Okay... so I'm a little disappointed in myself. Not only did I not have energy yesterday, I seriously lacked motivation. So nothing was actually decorated yesterday. I DID get everything out of the attic, but the rainy, dreary day just made me want to curl up on the couch... which I did. Sad, huh?
The good news... everything's out of the attic! And I did manage to set my tree up this evening (though I didn't get to decorating it). So it'll be an ongoing process this week. But no pictures until it's done! In the meantime, send some good motivation vibes my way!
Some other good news (for me, anyway)... I'm almost done with the shopping side of Christmas! I ran down my list and I only have a couple of things left! Granted, when I pull everything out and look at it, I'm sure I'll realize I need to get a few more things, but the bulk of it - DONE! Then I only need to get the tree up so I can wrap gifts underneath it...
Monday, November 30, 2009
Saturday, November 28, 2009
Christmastime in Chicago
I just got back from an absolutely amazing overnight trip to Chicago! I figured we'd have a good time, but I really underestimated how much fun it would be, even if it was just for the night.
We finally headed out around 1pm yesterday. That was my fault. We were shooting for noon, but my unexpected Black Friday shopping put me a little behind schedule for the day. No biggy, though - we weren't really on a schedule. We stopped at Fair Oaks Farm for some grilled cheese as a late lunch, just to hold us over until we got there and got around to eating. This ended up being a really good idea since we ended up with a really late dinner - the time zone change didn't help matters there! But we got to Chicago close to 4pm CST and checked into our hotel.
The hotel we stayed at was part of what really made this trip fun! It's a relatively new hotel called The Wit, which is a Doubletree branded hotel. (ie - Eric used his points for a free night) It was very modern, it it had quite the list of amenities that would've been fun to explore if we were there longer! But that's not why we
were there, so after we took our stuff to the room, we were back out the door to check out the lights and such.
State Street was all decked out in blue LED lights, which looked really cool! I can honestly say I was a little disappointed that Michigan Avenue didn't have the same (they just had basic white lights there), but maybe there's a reason for it. Regardless, it was a surprisingly nice night in Chicago - not to blustery (in the 40's) and almost no wind. As long as you were dressed for it, you were fine. So we strolled down to Marshall Fields. But then we were side tracked by the lure of some other tree lights over in Daley Plaza...
We walked over to Daley Plaza to find quite the scene... Christkindlmarket was going on. Now, I knew nothing about this, nor did Eric, but it was really a cool set-up! It was essentially like an old German market full of German gifts (wooden ornaments, steins, etc) and food! They even have hot spiced wine being served in little boot mugs (which went down nicely right about this time). We each sipped on a mug of wine as we explored the market... I would've loved to have stayed longer or even came back later, but we just ran out of time this trip! But if you head to Chicago anytime before Christmas, you should go!
After our detour, we headed back over towards Marshall Fields to look at the windows. This year's theme was the delivery of children's letters to Santa. Not sure if they purposely did this to correlate with the Make-A-Wish Fundraiser going on (for every letter dropped off at your Macy's location, Macy's donates a dollar to MAW!), but it was really cool to see all of the scenes flow together... and also fun to watch all the kids get excited over the windows!! It's nice to see that's still the case!
Of course, after viewing the windows, we had to go inside to do a little shopping!! I managed to check a few more gifts off my list in the process... as did Eric! I was proud of him actually doing a little shopping! Though this isn't quite as large as the Macy's in NYC (Marshall Fields is now Macy's, for those who don't know), it's history almost can compare. No wooden escalators, but some of the interior architecture definitely outdoes the NYC Macy's. But there's something about that NYC Macy's that'll never be beat...
After finishing up here, we attempted to head up to the Magnificent Mile to catch a few of the stores there, but the 10pm close time wasn't as wide spread as we hoped, so we decided to go food since it was 9pm already (10pm our time!). We walked back down Michigan Avenue, crosses the river and saw a Giordano's. Deep dish pizza sounded good, even with the wait.
