more. I might add one or two stragglers to that site sometime during the week, but otherwise I'm through uploading wedding photos.<br /><br />I know I'm posting a lot of detail shots of flowers and craft projects, but being around all of our friends and family was really what made the day so special for us.<br /><br />Like always, click each photo to enlarge and all should be credited to the amazing <a href="http://www.artbydna.com/delgado">Mariano Delgado</a> (although we added our own photoshop flourishes to #s 24 and 25 )<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcutsJBJJ5RYkwFLsinLwyP3UdSF1p2Xmt26BJQBe_rO_iqLDKEJHsuTtwnqFqXJPT5LC1qv4AkyH5Fgv0X5SvlacMxyfy9wAa2P7MkG1eH30qS0GqSjpV9qfUZUGXkjfORaxGI-koK3I/s1600-h/2767405200_3c41f2501f.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcutsJBJJ5RYkwFLsinLwyP3UdSF1p2Xmt26BJQBe_rO_iqLDKEJHsuTtwnqFqXJPT5LC1qv4AkyH5Fgv0X5SvlacMxyfy9wAa2P7MkG1eH30qS0GqSjpV9qfUZUGXkjfORaxGI-koK3I/s320/2767405200_3c41f2501f.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236281515817369234" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">our sweetheart table</span><br /><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7JXeRUnxv6MwAohsKl7mtGFS8HRcR5xYGzZCLQbzx_Dsvv7NM6REHLW0hQhxbEiHlrjrnvqGStK4QLewH4Q3eBTqrA0B5psdrOPpG8FFkM-_LyhSIn0ViZ-TsLqfXSvDaRBOsuciJln8/s1600-h/2760171094_b4de42112a.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7JXeRUnxv6MwAohsKl7mtGFS8HRcR5xYGzZCLQbzx_Dsvv7NM6REHLW0hQhxbEiHlrjrnvqGStK4QLewH4Q3eBTqrA0B5psdrOPpG8FFkM-_LyhSIn0ViZ-TsLqfXSvDaRBOsuciJln8/s320/2760171094_b4de42112a.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236281518878181330" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9SpH2JiTg_6yl1LeeO2eHxxzbIlM7qwx_wsnU2AdEPS8BUKv3uvhJtLYlUVd3b6ayCGTl7bfmJuzedumGjg93IexFWJlmb_lJh1kARakkeWTU6CGbDVj9BDfJe-RfOhlpufe1eVsPx_8/s1600-h/2762373005_f028760eb1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9SpH2JiTg_6yl1LeeO2eHxxzbIlM7qwx_wsnU2AdEPS8BUKv3uvhJtLYlUVd3b6ayCGTl7bfmJuzedumGjg93IexFWJlmb_lJh1kARakkeWTU6CGbDVj9BDfJe-RfOhlpufe1eVsPx_8/s320/2762373005_f028760eb1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236281523619083170" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlz4RGjWjFVMdMQ4ZBOoDsvvKDdk79pDCzpenQbJskh_NWTkh-zPVcCTf1Pp7FiYDo-Aa4UGu5w-MEX42PoYEvVNyzDKcUQa74dop58umIzJbSJOhDMz9HxEWdI8Dzq77vxKnUwVyc6IY/s1600-h/2759330367_0146a9dee3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlz4RGjWjFVMdMQ4ZBOoDsvvKDdk79pDCzpenQbJskh_NWTkh-zPVcCTf1Pp7FiYDo-Aa4UGu5w-MEX42PoYEvVNyzDKcUQa74dop58umIzJbSJOhDMz9HxEWdI8Dzq77vxKnUwVyc6IY/s320/2759330367_0146a9dee3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236281524093556578" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">the <a href="http://jessedeanna.blogspot.com/2008/07/detail-post-3-table-cards.html">table card</a> for our sweet heart table</span><br /><br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8zRntWC2QZ0uyu3nwU_Siip6nzcT7_SaR1hl8HFEG56kXqY5H_rFpa2yUNNO5pNXPAccilxJR256kncWk3a5huJiOHZLJjEevxONtVoQoPBHhv2SvisgOnP1YAxH_JJdSEfX4T08ic0I/s1600-h/2766557585_28167c24e9.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8zRntWC2QZ0uyu3nwU_Siip6nzcT7_SaR1hl8HFEG56kXqY5H_rFpa2yUNNO5pNXPAccilxJR256kncWk3a5huJiOHZLJjEevxONtVoQoPBHhv2SvisgOnP1YAxH_JJdSEfX4T08ic0I/s320/2766557585_28167c24e9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236286323801734818" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL7YuUGH6gZPJE98ViWe7TdgnRYqE83gFpDx2egwLYKFMx0_-t-cYofNOWzrrTuDIRAG4qnzhny0GRj2mmXfar8j__D0fQ3BJosJJo_O8rcbM1ixooXkwvTc2UnBhbxDdsM3Skxofeljg/s1600-h/2759332429_ed977a42d3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjL7YuUGH6gZPJE98ViWe7TdgnRYqE83gFpDx2egwLYKFMx0_-t-cYofNOWzrrTuDIRAG4qnzhny0GRj2mmXfar8j__D0fQ3BJosJJo_O8rcbM1ixooXkwvTc2UnBhbxDdsM3Skxofeljg/s320/2759332429_ed977a42d3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236294696404048834" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><a href="http://jessedeanna.blogspot.com/2008/07/detail-post-2-favors.html">favors</a><br /><br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJcd5kixg71czRUEgewr6NlUIwTycUxfx4kR7_DHJSTB7R4x_3UhBKClliqn_R-o-yj18QX4yjko7LGHfjYn4TjDUA3Vh5mPKkN8ODLOGE1oW8Z4tCrY8mKnn1NJZQZc3C9tSZzn3ai4/s1600-h/2760179390_2d9792b9fe.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuJcd5kixg71czRUEgewr6NlUIwTycUxfx4kR7_DHJSTB7R4x_3UhBKClliqn_R-o-yj18QX4yjko7LGHfjYn4TjDUA3Vh5mPKkN8ODLOGE1oW8Z4tCrY8mKnn1NJZQZc3C9tSZzn3ai4/s320/2760179390_2d9792b9fe.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236294696109012050" border="0" /></a><a href="http://jessedeanna.blogspot.com/2008/07/detail-post-4-guest-book.html"><span style="font-size:85%;">guestbook</span></a></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYi33FBHV0UEMi98gQMP1OumBi-u0d5dUiV_rUz2PnxhHPOsoqTgMuvwbvGqx3iEpMjIV3N_ckjXNWsshsnhJQ2j2inpinMJL2PNebu3GCZzvIASgGgbPuZ0QWVoAM6iMBoj0_JviJ1gc/s1600-h/2766555567_735555e642.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYi33FBHV0UEMi98gQMP1OumBi-u0d5dUiV_rUz2PnxhHPOsoqTgMuvwbvGqx3iEpMjIV3N_ckjXNWsshsnhJQ2j2inpinMJL2PNebu3GCZzvIASgGgbPuZ0QWVoAM6iMBoj0_JviJ1gc/s320/2766555567_735555e642.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236294699519642818" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">part of a garland of our parents' and grandparents' wedding photos (my grandparents above didn't have a wedding photo so we used this cute one instead)<br /><br /></span></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8BwLFtUhybYIdyugG7F49QzQoL_Sb1637D44nOlH-_9JZu8qa4OOI_YhOA7r5f8UgkbFJEm1z9QWdnklcoh3mWurvCfV3gC0gddw7xCh3PDfASaTuWf_WuUQvx1YbbKlEc1CCnBS_EIc/s1600-h/2761246849_f9a6d45ee2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8BwLFtUhybYIdyugG7F49QzQoL_Sb1637D44nOlH-_9JZu8qa4OOI_YhOA7r5f8UgkbFJEm1z9QWdnklcoh3mWurvCfV3gC0gddw7xCh3PDfASaTuWf_WuUQvx1YbbKlEc1CCnBS_EIc/s320/2761246849_f9a6d45ee2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236281530747736290" border="0" /></a><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib4IVyzqQDjNrvBu_KIZizl6BYavwmZ0un_O7jh76BU232okjNG1r7UqeJgP0B83FOC3RNnbFuiAcb_hythtBciZ1-V1EdBJ7RKv7ygMBo4FYcuFoyy0LtGJLs2OwUVxqcgVmxxFwTZ20/s1600-h/2762097080_4a0772d51c.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEib4IVyzqQDjNrvBu_KIZizl6BYavwmZ0un_O7jh76BU232okjNG1r7UqeJgP0B83FOC3RNnbFuiAcb_hythtBciZ1-V1EdBJ7RKv7ygMBo4FYcuFoyy0LtGJLs2OwUVxqcgVmxxFwTZ20/s320/2762097080_4a0772d51c.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236281913084883010" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPL-1Nli53peYt3Hr7x2uR2j1guFk6ZZu6mFu0e8IpSUUsVg-sdl1rJAR0Qp5tonsswz8myJCAgRJYAKs7AaxETYYkXc_ghWBEQWdgtpaZvu4paj8odYaj2rN1rjDVf1IR4Ac-KCY4ftM/s1600-h/2777804295_ccf1a10153.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPL-1Nli53peYt3Hr7x2uR2j1guFk6ZZu6mFu0e8IpSUUsVg-sdl1rJAR0Qp5tonsswz8myJCAgRJYAKs7AaxETYYkXc_ghWBEQWdgtpaZvu4paj8odYaj2rN1rjDVf1IR4Ac-KCY4ftM/s320/2777804295_ccf1a10153.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236281916861174866" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">my bouquet and some birds (i'll write a post about that project and our flowers soon)</span><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5uuhjAwmguyeni3xEaRN5UwWOsiR5kQD-dzQ1pt7g2zGej-fymJhR5Rv4h0Rb2P_eBfJ9Q4H83c9d-gkisXCLpIDlS9_wHn_u9W-g7aM8VbGThKFHVVTZ3VDY1kiUWDx3IRaL5EIAAuc/s1600-h/2760137834_44ecbb76f2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5uuhjAwmguyeni3xEaRN5UwWOsiR5kQD-dzQ1pt7g2zGej-fymJhR5Rv4h0Rb2P_eBfJ9Q4H83c9d-gkisXCLpIDlS9_wHn_u9W-g7aM8VbGThKFHVVTZ3VDY1kiUWDx3IRaL5EIAAuc/s320/2760137834_44ecbb76f2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236281918763205714" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">our yummy cake. we also served mini fruit tarts, eclairs and several pies made by Jesse's mom</span><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjevQZ2sIUTzVG1OuRnEZup1jbAABuiRpwDgrhtaZiEeBe6pgL59nb6OxwPIh7FwNj6pRlRsvztOKYVxEHAUs_9zQDaKL6ocBTAExwFZYw9K6OMMOSYvI8X5iFbVJsA24SgcetCeYkseeY/s1600-h/2762030884_c14ef02ba1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjevQZ2sIUTzVG1OuRnEZup1jbAABuiRpwDgrhtaZiEeBe6pgL59nb6OxwPIh7FwNj6pRlRsvztOKYVxEHAUs_9zQDaKL6ocBTAExwFZYw9K6OMMOSYvI8X5iFbVJsA24SgcetCeYkseeY/s320/2762030884_c14ef02ba1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236281922876526594" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> i'm about to stab my new groom</span><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOBxM9VZpivigZ1E4yfd9hnIGK-9t9riw4j4B9POLh3uzAYYdyLbe7dmQsPtrTxNVT5JvB9nRkIoJTjclvxgYrdxgZ5pqyTEDTC4tbYe97Vijsy8DMwwhlU-8FMlpSvNl_jlFidVyFR9w/s1600-h/2761190725_92973ed44b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOBxM9VZpivigZ1E4yfd9hnIGK-9t9riw4j4B9POLh3uzAYYdyLbe7dmQsPtrTxNVT5JvB9nRkIoJTjclvxgYrdxgZ5pqyTEDTC4tbYe97Vijsy8DMwwhlU-8FMlpSvNl_jlFidVyFR9w/s320/2761190725_92973ed44b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236282775517503618" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">nope, we decide to eat cake instead</span>!<br /><br /></div><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwwzUYKebAxceczxUwAYfmX_EjAD2XoktVYhQOtPjNty644X18R5NKeVn0ksst7uffXSr0XaG_caM5YLfqnE6y-7ZBHIU7wziVfM4oeo6ZFMZ1TEyzJ_3YlYvQHSV0f33BX2zcRfWslcI/s1600-h/2766520109_7b1b3b28f0.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwwzUYKebAxceczxUwAYfmX_EjAD2XoktVYhQOtPjNty644X18R5NKeVn0ksst7uffXSr0XaG_caM5YLfqnE6y-7ZBHIU7wziVfM4oeo6ZFMZ1TEyzJ_3YlYvQHSV0f33BX2zcRfWslcI/s320/2766520109_7b1b3b28f0.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236282787200471970" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrsoAsPcRYQNkEBq87tcGA8VhCKftW61_y8Nk25Vz8pQXcxL-_aWqUN8zvvIIMr3Nh2ZgT9U1pK08yhyPpFJEn4B-WVAsyMEJL7QyNAlW3APaJzJmB5_iz7oLzF1BE0PGYfYxwwHvbJQ8/s1600-h/2762101562_f32b324d27.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihL0GhVulPffDrhaHzmOF_RqABp6B0FjJdzIcwikdhQrW3UouYTAt8Tqh31Ujz4ndi1m6GC9Hbjom3MQ7mpbVwifMWuRvTuqZAfCTgUbFpGq2hWo7y7dPxzS8gleYT0F-JS8j3fDNXfUo/s320/2778665616_d5361f5dbc.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236286332332875330" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">about to toss the bouquet</span><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkn5h91j1jVNtJVAVzGL8KnZ4T4Fx2mtpZyVx9GneFHf0aYpX-GFlUJ8T2tv6ei4zKkrGJsQeQzS3yIJV7pCjsHcVmBKN3xOOY7ORd090jHp0G7nAj77f05M9kqGvFOLqpWXtrH8ERjpI/s1600-h/2777810681_51b986f1a2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkn5h91j1jVNtJVAVzGL8KnZ4T4Fx2mtpZyVx9GneFHf0aYpX-GFlUJ8T2tv6ei4zKkrGJsQeQzS3yIJV7pCjsHcVmBKN3xOOY7ORd090jHp0G7nAj77f05M9kqGvFOLqpWXtrH8ERjpI/s320/2777810681_51b986f1a2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236283581019924050" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">my cousin, Kristin, is the lucky winner</span><br /><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1o9CSpNL8XGrtdip9rkG_Q_GMCEDs0s2JzwCsuwzHy9UUcK01MT3vGIXiPyIEbqMflH8nhI9tb8d_wdrOPbETBVaZCpbqWgPm7AkVxfhcNWt6475kwEWIdGk8men-Xf8uIMlV9pK_FxQ/s1600-h/2770157217_f5a42c2c5e.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1o9CSpNL8XGrtdip9rkG_Q_GMCEDs0s2JzwCsuwzHy9UUcK01MT3vGIXiPyIEbqMflH8nhI9tb8d_wdrOPbETBVaZCpbqWgPm7AkVxfhcNWt6475kwEWIdGk8men-Xf8uIMlV9pK_FxQ/s320/2770157217_f5a42c2c5e.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236286332869749138" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">J</span><span style="font-size:85%;">esse congratulating Bucher for catching the garter</span><br /><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT92EfRrv-KgnByiPmsUePpXqu0GcHFISlPVAoOVQmEX3LpexXDuP2dB-ybqoq4cc0OgVfLQlZw_VlUN3_fOh9C9SvCSVJxHJMSHkJznpzPrsdtFdVgg1enFldPJ_oVKuqvZxChA6jHFE/s1600-h/2767408400_fe5d962fd8.