Wedding Blog

In Los Angeles, driving is a hazardous sport. For those who aren’t well trained at it (and often for those who are), disaster is lurking around every corner. Take it from us, who managed to total both of our cars within 2 days of each other, within 2 blocks of each other, last Christmas. Yep, it happened.

Roughly half of our wedding guests are out-of-towners, and…

There is one issue that I’ve noticed while wedding planning that has become one of my greatest aggravations: parking.

Image found here

When we went to visit venues, they paid for our parking. When Mom H and I went to wedding events, we usually received a sticker to cover our parking. So why, I ask, do venues charge you for parking? I wouldn’t ever ask our guests to…

Our ceremony and reception sites are exactly 1.3 miles apart - about a 3 minute car ride. Because they’re so close, a mode of transportation for the wedding party never even crossed my mind. Of all people, Mr. Sundae is actually the one who thought of it ((stunned silence)).

My stance on the issue was that I really didn’t care, it seemed like an added expense…

Thanks, everyone for all your kind suggestions on how to lighten my finish-your-wedding-plans-in-a-month-load! The suggestions to delegate were especially useful - I just didn’t expect that people would delegate tasks upon themselves!

Exhibit A:

The lovely and uber-helpful Miss Gingerbread found a sweet ad in the Vancouver Craiglist, contacted the poster, and sent me the information she received.
Now, Mr. Shortcake and I will have this SWEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEET…

No limo for us on our wedding day.** Nope, we’re saving a couple of bucks, and using my dad’s sweet ride.

My Dad’s PT Cruiser Convertible, as seen by Google Street View.

As I mentioned in my post about the remoteness of our wedding, Mr. Cherry Pie and I have decided to rent a few vehicles to to shuttle guests from the hotels to and from the wedding site.

Ring, ring, ring goes the (wedding) bell…

SO. We’re having our ceremony in a different place than our reception. And unfortunately, there’s no parking at Crissy Field (the ceremony location). Which means… we have to provide transportation to and from the ceremony for our guests. Which means… TROLLEY CARS!!!!

Yes, that’s right, people: we have reserved four trolley cars to cart our guests around the city. How…

It’s funny. When we first started planning the wedding, I worked out a budget which allotted some transportation money that I imagined would go towards renting something like this:

The ever-glamorous vintage car.

Ever since the beginning of our wedding planning, there has been one thing we’ve known for sure - we wanted a limo. I’ve always envisioned myself in my dress stepping out of a limo… stepping out in style!

When Mr.Flamingo and I discussed what model interested us, we had no clue - modern or vintage? I personally wanted a vintage model… so perfect for our theme. But Mr…

Hiring a trolley for your wedding day transport has become pretty ubiquitous in Chicago. All the knotties are talking about trolley rates, tipping your driver and whether or not to buy the “wedding decor” package which includes some tulle and a “Just Married” sign.

photo from flickr

On the day of a traditional Indian wedding, the groom travels to the wedding site with a huge procession of his family and friends. This procession is called a baraat (pronounced bah-rath). It’s a festive and jubilant parade, complete with dhol (drum) players, bhangra dancing, and singing. Surrounded by his baraathi/entourage, the groom is either on foot, elephant, horse, or slow-moving sports car.

Mr. C and I want a classic NYC getaway car for ourselves.

Here’s my dreamboat… a classic New York checker cab!

image from filmcars.com

Out of town guests are going to make up about 50% of our guest list, so Mr. C and I are brainstorming ways of getting them from their hotels to the reception site or vice versa. Though we’re having the ceremony and reception at the same venue, we want to provide our guests with a way to get there since many of them may not…

A large majority of my guests will be traveling far for our wedding, many from across the world in Asia. A large portion of that number will be staying in NYC for the trip for its many attractions; however, our venue is a good 20 minute drive from midtown Manhattan. So for the convenience of our guests, we will be chartering a bus.

I had briefly mentioned…

Recently my boss asked me if I wanted her to get the limo for us, or if I wanted to do it myself and give her the bill. Well, while I do love not having to do anything, I also love having the control of our wedding day transportation. She said to think it over and get back to her, but if we wanted her…