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So long… farewell Auf wiedersehen…

About three weeks ago I went to pick up my maid of honor’s dress with her. I had been in the store numerous times. To pick Bridesmaid dresses and Jr. Bridesmaid dresses, to pick up dresses for the Jr. Bridesmaids and ship them out to them, and once to pick up and ship the dress [...]

RSV… HUH ?

The guest list is a very difficult piece to any wedding. It’s a balancing act between two families, friends and family, and the almighty BUDGET. It is no wonder that after thinking long and hard about WHO to invite that we spent a lot of time (not to mention money) on our invitations. I ordered custom [...]

You’re not from around here, are you ?

Most of my fiance’s friends and family, as well as a handful of my part of the guest list will be coming from across the country. We want to make sure they know we appreciate them spending money on the trip out to join us and welcome them to San Francisco. I believe we will [...]

I could teach you…

I wouldn’t even charge because there was some technical difficulties with getting all of my pictures into my latest post… so I thought I’d just do a quick update with the actual board that brings all the boys to the yard.

My board brings all the boys to the yard !

So I had a ring on my finger and a fabulous man. Now what is a girl to do?!   Choose COLORS of course! (well actually we chose our venue first, but more on that later) So after we chose the zoo, it was time to think about “my vision”. I’ve always loved purple and green, so [...]

Just droppin’ in to say hi !!

So you are probably asking… Who is this Lemon Drop and what makes her tick ? I am a San Francisco bay area native (grew up in the ‘burbs, now live in the city) and I’m marrying a Pennsylvania boy. We met two years ago online, (which makes sense since we are both [...]