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT92EfRrv-KgnByiPmsUePpXqu0GcHFISlPVAoOVQmEX3LpexXDuP2dB-ybqoq4cc0OgVfLQlZw_VlUN3_fOh9C9SvCSVJxHJMSHkJznpzPrsdtFdVgg1enFldPJ_oVKuqvZxChA6jHFE/s320/2767408400_fe5d962fd8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236283582511613426" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">our getaway ride! (I'll post more about this soon, too)</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Up Next: A return to the final detail posts and more honeymoon goodness from Jesse<br /></div></div>deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00462967603165693754noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522531651589417367.post-77472329509362443072008-08-14T21:34:00.017-05:002008-08-19T20:11:08.436-05:00HONEYMOON! (days 5 & 6)We checked out of our hotel, The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Mosser</span>, in the morning and drove to Santa Cruz. This took us between and hour-and-a-half and two hours. It was a pretty drive, but not as dramatic as the northern coast. Deanna was pretty sleepy this morning, probably due to our long day of walking in San Francisco, but she perked up pretty quickly once we reached the boardwalk in Santa Cruz.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3PPmkoPmFDYw8PCR_TynB32C5pU-5Q9i010GBNhb0XFODQ0o5mFbqC6INUjfKJoQzPfGR-qV_rdWzdFj4W2t6c6MyaCNzDiTDsHIJwrDEjey2D359Tfez37mLqpi3tufGZiTK9PVrDnUP/s1600-h/day5_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3PPmkoPmFDYw8PCR_TynB32C5pU-5Q9i010GBNhb0XFODQ0o5mFbqC6INUjfKJoQzPfGR-qV_rdWzdFj4W2t6c6MyaCNzDiTDsHIJwrDEjey2D359Tfez37mLqpi3tufGZiTK9PVrDnUP/s400/day5_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234585902164812466" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">The sky trail that goes almost the entire length of the boardwalk.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgymZVvPTD16wO8LzL38xpRjsQe8DNF6npzHLhgAv3xnmkvw9HQsdKlVzhOQHrHoqfHk7x3tFvEozVSipqtGBWskV3QFFPmyPiMKoNCEqFCb-SuIDEAwLP4hyZTrhTgideyVBESWBW3dZcM/s1600-h/santacruz.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgymZVvPTD16wO8LzL38xpRjsQe8DNF6npzHLhgAv3xnmkvw9HQsdKlVzhOQHrHoqfHk7x3tFvEozVSipqtGBWskV3QFFPmyPiMKoNCEqFCb-SuIDEAwLP4hyZTrhTgideyVBESWBW3dZcM/s400/santacruz.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234835602088519266" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">A panorama of the Santa Cruz boardwalk. Click the image to see it bigger.</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiViL36iN4Km1pEE-_U7NjJExCjXTnXRVN9hhBuVyEdyE5kMtLRVxzumH-4wPZtEl1juJn535Ui8o5nW6L6x2suWDyHvWBkmkaG2Bs5xbKTFKZPTEfn7ZEN-ldbqeRSDQydLcjpvwJWw-Bf/s1600-h/day5_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiViL36iN4Km1pEE-_U7NjJExCjXTnXRVN9hhBuVyEdyE5kMtLRVxzumH-4wPZtEl1juJn535Ui8o5nW6L6x2suWDyHvWBkmkaG2Bs5xbKTFKZPTEfn7ZEN-ldbqeRSDQydLcjpvwJWw-Bf/s400/day5_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234585903922518434" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Ball Bath?</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvM_2pPIwsbU4ocbHYVsbCvjqg52IGRDBVmhAlaPWeUzUG792UrYEkDUaljSfa7TtsgJz2SjdjEu_bD08nUzOpZUJmZTOdBvXXadSRc7juK3ijEaakO8E2L-P7vhFgrd8jhXZ26u43wDrt/s1600-h/day5_3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvM_2pPIwsbU4ocbHYVsbCvjqg52IGRDBVmhAlaPWeUzUG792UrYEkDUaljSfa7TtsgJz2SjdjEu_bD08nUzOpZUJmZTOdBvXXadSRc7juK3ijEaakO8E2L-P7vhFgrd8jhXZ26u43wDrt/s400/day5_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234585910683629298" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Nope, not a ball bath<br /><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6EJ-jtH6Y82rKrxHpkVG0lJsEsLNlze_0b9JLqTyqtEix299j9-mKEAWicYaWU4y6Zde_YdrnxkUZ5a-8q3QV3dwIIFSK5dz3fXzx9MI03znvvAswtqpleONrH4MB8O6CnVfSX-AQpy4M/s1600-h/day5_4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6EJ-jtH6Y82rKrxHpkVG0lJsEsLNlze_0b9JLqTyqtEix299j9-mKEAWicYaWU4y6Zde_YdrnxkUZ5a-8q3QV3dwIIFSK5dz3fXzx9MI03znvvAswtqpleONrH4MB8O6CnVfSX-AQpy4M/s400/day5_4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234585912420384690" border="0" /></a>We walked down the boardwalk for a while and checked out the attractions. We decided we should hit up our second carousel of the trip before anything else. We tracked down a ticket booth and figured out all of the attractions we wanted to ride.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-VLTjGBxWjnwHCIWKIi73CoaSluejQ38evJVNdAPUzvHLd9PEZGHqLueOFxudneP8CkksqSqQLicw6VnB6eWU4GsQSLHHOeOTEAYl6L_mRTP5arv_ZO3z4sJnEf9QqCq5UMrAn00xgQ99/s1600-h/day5_6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-VLTjGBxWjnwHCIWKIi73CoaSluejQ38evJVNdAPUzvHLd9PEZGHqLueOFxudneP8CkksqSqQLicw6VnB6eWU4GsQSLHHOeOTEAYl6L_mRTP5arv_ZO3z4sJnEf9QqCq5UMrAn00xgQ99/s400/day5_6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234586315027303202" border="0" /></a>Our first stop - the carousel. An older gentleman riding the horse next to me was kind enough to offer to take a picture of us enjoying the ride. The carousel itself of really beautiful and well kept. It was a lot older than the one we rode in San Francisco, and all of the horses went up and down, instead of just a select few. We even needed to wear <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">seat belt</span> on this one as you can see above. The best feature about it was an arm that stretched out from the wall and came close to the riders on the outside horses. The arm dispensed small metal rings that the riders could grab and try to throw in the mouth of a clown painted on the back wall (see below).<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu1842kGWrmH06RDXvbXxRngZODMQC5WBNetEgBFGXYdMYMRyEFx6y9aHryq6sWZ3c_S1kN_VSZs6Fi-Hk3Ck0uCGTH7Z2FvN0vzc4EOVZKKoCSE8wCED9Odp0nRGPlLLw8y3wd-9v54M6/s1600-h/day5_5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu1842kGWrmH06RDXvbXxRngZODMQC5WBNetEgBFGXYdMYMRyEFx6y9aHryq6sWZ3c_S1kN_VSZs6Fi-Hk3Ck0uCGTH7Z2FvN0vzc4EOVZKKoCSE8wCED9Odp0nRGPlLLw8y3wd-9v54M6/s400/day5_5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234585915648055666" border="0" /></a>This was quite a task since the clown was a good ten yards from the horses. When people did get their ring in all sorts of bells and whistles and lights would go off. We weren't on the outside of the carousel, so we didn't have much of a chance, but there were plenty of rings on the ground after the ride was over that we tried our best with.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguKf4xKiZMm0ofccNRI49m_kO-D_VfcPY4z-yCgFgUMi3z2djbz2HmOuFTA-iBc61khg9TxFc_KVsnr_EIwI4qdmv4ka_p0QHPA8EJec-9w8AEGDaNBVxe3D_JpWnEAohXZ98h5cX5wsv5/s1600-h/giantdipper.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguKf4xKiZMm0ofccNRI49m_kO-D_VfcPY4z-yCgFgUMi3z2djbz2HmOuFTA-iBc61khg9TxFc_KVsnr_EIwI4qdmv4ka_p0QHPA8EJec-9w8AEGDaNBVxe3D_JpWnEAohXZ98h5cX5wsv5/s400/giantdipper.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234835591547447778" border="0" /></a>Our next ride was the Giant Dipper, a wooden <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">roller coaster</span> from 1924. It was featured in the 80's movie <span style="font-style: italic;">Lost Boys</span>, which was as exciting for us as the ride itself. (read: VERY exciting, just <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">in case</span> you're not a <span style="font-style: italic;">Lost Boys</span> fan) It was a very jostling and rough ride, but a lot of fun. Deanna isn't a fan of heights, so she was a little excitable as our car climbed up the first hill. After the coaster we walked down the rest of the stretch and got some food. We then went out onto the beach. It was still pretty mild that day, but that didn't stop some of the beach-goers from playing in the cold water.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyphenhyphenadkyA0ND8svA4Hq6HqRFoFoZmUHttkF4_ohbRrzeeNH8VjQVWESftZ5IeHtjZmGc2L4RKNJS3sTop5aC095l3zeW8c60ecjyEFpkFSl_l7KyKSd_nB5Z_3sPB80YV5UUNoT1J9eyrC3/s1600-h/day5_7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyphenhyphenadkyA0ND8svA4Hq6HqRFoFoZmUHttkF4_ohbRrzeeNH8VjQVWESftZ5IeHtjZmGc2L4RKNJS3sTop5aC095l3zeW8c60ecjyEFpkFSl_l7KyKSd_nB5Z_3sPB80YV5UUNoT1J9eyrC3/s400/day5_7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234586322049515394" border="0" /></a>Deanna really liked the lifeguard stands. She thought they looked like lunar <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">landers</span> or something. We went back and rode the sky track after walking on the sand for a bit. The kid working the sky track said we could hold onto our tickets as we stretched them out to him. This almost happened on the coaster as well. We could have just walked passed the girl working there, but gave her the tickets and she just kinda look at us for a second before taking them. The beach was a very happy place and just seemed like it was filled with really nice people. We had a really fun afternoon in Santa Cruz. From here we drove toward our hotel in <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Monterey</span>. This shouldn't have been a long drive, but we ran into quite a bit of traffic and had some long bumper-to-bumper waits. We drove through some pretty farm land and eventually entered <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Monterey</span>. We checked into our hotel and were happy to find it a very quiet place, even though it was close to the airport. I think during our whole stay I only noticed the sound from two planes, and neither was late at night or early in the morning, so we were very pleased. We drove into <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Monterey</span> to get some dinner and went to a strip of restaurants and shops called Cannery Row.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiyTWlcuY5xlU4Qt_je_3hdgDqdov3P_8Q0aP0u7MBgHd5ScANSgJ1-NASWaS5VjV4adYYOhR2e664D3_eUBDPsRMhJgISh6QjwlJX6PMYFRQk4WNOxbr5vq773tp1Gtn0Z7-t9fdo9Hbt/s1600-h/canneryrow.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiyTWlcuY5xlU4Qt_je_3hdgDqdov3P_8Q0aP0u7MBgHd5ScANSgJ1-NASWaS5VjV4adYYOhR2e664D3_eUBDPsRMhJgISh6QjwlJX6PMYFRQk4WNOxbr5vq773tp1Gtn0Z7-t9fdo9Hbt/s400/canneryrow.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234837281526572930" border="0" /></a>We were really <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">disappointed</span> with this area and <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">Monterey</span> as a whole. We weren't expecting to be blown away by anything, but it was really touristy and the place we ate at wasn't anything special. The two ladies and four kids sitting at the table next to ours didn't help matters. They seemed to yell non-stop during our entire meal. But oh well. We went to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Ghiradelli's</span> afterward to get some ice cream for me and hot chocolate for Deanna. It had started to get cold and she needed a little warm up. We drove through the downtown area and liked that a little more. We wished we would have walked around there instead, in retrospect. We finally made it back to the hotel, which was comfortable and a nice size and watched a movie, finally getting to kick back and rest a little.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgABDp_scwFloWedctiV2rfgdf9jb_rWuRleeQzNW2AtcTXCMMh1lkT5kjQKkhyphenhyphenEQNT00kLZWZhJUIatKbF9nQqdVKGo3siwVR1QJaKD0UbSxGEsj47T7ZeTwiHADxG0KGkzug3XAZqboU7/s1600-h/day6_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgABDp_scwFloWedctiV2rfgdf9jb_rWuRleeQzNW2AtcTXCMMh1lkT5kjQKkhyphenhyphenEQNT00kLZWZhJUIatKbF9nQqdVKGo3siwVR1QJaKD0UbSxGEsj47T7ZeTwiHADxG0KGkzug3XAZqboU7/s400/day6_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234586328584682434" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">A photo in the adjustable bathroom mirrors in our <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Monterey</span> hotel, before we left in the morning.