getting to celebrate our one year wedding anniversary along the california coast was magical. as if the trip hadn't been spectacular enough, we got to enjoy a celebratory anniversary dinner at the absolutely stunning four seasons resort the biltmore santa barbara. when we arrived at the hotel, it took our breath away. it is a gorgeous spanish style hotel, with beautiful gardens, and amazing ocean views. we found our way to bella vista, an oceanfront restaurant with the most beautiful outdoor ... View the Post
a night in carmel at the hofsas house!
i am finally getting to share my favorite stop of our california drive, carmel-by-the-sea! carmel is a quaint european town just a few hours south of san francisco. we had heard so many wonderful things about carmel, i knew i wanted to stop here for a night. my favorite part about carmel was how charming and just sweet it was. i was enamored with the fact that there aren't any street numbers! a restaurant's location would be like, "5th avenue between mission and san carlos," and to get the mail, ... View the Post
poppin bottles and our first anniversary.
as i mentioned in an early post, june 13th was our first wedding anniversary! unfortunately our anniversary fell on a monday, so we decided to celebrate the day before. we decided on dinner at spoon and stable, which is our very favorite restaurant (and right in our neighborhood!) it can be hard for me and tony to agree on restaurant spots. i like what tony would call "frou-frou" food. small plates, fancy, unusual ingredients, etc. tony likes more simple food. somehow we can agree on spoon and ... View the Post
one year!
one year ago today was my most favorite day ever. i got marry my best friend and the man of my dreams. happy anniversary to my amazing husband. here's to many happy years to come! today i went back to some of my first posts on wedded liss (when i first became "wedded liss") and it was fun to remenisce on our big day. if you want to do the same, check out a few glimpses of our wedding HERE and HERE! i will share more in the days to come of what we did to celebrate our first anniversary. ... View the Post
i said yes.
my best friend in the world is getting married and she asked me to be a bridesmaid (of course i said yes!) how cute are the "tying the knot" earrings she got for us? i found a similar pair here and think that is such a cute idea for a bridesmaid gift! sara and ryan have been together for years and years and years (literally i think they met almost 10 years ago) and so i was so thrilled when he popped the question on new years eve. congratulations sara and ryan! we could not be more happy for you ... View the Post
brad and manda.
this weekend we celebrated brad and manda's beautiful winter wedding up in white bear lake, minnesota. brad and tony coach lacrosse together at anoka high school (go tornadoes!) and it was fun for tony to see the guys he coaches with and also meet some new people in the anoka community. i got so so many compliments on the necklace i was wearing, and i proudly told each person, "thanks it's my mom's!" special shoutout to my mom kate! but back to the wedding... brad and manda are just the ... View the Post