The month began with Mark and Garrett and Burton, of course, driving halfway across the country to move Garrett to our Los Colinas home. A new chapter in my life is having another adult child, work and be on his own. October is always the busiest.
Not only is my husband never home with his travels, but he doesn’t have time to extend a trip and take me along. Feel sorry for me! I have not been on a planned vacation in years. Years……. But hey, we are going to the football game in Chicago. We got Great tickets to include my brother and his wife and son. Included were Mike and Stephanie coming in from NYC, and Garrett on his first weekend away since he started a job. It was great. Pizza is Great. Italian food is Great.... Love Chicago for many reasons to include family and friends.
My brother did not come to the Bears game. Maria and Marissa did. Great friends. But in true form, we had to leave early to catch a flight. This included walking 3 miles, rushing around Chicago by the best of the best of city drivers…..not a cab, but Maria. We got to the flight with time to spare for a beer. Interesting. Stephanie and Michael took the El for their flight, getting there just in time. You see planning a wedding is just NOT enough to do, we have to make our lives a little more rushed, complicated, exciting and stressful. It is all in fun.
To add to this, we enjoyed our annual American Airlines Charity Golf & Tennis event benefiting Susan G. Komen at the beautiful Park Hyatt, Aviara Resort. Always a beautiful event, always fun to play 12 hours of tennis in 2 days. Always fun to meet those of whom have become my favorite friends.
However........we all went to Laguna Niguel to actually do wedding stuff. The florist did beautiful samples. The fun part, kind of, was CAKE TASTING!!! Our first place, which we were led to believe was in Newport Beach, CA.... but it's really Costa Mesa, should have been our first clue. But then we heard they were on "Amazing Wedding Cakes" and we were prepared to be impressed. Before I say "why", let me just say I would NEVER refer ANYONE to Let Them Eat Cake, particularly a snooty baker named Christen. This rude girl, told us, Stephanie's idea of a white cake was "nothing" and would not photograph well, despite the beautiful pictures we brought in for samples.
She proceeded to tell us that NO ONE was allowed to touch our cake or put fresh flowers on it. IS she frickin kidding me?? After what they wanted to charge???? I can put Yankee M & M's on it if I want.......next.........
Garrett mentions that his friend's mother owns a bakery in Laguna Niguel. He tells me it's Donna B. OMG, the cookie lady that came to the PTA functions and Little League games??? Let's try it.
What a sweet staff....pun intended. But the cake was the most delicious...Let's see which Bakery should we go with.....DUH.
