This weekend Erik and I went down to Carmel to meet with some vendors for the wedding. We stayed at the lovely
Gosby House Inn in downtown Pacific Grove. It's a huge old Victorian turned Bed and Breakfast. They make fantastic blueberry blintzes. Highly recommend it as a place to stay for the wedding, unless you are allergic to English rose wallpaper.
We met with a Kate of
Big Sur Flowers and came up with some exciting ideas for bouquets and such. We also met with Jim of Sight-n-Sound to talk about music for the evening. We met in the lobby of the Bernardus Lodge and Winery. Talk about swanky! I'm surprised they let us in wearing jeans. We also did a wine tasting at Bernardus, and while the folks working there were nice enough, we didn't overly care for the wine.
And then there was the cake. So much cake. We met with three bakers on Sunday. For those of you planning a wedding, don't schedule three cake tastings in one day. Trust me. Not only do you have the problem that they all start to look and taste the same. But you set yourself up for some big time sugar crashes just at the time you are starting the hour and a half drive home.
We met with the amazing
Edith Meyer, Gerard of
Patisserie Bechler and Marina of
Just Cake. The cakes at all three places were just amazing and we would be happy with any of them. No matter who we go with I think we are going to have two types of cake. We loved the Meyer lemon cakes at all three places. We'll probably go with a chocolate something for the second flavor. We're just waiting for the estimates now and then will make our decision.
It was a great weekend away. We got a ton of planning and meeting and calling done. We even managed to squeeze in a few games of
Ticket to Ride and
Carcassone and saw the movie
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which we both really enjoyed, at the little theater in Pacific Grove. Nice mix of work and play. Today it seems weird not to be eating any cake though.