After dinner, we went back to the hotel and decided to check out one of the amenities... The Roof, which is their rooftop restaurant and lounge. We were anticipating just a nice place with good views. Nope... went way beyond that! There was a HUGE outdoor patio with heaters, which we decided to check out. We sat out there and had a drink before heading back to the room. The views were absolutely spectacular! Granted, the night being as perfect as it was (weather wise) helped. I can imagine how popular this place is during the summer months! Eric and I definitely want to go back here again, even if we're at a different hotel!
This morning we woke up and had breakfast at the hotel (which was also awesome!).
Afterwards, we got all of our bags into the car and headed down to the Art Institute for a little cultural exposure. We didn't stay long... in fact, we just followed their "one hour tour" listed in the map/guide. Which took us a little more than an hour. But it worked out perfectly! And they have some very good pieces there. I kept thinking of scenes from Ferris Bueller's Day Off, though!
From there, we walked straight up Michigan Avenue to do some more shopping (or at least browsing). We didn't buy as much, but we enjoyed the atmosphere and managed to get a few more items off our list. I think we spent the longest time in Bloomingdale's... picking out tree ornaments, of all things! It was fun, though. But we both got to a point where we were tired, and we still had to drive home. We ended up leaving town around 4pm CST.
The drive home seems so much longer than the drive up. I think we had more stops... that, and it got dark pretty quickly on us. But we finally made it home. And I'm beat! So I'm off to bed. I'm hoping to get my tree up and decorated tomorrow. We'll see if I have the energy!
We finally headed out around 1pm yesterday. That was my fault. We were shooting for noon, but my unexpected Black Friday shopping put me a little behind schedule for the day. No biggy, though - we weren't really on a schedule. We stopped at Fair Oaks Farm for some grilled cheese as a late lunch, just to hold us over until we got there and got around to eating. This ended up being a really good idea since we ended up with a really late dinner - the time zone change didn't help matters there! But we got to Chicago close to 4pm CST and checked into our hotel.
The hotel we stayed at was part of what really made this trip fun! It's a relatively new hotel called The Wit, which is a Doubletree branded hotel. (ie - Eric used his points for a free night) It was very modern, it it had quite the list of amenities that would've been fun to explore if we were there longer! But that's not why we
were there, so after we took our stuff to the room, we were back out the door to check out the lights and such.State Street was all decked out in blue LED lights, which looked really cool! I can honestly say I was a little disappointed that Michigan Avenue didn't have the same (they just had basic white lights there), but maybe there's a reason for it. Regardless, it was a surprisingly nice night in Chicago - not to blustery (in the 40's) and almost no wind. As long as you were dressed for it, you were fine. So we strolled down to Marshall Fields. But then we were side tracked by the lure of some other tree lights over in Daley Plaza...
We walked over to Daley Plaza to find quite the scene... Christkindlmarket was going on. Now, I knew nothing about this, nor did Eric, but it was really a cool set-up! It was essentially like an old German market full of German gifts (wooden ornaments, steins, etc) and food! They even have hot spiced wine being served in little boot mugs (which went down nicely right about this time). We each sipped on a mug of wine as we explored the market... I would've loved to have stayed longer or even came back later, but we just ran out of time this trip! But if you head to Chicago anytime before Christmas, you should go!
After our detour, we headed back over towards Marshall Fields to look at the windows. This year's theme was the delivery of children's letters to Santa. Not sure if they purposely did this to correlate with the Make-A-Wish Fundraiser going on (for every letter dropped off at your Macy's location, Macy's donates a dollar to MAW!), but it was really cool to see all of the scenes flow together... and also fun to watch all the kids get excited over the windows!! It's nice to see that's still the case!Of course, after viewing the windows, we had to go inside to do a little shopping!! I managed to check a few more gifts off my list in the process... as did Eric! I was proud of him actually doing a little shopping! Though this isn't quite as large as the Macy's in NYC (Marshall Fields is now Macy's, for those who don't know), it's history almost can compare. No wooden escalators, but some of the interior architecture definitely outdoes the NYC Macy's. But there's something about that NYC Macy's that'll never be beat...
