On to the decorations....

Veronica has sent me a long list of pictures to look at for the ceremony decorations. Though none of them are exactly what I want they are getting close. Take a look and let me know what you think...

The dark teal/green color I am using is really hard to match so that has been the issue. I might have to bring my own ribbon and such but that should not be a problem. I am leaning toward the all white ribbon on the chairs, but keep an orange flower in it, then have the bamboo huppah thing with white and teal cloth with orange flowers.

Runner Up

 

While we were in Mexico and getting not too far with Solmar, we decided that since we were there we should look into some other venues just in case.  In comes, Leoan... she is the private wedding coordinator that I just adore! She knew exactly what we wanted and was so fun.  She took us to a few places to be potential wedding spots and we fell in love with one... Sunset Da Mono Lisa. 

   

It is a restaurant on the cliffs overlooking the ocean and Land's End Arc.  It was absolutely breathtaking and the food was great too (Italian).  Check it out...

So, after talking it over and figuring out the details, we are still going to get married at Solmar. We finally have gotten a hold of the coordinator there so things are looking up.  Plus we want the ceremony to be laid back and this other place seemed much more high maintenance.  So, I must say goodbye to Leoan, as I am sad to not be able to use her. Hopefully the Solmar coordinator will be just as awesome (though I doubt it).

Part Dos.... Solmar y Playa Grande

Rene and I really like Solmar. We are staying there the week of the wedding and would absolutely LOVE if everyone can stay there too. This is SOLMAR:

Though on our trip we had been getting the run around. Originally I had contacted Solmar and they put me in touch with their wedding coordinator, Claudia. She was the one is charge of events for Solmar AND La Playa Grande (sister hotel). It seemed like more people had weddings at La Playa because that was most of the info she sent me. Two weeks before we were set to go visit she said that she was no longer working there and to contact the general manager. He never responded to my emails.

So we decided to head on over to La Playa to see if we could get in contact with someone... When we were there NO ONE would help us and told us that the manager was busy and he would call us (yeah, on our phones that don't work in Mexico?). We wanted to get a tour of the place so they sent us over to some other ladies. This young woman showed us around the property and it is beautiful. Very BIG and elegant, lots of colors.... but also it was very busy and sort of loud.

So as this woman is showing us around she keeps on telling us that we should invest in a time-share to stay in during our wedding/honeymoon. Then she bring us to "the ROOM" (those of you who have gone on a time-share tour, you know what I'm talking about) where there are tons of couples sitting down with employees trying to seal the deal. THEY WHERE TRYING TO SELL US A TIME SHARE!!!! Rene finally interrupted the second person that had come over to talk to us and told him that we were not interested in it BUT were here to plan our wedding (after the 10th time) and he said that they had a woman named Claudia who was in charge of that.... UH YEAH and she NO LONGER works here! He didn't even know that. So after that we decided to leave because we were getting NO HELP! NO ME GUSTO LA PLAYA GRANDE!!!

So in the long run, WE LOVE SOLMAR and hopefully we can talk to someone there who can plan our wedding.

Again, its late and you will have to wait to read more about our Cabo adventure, part tres....

Pre - Cabo San Lucas

So I have my passport in hand... we have our flights, we just need to make our hotel reservations. There is a cute little hotel in town, Hotel Mar de Cortez, that we are going to stay in for the weekend.  Cannot WAIT! 

SO WHY CABO, YOU ASK?

Well, Rene and I really want to get married out in nature.  We love the outdoors.  I love the ocean and water (I am an aquarius) though I live in Arizona so I never see it.  I have been in many weddings (as you now know) yet none of them have been on a beach or destination. Lots have been outside and have been beautiful, but none yet have been on a Mexican beach (though Amber's wedding is coming up and IS on the beach, but in Hawaii). Rene spent 6 months in Mexico City during college and LOVED IT and can't think of a better destination.  We cannot wait to get married with all of our close friends and family on the beach in Cabo with our bare feet in the sand.  

So now we are going on a quick trip down there to do a little planning and get a better idea of places down there.  When we get back, we will have much more to do and plan!