Taking Over Pasadena

Sorry folks, We haven't had time to work on our wedding lately...

Beth and I have been progressively moving into our new townhouse in Pasadena.

• We picked out new paint colors to cover the dirty white walls from the previous tenants... gross!
  
• We replaced new cabinet knobs in the kitchen.
• We convinced the landlord to replace the dirty carpets with brand new hardwood floors.
• We got electricity.
• We have cable television
• We got our cable internet installed... it's pretty fast :)
• We bought a $20 rug

and Beth accidentally painted "white" paint on the "black" screen... hehehe silly

xoxo,
Joe

Introducing Spyked Gourmet !!

Tuesday night Beth and I got invited to our caterer's house for a wedding menu tasting dinner!

Introducing Spyked Gourmet! Chef Janet and Barry !

Our menu:

• Mini Pineapple Grilled Onion Burgers (meat / vegetarian)
• Grilled Teriyaki Chicken
• Buffalo Chicken
• Southern Homemade Potato Salad
• Broccoli Salad (really good)
• Cucumber Tomato Salad
• Hummus
• Grilled Vegetables
• Cheese Cakes (raspberry / coffee Kahlua)

It was DELICIOUS!!! Oh and major thanks to Barry for the delicious Turkish Coffee!!!

xoxo
Joe and Beth

Appetizers by Bean Sprouts

Bean Sprouts is a fairly new vegetarian restaurant in Arcadia, California. The owner of the restaurant happens to be one of my mom's buddies!

Last night we had a delicious dinner there and had some samples to taste as well. They have a large variety of vegetarian dishes that will totally fake you out and make you think that you are actually eating "meat". NO JOKE ! as a matter of fact, I am thinking about their Crispy Fried Drumsticks right now... mmmmm.... so good!!

After we talked to the owner, tasted the foods, and reviewed the menu... We've decided on three appetizers for the wedding!

• Turnip Cakes
• Rainbow Roll (this will make you smile)
  
• Vegetarian Egg Rolls

One last note for the vegetarian guests... please come hungry :)

xoxo
Joe

Tasting off... LAKERS WIN !!!

Our tasting dinner tonight with Janet from Spyked Gourmet was rescheduled... But we got to stay home and watch the Lakers winning another World Championship !!!

I just want to take a moment to post a photo of me and Beth at the Lakers game this past December... :)


xoxo
Joe

Wedding Force One

I know you guys are very excited to read about our fantastic caterer, Janet from Spyked Gourmet. But that's not going to be posted till after our tasting session with Janet tomorrow evening... stay tuned :D

NOW! let's talk about shoes!! yes SHOES !!

I told Beth that she can do WHATEVER she desires when it comes to our wedding planning... IF and only IF I get to wear "super cool" sneakers with my wedding tux :D... And after visiting several shoe stores with my buddy Aidan, I failed to find that perfect sole.

Yesterday, we've discovered NIKEiD !!! You can personalize your own sneakers on the world wide web !!! So Beth and I created a "one-of-a-kind" super super cool cool awesome sneakers that has the elements of our wedding color scheme!! and hidden messages inside and out. Here it is... Wedding Force One !!!


Lakers anyone ? wheeeee !!! heheheh

xoxo
Joe

A Schedule and Cupcakes

At the end of last night Joe and I were spent. Yesterday we met with our wedding coordinator Lisa Allen at the wedding spot. Lisa has been great, she taught me to really think about what I want on my wedding day (well and Joe's too). It is probably one of the hardest lessons I am learning about myself through this whole planning process. Still, it is a good lesson to learn! I feel so much better now that I know how our actual wedding day is going to go! I can't wait to have all the people that Joe and I love in the same place at the same time!

After we met with Lisa we went to meet Angie Dingman owner of www.lovecakesonline.com. Angie instantly knew what and how we want everything to look on our wedding day! We will be offering 4 different kinds of cupcakes; Red Velvet, Pina Colada, Vanilla Vanilla and Mint Chocolate. Check out her website for descriptions of all of her cupcakes, yum!!

Tomorrows post, meet the cater!

Flowers, yay!

Late Saturday morning, I had a photoshoot in my studio and then had to head over to shoot a wedding. Before I left Joe told me he was going to see "Hangover" with all his friends. I sighed, "ah lucky, I have to work another 7 hours".

Joe met me at my house that night and when I opened the door and he brought me flowers! He said, "I thought this might brighten your day a little since you had to work so long". It really did because I didn't expect him to bring flowers. He even found purple (my favorite color right now) tulips!

I asked him in the car the other night, "Joe will you still bring me flowers after we have been married for years and years?" He replied, "If you continue to be a good, then yes!!" Yippie!!!

The Hangover...

I (Joe) went and saw The Hangover with a few good friends yesterday while Beth was shooting a wedding. I have to say... The Hangover is probably one of the best comedies I've seen in ages... definitely "instant classic". The movie starts with Phil (one of the three groomsmen) on the phone with the bride... telling her how they messed up and couldn't make it back to the wedding. They woke up in the morning with a tiger, a chicken and a baby in their hotel room... simply AMAZING!

So after the movie... I told my boys (Thomas, Aidan and Jared) that ... NO we are NOT going to Vegas for my bachelor party... just because... PROBABLY... MAYBE... that might happen!!

take my advice... GO SEE THAT MOVIE !! and don't mess with Mike Tyson !!

xoxo
Joe

Our Wedding COLORS

After we picked our wedding ceremony location, it seemed like the next thing to do was pick our colors. So we headed over to Home Depot and picked up almost every paint swatch available!! Then with the help of Joe's parents... we came to a decision !!