After finishing up here, we attempted to head up to the Magnificent Mile to catch a few of the stores there, but the 10pm close time wasn't as wide spread as we hoped, so we decided to go food since it was 9pm already (10pm our time!). We walked back down Michigan Avenue, crosses the river and saw a Giordano's. Deep dish pizza sounded good, even with the wait.
After dinner, we went back to the hotel and decided to check out one of the amenities... The Roof, which is their rooftop restaurant and lounge. We were anticipating just a nice place with good views. Nope... went way beyond that! There was a HUGE outdoor patio with heaters, which we decided to check out. We sat out there and had a drink before heading back to the room. The views were absolutely spectacular! Granted, the night being as perfect as it was (weather wise) helped. I can imagine how popular this place is during the summer months! Eric and I definitely want to go back here again, even if we're at a different hotel!This morning we woke up and had breakfast at the hotel (which was also awesome!).
Afterwards, we got all of our bags into the car and headed down to the Art Institute for a little cultural exposure. We didn't stay long... in fact, we just followed their "one hour tour" listed in the map/guide. Which took us a little more than an hour. But it worked out perfectly! And they have some very good pieces there. I kept thinking of scenes from Ferris Bueller's Day Off, though!From there, we walked straight up Michigan Avenue to do some more shopping (or at least browsing). We didn't buy as much, but we enjoyed the atmosphere and managed to get a few more items off our list. I think we spent the longest time in Bloomingdale's... picking out tree ornaments, of all things! It was fun, though. But we both got to a point where we were tired, and we still had to drive home. We ended up leaving town around 4pm CST.
The drive home seems so much longer than the drive up. I think we had more stops... that, and it got dark pretty quickly on us. But we finally made it home. And I'm beat! So I'm off to bed. I'm hoping to get my tree up and decorated tomorrow. We'll see if I have the energy!
P.S. Here's a link to all my pictures from the trip... Click Here
Friday, November 27, 2009
Black Friday
Okay... so my Black Friday shopping didn't go quite as well as I had hoped online... some of the sites kept crashing on me! So while I was fighting with that ordeal well into the morning, I realized that some of the items I wanted were only available IN STORE, so the online thing didn't work! After all the chaos, I only ended up with 4 hours of sleep before I decided to get up and brave some of the stores. It wasn't with the 4am crowd, or even the 5am crowd... I think most of them were back home in bed by the time I went out (around 9am)... but the few things I wanted, I got. Yay!
Now I'm getting ready to head to Chicago with Eric for the night. Not so much for the shopping, but the lights and holiday windows at Marshall Fields. I've never seen them, and I think it'll be a good time. And also be really nice to get out of town! Double yay!
Now I'm getting ready to head to Chicago with Eric for the night. Not so much for the shopping, but the lights and holiday windows at Marshall Fields. I've never seen them, and I think it'll be a good time. And also be really nice to get out of town! Double yay!
Thursday, November 26, 2009
Thanksgiving Day
Another Thanksgiving has come and gone... for the 2nd time this year. This one was celebrated at Eric's house with his family. And it was a full house for this one! We had eight adults and four kids, two of which we barely walking. But it was a good time!
Eric got a fresh turkey from Goose The Market again this year. Once again, it was spectacular! It's amazing how much difference fresh turkey turns out verses the frozen ones. With the turkey, we had an array of sides!! Some traditional, like green beans and mashed potatoes... and some new things, like some browned off brussel sprouts (Eric found the recipe in GQ). I did the desserts, as I always do... fresh pumpkin pie, pumpkin bread, a blueberry chocolate pie, and some buckeyes. The whole meal was SO good!
Of course, the family time was good, too! It's always so much fun having the real little ones run around. They seem to amuse everyone and keep everyone relatively busy with things. It was interesting watching the two cousins interact, especially initially. I think it was their first time meeting, and they just kind of looked at each other, not too sure about the situation. but kids are kids, and they were all having a good time pretty quickly.
