Weekend Wrap-Up

It was a busy weekend due to school exams, cake tastings, vendor meetings, family time, and of course, eating good food!

Friday, I headed down to San Diego to meet Ernesto so that we could head out for Tin Tin's 22nd birthday party - Alan had a surprise party for her at the Courtyard Marriott Downtown.

Saturday, Ernesto and I met with Irene Gonzalez of A Perfect Table to consult with her regarding linens and chair covers. She was fantastic and mentioned "buzz" words that sold Ernesto, such as "discount" and "discount on top of a discount." She was great - so great we ended up telling her the following day that we wanted to go with her! Initially, the chair covers were going to be white with a gold sash, but I thought to ask her if she had the chair covers in gold - and she said she would have her covers dyed to gold at no additional charge and also threw in a discount and then on top of that another discount! We could not ask for more - she was great and she had done a Charger themed wedding in the past! After our linen meeting, we had time to kill before a cake tasting. Ern and I ate at Latin Chef off Garnet Ave. in Pacific Beach.

We still had time to kill and were already in close proximity to the French Gourmet where the cake tasting was to take place so we decided to walk around Garnet (for those who haven't been, there are a bunch of bars, shops, and stores) but it looked like it was going to rain again. So we drove to the French Gourmet and took a nap until our cake tasting. The cake tasting at the French Gourmet was highly anticipated because everytime they are at the Bridal Bazaar I tend to be drawn to them and they quoted us good deals. But when we got there, the price was going to be in the $1000+ category for a 3 or 4 tier cake and for a simple design. Back to the drawing board....

That Saturday night, Jackie made reservations for her, Arnold, Ernesto, me, Roxan, and Pam at Humphrey's By the Bay for their $24.95 3-course pre-fixe. It was a fun night full of food and laughter with some of my favorite people in the world and also with food, wine, and frozen yogurt!!!











Sunday, Ernesto and I had another cake tasting with Sumi from Sumi's Oven. Her strawberry cake and chocolate macadamia nut cake were delicious.
(i didn't take this picture - i found it on google. But it was a
better picture than mine since mine was taken after we had destroyed it)

Here is the aftermath:

(this picture i actually took and we made a mess of it!)
We really liked her and her rates were excellent. Not to mention, her portfolio was excellent. We really liked her and so far she is our #1 candidate for cakes. Here is a link to her website: http://www.sumisoven.com/

We have 1 more appointment this coming Saturday with Allison (such a pretty name!) of Cakes by Allison (www.cakesbyallison.com). After this appointment, we will determine which cake vendor to book and we will be finished with all our vendors!! That is, unless we decide to add extra stuff like favors, photo booths, etc. - I am not good at arts and crafts and prefer someone else do the work than myself!