Napa Getaway~

Yup! I got escaped from my desk to the Napa Valley this past Friday. :) The weather was funny that it's been sparkling on and off the drive. BUT....it's good to get away, see some new things, and of course to meet some new people and places.

Well, Napa is not new to me; however, my first stop - Calistoga is. Drove all the way down highway 29 to Calistoga and visit a new place (to me :P) "Calistoga Ranch". This estate gave me a very comfortable and peace once I stepped out of my car. A very out in the nature, quiet, and beautiful places. Not to mention that it's a great location for wedding, it's really a good place for vacation just to stay on this estate. All guests rooms are individual buildings where people can have 100% of privacy. Here is a photo for one of their wedding locations:


Since the weather wasn't too good to show in photo, I decided to use some of my shoot from my last visit....and here's one....great clear sky~

Tra Vigne....the restaurant we went for lunch. This is my second time to the restaurant. I love their food!! I think this will be one of the must go restaurants that I will return whenever I visit Napa. :P

grilled Flat Iron Steak, five peppercorn sauce, arugula, fingerling potatoes, chanterelle mushrooms. Very juicy and tender! I love the sauce which is not too strong to cover the original taste of the steak! Sorry I only took a picture of one of the entree that we order.....because they were too good! Can't wait to taste the first bite...heh~

This is actually taken at my last visit. Since we didn't order any dessert this time...here you go for this delicious vanilla bean gelato :)

Copia--the last stop of our Napa Getaway. This is the American Center For Wine Food & the Arts. Inside you can have numbers of different wine tasting, history of the wine making in different States, and of course, the food history not to forget. They have a decent garden where you can see different plants and different vegetables they growth. I'm guessing they use it in the restaurant.....

Oh..o...if you are a chocolate lover, there's a homemade chocolate store that you must go if you ever go to Napa!!! It's the called the "Woodhouse Chocolate". I think it's a good idea for wedding favor if you are thinking of having chocolate as your favor. It's something special that you can't find it elsewhere.

Haha...all the sudden, this became a travel blog....
Hope you all have a wonderful week!

The Spring is here!!

Don't forget the Daylight Saving begins tomorrow, Sunday--March 9, 2008.

Have a wonderful weekend and Enjoy the Sun!!

Photos Time

As promised, here is the slide show of my client last weekend. Good memories and am always impress when I see the work from Marc and Phoebe (Photographers from Memory Stations)

Click here to the slide show ~ Gwen & Perry
Enjoy! :)

The E and W-Ring

I was reading some wedding magazines yesterday, pages and pages of rings appeared to show bride and groom-to-be to find the perfect ring! :) (There are so many different cuts and shapes that people can study to whole day!!) Anyway, today I'm not going to talk about how to find the perfect ring or the cuts and shapes of the ring...

While I was flipping the magazines, that reminded me something that I must do to remind my brides on the wedding day! And this may be a good information for you to know before the wedding~ "Is the correct way to put your E-ring and Wedding ring!" (I'll use E-ring = Engagement ring and W-ring = Wedding ring)

Some people put it on their right hand, some on left; or they put their E-ring first then W-ring. So which way is correct?

Every time, before the ceremony, I always remind my bride, put your E-ring on your right hand so that you can save room for the W-ring on the left hand. Why? This way, there's no need to take off your E-ring, and at the same time you can show the sparkling diamond in the photos. After you have exchanged the wedding ring, and after the ceremony, you can easily slide the E-ring back to your left hand and FYI, the reason why putting the W-ring first then E-ring is because the W-ring will always be close to your heart :) As well as while you are sitting at the reception, your husband will always be holding your hand with your rings on~ I think this is very sweet and really show the meaning of the two rings.

Hope this is an informational session for you today. :D

It's Friday and the sun is out!! Hope everyone will enjoy the last day of February~
Amy

The New Mr. & Mrs. Do

Congratulation to my newly wed couple:
Gwen & Perry Do on February 23, 2008

This is a great turn-out wedding with lot of hard work from the bride and groom, lots of creative ideas to make an empty hall turn into a great reception / party theme!

This is how the hall originally look like when we do the site inspection..


The afternoon before the wedding day..


And finally...the look of the wedding day!!





I met with them last year in March and Gwen is already falling in love with lots of ideas and colors that she wanted for the wedding. Throughout the year, we've been on the phone for hours, emailing back and forth, and in person meeting. I'm happy to provide my suggestions and advice on how to make things work. And now the wedding is done, I'm going to miss the time we chatted on phone on all the fun ideas.

As a wedding consultant, our job on the day of not only to make the day run smooth but also to make sure the vision and ideas of the bride and groom become a reality on their wedding day. The setup turned out to be their ideas come true and real. I'm thrilled to see that they are so happy and had a great celebration with their family and friends.

Okay...something attractive that made Perry look away..




Alright, my camera is not as great as the professional...but stay tune for all the great photos when the photographer send them to me :)

The Team:
Location: Napredak Hall
Caterer: Asian Garden
Photographer: Memory Station Studio
Florist: Adorable Flowers & Gifts
Lighting: Elle Music & Events

~Happy Valentine's Day~

Wishing you everyday a sweeter and happier day with your love ones!
Hugs,
Amy

Valentine's Promo from Memory Station Studio

Valentine's Day is coming!! I just received a great promotion from one of the great photographers I worked with before. If you are looking for a photographer, check them out! Click on the below link for detail on this special promo. ;)
http://www.memorystationstudio.com/vpromo.html

You can also click this link http://www.memorystationstudio.com/lindaandroland/ to check out their photos for my pervious client.

Have fun!! :)