So with that, I must jump online to try to hit some of the online Black Friday sales. I really don't want to go to the stores if I don't have to... the crowds just get so crazy anymore... anyway... with me luck!
Monday, November 23, 2009
A Birthday and Thanksgiving #1
A few weeks ago, it occurred to me that I hadn’t been to Florida since May! That just wasn’t acceptable, so I jumped online and found flights to be cheap, PLUS I had a voucher from the last trip where Delta screwed me. So I decided to book a trip for this past weekend. To top things off, I had some points to use at Hertz for a free rental car. I was set!
After all of this, it occurred to me that my Mom’s 60th Birthday was just the week before… so I figured it was worth conspiring with my sister to have a small celebration to surprise Mom with. She knew I was coming, but she didn’t know what was to come. All the pieces seemed to fall together, too. The weekend before, Eric realized he had to be in Daytona Beach on Thursday night, so he threw the possibility of joining us for at least Friday night. It worked out well! I ordered a cake from Publix (they have AWESOME cakes) and decided on something to make for dinner on Friday night, and just let everything else fall into place.
So Friday comes around, I jump on the plane at 7am – man that’s early! Surprisingly, I had no flight issues on the way down. All on time, upgraded the whole way… it was nice, for a change! I get there, grab my rental car, and I have some time to kill. So I stop off for a little shopping before I meet up with Eric and hit the grocery store. After some lunch, Eric and I do a quick run through the grocery store for dinner ingredients and the cake (of course!). We end up getting to my parents’ house around 3:30pm. My Mom had just gotten home with Nan after a trip to the grocery store themselves – my Mom decided to have Thanksgiving dinner on Saturday since we had all the family together (remember – at that point, she didn’t know Eric was coming). So she was unloading her car when we pulled in and she did the classic Ba… hands on the hips, jaw dropped with a smile – the look just says, “I can’t believe you surprised me like this!”
She only knew about Eric being a surprise at this point! Then we unloaded our groceries and I told her the rest of the surprise. She was very pleasantly surprised.
Kristin, Gregg, and the kids got there around 7pm, and Dad got home from work shortly after. We had a nice dinner and some cake and just enjoyed the time together. Eric had to leave uber early the next morning to catch a flight home, so we stayed at a hotel down the road so he could sneak out. Well… all was well until I realized, at 4:30am, that his car keys were in my backpack back at my parents’ house! So we went over there before he took off (we had to!) and I snuck in and grabbed the keys. And no one heard me somehow! So I went back to the hotel and crashed for a few more hours before really waking up!
Saturday we had an early Thanksgiving dinner, which was really nice. It’d been a few years since I had Thanksgiving with my own family. We kept to the basics – no crazy amounts or sides. It was nice. Little did my Mom know, at this point, that there was one more surprise to come! After we cleaned up, her and I took the kids shopping for Christmas present ideas and such. What Mom DIDN’T know is that getting her out of the house was planned! While we were out, Kristin and Gregg put up the Christmas tree. My Mom is always saying she wants the tree up on her birthday… well, this wasn’t on her birthday, but it was close enough. Again, she was pleasantly surprised.
Sunday came along and I only had time to do brunch with the family before catching a flight home. But it was nice, and overall, my Jacksonville weekend was nice. But now it was time to go home. So off I went to the airport.
Now, I did the responsible thing and checked my flight status before I left. However, by the time I got to the airport at noon, the 1pm flight was already delayed 15 minutes. Not too bad. And it was weather related, so I couldn’t yell at Delta too much. But then that 15 minutes turned into a 1/2 hour. Then we missed out ‘flight departure wedding’, making it an hour delay. Thankfully, I’ve learned not to book tight connections in ATL, so I wasn’t stressing. We finally get to ATL and hour late and I look on the board for my next flight. It’s already set at a 45 minute delay. Now this I really don’t like. But it, too, was because of weather. So our plane finally gets to the gate and we’re waiting to board when I hear the gate agents murmuring something about a maintenance issue. Not good. But we board about 10 minutes later… unaware that the issue wasn’t actually resolved. It was a navigation computer issue! So we sat there. Thankfully, I was upgrade to 1st class, and they gave us drinks while we waited… the adult kind. We finally take off and head towards Indy. Somehow, after all this, I only end up 1-1/2 hours later than scheduled. But I’m beat! I head home and crash! Delta did it to me again!