<br /><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHloImXLGO9uQR3G9ViKh70lrJovoxPt8884Ei8VjCdDHqHGU2XHAiwNFg0nhNEqmjCJH5-ZLtffUyINNza4wf28-unSzX6nx9watlTqEDFRNCymsSyXLCBeGmu5jnrvYO3JuebKCg3T8c/s1600-h/day6_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHloImXLGO9uQR3G9ViKh70lrJovoxPt8884Ei8VjCdDHqHGU2XHAiwNFg0nhNEqmjCJH5-ZLtffUyINNza4wf28-unSzX6nx9watlTqEDFRNCymsSyXLCBeGmu5jnrvYO3JuebKCg3T8c/s400/day6_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234586332488222306" border="0" /></a><br />We left <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Monterey</span> early in the morning and drove toward Big <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Sur</span>, which was not very far away at all. As we got closer, the mountain ranges to our left grew bigger and bigger.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEQJ4xVPmEWB5Q2fQ-HnOs6D500pH-9N0vJWdGgYR6BsyUVN93u0TrlZzDm1PwTma_D-JOQt5D0rA3bKZrVFrEP-NAkprHDh-J-F_eEXzPYqed2YfFR6I7WstfT56kAHS3TX1OAe66fjU2/s1600-h/day6_5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEQJ4xVPmEWB5Q2fQ-HnOs6D500pH-9N0vJWdGgYR6BsyUVN93u0TrlZzDm1PwTma_D-JOQt5D0rA3bKZrVFrEP-NAkprHDh-J-F_eEXzPYqed2YfFR6I7WstfT56kAHS3TX1OAe66fjU2/s400/day6_5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234587274057552402" border="0" /></a>We crossed over a couple of older-looking tall bridges that made Deanna squirm and then entered into Big <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_14">Sur</span>. There is not a lot there, it's mostly comprised of a couple of state parks, and a couple of small shopping areas. We went to the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_15">Pfeiffer</span> Big <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_16">Sur</span> State Park first and got out to hike for a little bit. A couple of the paths were closed due to the wild fires, so our choices were a little limited. Deanna had told me previous to the trip that she was not doing any hiking. I dismissed this and figured once she got into the beauty of nature she would be into it. I was sorely mistaken. We walked the trail for 10 minutes or so and she was done, so we turned back around. Deanna wasn't feeling great on this day, so it wasn't the best time to be in an area based <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_17">solely</span> on outdoor activities. We got back in the car and drove to Julia <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_18">Pfeiffer</span> Burns State Park (She and her husband were responsible for the conservation of the area, which is why so many areas are named after them). This park had a short trail leading to a really beautiful view of the ocean and a waterfall spilling out into it. Deanna was a trooper and came out on the trail with me. She was feeling a little better at this point, and perked up a little once we got out to the waterfall.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhap283EDeuVosBJviIRaMN5BpJwS08m8hrIxi7hyrAxpq10-WLekHCupddAzupYjkG46ohXRjNarXLHdbyi9quCFkuhELhIXS3IlZT4tub4YuChlYmAJIYt87e6HKDoDWXx9qdHS3PnVl_/s1600-h/day6_6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhap283EDeuVosBJviIRaMN5BpJwS08m8hrIxi7hyrAxpq10-WLekHCupddAzupYjkG46ohXRjNarXLHdbyi9quCFkuhELhIXS3IlZT4tub4YuChlYmAJIYt87e6HKDoDWXx9qdHS3PnVl_/s400/day6_6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234587280076735218" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">This is the tunnel that we walked through on the trail that goes under CA 1.<br /><br /></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDWsntes0EZuVaicZ5p1m-_dj2mKyqd-at-EUPWBSZwML2CVuKzDArP3OgRD2V23hlEiONwNqXwxkVBXCQobeuabm5oDQSUKpBmGP-2kM5ESeOVrHm7vSHxTJGQiLvq-IuAqiDwuDA5xZd/s1600-h/juliapfeiferbigsur.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDWsntes0EZuVaicZ5p1m-_dj2mKyqd-at-EUPWBSZwML2CVuKzDArP3OgRD2V23hlEiONwNqXwxkVBXCQobeuabm5oDQSUKpBmGP-2kM5ESeOVrHm7vSHxTJGQiLvq-IuAqiDwuDA5xZd/s400/juliapfeiferbigsur.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234835596675613538" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">A panorama of the view from the end of the trail. You can click it for a larger view.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMnY8WsujJSzWYhJEL7hI8bh8NpCaKy2PotDiuSPT90MX_JCqd8ZMzvrsjX_ailyNvCvw1dRkOYpj164NQqJUq5nTIIPcvtOIC2gyFD2_KqnPpDbDyA-aVNx97IP5iVtv_sP_UDnTl6zix/s1600-h/day6_7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMnY8WsujJSzWYhJEL7hI8bh8NpCaKy2PotDiuSPT90MX_JCqd8ZMzvrsjX_ailyNvCvw1dRkOYpj164NQqJUq5nTIIPcvtOIC2gyFD2_KqnPpDbDyA-aVNx97IP5iVtv_sP_UDnTl6zix/s400/day6_7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234587283092226866" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">A closer view of the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_19">McWay</span> Waterfall</span><br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQQl_l5tIEAvJov6fWRiDEi_UspxKAfCf7U9IM66J-hrS2cqs7LlFMPWAWef9Aqq0Jz_F2tmRXkCgeM8oXIrx-saTjOxMrQYdZSE27ALR449UkLTqB_bClM2v9llUEUvKi2g7z1rc24-Ns/s1600-h/day6_8.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQQl_l5tIEAvJov6fWRiDEi_UspxKAfCf7U9IM66J-hrS2cqs7LlFMPWAWef9Aqq0Jz_F2tmRXkCgeM8oXIrx-saTjOxMrQYdZSE27ALR449UkLTqB_bClM2v9llUEUvKi2g7z1rc24-Ns/s400/day6_8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234587286462204610" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">us on the trail<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBPNbg3EOXeZNqaxJRFnVnj_qMEERXNKa1gP3v-G2bDB9KVntYZJFvBNA7nd9Rr29K-4U-Y-uq33IiLT4_yeSHzNre-HLTVEKUbB1mZMchIprhqb-zZ_IMi-PhDHv5smXZpSiarrOmh5Fx/s1600-h/day6_9.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBPNbg3EOXeZNqaxJRFnVnj_qMEERXNKa1gP3v-G2bDB9KVntYZJFvBNA7nd9Rr29K-4U-Y-uq33IiLT4_yeSHzNre-HLTVEKUbB1mZMchIprhqb-zZ_IMi-PhDHv5smXZpSiarrOmh5Fx/s400/day6_9.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234587864340160242" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">A bird that I got some pictures of as we were leaving the park. I haven't been able to figure out what it is yet, so if any bird folks out there know, please comment below.</span> <span style="font-size:85%;">(UPDATED: My buddy Jack who comes into the lab at work from time to time, and is a bird phenom, was able to identify this bird in the blink of an eye; it is a Steller's Jay.)</span><br /><br />From there we started to search for <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_20">Pfieffer</span> Beach. We found a couple of sets of directions to it, but they were all proud of the fact that the road leading to it was not labeled. So we had to turn around once or twice to find it. We went down a 2-mile thin, winding road to get to the beach. It was really cold and windy once we finally made it there, so we didn't stay for long.<br /><br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidNNbRNpcFSLG4PKA15JPZ5Psuasf43pbVFc_WsEZqsNsuJVAp1e7YHwLSGIcchudmzrPGhntPeMBzVLDLNtupyOiuDQzwEARqomGmF4yWFQ0VvBu9ZMVJHG4h8p55b6EoQhbmOH7jo6gq/s1600-h/day6_10.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidNNbRNpcFSLG4PKA15JPZ5Psuasf43pbVFc_WsEZqsNsuJVAp1e7YHwLSGIcchudmzrPGhntPeMBzVLDLNtupyOiuDQzwEARqomGmF4yWFQ0VvBu9ZMVJHG4h8p55b6EoQhbmOH7jo6gq/s400/day6_10.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234587872636632082" border="0" /></a>We amused ourselves for a while watching a couple of kids doing flips down the sand dunes and huddled behind a big rock by the ocean to shield ourselves from the wind. It was a pretty beach, but not the best beach experience ever.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFB7-SMFCEAOTCm1Qi_5PnsF0QR0rogP-pv9a37f07QVeNaP__6TXdeH9Zlxw1dE9Xeq28X62ItG2kjc3QkPb-re9vzQ1q9p7J9aqqZVuwXvTWYIL3NWisOlnRDRB7moGuhmLPxu1J1r2X/s1600-h/day6_3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFB7-SMFCEAOTCm1Qi_5PnsF0QR0rogP-pv9a37f07QVeNaP__6TXdeH9Zlxw1dE9Xeq28X62ItG2kjc3QkPb-re9vzQ1q9p7J9aqqZVuwXvTWYIL3NWisOlnRDRB7moGuhmLPxu1J1r2X/s400/day6_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234586345186115298" border="0" /></a>On the way out we did see these beautiful pine trees that had their roots exposed. We snapped a couple pictures, then made our way back up the curvy road.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqsLatMFYF2Tdy3KHCLG9xxNbjcFIXRUz6PhLmuAbffIwPXO23t94Kjowrm9yYYTFDvhnFnF8xHfxi2gConFfA1PF6oZmRs_-khDzNg27FCjY2zV_VtIxV7jzzC9n46bBxjJwYHarnjJER/s1600-h/day6_4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqsLatMFYF2Tdy3KHCLG9xxNbjcFIXRUz6PhLmuAbffIwPXO23t94Kjowrm9yYYTFDvhnFnF8xHfxi2gConFfA1PF6oZmRs_-khDzNg27FCjY2zV_VtIxV7jzzC9n46bBxjJwYHarnjJER/s400/day6_4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234587258429416354" border="0" /></a>We checked into the Glen Oaks Motel after the beach and were really happy to see the posh room we got. The property didn't look like much from the outside, but the 60's mod room really saved Deanna's day. She was quick to correct me in that THIS was her favorite hotel. The bathroom was really <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_21">outstanding</span> as well and featured heated stone floors, a giant round mirror, and expansive walk in shower. We spent the rest of our day here, playing with the puppy at the motel office, napping, and then we getting a late lunch. We ate dinner (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_22">ok</span>, it was actually just dessert) at the restaurant across the street, and it was tasty.<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA351y5g9zQeW_cc2DojPZaKel8Q_3WjOM8Zml6Kc6xFla2df7ggwNVC1Rtukq8A_9C09bjsFScO90Rsb4p5fmbp7vVVyf_svbri7CzuFPvk9JZmoUqJXiro-gSASnkJ3ZF_EKg841ccEc/s1600-h/day6_11.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA351y5g9zQeW_cc2DojPZaKel8Q_3WjOM8Zml6Kc6xFla2df7ggwNVC1Rtukq8A_9C09bjsFScO90Rsb4p5fmbp7vVVyf_svbri7CzuFPvk9JZmoUqJXiro-gSASnkJ3ZF_EKg841ccEc/s400/day6_11.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234587879320574274" border="0" /></a>The rest of the night was laid back. We played scrabble, one of many games the motel provided and got to bed pretty early.Jessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12345826370323947640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522531651589417367.post-81261357899871824062008-08-14T09:43:00.007-05:002008-08-19T12:11:01.666-05:00Professional Photos (Reception Teaser)I just wanted to give you the heads up that we've slowly started adding reception photos on our flickr site <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessedeanna/sets/72157606702393398/">here</a>. There are still more to sort through and upload, but we'll try to finish that set over the weekend. I'll add post more photos up here then, but here's one to tied you over in the meantime.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSwalL4DCYwneT5gQ3xChHKYVMv14KvAxcl_Zlc0JcvyICryD0uei6VT86j8Z7-8dwjKiySrf_BqDv1CXy9tOfY1qz9bLLcBRTZWjGWbQlCMIn8-sZoGys-x2BTko_bRCP0IS7_lA3Fpc/s1600-h/2762099982_ea609937ae.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSwalL4DCYwneT5gQ3xChHKYVMv14KvAxcl_Zlc0JcvyICryD0uei6VT86j8Z7-8dwjKiySrf_BqDv1CXy9tOfY1qz9bLLcBRTZWjGWbQlCMIn8-sZoGys-x2BTko_bRCP0IS7_lA3Fpc/s400/2762099982_ea609937ae.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5234385773636791938" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />photo credited to mariano delgado</span><br /></div>deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00462967603165693754noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522531651589417367.post-87744117236522732662008-08-10T12:36:00.008-05:002008-08-19T13:47:18.895-05:00Professional Photos (Couple Portraits)As promised, here's the next set of photos. These were taken at several very picturesque spots along the away between the ceremony and reception locations. I mentioned earlier that I'm much more of a city girl than a country girl, but these photos just justify our decision to have our wedding in Jesse's hometown. There's no way we'd be able to get those cornfield shots near our apartment in Philly! There are more on our <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessedeanna/sets/72157606642814289/">flickr</a> set (and I still plan to add a few more to that set in the next couple of days), plus the <a href="http://jessedeanna.blogspot.com/2008/07/mariano-is-such-tease.html">three teaser ones</a> that i LOVE that I posted about a few weeks back.