Len and Pip take a 180

So a week ago our initial choice for the venue, the Ward's Island Association Clubhouse, told us that they'd be raising their prices for next year by 80%. Hmm. Kinda took the fun out of it. A few tears, a few beers, and some frantic googling later.... we're all booked in at a fantastic new venue:
We've signed stuff, we've paid the deposit, we're happy, we're incredulous, we're GETTING MARRIED!!!! I can't tell you what a relief it is to just have this booked, and how happy it makes me to know that we have a place and a caterer let alone how freaking cool the place is.

We've booked the ballroom, which means we've got the cafe and the concert-ey space at the back. There's exposed brick, heritage, a raucous sound system, gorgeous restored wood floors, hep-cats around every corner. Have I mentioned how happy I am? The bones are so gorgeous that we don't need to do much by way of decorating. Some candles, some casual floral arrangements, but nothing ostentatious is necessary. Huzzah! Here are some pics from their site. See how gorgeous?


Happy! So now things are happening. Still 7 months to go...

don't call this a comeback

i have been asked to write another entry for this wedding blog as the staggering toll of updates is wearing Elena down. i thought i'd give everyone a break this week. i will not be asking you to decide between Fendi leather banana or Pedro Garcia Sonia flats. clearly a trick question and, let's be honest, we all have to make so many decisions in our lives it's not fair to dump ours on you...or is it?

a) if you think it's fair and
b) if you think you've got enough on your plate

i thought instead i would tell you about how i'm feeling about the wedding: um...great *shrug*. really, everything's going really well. we have china picked out, a photographer, Elena's dress, a location, invitations being made, flowers. it's coming along nicely. only real snags so far are the caterer's not really pulling through for us (which i am getting over). and that someone read my mind and stole my idea for our entrance / first dance. pay attention to the dance when they land and in particular his first little solo dance. hello?! i do that ALL the time!



also please support my dad in his mustache growing competition for men's depression and prostate cancer awareness...



until next time,
pip