But I decided not to let that destroy my otherwise nice weekend. Now it’s just a short week before Thanksgiving #2. And then, as Eric puts it, ‘Christmas Crazy’ begins!
After all of this, it occurred to me that my Mom’s 60th Birthday was just the week before… so I figured it was worth conspiring with my sister to have a small celebration to surprise Mom with. She knew I was coming, but she didn’t know what was to come. All the pieces seemed to fall together, too. The weekend before, Eric realized he had to be in Daytona Beach on Thursday night, so he threw the possibility of joining us for at least Friday night. It worked out well! I ordered a cake from Publix (they have AWESOME cakes) and decided on something to make for dinner on Friday night, and just let everything else fall into place.
So Friday comes around, I jump on the plane at 7am – man that’s early! Surprisingly, I had no flight issues on the way down. All on time, upgraded the whole way… it was nice, for a change! I get there, grab my rental car, and I have some time to kill. So I stop off for a little shopping before I meet up with Eric and hit the grocery store. After some lunch, Eric and I do a quick run through the grocery store for dinner ingredients and the cake (of course!). We end up getting to my parents’ house around 3:30pm. My Mom had just gotten home with Nan after a trip to the grocery store themselves – my Mom decided to have Thanksgiving dinner on Saturday since we had all the family together (remember – at that point, she didn’t know Eric was coming). So she was unloading her car when we pulled in and she did the classic Ba… hands on the hips, jaw dropped with a smile – the look just says, “I can’t believe you surprised me like this!”
She only knew about Eric being a surprise at this point! Then we unloaded our groceries and I told her the rest of the surprise. She was very pleasantly surprised.Kristin, Gregg, and the kids got there around 7pm, and Dad got home from work shortly after. We had a nice dinner and some cake and just enjoyed the time together. Eric had to leave uber early the next morning to catch a flight home, so we stayed at a hotel down the road so he could sneak out. Well… all was well until I realized, at 4:30am, that his car keys were in my backpack back at my parents’ house! So we went over there before he took off (we had to!) and I snuck in and grabbed the keys. And no one heard me somehow! So I went back to the hotel and crashed for a few more hours before really waking up!
Saturday we had an early Thanksgiving dinner, which was really nice. It’d been a few years since I had Thanksgiving with my own family. We kept to the basics – no crazy amounts or sides. It was nice. Little did my Mom know, at this point, that there was one more surprise to come! After we cleaned up, her and I took the kids shopping for Christmas present ideas and such. What Mom DIDN’T know is that getting her out of the house was planned! While we were out, Kristin and Gregg put up the Christmas tree. My Mom is always saying she wants the tree up on her birthday… well, this wasn’t on her birthday, but it was close enough. Again, she was pleasantly surprised.
Sunday came along and I only had time to do brunch with the family before catching a flight home. But it was nice, and overall, my Jacksonville weekend was nice. But now it was time to go home. So off I went to the airport.
Now, I did the responsible thing and checked my flight status before I left. However, by the time I got to the airport at noon, the 1pm flight was already delayed 15 minutes. Not too bad. And it was weather related, so I couldn’t yell at Delta too much. But then that 15 minutes turned into a 1/2 hour. Then we missed out ‘flight departure wedding’, making it an hour delay. Thankfully, I’ve learned not to book tight connections in ATL, so I wasn’t stressing. We finally get to ATL and hour late and I look on the board for my next flight. It’s already set at a 45 minute delay. Now this I really don’t like. But it, too, was because of weather. So our plane finally gets to the gate and we’re waiting to board when I hear the gate agents murmuring something about a maintenance issue. Not good. But we board about 10 minutes later… unaware that the issue wasn’t actually resolved. It was a navigation computer issue! So we sat there. Thankfully, I was upgrade to 1st class, and they gave us drinks while we waited… the adult kind. We finally take off and head towards Indy. Somehow, after all this, I only end up 1-1/2 hours later than scheduled. But I’m beat! I head home and crash! Delta did it to me again!