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzGTUsP8Z9fFP5OyI4XWfDhwq8zvazjoaxBHPXdUaVOXWjfUz7WMsNs6r-THn9b3oLcL3VLFzWsbqSKGYoL0mbLKwobjgJkaZKR-J3r20s0X2FHXKyd3Bu0FS6FQ5FC5vgoKNbFS5u09Y/s1600-h/2749758008_6abe600ecb.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzGTUsP8Z9fFP5OyI4XWfDhwq8zvazjoaxBHPXdUaVOXWjfUz7WMsNs6r-THn9b3oLcL3VLFzWsbqSKGYoL0mbLKwobjgJkaZKR-J3r20s0X2FHXKyd3Bu0FS6FQ5FC5vgoKNbFS5u09Y/s320/2749758008_6abe600ecb.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232949630627502642" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjuPIhR3_wOwlLwZbdDrDYoCQVDLCfu-7ZCJRL1hJVVAmdx0zWiYcUlOuk-0Z3Wr9_vakLtdTOmB6vSDNzlj5YnPKnH4IbmX7AhVGZkD6K614OawkgUrOjnJeZMLmMgiYTbinVIrrhGO8/s1600-h/2748973776_7d2b748f2d.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5DaUMVQsEPLkVYXKP-yEijHNQiG_m8HLNrp4lecdR30E9I_poFYK09_A6Xp5noNSo3tvmBBkO5GtkBp5q1ebAcuSZGhuyHRHM9SoESA4NHbSA-_DrJrieIt9DlyCPZ1BHiQFO4_chers/s320/2756437257_599215c911.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5236302012001908226" border="0" /></a><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">Click to enlarge. All photos credited to <a href="http://www.artbydna.com/delgado">Mariano Delgado</a></span><br /><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Up next: Reception photos!<br /></div></div>deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00462967603165693754noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522531651589417367.post-90381822293599379822008-08-10T11:31:00.022-05:002008-08-16T13:21:37.931-05:00HONEYMOON! (Days 3 & 4)We started our day feeling very refreshed. We had really enjoyed our stay at the Wharf Master's Inn in Point Arena and were ready for another full day of travel. As we started back down Ca 1 we approached <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Gualala</span>, which Deanna and I both enjoyed saying each time we saw a sign for it. I threw on the brakes and pulled off rather suddenly when I saw these beauties on the side of the road.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjchzF-o7P74IwXHhzQ3c3vof2HSYy3pqPyIoagHTZ4B-P-6uQJcFD7hjbvQySg1oy-sY0KVnBSYp6HuvFMOBFiahPS_6odL2W-CfKv-AZIIiQW_iKU7WiMDxh-S0_UgS0X3ieycTvLI60c/s1600-h/d3_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjchzF-o7P74IwXHhzQ3c3vof2HSYy3pqPyIoagHTZ4B-P-6uQJcFD7hjbvQySg1oy-sY0KVnBSYp6HuvFMOBFiahPS_6odL2W-CfKv-AZIIiQW_iKU7WiMDxh-S0_UgS0X3ieycTvLI60c/s400/d3_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232930619597841618" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9sKF9mottbEEZHkDgiuXLKp-6YoLY0JrCsoymY_GUKHZbo3ILFrAo-jMv4A1QlV83BYL2eJhCjUx3vrkIRjpXXWYQ6hQ63NhL7aFAyONwqQS79V3K5-BjEjkd6RFxQ-4PoWwGAZHaKbKi/s1600-h/d3_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9sKF9mottbEEZHkDgiuXLKp-6YoLY0JrCsoymY_GUKHZbo3ILFrAo-jMv4A1QlV83BYL2eJhCjUx3vrkIRjpXXWYQ6hQ63NhL7aFAyONwqQS79V3K5-BjEjkd6RFxQ-4PoWwGAZHaKbKi/s400/d3_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232930728736525058" border="0" /></a><br />There were about six full sized metal dinosaurs (and a King Kong) stationed at a landscaping business on the side of the road. There were a few smaller ones scattered around as well. They were a fun surprise early on in our day.<br />Our first scheduled stop of the day was the Salt Point State Park. We saw a general sign for the park area, which was then scattered with exits to access the different beaches. Deanna saw a really pretty inlet as we were coming around the bend of a cliff and said "THAT ONE! GET US THERE!". As luck would have it there was a sign shortly after that and we were able to get to Stump Beach. There was only one other car in the parking area as we pulled in, and had very little company the whole time we were there, which was nice. The beach was beautiful and really reminded me of the Oregon coast where my grandparents lived. It was a really breathtaking view when we came out of the pine tree lined area and got a full view of the beach. (see panorama)<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie4WjLQMedrSfPKrUaG-JXXfNJllNPvkeL2X4E5Yd9SUgUrMiZjIItE1IvniyHZR8TMq-rlB5xO1Rtm_g5ExxtKH4S-oN_MnTssQG1jpk5tdOL2YFvzi_ZZRecGIF_ujM9Uz1996Xo6pzV/s1600-h/d3_4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEie4WjLQMedrSfPKrUaG-JXXfNJllNPvkeL2X4E5Yd9SUgUrMiZjIItE1IvniyHZR8TMq-rlB5xO1Rtm_g5ExxtKH4S-oN_MnTssQG1jpk5tdOL2YFvzi_ZZRecGIF_ujM9Uz1996Xo6pzV/s400/d3_4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232932802584879810" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Stump Beach at Salt Point State Park</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">We have fun going down the big set of wooden steps and exploring the tide pools and beach. It was very <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">peaceful</span> and quiet. We skipped some of the stones that lined portions of the sand on the water, and took in the view.<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAgBR2a79JRXJqEH_IXLPre_G-kf-zjRZoPje8Cw2mzvHLX0Le13cAy1zXMu-CxP95M4yXI-VmSapcFkDo9-yU2vuaPZ7Zt-2X92ogjZlYkxKcOYYTnBuytIRli3Wqs2NztZnEQNHAY2ji/s1600-h/d3_3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAgBR2a79JRXJqEH_IXLPre_G-kf-zjRZoPje8Cw2mzvHLX0Le13cAy1zXMu-CxP95M4yXI-VmSapcFkDo9-yU2vuaPZ7Zt-2X92ogjZlYkxKcOYYTnBuytIRli3Wqs2NztZnEQNHAY2ji/s400/d3_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232933606931875042" border="0" /></a><br />We took our last looks at Stump Beach and started back up the stairs. We hoped back in the car and came across many many stunning views. There were a lot of <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">pull off</span> shoulders on Ca 1 for people to stop and take pictures, and we stopped at a few of those. Here is an attempted panorama from one of those, but it didn't stitch together too cleanly with the shifting ocean and expansive view. Its still pretty though...<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8nBzBeGKB4n2lwXu5CPW4RjZWdvQK98OuMAmXA_js1jbNwupFDcvCHk7NjOmPjBXZCqAZ2jWe_GegcXPkeasqpC2cScYMDs4jVo59iDzpy6PoZnuG6jxkOZiZ8VT98kerPphxNrCCcP3k/s1600-h/d3_5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8nBzBeGKB4n2lwXu5CPW4RjZWdvQK98OuMAmXA_js1jbNwupFDcvCHk7NjOmPjBXZCqAZ2jWe_GegcXPkeasqpC2cScYMDs4jVo59iDzpy6PoZnuG6jxkOZiZ8VT98kerPphxNrCCcP3k/s400/d3_5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232935148620976674" border="0" /></a><br />This one is almost a 360 degree view, so the rental car on the left and Deanna on the right were actually pretty close to each other. Deanna is looking at a lizard in the brush there. We saw a couple of these on this day at different places.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeMQbyYdh6geoz8T88PVAzuXX-DK490utrVvwCIxy0F3mH_qBZxxrs82XyrB5nDqGVBEgGCicdRy3YoU-_HBUl7Jbug1aeCMPsCuBK4DM40pCZ3L4Es889WQwE_9fcVKpLhnq7E6BRtj8n/s1600-h/d3_liz.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeMQbyYdh6geoz8T88PVAzuXX-DK490utrVvwCIxy0F3mH_qBZxxrs82XyrB5nDqGVBEgGCicdRy3YoU-_HBUl7Jbug1aeCMPsCuBK4DM40pCZ3L4Es889WQwE_9fcVKpLhnq7E6BRtj8n/s400/d3_liz.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232936262571387666" border="0" /></a>They weren't huge. If I stretched my thumb and pointer finger as far apart as I could, it was probably about that long from head to tail. At one of these shoulders we saw coming up we noticed a crowd of five or six cars were pulled off. This was a rare site. At this point in the trip we could drive for 20 minutes without seeing a car in front of us or behind us. We took this as a cue and pulled off behind a pickup truck with a rack on it. After a few seconds we said "SURFERS". I had seen one guy surfing earlier this morning from the balcony of our hotel room, but this was our first glimpse of a group. Deanna sat in the car for a couple minutes refilling the film in her camera. I got out to explore and discovered this sign and a group of seals on the beach below.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw0furf-ehwkDnIVtkrn5A7oBJJ1HZu_eDP2b7RKX9l_pCpwMZE-qoMFtuuO6yoFOTXBUlCmgss9TW2_pLM9akolxLZMRy3ffQLSlWogisrTNaADccWTtBDn9bRG1A_TRK4FgCE5m9CUBU/s1600-h/d3_6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw0furf-ehwkDnIVtkrn5A7oBJJ1HZu_eDP2b7RKX9l_pCpwMZE-qoMFtuuO6yoFOTXBUlCmgss9TW2_pLM9akolxLZMRy3ffQLSlWogisrTNaADccWTtBDn9bRG1A_TRK4FgCE5m9CUBU/s400/d3_6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232938101200987538" border="0" /></a>We were really excited and found a semi-steep trail down to the sand. (The pull off was pretty high up on a cliff, as was most of the road) We got down and checked out the surfers briefly then got to see the seals from across a waterway connecting with the ocean.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6CbVORmDz_Egx4dY-MFRDZ27XlV0_sKbNtOal44URunXVSwwwceYFzKmm0nJgrVU3V6pLxWd8tGihlMKeEWZ-NEjAsnNwnmY-2Pbleb1Vzb5y0J-U8yNMJGG3TjCotOB-gIMTScM_mF-P/s1600-h/d3_7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6CbVORmDz_Egx4dY-MFRDZ27XlV0_sKbNtOal44URunXVSwwwceYFzKmm0nJgrVU3V6pLxWd8tGihlMKeEWZ-NEjAsnNwnmY-2Pbleb1Vzb5y0J-U8yNMJGG3TjCotOB-gIMTScM_mF-P/s400/d3_7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232938917635463618" border="0" /></a><br />We had binoculars with us and could see them pretty clearly through those. I am not 100% sure they are seals, but they didn't look like the sea lions we eventually saw in San Francisco. We watched them play and swim for a while before heading back to the road. The drive to San Francisco seemed to take a while. The road turned inland for a while, but it still had some nice views of rolling hills and livestock. We stopped at Point Reyes for Lunch at the Cowboy Cafe and got some really good pulled pork <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">sandwiches</span>. We then pushed on the San Francisco and got treated to some really dramatic views from VERY high cliffs.<br />Before driving into San Francisco we pulled off at the Golden Gate Recreation Park and took in the view.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc4Fta0-k-BzQFYKMECpsdJ0K5WqjoPLFV2pppGjZjKWKc19vRwM-PzT-irPeVpjkrrfTkmsmBmHxW5VqzF2o2XfVVxwcSOerDefZ0TQ6CF2Dqycfe7OwGpofNYuCkubuDI_5zmDjatDcy/s1600-h/goldengate.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhc4Fta0-k-BzQFYKMECpsdJ0K5WqjoPLFV2pppGjZjKWKc19vRwM-PzT-irPeVpjkrrfTkmsmBmHxW5VqzF2o2XfVVxwcSOerDefZ0TQ6CF2Dqycfe7OwGpofNYuCkubuDI_5zmDjatDcy/s400/goldengate.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232940514522690034" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIUxtHqdocidq0Gjix_j0DBsCBEhtb2DFKM5Bte45kUYWXBVC-VCIKXNsmCQeiROnzcPRfU-H11HhCal_eFesgy7_5IWgXnumHZIwOE1cBGI3xHhoCDrjz0gMp-Eu3MrNue7eCp9hfRsSM/s1600-h/d3_8.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIUxtHqdocidq0Gjix_j0DBsCBEhtb2DFKM5Bte45kUYWXBVC-VCIKXNsmCQeiROnzcPRfU-H11HhCal_eFesgy7_5IWgXnumHZIwOE1cBGI3xHhoCDrjz0gMp-Eu3MrNue7eCp9hfRsSM/s400/d3_8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232940634292767250" border="0" /></a>It was pretty cold and very windy up there, but such a view. Deanna was a little grumpy at this point from riding in the car for so long, but I think she had cheered up by the time we were done.