Caterer for our Wedding

We had dim sum with Johnny today at 888 to go over most of the details for the catering for the wedding day. My mom, Joyce, Scott and I were of course hounding down Johnny and the manager of 888 to commit to do the catering for us. We have seen furiwa's food and tried Grace Catering which was t-e-r-r-i-b-l-e. We were searching everywhere and asking all monterey park restaurants to do catering for us. We heard that AAA was a popular place so my mom called them and found out that they are closed - which lead us to Johnny, the former manager of AAA - who is now starting his catering business.

So far so good. Now we need to get Doubletree to accept 888 to do the catering for us and we can get the ball rolling. The good thing is, we know that the food from 888 can't be all that bad. It has to be better than what is offered by other chinese catering companys nowadays.

just crossing my fingers now to get this deal sealed!

Bridesmaid Dresses Are In

The dresses finally arrived. Wow, very happy with the color! I'll have to see them on my models!!! I can already see that there will be some alterations made...but they should be good. My dresses were designed and made in China, I went last month to pick and chose everything. The cost of 5 bridesmaid dresses + 1 evening dress = RMB 1830 = USD244.

Meet the Parents

My Dad was in town, and with the wedding 7 months away, it's time to meet the Tangs!

Place: 888 Restaurant -Valley Blvd, San Gabriel
Time: 7:30PM
Date: Monday, April 13.
Particpants: Me, Scott, Judy's Mom, Judy's Stepdad, Judy's Dad, Joyce, Scott's Dad, Scott's Mom, Scott's Sister, Scott's Older Brother, Scott's Sister-in-Law and Scott's cousin.


The meeting turned out very successful. The deal was signed and there weren't too much negotiations involved. Everyone was very satisfied with the terms =).

My Dad is just very approachable and approaching so there was always something to talk about. We got into the nitty-gritty of things like wordings on the invitations, traditions we had to follow and that's just pretty much it.



At the end of the dinner, I just knew I had to take a picture of this:




Cheers!

Engagement Shoot with SB

That's right we already completed our first engagement photoshoot. Will there be another one. Very likely.

This was done by Soupy - a photographer who added us to her expansion of her portfolio. We took shots at the Kodak Theatre and the Metro Link and at a corner on the Mullholland drive. It was interesting to feel like a model for a couple hours. Will be posting up photos when I get them!


My makeup was done by Nars at Nordstroms. Very good, but I always feel and look different when I have makeup on - especially put on by professionals.

On our way to our photoshoot:

After the photoshoot - we found Portos around the corner! Hungry and starving, we got in line with the rest of fans of Portos.

Wedding Colors - Burnt Orange and Expresso Brown

Inspired by a designer that is too expensive for me to buy anything from...

My wedding colors are orange and brown. Since two years ago, I started to really like orange. I mean really. I am attracted to anything orange. Orange just looks so fresh and healthy! I love it.

Brown just goes well with just about anything. And brown is just the perfect earthy color for an autumn wedding.

Wedding Favor - Ordered - Shipped - Received

Scott went to Vegas in February for work and came back with a present for me. The ____ and ____ from the hotel in Vegas which he knew I would love. I did and I just had to share my love for this to the special guests at our wedding. What's even more perfect, the colors matche completely with the wedding and it is absolutely lovely!

I searched for the seller of this gorgeous product and placed the order. There were some hurdles in doing that and met some terrible and mean guy, but it all turned out for the better - better product and better price!! It came in a matter of 4 days - April 10. They are so cute!!!!

Venue - CONFIRMED!

We knew it from the start - we want Chinese food at the wedding for multiple reasons.
1. We like Chinese food.
2. Variety
3. More tradition
4. Tailored to 98.9 of our guests' culinary taste
5. It should taste better

To start off, we eliminated a lot of the hotels that doesnt serve Chinese food and focused on the seafood restaurants. That narrowed down to Prince Seafood in Cerritos. Very nice place and I had my mind set on it. We were going to take two floors and I wanted to designate the top floor as the casino floor, throw the banquet from the second floor, and have the kids and unwanted people upstairs. j/k! We went there for dim sum and dinner and all agreed that the food was good.

Then, headaches started to kick in when I had to find a ceremony place. I knew it would be better for everyone if I have the place either right next to each other or at the same place. Then my sister suggested all these hotels who can do chinese catering and we started that side of things which led us to the Doubletree, just two blocks from my house.

My sister and I rushed to the 4:30pm appointment and got there to meet Veronica at 4:45pm. Right when I stepped in, I was like, this is it!!!!

Of course, after a week of negotiations and flushing out the terms of the agreement, we negotiated everything down to 25% lower than what we started off with.

Date is CONFIRMED.

The original original plan was to get married 3-4, possibly 5 years later. After the proposal, the plan changed to 2 years later. After January, we are getting married on November 21, of this year! yikesy daisy!

Well, it was still a long time away, from January. Now, it's seven months away. Lots of progress, yet still has a lot to accomplish.