But I decided not to let that destroy my otherwise nice weekend. Now it’s just a short week before Thanksgiving #2. And then, as Eric puts it, ‘Christmas Crazy’ begins!
Sunday, November 15, 2009
RW Armstrong Holiday Party
Last night was my 2nd Holiday Party with RW Armstrong. They always have it early, before the real mad rush of the holidays hit. Haven't figured out if I like that yet... but it's not necessarily a bad thing. Most people just aren't in holiday mode yet... but then, they don't exactly Christmas it up, either... ANYWAY...
This year's theme was "Puttin' on the Ritz" and it was held at the Crowne Plaza Grand Ballroom, which is AMAZING is you've never seen it!
I think the space is severely under utilized... but we sure filled it up nicely. To go along with the theme and new location, they stepped up the dress code and made it semi-formal/formal... which I had fun with. I bought myself a new floor length, purple velvet dress for the occasion. Eric thought I was going to be over-dressed... but then he felt under-dressed when he got there, and he was in a dark suit and tie!! But some of the company owners really stepped it up and showed up in tuxedos... most of the guys were just in suits, though, so he wasn't actually under-dressed.
As usual, RW Armstong put up a truly grand event with a full open bar and a great sit down meal. A live bad played and everyone mingled well. I only wish Eric knew more people that he'd be comfortable talking to... he's been out of the engineering side of things so long that when he's around so many of them, he forgets that many of them are introverted and don't necessarily carry on good conversations outside of the basics. So he got bored pretty quickly. Granted, we were there a good three hours before he inquired about how much longer it would be...
We were presented with the opportunity to join some other coworkers at Crackers Comedy Club for their 10:30 show, so we headed out with them. The comedians were alright, and I think Eric was more comfortable not being around so many engineers. There was actually an obnoxious table next to us that got kicked out... I've never seen anyone kicked out of a comedy club!
So in looking back, I guess I could start looking at this as the kick-off to the holidays... Me being such a "Holiday Person", this could be a good thing.
This year's theme was "Puttin' on the Ritz" and it was held at the Crowne Plaza Grand Ballroom, which is AMAZING is you've never seen it!
I think the space is severely under utilized... but we sure filled it up nicely. To go along with the theme and new location, they stepped up the dress code and made it semi-formal/formal... which I had fun with. I bought myself a new floor length, purple velvet dress for the occasion. Eric thought I was going to be over-dressed... but then he felt under-dressed when he got there, and he was in a dark suit and tie!! But some of the company owners really stepped it up and showed up in tuxedos... most of the guys were just in suits, though, so he wasn't actually under-dressed.As usual, RW Armstong put up a truly grand event with a full open bar and a great sit down meal. A live bad played and everyone mingled well. I only wish Eric knew more people that he'd be comfortable talking to... he's been out of the engineering side of things so long that when he's around so many of them, he forgets that many of them are introverted and don't necessarily carry on good conversations outside of the basics. So he got bored pretty quickly. Granted, we were there a good three hours before he inquired about how much longer it would be...
We were presented with the opportunity to join some other coworkers at Crackers Comedy Club for their 10:30 show, so we headed out with them. The comedians were alright, and I think Eric was more comfortable not being around so many engineers. There was actually an obnoxious table next to us that got kicked out... I've never seen anyone kicked out of a comedy club!
So in looking back, I guess I could start looking at this as the kick-off to the holidays... Me being such a "Holiday Person", this could be a good thing.