<br />There was a former military base at the same site that we explored a little before heading into the city. We got to our hotel, "The <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">Mosser</span>" and after circling the block 3 times (which took a while) we were able to park and work things out with valet. We stored the car for the next two nights and opted to travel San <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">Francisco</span> on foot and by public transit. After settling into our tiny but cute hotel room we met up with our friends Chris and Erica and got some dinner with them. We ate well and had a fun first night out in the city.<br />Chris and Erica were nice enough to take Friday off, so the whole next day was spent touring the city with them. And they were very good tour guides. We took an old trolley train to Fisherman's Wharf at Pier 39, which is a big tourist area.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPQ0F0bMwsjNg3dZIXv5zljE-mKL71mjzumDsv_pD26_TZlwaUqRmsk_xV4B0LEzIFHmUd-rdI2aHEmwDwaCj4utww0OtanZ5eLdatHzO32NgMxFgXJ6kNcJNYBNnIHWUoCsyK3EaOZIjV/s1600-h/d4_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPQ0F0bMwsjNg3dZIXv5zljE-mKL71mjzumDsv_pD26_TZlwaUqRmsk_xV4B0LEzIFHmUd-rdI2aHEmwDwaCj4utww0OtanZ5eLdatHzO32NgMxFgXJ6kNcJNYBNnIHWUoCsyK3EaOZIjV/s400/d4_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232942630873045858" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Deanna, Chris, and Erica at Pier 39</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">We found a carousel there and Deanna almost immediately talked everyone into riding.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_EKmyHdkEQYUxNX6emgfcUApHYXnsMeIPESvbsmOdsNHEH99BHNJ6E1NPQoQUCYgjnw8HWDIOLD2_b_YhI6doAjHPrvhwODeodfuUFFX01ZkBPUFU9sBpgAKQXT2nYR5nCL9D2hW-w0hy/s1600-h/d4_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_EKmyHdkEQYUxNX6emgfcUApHYXnsMeIPESvbsmOdsNHEH99BHNJ6E1NPQoQUCYgjnw8HWDIOLD2_b_YhI6doAjHPrvhwODeodfuUFFX01ZkBPUFU9sBpgAKQXT2nYR5nCL9D2hW-w0hy/s400/d4_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232943080615223602" border="0" /></a>Deanna is riding sidesaddle here if you can't figure out what your seeing in the picture. We all turned into 5 year old pretty quickly once we got on.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWzRi0GaaTitSYkuJLnaflsncOUhpvIlUV0lKyUF3Daq1uVHkcbCHuYvJZl9aeO0hM8dByzEdAx-XPmb4zrNcH_PaHri6nut9g9MA5MjkSqqJMZdX-Ukql0ZtlBMJYswHlttZ7sp9KKYjW/s1600-h/d4_3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWzRi0GaaTitSYkuJLnaflsncOUhpvIlUV0lKyUF3Daq1uVHkcbCHuYvJZl9aeO0hM8dByzEdAx-XPmb4zrNcH_PaHri6nut9g9MA5MjkSqqJMZdX-Ukql0ZtlBMJYswHlttZ7sp9KKYjW/s400/d4_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232943550861215602" border="0" /></a>Also at the pier are the famous seal lion rafts. We spent a while there watching them bellow and push each other off the floats. They were very animated and seemed like seasoned professional at entertaining the onlookers.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcrejKusGivnUXPEx3Xa58kBydaudx4tuok-CXkFQI80AFQ5J_V7IeHOLZUscq73P8g-qpaarQi0SnXPEup5fzQN5gHvjPl2T04ncoCItWpMtbKbwhW7zsp0Xo90XoJjRHe0ojpajBUrcw/s1600-h/d4_4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcrejKusGivnUXPEx3Xa58kBydaudx4tuok-CXkFQI80AFQ5J_V7IeHOLZUscq73P8g-qpaarQi0SnXPEup5fzQN5gHvjPl2T04ncoCItWpMtbKbwhW7zsp0Xo90XoJjRHe0ojpajBUrcw/s400/d4_4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232944258042553730" border="0" /></a><br />We walked further down the waterfront and stopped at the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Musee</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Mechanique</span>, a museum of old coin-op machines(all working) that you could actually play. We used up a roll of quarters there pretty quickly between the four of us. Deanna and I both like old, mechanical things, so this place really got us worked up.<br /></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6xEdI098NOOUWjV4Mvrt3jXe11glHL8nLW3bxCv1ajwIJvUA5Eq58MlhYwXV5tACQqdqY4E6agPaX9MrHHIRajcX1EzGmHucQDCNHdu-SmKb6_4PEB23evtVCQFWpwPjqrnbqNFyWa4KJ/s1600-h/d3_mech.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6xEdI098NOOUWjV4Mvrt3jXe11glHL8nLW3bxCv1ajwIJvUA5Eq58MlhYwXV5tACQqdqY4E6agPaX9MrHHIRajcX1EzGmHucQDCNHdu-SmKb6_4PEB23evtVCQFWpwPjqrnbqNFyWa4KJ/s400/d3_mech.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232945800346333570" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: left;">For lunch we went to the In and Out Burger, which I had been anticipating for a while. It didn't let me down, and I think everyone enjoyed a nice greasy burger and fries on our fun day out.<br />We then waited in line for the famous trolley cars with the open sides. Chris and I risked life and limb and rode on the outside. We got off at Lombard Street (the most crooked street in the world) and walked down that. It was a beautiful street with lots of flowers and pretty houses.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1IO_TtVtZG5-JfdDk92qOraAFLel3odds4x07o1MGXhasmREK_QaMYHwLKFO4mmyglp0pr9zgSSp5WrxzaQ0tLNN521Bj2uDqmOrAGbNMzQf7n4TS81LoJ_dW5-Kjk30mQyHmzk_mtK8Y/s1600-h/d4_5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1IO_TtVtZG5-JfdDk92qOraAFLel3odds4x07o1MGXhasmREK_QaMYHwLKFO4mmyglp0pr9zgSSp5WrxzaQ0tLNN521Bj2uDqmOrAGbNMzQf7n4TS81LoJ_dW5-Kjk30mQyHmzk_mtK8Y/s400/d4_5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232947122223980738" border="0" /></a>From there we got back on the trolley car and headed toward Chris and Erica's area of town in the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">Haight</span>. They toured us through Golden Gate Park and took us to a really beautiful art <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">museum</span> (De Young). We went up to the 9<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">th</span> floor of the museum which had walls of glass from floor to ceiling all the way around, giving us a full view of the city in all directions.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRzelXhsrNf_xujOvYgXEl2VV4NY3aigfPt7fJ-mu3G3cgXTw4mjFSvCgqdY-tK5IrY5HJybrKFbjPHzOVYtvq2RUxAMHVIuW4cvDe10aq8Vw_-aLvlhPbAf2J5V1L2nl5K5KnE8BO9XFY/s1600-h/museum_elevator.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhRzelXhsrNf_xujOvYgXEl2VV4NY3aigfPt7fJ-mu3G3cgXTw4mjFSvCgqdY-tK5IrY5HJybrKFbjPHzOVYtvq2RUxAMHVIuW4cvDe10aq8Vw_-aLvlhPbAf2J5V1L2nl5K5KnE8BO9XFY/s400/museum_elevator.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232954745637339138" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Inside Elevator At De Young Museum<br /><br /></span></div> The museum was wonderfully designed and had a lot of art built into the structure, like this gold leaf wall that was on both sides of a tunnel you went through at the entrance.<br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9r8WgVCCk9mcjcQPhrPya1U2h2QLUuTuorGJ5B24l7rv_6BaV4nEblyHyi-j0BZjJRdjP9W1HhF4ZU5yGwuEQY-ql9uPNlW1qib5GH7E6JJDgLusBoUIyEIfh-lC3nV2Fdhjm7npLwB1V/s1600-h/d4_6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9r8WgVCCk9mcjcQPhrPya1U2h2QLUuTuorGJ5B24l7rv_6BaV4nEblyHyi-j0BZjJRdjP9W1HhF4ZU5yGwuEQY-ql9uPNlW1qib5GH7E6JJDgLusBoUIyEIfh-lC3nV2Fdhjm7npLwB1V/s400/d4_6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5232948441354486466" border="0" /></a>We got some dinner with Chris and Erica at a fun place called "<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">Cha</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">Cha</span> <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_13">Cha</span>" before heading back to our hotel for the night. We really felt like we saw the whole city (I know we didn't) in that day. Thanks to Chris and Erica for showing us all the tourist traps and all of the stuff we would have never discovered if we were on our own.<br /><br /></div></div>Jessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12345826370323947640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522531651589417367.post-54493940331736753292008-08-07T13:16:00.012-05:002008-08-19T13:45:12.596-05:00Professional Photos (getting ready & ceremony)While Jesse's posting our honeymoon photos, I'll get to work on our professional photos. <a href="http://www.artbydna.com/delgado">Mariano </a>(our photographer) sent us almost 1200 photos in both color and black and white, so it's taking us a little while to sort through them all and pick our favorites. It's easier to break them down into chronological sets, so here is the first batch - photos taken while we were getting ready and during the ceremony in Lititz Springs Park. We're really happy with Mariano's work and he was a pleasure to be around on our wedding day. Looking through all of these photos is like reliving the day all over again. We would highly recommend him to other couples in the NY-NJ-PA area<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2QZNDNs6W6n_UNWYdBCx7Tjcx0vPK39AWwiEl861ke_ypow7WepuMvpa9gtiCXfTJZ5j7IzXuLX_-LgIlDRMc60H77ci2_QPNadHsUnUab6Gf4HUCP4v1Zk7yS1W_PYbgO4jEUgY6Fsk/s1600-h/2739729735_ddf9f91d4f.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2QZNDNs6W6n_UNWYdBCx7Tjcx0vPK39AWwiEl861ke_ypow7WepuMvpa9gtiCXfTJZ5j7IzXuLX_-LgIlDRMc60H77ci2_QPNadHsUnUab6Gf4HUCP4v1Zk7yS1W_PYbgO4jEUgY6Fsk/s320/2739729735_ddf9f91d4f.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231845918953415138" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmKOctYJSKxKjnqc9iNLWu4Sybks6aJ3hChwF_yk5ZP3badjBQkd9mPDVEPr8AZMtYS0wvbcm1H13fwg_Aq6aM7SSux0A3jAQ4ujHB1DCLFU9FZf6eVfmVp24i3E-Vxp0wDkxlTg6ZgGc/s1600-h/2740564860_8c55c7d682.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmKOctYJSKxKjnqc9iNLWu4Sybks6aJ3hChwF_yk5ZP3badjBQkd9mPDVEPr8AZMtYS0wvbcm1H13fwg_Aq6aM7SSux0A3jAQ4ujHB1DCLFU9FZf6eVfmVp24i3E-Vxp0wDkxlTg6ZgGc/s320/2740564860_8c55c7d682.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231843454487464370" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK9aaUTTZ9MlhLCRhMKq-Vh4BrsWdRJA2sq9Ma9B8BSM1E1ruC7KSJZmSaP1AqsE8DMYVV4fNRJjsXenm5v2MpCpbclweSi_6FfViIcAvM9rVeuRdVEt_EQMHZqJKmD_uNF09VfWI03zA/s1600-h/2739725833_aee8ca84b3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK9aaUTTZ9MlhLCRhMKq-Vh4BrsWdRJA2sq9Ma9B8BSM1E1ruC7KSJZmSaP1AqsE8DMYVV4fNRJjsXenm5v2MpCpbclweSi_6FfViIcAvM9rVeuRdVEt_EQMHZqJKmD_uNF09VfWI03zA/s320/2739725833_aee8ca84b3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231845916186066754" border="0" /></a>My mom and dad kept me company in my hotel room before we got to the ceremony site. I'm showing my insane asylum smile so that clearly means I was excited for the day to begin.<br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO8I7rWoSeYe9IRfRSLvCJ-X60CcOGPElf79RsUW4UeK217DoFV0wOQus4fm5eXsh-0J3sG31_03hFNARxNf12lSxW0pKBFjQzAYobpjCGQv8WIva4ZyW8W31qdeqCkGATGLQ0PTzCehY/s1600-h/2739741259_1b069a6d8b.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO8I7rWoSeYe9IRfRSLvCJ-X60CcOGPElf79RsUW4UeK217DoFV0wOQus4fm5eXsh-0J3sG31_03hFNARxNf12lSxW0pKBFjQzAYobpjCGQv8WIva4ZyW8W31qdeqCkGATGLQ0PTzCehY/s320/2739741259_1b069a6d8b.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231843456557591682" border="0" /></a>Since Jesse didn't want to see me before I walked down the aisle, it meant that he had to get the ceremony site ready by himself (with help from our friends).<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwG2FeGlVTaFEtUJuQ082Jk_llBjMjjAX0ABu_bkezAt_d9xGC3o5Fk6nna1KjR0bBKtI8KKpUDHW6yiKC_Y3wQS7gtiAUX8afx8bAp93dGr5pB0QXFzttmhCtl0j-lu5AjfT6g2etGDQ/s1600-h/2762385049_e2964a343c.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; 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display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjOGSx355yQeuq0IKWa367G7zzcErwbXAXliYhfD6HwjC7KgywyRTPXaJSTsDZyZA3DxcSu57kr6b7wESd52IL-aHsr69vkG9ptxZLqizZ2cAdGe8fC7w2TTNIwKvPdF0oXDWF2lhYG4AQ/s320/2739986641_4cfb37c33e.