Wow, wow, WOW!

Just got back from the Bay Area where we had our first real pre-wedding celebration: a co-ed wedding shower! It was fabulous; good food, good wine, good people.  BIG thank you to Megan, Sarah, Connie and Andie for making it so super amazing. What was so amazing you might ask…

My favorite girls

For starters, it was co-ed. I like me a girls’ night just as much as the next gal but the thought of having something so special about OUR day without Jim didn’t seem right…oh and boys make things more fun.

Not everyone got the funny face memo...

Also it was wine themed. Duh. For “games” we had a blind wine tasting and a decorate-a-wine-glass station. Megan made amazing tapas to go with and Sarah made adorable wedding cupcakes. I have only had a chance to look at a few of the glasses but let’s just say that boys make things more fun.

Adorable, right?

Sidenote: I know it seems like I was born to have all eyes on me (no, really) but this was actually really nerve racking! I mean, I thought that I was going to just relish in all of this wedding attention but in reality, I was so nervous for the first hour or so of this party (until the sangria kicked in) that I literally thought I was going to poop my pants.



My brother and wonderful sister-in-law

The next day we got to taste cake at our venue! It was a unanimous decision (me, Jim, Megan and Derek) that we would have two layers of lemon poppy seed with apricot and pineapple filling and one layer of chocolate with a raspberry cabernet mousse filling. Then we went to Deerfield winery at the recommendation of my parents…which ended up being an experience that eerily reminded me of the scene in Pretty Woman where they don’t have “any clothes that will fit (Julie Roberts)” and ask her to “please leave”. You can read about that here. We had a much better experience at Kunde before we headed back for the peninsula.

As if the weekend couldn’t get any better, we ended it watching the sunset from Cause and Tracy’s beach front apartment in Point Richmond. Has anyone ever heard of Point Richmond? It is literally a diamond in the ghetto. On our way Derek was making sure I had each direction correct because Richmond is not a place where you want to get lost. But Point Richmond? Holy hell, what a find! Cute downtown area and bay views from most of the amazing homes. Eating dill cheese and sipping on Kunde Sauvignon Blanc in front of a bonfire on the beach? Yes please!