If you haven’t reserved a room from one of our hotel blocks, this is a reminder that the first ones expire this weekend! One of the expires as soon as  May 29, so get those reservations in soon. Contact us if you have any Q’s.

For our guests, we’ve added a new hotel block for those still looking for lodging. Please visit the ”Wedding Information” page to find out more.

And, its the TiVo Wedding Cake. From cNet:

The San Jose, Calif., couple decided on a television-themed reception, which was held at a San Francisco hotel. “TiVo rules our TV world,” bride Tina, 37, said in an interview with CNET News.com. “We describe ourselves as a little bit crazy, a little bit weird.”

“Our lives are all around TV, really. All our friends know we enjoy TV. It was only fitting we got to have a TV-themed wedding,” said groom Andy, 34. Plus, he laughed, “I knew TiVo before I knew Tina!”

I’m not sure what to say.

I had been planning on adding a colored sash to my wedding dress similar to Barbie here (minus the embroidery at the ends). Later, I was horrified to find out that the sash I had been using at my dress fittings (a 4 1/2-yard length of ribbon from Monique Lhuillier), was $240! I just about keeled over. I vaguely remembered reading from my trusty reference, theknot.com message boards, that you could buy ribbon from a local craft store or online for less.

After making some inquires at a local ribbon store and looking at their special-order ribbon book, I found what I think is the exact same ribbon (from the satin material , double-facing,  and even down to the color names!) from a brand named Morex. You could special order a 27-yard spool for $69 + tax. I really think is the same brand that Monique Lhuillier uses and then she just charges about 4x more. Talk about wedding mark-up! Sorry Monique, I’m letting your secret out! I bought a length of it from a place on E-bay, but you could also buy it from online stores like romanticflowers.com . Hmm…I am scared to think how much the embroidered ribbon would have cost.