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231845923828868466" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp1jIamwq8i5SOu-vciDKLMdq4Ec3TrKB1O9f9D-Jb0G2OHY17jlqGBGH1rpKjufQPRYpM6cMrhtSa6MuKcIAkOIMHQGfAGCsZZ__yLsxmJnRvH2HK3t1CSV1D75vrC7c3Cov13yyx5EA/s1600-h/2740825760_6e40d77605.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp1jIamwq8i5SOu-vciDKLMdq4Ec3TrKB1O9f9D-Jb0G2OHY17jlqGBGH1rpKjufQPRYpM6cMrhtSa6MuKcIAkOIMHQGfAGCsZZ__yLsxmJnRvH2HK3t1CSV1D75vrC7c3Cov13yyx5EA/s320/2740825760_6e40d77605.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231846657538145954" border="0" /></a><br />we're married!<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhylkt7McD7X03bhIOezeecCnL2UahWyuIiwqK8FsURAEqfICX_QX-7SI2d2Byw8xzbHazo15Ccnol0I4cKeKph1WjJYCk9B8XR6TF07P1m3jpE2Kp3JGsffsDyPmh-KmxK1WODiIFqToU/s1600-h/2740832356_8ec6e1c3c8.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhylkt7McD7X03bhIOezeecCnL2UahWyuIiwqK8FsURAEqfICX_QX-7SI2d2Byw8xzbHazo15Ccnol0I4cKeKph1WjJYCk9B8XR6TF07P1m3jpE2Kp3JGsffsDyPmh-KmxK1WODiIFqToU/s320/2740832356_8ec6e1c3c8.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231846658083698338" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Click on any of the photos to enlarge them. All photos credited to Mariano Delgado.</span><br /></div><br />Larger versions of these and many more professional photos from this part of the day are posted <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessedeanna/collections/72157606592794936/">here </a>on <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessedeanna">our flickr site</a> <span style="text-decoration: underline;"></span>if you're interested.<br /><br />Up next: Jesse and I romping around scenic Lancaster Co. before going to the reception<br /></div>deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00462967603165693754noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522531651589417367.post-83785882570344926912008-08-07T11:50:00.021-05:002008-08-20T11:44:07.935-05:00HONEYMOON! (days 1 &2)<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Our professional wedding photos arrived the day before we left on our honeymoon (a week long roadtrip down the coast of California),</span> so, we are going to do things a little backwards. The wedding photos are still being sorted through and Deanna will start posting some of those later today, but the honeymoon photos are ready to roll.<br /><br />We just got back from California yesterday and had a blast traveling down the coast for about a week. We fit in a lot of stuff, saw some friends and enjoyed not talking about money, weddings, jobs, and all that jazz.<br /><br />We left on Tuesday, July 29<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">th</span> at 8:45 am to go to the Philadelphia airport. We had a long day of traveling, going on three <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_2">separate</span> legs, and exploring four of the country's finer airports.<br />The only highlight to share on this day was the Detroit airport. If you are ever there make sure to check out the <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_3">connecting</span> tunnel between the A gate and the B & C gates. We have been there before, and always like spending some time being dazzled by the <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_4">WillyWonka</span>-like <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_5">lightshow</span> and music. The tunnel is constantly changing colors and has Blue Man Group sounding music playing in it.<br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGAyaCVwgmpUE0Q-a7yybcAUWDGb8t8DmyiFwoB_VBjdUhCd63tbKc0qTgcKUlFaGkuKDlhmnG-YDNNwf0li-Gppb9j4DwepxdhPteHU9FJQdfSAFm-UUEI_Z8Aahxv6_dBHvqapP8uuAp/s1600-h/d1_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGAyaCVwgmpUE0Q-a7yybcAUWDGb8t8DmyiFwoB_VBjdUhCd63tbKc0qTgcKUlFaGkuKDlhmnG-YDNNwf0li-Gppb9j4DwepxdhPteHU9FJQdfSAFm-UUEI_Z8Aahxv6_dBHvqapP8uuAp/s400/d1_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231820801337283746" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Me (Jesse) in the tunnel<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ICOH9hsLHfLaXCZuEiqiV0FdIOBltmrCGqGSow8-8dgPToRxTb4cvItq4wAPyYSDl3scPgXVBlUqyww6z2cayJ7nZTvf_vayWXsWscbkeTZJ4oEjsP32TTYLNJWvjGmxR7319IfKJ3t_/s1600-h/d1_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-ICOH9hsLHfLaXCZuEiqiV0FdIOBltmrCGqGSow8-8dgPToRxTb4cvItq4wAPyYSDl3scPgXVBlUqyww6z2cayJ7nZTvf_vayWXsWscbkeTZJ4oEjsP32TTYLNJWvjGmxR7319IfKJ3t_/s400/d1_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231821721945595634" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:100%;">The first of many panoramic photos I took by stringing several images together in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_6">Photoshop</span>. This is Deanna in the Detroit tunnel. You can click it to see it larger.<br /><br />We went from Philadelphia, to Detroit, to Salt Lake City, to <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_7">Arcata</span>/Eureka airport(we are deal hounds, and the more legs the cheaper the fare). We got into our hotel by about 11pm Pacific time. Since we were on Eastern time still it felt more like 2am to us.<br /><br />We got up in the morning and drove south down Highway 101 to the Avenue of the Giants. This is a large state park area that has some of the largest Redwood trees in the world. We got to go inside a one room house built in the base of one of the trees. We stopped off at a lot of scenic views, and stood next to trees that made us feel like ants. We also drove our rental car through a giant tree.<br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEictbcKEluafdy23bImXHq-tcr1SMx2GWxTjv7ah390YAACcjWx5lhyphenhyphenjLQU-prNefwKTpjNlhSY1M6pZC1qvVmYiB7vCHTweVW3TXaMw3DnzXegHD-6UUZeAB3WXOTqj7F_JvQbX9lpl3kS/s1600-h/d2_1.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEictbcKEluafdy23bImXHq-tcr1SMx2GWxTjv7ah390YAACcjWx5lhyphenhyphenjLQU-prNefwKTpjNlhSY1M6pZC1qvVmYiB7vCHTweVW3TXaMw3DnzXegHD-6UUZeAB3WXOTqj7F_JvQbX9lpl3kS/s400/d2_1.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231824265457501650" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Jesse in front of really big tree</span><br /><br /></div></div><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoAeD2Kl9CsKmeQsXJrfARzgUlAW6lFjzS8zDb-y0wReH0T4kmXb6jKKalUhAm2-MvpaTXvp1TUQV0O0Xw6t5LZuSWHMGq7AqrYqV70Cf6vTb_-xNfpMFvBpF9DASoRr9WUaJ5GxF_908Q/s1600-h/d2_3.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoAeD2Kl9CsKmeQsXJrfARzgUlAW6lFjzS8zDb-y0wReH0T4kmXb6jKKalUhAm2-MvpaTXvp1TUQV0O0Xw6t5LZuSWHMGq7AqrYqV70Cf6vTb_-xNfpMFvBpF9DASoRr9WUaJ5GxF_908Q/s400/d2_3.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231824556503070978" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Deanna in front of another really big tree. This one was over 300 ft tall.</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixLnwUbnVdCMMziE5fxKFDvqPd5huDMPvbIC2nzsssWquOahnmF-CF4D2aWubHFJ9Q4MrhzxxZK7W8DtLXMB5PGHvg5GFO2UPnGzfKFz-Bkg3G6pZBkBiiYbUsNTnE1-4XiAOyVNMMooeg/s1600-h/d2_2.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEixLnwUbnVdCMMziE5fxKFDvqPd5huDMPvbIC2nzsssWquOahnmF-CF4D2aWubHFJ9Q4MrhzxxZK7W8DtLXMB5PGHvg5GFO2UPnGzfKFz-Bkg3G6pZBkBiiYbUsNTnE1-4XiAOyVNMMooeg/s400/d2_2.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231824854145771650" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Us in front of our rental car in the middle of the Redwoods</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQPLianzbeFiwymzScK-hdYt9x5fOPDvAWCXn7EkOdY0fPLHD66BDLAIWenFy4eFoJ09_MGzu41vaVXourES1n_i_8CpJqzy6HsuLBY4n12Fp1jZ3JK2NvsVS2llqErH81ISHacdySU2Tn/s1600-h/d2_4.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQPLianzbeFiwymzScK-hdYt9x5fOPDvAWCXn7EkOdY0fPLHD66BDLAIWenFy4eFoJ09_MGzu41vaVXourES1n_i_8CpJqzy6HsuLBY4n12Fp1jZ3JK2NvsVS2llqErH81ISHacdySU2Tn/s400/d2_4.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231825125355425778" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Me confronting one of my childhood (<span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_8">ok</span>, and adult) <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_9">heroes</span> as we left the Avenue of the Giants</span><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB2227MrLnPHs8pbyl1FlXVdCQqQJHlEp8iZ4ONl3oYE2TXIoxhgFa54-X4i6BTbkRBSGcjf6yDKeILpzUqPHn4LivaFZCETqDv6lZ49AzcowZLQUfTRaZkj9PtrAu-ARyzRp_vU5EzxpX/s1600-h/d2_5.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgB2227MrLnPHs8pbyl1FlXVdCQqQJHlEp8iZ4ONl3oYE2TXIoxhgFa54-X4i6BTbkRBSGcjf6yDKeILpzUqPHn4LivaFZCETqDv6lZ49AzcowZLQUfTRaZkj9PtrAu-ARyzRp_vU5EzxpX/s400/d2_5.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231825703111363026" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Deanna at the (1st) intersection of Highway 101 and California 1 in <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_10">Leggett</span>, Ca</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">After we got through the Redwoods we drove down Ca 1 for a while. Almost immediately after we started on 1 there was a curvy arrow sign telling up the next 22 miles would be winding. It was not lying. We drove up a mountain through constant twists and turns. The <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_11">steering</span> wheel was not held in a stagnant position during those next 22 miles. It was a little dizzying. But after that we were rewarded with our first look at the Pacific Ocean from a <span class="blsp-spelling-corrected" id="SPELLING_ERROR_12">pull off</span> at the top of a big cliff. We drove on for another 20 minutes or so until we happened across the first beach you could actually access by foot and walk about onto. The fog was rolling in as we drove, and the beach was covered in the thick mist. It was really beautiful and made the stop seem very surreal.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwPajrD4FRVhCVeDAtPXyuUcb-pe1wOB_nxIIaLnIXQCQizOjt617anb2_jXHaZkuWuNBI59O3uF9v5k6mQB0iWo_n6ND9ZeQfMopzee629EBSVqRem8Scy4T1U3CsjhS1Bv-T3WeK3OR5/s1600-h/d2_7.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwPajrD4FRVhCVeDAtPXyuUcb-pe1wOB_nxIIaLnIXQCQizOjt617anb2_jXHaZkuWuNBI59O3uF9v5k6mQB0iWo_n6ND9ZeQfMopzee629EBSVqRem8Scy4T1U3CsjhS1Bv-T3WeK3OR5/s400/d2_7.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231827494992956418" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Our first beach stop on the trip. Click to enlarge.</span><br /><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiETUrixYPpCyXi52-YosuPCQrovyKtRtpE1Gzv31uBGuJ1RLpNrOh9fsScLWVOPtXPpeRWwT4ITAULqkOdzzYU6OqRey-sVP-T4Qpr2wqmiyB2aRuH-VrWm7jGpPmB5CK53fSfMEey6geo/s1600-h/d2_6.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiETUrixYPpCyXi52-YosuPCQrovyKtRtpE1Gzv31uBGuJ1RLpNrOh9fsScLWVOPtXPpeRWwT4ITAULqkOdzzYU6OqRey-sVP-T4Qpr2wqmiyB2aRuH-VrWm7jGpPmB5CK53fSfMEey6geo/s400/d2_6.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5231827866757425170" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">Deanna atop a large 30ft rock we climbed on the same beach.</span><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />She's trying out her heart shaped honeymoon glasses here.<br /></span><br /><br />After exploring the beach for a little while we drove on to Mendocino and got some lunch. It was a cute little artist community that was smaller than I was expecting. It was filled with boutiques, galleries, and eateries. We drove on to Point Arena where we spent the night. We stayed at the Wharf Master's Inn which overlooked the ocean and and pretty fishing pier. It was my favorite hotel of the stay (and maybe Deanna's as well). They were the only ones to wish us congratulations and a happy honeymoon, and had really cute rooms with a nice view. I am just going to post these a day or two at a time since we fit so much in, so check back soon for the following days...