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Wedding Wednesday – Food Tasting
Happy Wednesday babes! I’m back with another wedding related post! This was one of my favorite parts of planning the wedding. I love food, so naturally Robert and I really enjoyed this part.

For those of you who don’t know, I got married 8 months ago and am giving some insight into my wedding planning/festivities. You can read about my Bachelorette Party, finding the perfect dress, my Engagement Party, Bridal Shower and so much more in prior posts.

My venue was amazing and set us up with a really elaborate tasting setting. There were maybe 4 other couples doing their tasting the same night as us. They sat us each at our own separate tables overlooking the golf course. They gave us a bottle of red wine and had our table completely done up. They also had glasses of white wine for us to drink throughout the meal.

Appetizers:
1. Seared Ahi Tuna on Wonton Chip with Wasabi Cream and Golden Caviar
2. Mini Crab Cake with Remoulade
3. Blackened Chicken Tostada with Avocado, Red Onion and Creme Fraiche
4. Bacon Wrapped Date stuffed with Blue Cheese
5. Caprese Skewer with Balsamic Drizzle
We picked the Ahi Tuna, Crab Cakes, Bacon Wrapped Dates, and Caprese

Salads:
1. Endive and Watercress, Candied Pecans, Tomato, Pear & Blue Cheese, Tossed in Sherry Wine Vinaigrette
2. Strawberry and Arugula Salad with Red Onion and Asiago Cheese, Tossed in Raspberry Vinaigrette
We actually ended up going with a Caesar Salad

Entrees:
- Pan-Seared Chicken Breast with Wild Mushroom Madeira Sauce
- Filet of Salmon with a Light Artichoke Lemon Butter and Caper Sauce
The salmon was to die for and chose that as one of our options
- Filet Mignon with Shallot Cabernet Reduction
- Shrimp Scampi
Our second option was the filet (aaahhhmazing)
- Herb Crusted Chicken Breast with Ginger Chardonnay Sauce
- Braised Short Ribs with Bordelaise Sauce and Crispy Onions
The braised short rib was delicious but opted out of it

Desserts:
- Chocolate Mousse, Cookies & Milk and Creme Brule
We opted out of the additional desserts and just stuck with our wedding cake

Late Night Snacks:
- Chicken Street Tacos with Pico de Gallo
- Beef Sliders with Lettuce and Tomato
We also decided against the late night snacks

So there you have it, that was our complete food tasting. Everything was delicious and people still tell us how good our food options were!

XOXO
February 6, 2019
Wedding Wednesday: My Bridal Shower
Happy Wednesday friends! I hope y’all had a great weekend, I know I did! This past Saturday I was given the most perfect Bridal shower you can imagine! My dream has always been to have a Kate Spade themed shower and let me tell you, my mom did not disappoint. She did such a great job planning and decorating with the help of my aunts, my soon-to-be mother in-law, and some of my bridesmaids (and even my dad helped the day of). Everything from the decorations to the mimosa bar to the desserts were perfectly themed.

This was part of the mimosa bar set up

All the desserts were made by Robert’s super talented cousin

I made all the mirrored signs for my party

My lovely parents

My soon-to-be mother in-law

My beautiful bridal party

THEE best Maid of Honor I could ask for

Robert came at the end and brought me flowers!

Because there is no other way to finish off your Bridal Shower

I just wanted to take the time to share with you a few of my favorite pictures from my shower. If you are planning a Kate Spade themed party or shower, feel free to use my pictures for some inspso!

As of today, we are only 52 days out and I would love to tell you guys that I’ve got everything under control…but then I’d be lying. For starters, I’m STILL waiting for my invitations to get shipped (I’d like those yesterday please)!!

If you have any questions about anything let me know in the comments and I’ll be sure to answer!

Here are the links to my outfit (I couldn’t find my exact shoes or dress but here are some similar ones:
- Sunglasses: Revolve
- Sunglasses: Neiman Marcus
- Sunglasses: Macy’s
- Shoes 1
- Shoes 2
- Dress 1
- Dress 2
XOXO
April 11, 2018
Goodbye 2017…

Happy New Year’s Eve y’all! Can you believe that 2018 is only a few hours away! At the end of every year I feel like each of us takes a moment to sit and reflect on the highs and lows of the past year. So as I sit here (not getting ready to leave, aka late as always) and reflect on my past year, I can’t help but think about how there were so many good things to look back on from this past year, but there are so many things to look forward to for 2018.

Let’s recap 2017:

2017 was a BIG planning year for Rob and I. We booked and planned most of our wedding and surprisingly didn’t get into any big arguments about details or anything! Rob got a huge promotion at work which is a great thing for the two of us! AND I also got a little more comfortable with blogging and posting on social media more. I learned how important it is to be engaging with my readers and look forward to learning a lot more this next year.

JANUARY:

I kicked off the new year with a trip to New York with one of my bffs. I absolutely love visiting New York and you can read all about this trip here.

FEBRUARY:

We picked out and reserved our wedding venue!

We also celebrated Valentine’s Day at Skyspace in LA.

MARCH:

We kicked the month off by celebrating Rob’s 27th birthday

And took our engagement photos!

APRIL:

This month always signifies the start of BASEBALL season, so we went to OPENING DAY for the Angels!

We ended the month with our annual trip to STAGECOACH! This year

JUNE:

I bought myself a “happy one year until the wedding” gift and got a new car. I paid for it entirely on my own with just a little bit of negotiating help from Rob.

JULY:

I found my dream wedding dress! i can’t wait to show y’all what it looks like after the big day, but if you’re really curious, you can read all about my experience here.

I also celebrated my 25th birthday in Palm Springs!

AUGUST:

We kicked off the wedding festivities with an Engagement Party!

SEPTEMBER:

We had our official food tasting at our wedding venue (I promise to post about this in the new year!).

NOVEMBER:

With Rob’s promotion at work, came a business trip to LONDON

and then we took a little detour to PARIS before coming home (I will def be posting about these two amazing trips within the first week of the new year).

So as you can see from above, 2017 was quite the year for us. There were so many good things to happen, I would say, I don’t know how 2018 can top it, but I have a good idea of how it will be the best year yet!

To start, 2018 will be a year of big change! I’m hoping to grow my blogging business and become more successful with it. I’m looking to rebrand a little bit and makes a few changes while still keeping true to who I am.

Another big thing will be finding a place for us to live. Since housing in Los Angeles is pretty pricey right now, we’ll be looking at places that we can rent and bring our little pup with us. I can’t wait to find that new home for us and start decorating and putting our own style into it. We’ll be starting from complete scratch, so it’s going to be an expensive start for us, but so worth it in the end.

And the final thing that is most important to me is my wedding in June! I will finally be marrying the man of my dreams and I can not wait to become a wife to this amazing man.

I can already see that 2018 will truly be my year to shine and I can’t wait to grow and share it all with y’all! Thank you for your continued support of me and this crazy life I live!

XOXO

December 31, 2017