Sunday, November 8, 2009
Texans at Colts
Normally I don't post about Colts games I go to since Eric has season tickets. Unless it's the Jaguars game and the Jags win. But today we didn't use Eric's tickets... one of his consultants invited us to be their guests... their seats are part of the Advantage Club in the lower level, which is the home side of the field. We were on right about the 40 Yard line, 20 rows up. 
It was awesome! Not just the view, either... the whole experience!! The seats are padded, they have their own bathrooms and own food vendors, and a lounge area set up with big screens. Honestly, I didn't realize this was right here... I though only suite holders got this type of treatment!
This particular consultant (whom I also know from working with him when I was at Kite) loves to entertain and take care of his clients. It's always a fun time, no matter what we do or where we go. So it made for a nice day. Which really was just the icing on the cake, since the day itself was AWESOME! repeat of yesterday, almost, weather wise. The roof was even open on the stadium, which is unheard of in November, usually! So beforehand we even tailgated with some of my coworkers for a bit to get to full use of the great day!
And the game itself even turned out to be an edge of your seat game... Texans almost came back to tie it up in the last seconds! But their kicker choked. Oh well. Now to look forward to next week's Patriots game!
It was awesome! Not just the view, either... the whole experience!! The seats are padded, they have their own bathrooms and own food vendors, and a lounge area set up with big screens. Honestly, I didn't realize this was right here... I though only suite holders got this type of treatment!This particular consultant (whom I also know from working with him when I was at Kite) loves to entertain and take care of his clients. It's always a fun time, no matter what we do or where we go. So it made for a nice day. Which really was just the icing on the cake, since the day itself was AWESOME! repeat of yesterday, almost, weather wise. The roof was even open on the stadium, which is unheard of in November, usually! So beforehand we even tailgated with some of my coworkers for a bit to get to full use of the great day!
And the game itself even turned out to be an edge of your seat game... Texans almost came back to tie it up in the last seconds! But their kicker choked. Oh well. Now to look forward to next week's Patriots game!
Saturday, November 7, 2009
Erica and Brian's Indy Reception
One thing that comes with having a destination is that you must have a 'local' reception at some point to accommodate all the friends and family that couldn't make the destination. This isn't a bad thing. In fact, it's a great thing - you get to bust out the wedding dress twice!! Plus, it's nice to celebrate with everyone at some point.
This afternoon, Erica and Brian had their Indy reception for everyone who couldn't make it to Mexico. And of course, those of us who are local and could make it to both attended both! It was a nice, low key deal at El Torito Grill on the northside of Indy... a Mexican restaurant, of course. It was really more of a casual, sit down luncheon where she and Brian tried to make it around and talk to everyone. And since they were dressed up in their wedding gear, everyone wanted pictures.
Our friend, Jen, made their cake for this reception - as usual, she did an awesome job! She kept with the beach theme and even have 'sand' and beach chairs as the topper. And the cake itself was amazing! It went well with the unusually warm day we were having... granted, not beach weather.... but nice, none the less.
So all in all, it was a great wedding and receptions... I think Eric grew tired of all the wedding stuff... but then he's a guy. Guys don't get that stuff. So I guess I'll let him get by.
This afternoon, Erica and Brian had their Indy reception for everyone who couldn't make it to Mexico. And of course, those of us who are local and could make it to both attended both! It was a nice, low key deal at El Torito Grill on the northside of Indy... a Mexican restaurant, of course. It was really more of a casual, sit down luncheon where she and Brian tried to make it around and talk to everyone. And since they were dressed up in their wedding gear, everyone wanted pictures.Our friend, Jen, made their cake for this reception - as usual, she did an awesome job! She kept with the beach theme and even have 'sand' and beach chairs as the topper. And the cake itself was amazing! It went well with the unusually warm day we were having... granted, not beach weather.... but nice, none the less.
So all in all, it was a great wedding and receptions... I think Eric grew tired of all the wedding stuff... but then he's a guy. Guys don't get that stuff. So I guess I'll let him get by.
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