<br /></span></div></div></div>Jessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12345826370323947640noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522531651589417367.post-21974024233027394372008-07-25T13:02:00.005-05:002008-12-10T11:35:53.511-05:00detail post #4: the guest bookNow on to the one DIY project that heard about the most from our guests - our guestbook.<br /><br />For a long time, we just assumed that we would go to craft store, pick out a cute, relatively inexpensive guest book and say "done". No fuss, no mess, no hours spent on another project. But, then we got to thinking about it....we wanted to have something that wouldn't end up dusty and stored away in a closet or a box somewhere. We wanted it to actually tell the story of our six year relationship and feel like "us". All of this of course meant that another project had to be added to our list. So we made this:<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPWrFIsgksFmILJ7t-wmDelA_bY5w4rRN1Gdba2J_y2pghb0etCigUXRYmjasaIrOW9I17rKnXdnBgtG-dawnNR_B5fZE1zdEj4FMlvjo5OAyPcSUGHBPWXJyM0f_q4F7cV37huWczllY/s1600-h/2514569768_8be5b28bf1_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPWrFIsgksFmILJ7t-wmDelA_bY5w4rRN1Gdba2J_y2pghb0etCigUXRYmjasaIrOW9I17rKnXdnBgtG-dawnNR_B5fZE1zdEj4FMlvjo5OAyPcSUGHBPWXJyM0f_q4F7cV37huWczllY/s320/2514569768_8be5b28bf1_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227023965113860098" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9zyd9KCbpsEYyD5vvarzpG1AsDjYfisrkHqIliG_B7d7gfw-7etsXbTl_AFKZZLeh-WUJ7TqEQi0Our139NDOXXyDlI7OXGT3UopUtvad7otQFH2pjQDflf1XDEVJOMIK7udOtzQCFX0/s1600-h/2514569912_224a4da0e8_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9zyd9KCbpsEYyD5vvarzpG1AsDjYfisrkHqIliG_B7d7gfw-7etsXbTl_AFKZZLeh-WUJ7TqEQi0Our139NDOXXyDlI7OXGT3UopUtvad7otQFH2pjQDflf1XDEVJOMIK7udOtzQCFX0/s320/2514569912_224a4da0e8_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227023968339922770" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMYzXe2IzatzZeQl6Ne89_iMk45Le9ZikVHfxRKdD04Sxl3fsNM74ng58gtORCzKSk3LmQRhJW5xyHKYfNVF894XLIB4UlkHjJYt9ZJcR4z1fznRhI3ZgRRdQtikssyW4uPN00C2JQ7NE/s1600-h/2513745941_069c403e97_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMYzXe2IzatzZeQl6Ne89_iMk45Le9ZikVHfxRKdD04Sxl3fsNM74ng58gtORCzKSk3LmQRhJW5xyHKYfNVF894XLIB4UlkHjJYt9ZJcR4z1fznRhI3ZgRRdQtikssyW4uPN00C2JQ7NE/s320/2513745941_069c403e97_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5227023968270679026" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />(click any of the photos to enlarge)</span><br /></div><br />Actually, <a href="http://www.blurb.com/">Blurb</a> made this, we just designed and formatted it all. Our book was the smallest (7x7 inches), cheapest ($25 with the help of an online coupon) hard bound option they offered. We were happy with their print quality, the thickness and glossiness of the interior pages, and their easy design and formatting options. If I were to grade them, I'd give them an <span style="color: rgb(255, 0, 0);">A</span>, and we'll probably use them again for future projects.<br /><br />Jesse has probably never thrown anything away in his life. It's a personality quirk that I usually curse but came to treasure during the making of this book. It meant that we still had school ID cards from the year we met, receipts from our first date, notes and letters that we'd written each other, and ticket stubs to nearly every movie, concert and play we'd attended together. And we packed all of that stuff in, surrounded by years of photo booth strips and short written descriptions to give our guests a handy 40 page synopsis of our relationship. We were happy with how it turned out, but even happier with the well-wishes and nice notes that our guests wrote inside (these photos were taken weeks before the wedding - the lined pages are now covered with awesome-ness).<br /><br />next detail post: <span style="font-weight: bold;">misc. last minute design projects</span>deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00462967603165693754noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522531651589417367.post-88092849810243562102008-07-23T09:16:00.006-05:002008-12-10T11:35:53.955-05:00Mariano is such a teaseThe rest of the detail posts have to wait for the moment because our incredibly awesome photographer, <a href="http://www.artbydna.com/delgado">Mariano Delgado</a>, just e-mailed me three unedited teaser photos from our wedding day!<br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMtkSSPQJHVx9hFFQMxYQJS4gIbYilGqHE2Cw15BmmpXhEZAGF5sL3t6i8l7vwXAlUwrirALJ8H0U6GvJ44nOclOjUdIDBiZ0BgG3xm4ZSdEYvlsPuPJabH6TQ8NdhIxT2hoQgAwn06f4/s1600-h/IMG_3629.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMtkSSPQJHVx9hFFQMxYQJS4gIbYilGqHE2Cw15BmmpXhEZAGF5sL3t6i8l7vwXAlUwrirALJ8H0U6GvJ44nOclOjUdIDBiZ0BgG3xm4ZSdEYvlsPuPJabH6TQ8NdhIxT2hoQgAwn06f4/s320/IMG_3629.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226220782288594242" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAxSbrYo8LHrcnkOHM8rq7Z_JiQPVT-oD1CF_y-o-Eq_-Q61BoWVTkNaeX1YOZynUwhQNxcHI4_A4CBFq4HbJKyN26vtx7hIE33eyv3XKS2WvPFWKE1FCc5XBdpoHyCA0t1wdo5iI9d7I/s1600-h/IMG_3642.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgAxSbrYo8LHrcnkOHM8rq7Z_JiQPVT-oD1CF_y-o-Eq_-Q61BoWVTkNaeX1YOZynUwhQNxcHI4_A4CBFq4HbJKyN26vtx7hIE33eyv3XKS2WvPFWKE1FCc5XBdpoHyCA0t1wdo5iI9d7I/s320/IMG_3642.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226220788379444738" border="0" /></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3MU5Mu6NoJvYmUCAApVKI8kt6QEfvit-_145z4NrL6A1_s3ErBzXnz89qLFqjv6ltbHiaa39KPDyJ3pWTLxgJnyzQsPH5pknGOYJmJDjLMIyI-kwZz-gKoYfUMl0b9ezlOV6t7bwRM20/s1600-h/IMG_3654.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3MU5Mu6NoJvYmUCAApVKI8kt6QEfvit-_145z4NrL6A1_s3ErBzXnz89qLFqjv6ltbHiaa39KPDyJ3pWTLxgJnyzQsPH5pknGOYJmJDjLMIyI-kwZz-gKoYfUMl0b9ezlOV6t7bwRM20/s320/IMG_3654.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5226220802932884914" border="0" /></a><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">click each photo to enlarge. All images copyright Mariano Delgado.</span><br /></div><br />I'm practically salivating at the jaw to see the rest of them. Mr. Delgado must be magic. That's the only way he could have made my very ungraceful trip-slide-fall-fall-slide down that little hill in three inch heels and layers of tulle look so elegant. Jesse just looks as dapper as always.deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00462967603165693754noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522531651589417367.post-78829200917576580322008-07-22T10:02:00.005-05:002008-12-10T11:35:54.792-05:00detail post #3: the table cardsWe decided to keep our tables organized by numbers, rather than naming them after significant landmarks or species of wildlife or something else just as esoteric, because Jesse and I are rather simple people and numbers are easy to follow. But, because I just can't seem to leave any project without some sort of unnecessary work, we designed them as folding stand up cards with the numbers on the front acting as age numbers and corresponding photos of us at that age on the inside. Why am I even describing this - the photos explain it all:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9QRS-tlym_mu6270NWE1nJVQDjL2MoF988yrRtHhXDMv8dz7pVogVBSUxWZqJXXuiAe2jwNwNLoS7lIPPPKKYXx4QsIzocAivxYKnNwH5jsYhOksM6EMcikFYx-gb3UpwKquUNOci0Oo/s1600-h/2488914063_4e35037245_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9QRS-tlym_mu6270NWE1nJVQDjL2MoF988yrRtHhXDMv8dz7pVogVBSUxWZqJXXuiAe2jwNwNLoS7lIPPPKKYXx4QsIzocAivxYKnNwH5jsYhOksM6EMcikFYx-gb3UpwKquUNOci0Oo/s320/2488914063_4e35037245_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225861518637600978" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">(click to enlarge)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br /></span><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size:85%;">Front view. We had nine guest tables and put table zero (our newborn photos) at our sweet heart table.</span><br /><br /></div></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi22O-y7Q-p0tne66PalN3FN8OrQnYqpyK86oeGgeQ0v7pEz16N2AFJtZk0hWea580CHgj4YX5OurlahYLxYQVkGOiIhXa8Up81-O5LzDtC-srG4i6VC4G9ZT4wZBfujRKf5rpXXKNG_vE/s1600-h/2488914009_30e603d3d6_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi22O-y7Q-p0tne66PalN3FN8OrQnYqpyK86oeGgeQ0v7pEz16N2AFJtZk0hWea580CHgj4YX5OurlahYLxYQVkGOiIhXa8Up81-O5LzDtC-srG4i6VC4G9ZT4wZBfujRKf5rpXXKNG_vE/s320/2488914009_30e603d3d6_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225861521499710210" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;"> (click to enlarge)</span><br /><br /><br /></div> <div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWPBhAQEs19mmKLUIC3vJwpR_us2e8FEvcW_37FcZSBWV6pQ23DOPuS2sJWMxN5JHkS4aFISoM_2z1QqYJlcBYVBxYW_-V4mj5wBbH9X5nA5s_Gj6lQj_Rlbx1u90oM_0DDRCkA8cTQxo/s1600-h/2489730678_615b2e8091_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWPBhAQEs19mmKLUIC3vJwpR_us2e8FEvcW_37FcZSBWV6pQ23DOPuS2sJWMxN5JHkS4aFISoM_2z1QqYJlcBYVBxYW_-V4mj5wBbH9X5nA5s_Gj6lQj_Rlbx1u90oM_0DDRCkA8cTQxo/s320/2489730678_615b2e8091_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225861523974406066" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">(click to enlarge)</span><br /><br /><span style="font-size:85%;">My favorite of the interior photos. Unknowingly, and from different states, our mothers dressed us in matching outfits for our kindergarten photos. You can see more examples of the rest of the cards <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/deannastaffo/2489730318/in/set-72157604572786153/">here</a>.</span><br /></div><br />They were pretty easy to make. Scanning and cleaning up all the photos took a little time, but gave us a great excuse to dig through our parents' old albums again. We designed them using Adobe Illustrator and printed them out on white card stock with out ink jet printer. These also helped to persuade us not to make any sort of video to show during the wedding reception. We figured between these photos and our guest book (which I'll post about next), our guests would have their fill of our shiny mugs. Also, we completely ran out of time.<br /><br />next detail post: <span style="font-weight: bold;">the guest book</span>deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00462967603165693754noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522531651589417367.post-30184484303830961412008-07-20T18:30:00.010-05:002008-12-10T11:35:55.888-05:00detail post #2: the favorsJesse and I knew from the start that we didn't want to go the tchotchke route with our wedding favors. I wouldn't have much use for a picture frame or mug engraved with another couples' name and wedding date, so why would our guests? We did want our favors to be fun and kinda silly, but also include something edible, because not everyone likes "silly", but who doesn't like free eats?<br /><br />We fell in love with the carnival grab-bag feel of the favors used at these two weddings, and decided to completely steal their ideas and pass them off as our own.