This past weekend my lovely bridesmaids treated me to a "Final Fling Before the Ring" as the Evite suggested. My sister found a cute little guesthouse to rent out in Venice and we holed up there for a few days. We did many things, but overall the weekend was relaxing, fun, restful (kind of :), and full of many fun and new experiences with my nearest and dearest group of girlfriends.
Day One began with brunch at the Huckleberry Cafe in Santa Monica. We thought we would be unassuming customers but lo and behold we ended up being filmed for The Cooking Channel who were there that day featuring the restaurant for their show, Unique Sweets. Look for us on television sometime in December!
We filmed for about an hour so you can imagine how many bites of pastry that each of us had to take! I don't know that any of us will ever want to eat another Huckleberry pastry again, but it was a super-fun experience! Here I am exclaiming how delicious my Huckleberry Cornbread is to Ilene and the Unique Sweets crew. Each of us had to eat our pastry and talk about its texture and taste, one at a time.
The real star of the day though was Pap who stole the show! She talked the longest and we all awarded her the Academy Award for best on camera. It's funny because we often joke that Pap should have her own show on the Food Network because she loves to cook and be creative in the kitchen. Here was her big moment! She was flawless in front of the mic-as if she does it everyday.
We were so full from eating all the "camera sweets" that we hardly touched our main meals which were delicious, by the way. I highly recommend this place for breakfast. It's kinda chic-chic but the quality of ingredients are really good and it's a cute little place on Wilshire Blvd. Check it out sometime!
Next it was off to beautify our toes! Yipppeeeee :D I was so excited because my toes haven't been touched in awhile and they were in dire need of some lovin'. Especially because we're coming off of summer and I have gross summer-heels! Ewww. I disgust myself!
A pedicure was just what the doctor ordered.
Then it was off to Malibu for some shopping and food-buying. The Malibu Country Mart has a really chic J.Crew that carries all of their Collection line so it's always fun to stop in there and touch/see all of their more expensive stuff that we can't afford. Here Dawn and I are trying on some of their sale necklaces just for fun. We also hit up our gal Tory and came away with a special surprise for someone's upcoming 30th birthday. (but we'll leave the details for a later post ;)
We also tasted some delicious chocolate balls and truffles at a fancy chocolate shop, saw and purchased my rehearsal dinner dress (check!), tried on some really cool rings, bought food for dinner and pretended we belonged in the swank of Malibu. Good times, good times!
Then we were off to a glorious little spot high in the Malibu mountains for a grown-up picnic dinner. It was so nice! Here we all are at our picnic table. Mad props to Pap for her amazing self-portrait skillz!
The grounds were really pretty and we enjoyed taking some photos in the last few minutes before sunset.
Once nightfall hit, the lights were turned on and the music began...they had a full big band and it was amazing! Dawn attempted to teach me to swing dance in the back while lots of other guests joined the band in the front for dancing. It was so chill and nice and people were having a great time. It was the perfect evening.
Day One-check! We got back to the Venice house and sacked out-tired, full and happy. It was so wonderful to be able to spend one-on-one time with my bridal party without any "wedding to-do's" lingering over our heads. When you get married, don't forget to take the time to just be with your girls-it's so important! A wedding is only one day, but good friendships last a lifetime.
I'd say Day One was a huge success :D wouldn't you?
More to come tomorrow~
Aim
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