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">our inspiration<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCjFqnhfdL6W53qDweZVJekn5i20mVFwvxhbZcOSPYoptbFhl2KIlahiBpvJhVkvHbhVR_1VNexEWNIWaQkK3H72_Xad0B9ArIJNVYtVvwHP6vl9aoT-AXjRLJGiX37O-bCjrAUYMfgCw/s1600-h/2509055900_944bf2fc14_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCjFqnhfdL6W53qDweZVJekn5i20mVFwvxhbZcOSPYoptbFhl2KIlahiBpvJhVkvHbhVR_1VNexEWNIWaQkK3H72_Xad0B9ArIJNVYtVvwHP6vl9aoT-AXjRLJGiX37O-bCjrAUYMfgCw/s320/2509055900_944bf2fc14_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225256638067855474" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">L: <a href="http://jordanferney.blogspot.com/search?q=favor">martha stewart's weddings winter 2006 via oh happy day</a> R: <a href="http://community.theknot.com/cs/ks/user/page.aspx?username=academybeldam">knottie academy beldam</a><br /><br />(click to enlarge)</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">our favors</span><br /><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhODQ3muJc6bztlNzK9Zhj5puhW_WikdzYB6c91EjqZYIEIQPTIiwX46vUMo6OzWRd4Wj1J7qkjbC9YVxqoRZu_jJBtW3VUVuFTRbz52PK7JVgJfyeRqSy8eMNU7XOrg-AIAvZMu4T98Xg/s1600-h/2674473792_5b94ea3e80_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhODQ3muJc6bztlNzK9Zhj5puhW_WikdzYB6c91EjqZYIEIQPTIiwX46vUMo6OzWRd4Wj1J7qkjbC9YVxqoRZu_jJBtW3VUVuFTRbz52PK7JVgJfyeRqSy8eMNU7XOrg-AIAvZMu4T98Xg/s320/2674473792_5b94ea3e80_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225256642471912706" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">(click to enlarge)</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">And a breakdown of what's inside and where they came from for anyone else who wants to be "inspired" as well:<br /><br />1. The zip lock bags were ordered in bulk from <a href="http://www.lemelange.com/">lemelange.com</a>.<br /><br />2. We used a free <a href="http://www.puzzle-maker.com/CW/">online generator </a> to make a personalized crossword puzzle and then I redesigned a prettier version using Adobe Illustrator. We printed them out with our trusty ink jet printer on cream card stock with the answers on the back.<br /><br />3. #2 pencil from staples (for filling out the crossword). Jesse was awesome and sharpened at least 75 pencils beforehand.<br /><br />4. The <a href="http://www.wilburbuds.com/">Wilbur</a> chocolate factory is right next door to our ceremony site in Lititz, so we had to include a bag of Wilbur buds (like larger versions of Hershey kisses).<br /><br /></div></div>5. Two swirly candy sticks in complementary colors bought from the local penny candy store in bulk because they're pretty and not everyone likes chocolate.<br /><br />6. The boys got fake moustaches* (ordered from <a href="http://www.dealextreme.com/">www.dealextreme.com</a>) and the girls got see-through paper glasses (ordered from <a href="http://www.orientaltrading.com/">oriental trading</a>). We would have included both in everyone's bag, but we were determined to stick to our favor budget and figured people would trade with their friends if they wanted to.<br /><br />*A note about the moustaches - their original backing was kind of ugly, so Jesse designed new cards to stick them to - I think he did a super fantastic job. Also, I heard from a few guests that not all of their sticky backs came off. They were really, really cheap, so it was to be expected, but I saw enough guests wearing one to know that most did work.<br /><br />7. Jesse also designed some cards with different retro cameras on the front and instructions on the back for uploading digital photos to <a href="http://flickr.com/photos/jessedeanna">our flickr site</a>. We printed those with a laser printer and included one in each bag.<br /><br />So, that's it. Jesse designed the tags that we stapled to the tops of the bags. They served double-duty as escort cards as well as favor tags, so that when the guests entered the reception, they could pick up their favors and figure out which table they were assigned to at the same time. I love combining two projects into one.<br /><br />Jesse picked up so much design slack the last two weeks before the wedding because I got swamped with illustration assignments. I was so happy with everything that he created for this project that I wish I had given him all of the design duties from the get go.<br /><br />Even if our guests didn't notice his killer design and typography skills, I think some of them still enjoyed the contents.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEwYDHwacUfo4mKRAjicT8dvJC8nES7srngPWlu8rRa-_SEJjyroRTAiYtWvG8iMXXjHQ8uH3SCu9wNxY3Le6Z-IP0Q6v8lO0PmpC3aJhNtIPNlqQixQcDQo78vjWAPpn_VETL-JL4V70/s1600-h/disguised+guests.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEwYDHwacUfo4mKRAjicT8dvJC8nES7srngPWlu8rRa-_SEJjyroRTAiYtWvG8iMXXjHQ8uH3SCu9wNxY3Le6Z-IP0Q6v8lO0PmpC3aJhNtIPNlqQixQcDQo78vjWAPpn_VETL-JL4V70/s320/disguised+guests.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5225268608853545874" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">(various guests' photos - click to enlarge)</span><br /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">next detail post: <span style="font-weight: bold;">the </span><span style="font-weight: bold;">table cards</span><br /></div></div>deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00462967603165693754noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522531651589417367.post-78854942757018609542008-07-16T10:03:00.006-05:002008-12-10T11:35:56.574-05:00detail post #1: the dress(es)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8fAyuBbSJ183mJdL8ETnoWLMt1l8YUR3cOyePA0iGk3B2VJkF8VaPfyxcPn_mBQVZHDZu_8vRzcu6WPutKsfK8h1h7AuaJdAt5Y-VN0d-2WgDfJm0xCXZMhg8mX4adRVxqtM-9xo5pto/s1600-h/before_dress.jpg"><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></a>Since our professional photos won't be ready for another 2-4 weeks, we figured we'd pass the time with some posts covering all of the wedding details we hadn't already described. These are things we hadn't posted before either because we didn't want to ruin the surprise for our guests or because we were still working on them up until the wedding.<br /><br />Since our guests have already seen all of these details in person, these posts are geared mainly toward readers who might be planning their own weddings.<br /><br />The first detail to report, of course, is the dress. Or I should make that the dresses, because I kind of became of a "two dress bride" (albeit a very cheap one).<br /><br />I posted <a href="http://jessedeanna.blogspot.com/2007/08/wedding-dress-check.html">earlier</a> about finding my wedding gown. I loved the thick silk material, its 1940s style and shape, the buttons that ran down the back, the rounded seams in the front, and most of all its extremely affordable price.....but it was at least 3 sizes too large.<br /><br />I found a fantastic<a href="http://jessedeanna.blogspot.com/2008/01/my-seamstress-is-superhero.html"> seamstress</a> in Lititz (where we got married), who was much more affordable than most of the ones in Philly and after several trials, she magically shrunk my dress. She even made a few other modifications at my request which made the dress almost begin to feel like a couture creation. The cathedral train was dramatically shortened, a one point bustle was added, the neckline was pulled back further, and the beads at the center of the v-neck were removed completely. In the end I got the dress of my dreams for $300 total. I love how it turned out and would highly recommend Karen Chow to anyone needing alterations in the Lancaster County area of Pennsylvania.<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Before</span><br /></div><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8fAyuBbSJ183mJdL8ETnoWLMt1l8YUR3cOyePA0iGk3B2VJkF8VaPfyxcPn_mBQVZHDZu_8vRzcu6WPutKsfK8h1h7AuaJdAt5Y-VN0d-2WgDfJm0xCXZMhg8mX4adRVxqtM-9xo5pto/s1600-h/before_dress.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8fAyuBbSJ183mJdL8ETnoWLMt1l8YUR3cOyePA0iGk3B2VJkF8VaPfyxcPn_mBQVZHDZu_8vRzcu6WPutKsfK8h1h7AuaJdAt5Y-VN0d-2WgDfJm0xCXZMhg8mX4adRVxqtM-9xo5pto/s320/before_dress.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223638031670426722" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">(click to enlarge)<br /></span></div><br /><br /><div style="text-align: center; font-weight: bold;">After<br /><br /></div><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg75ZufAjshb1kZ8qaPtzCH8myWsJbtB805i38gFl7unN-fIaP7eWODLOJ287FDfjiOLKGEnF2R9XhWjQn7LWcfldodgExP-ZQsmTC-ih1acpg6qvlEmjvgUDs1mgNakLTbHjW_EfHLS28/s1600-h/2621409408_ea8a90155c_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg75ZufAjshb1kZ8qaPtzCH8myWsJbtB805i38gFl7unN-fIaP7eWODLOJ287FDfjiOLKGEnF2R9XhWjQn7LWcfldodgExP-ZQsmTC-ih1acpg6qvlEmjvgUDs1mgNakLTbHjW_EfHLS28/s320/2621409408_ea8a90155c_o.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223638034860605362" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">(click to enlarge)<br /></span></div><br />My dress was super comfortable (one of my requirements while dress shopping) and I would have worn it all night long, but I needed a second, shorter dress for our getaway (I'll cover more on that soon). I had envisioned a fun, slightly retro party dress for this one, but it had to be cheap since I hadn't left any room in the budget for it. About a month before the wedding, my mother-in-law took me on a mad dash through most of the stores in their mall and I found this one at Boscov's department store:<br /><br /><div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbwSA_0JfiRP9B3y_j4VOCMUKAG8Thyphenhyphenj0jJD4h-3Sa_WPrtvoyoxRjCYx-QT7tFGK9PLbfTJc1A9II7oPw1gwxI3tfWMcu3YgTd1S4M7f1CZlCg73ftyQBtoEvdI3ZQkltmotJvB3vapk/s1600-h/2nd_dress.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbwSA_0JfiRP9B3y_j4VOCMUKAG8Thyphenhyphenj0jJD4h-3Sa_WPrtvoyoxRjCYx-QT7tFGK9PLbfTJc1A9II7oPw1gwxI3tfWMcu3YgTd1S4M7f1CZlCg73ftyQBtoEvdI3ZQkltmotJvB3vapk/s320/2nd_dress.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5223638038340714434" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">(click to enlarge)</span><br /><span style="font-size:85%;"><br />this photo was taken during my last hair trial and the band-aid on my ankle is due to a the worst cut i ever got while shaving, only a week before the wedding....like i said, i'm a complete klutz.</span><br /><br /></div>It was in the junior's department along with the after prom "sale" dresses, marked down from $65 to $20. And because I can't seem to leave anything well enough alone, I removed a couple of bows in the front and added an extra layer of tulle to make the skirt a more poufy. I felt like a glitter-y ball of party tulle while wearing it which pleased the 5 year old inside me to no end.<br /><br />Next detail post to go: <span style="font-weight: bold;">the favors</span>deannahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00462967603165693754noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6522531651589417367.post-29302847508015339382008-07-14T11:57:00.003-05:002008-07-14T12:13:42.549-05:00We Survived!!!<div style="text-align: center;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3266/2668341436_2d477e58dd_o.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 400px;" src="http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3266/2668341436_2d477e58dd_o.jpg" alt="" border="0" /></a><span style="font-size:85%;">photo by Jen <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_0">Colburn</span> (I think?)<br /><br /></span></div>It was getting crazy the closer we got, but both Deanna and I somehow survived the wedding and made it through. We had a wonderful time and want to thank everyone for coming. It was so nice to see all of the people we love in one room together. You can see some of the pictures people have posted from the wedding so far at our <span class="blsp-spelling-error" id="SPELLING_ERROR_1">flickr</span> site:<br /><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessedeanna">http://www.flickr.com/photos/jessedeanna</a><br />If you would like to upload your own photos to share with everyone, and you lost your photo upload instruction card, feel free to email Deanna or me and we can give you the name and password. ( deannastaffo@yahoo.com or jesse_turnbull@yahoo.com )<br />We'd like the thank everyone for your help, long trips, and for sharing our special day with us. Once we get our professional photos back, and maybe some video, we will post them on the blog.<br />-JesseJessehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12345826370323947640noreply@blogger.com2