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Hoedown for What? A Trip to the Dude Ranch in Solvang, CA

Author Violet Date September 22, 2014
Hey, dude! Last week we went to a dude ranch – Alisal Resort and...
Tagged alisal resort and spa, arnolfini wedding painting, ca, central coast california, dslr vs. iphone photos, dude ranch, flemish painting, free drink voucher, gingham, hay bale seating, heavy ranch meals, jan van eyck, macallan 18, poor lumbar support, santa ynez valley, solvang, vomit-eating tarantula, wagon ride | Leave a comment |
boyfriend, Dates, family, friends, home, Invoking the Muse, the struggle, Uncategorized, wedding

People Are Judging You Based on the Length of Your Engagement

Author Violet Date September 2, 2014
I’ve always hoped to chart a graceful course between the Charybdis of the premature...
Tagged all'antico vinaio, charybdis and scylla, cute reception ideas, domestic desires, engagement ring shopping, florence, four tetrarchs, georgia transplant, halo ring, interminable affiancement, lost in naples, marquise cut divorce rate, never play baseball till he furnishes the diamond, pave diamond, premature pinboarding, roman empire, south cackalacky, spectre of death be creepin', st. mark's basilica, star alliance, united miles devaluation, venice, wedding dress diet, wedding pinterest | Leave a comment |
boyfriend, Dates, family, friends, home, shopping, Travels, Uncategorized, wedding

Oops, We Forgot to Get Married! Bring On The Premarital Honeymoons

Author Violet Date September 2, 2014
On the heels of our latest vacation, I must dispense with a burning question/update....
Tagged bound 2, engagement ring photos, engagement ring shopping shame, four seasons wedding, gabrielle union wedding, pinboard, pinterest, popping the question, premarital honeymoon, south coast plaza mall, tiffany blue boxes, turkish skin shade, united miles devaluation, we forgot to get married | 2 Comments |
boyfriend, Dates, Invoking the Muse, Travels, Uncategorized

Rome If You Want To

Author Violet Date September 1, 2014
As is becoming tradition, I will now flit back with nary an explanation nor...
Tagged anacapri, ancient rome, aperol spritz, bistecca alla fiorentina, broken heart locket, capri, colosseum, erupting with excitement in pompei, eternal city, florence, how the sausage is made, i've made a huge bistec, in medias res, italian wedding, la prosciutteria, lido del faro, naples, national hagiographic, pompeii, roman busts, roman statues, rome, sicilian bronte pistachios, tiberian, tiberius villa, toric lenses in the tyrrhenian sea, tourist trap, vatican, venice, we have gelato cover | 1 Comment |
boyfriend, Dates, family, home, Uncategorized, wedding

Mea Maxima Culpa! I Forgot to Blog Because …

Author Violet Date March 5, 2014
Oh dear! Well, I’ll just soldier on as though I haven’t been absent for...
Tagged cakewalk, california real estate license, castle green pasadena, dilettante blogger, dog ate my homework, grandmother comments, haggling with inscrutable managers, hard hat tour, lack of blog posts, marble minarets, new home construction, pyrrhic battle, pyrrhic victory, quelle surprise, real estate license exam, taj mahal, trying to move, wedding planning ate my blog post, wedding vendor haggling, wedding venue search | Leave a comment |
boyfriend, Dates, family, friends, frugality, home, sisters, wedding, yale

The Best Time to Plan Your Wedding is When You’re Single

Author Violet Date February 20, 2014
As a corollary to my benediction of the wedding binder, I’d like to rant...
Tagged branford nalgene, brideday friday, davenport college dining hall, elopement, engagement ring shopping, gerard manley hopkins, go to college to get more knowledge, go to jupiter to get more stupider, he fathers forth whose beauty is past change: praise Him, orange engagement ring, pied beauty, pierson college dining hallb, say yes to the dress marathon, scouting wedding venues online, tilt at windmills, wedding binder, wedding planner, weding homework, women planning weddings early, Yale Nostalgia | Leave a comment |
boyfriend, Dates, family, friends, Invoking the Muse, Uncategorized, wedding, yale

Where Should We Get Married? Ghana’s Too Trendy.

Author Violet Date February 13, 2014
The title is a coinage by my friend Steph, a driven, hardworking and generally...
Tagged 1 in a trillion, 2009 venice film festival, anne hathaway birthday, anne hathaway is annoying, anne hathaway is awesome, arrange a getaway, atelier versace, bold striverism, bridesmaids wore wedding dresses, bridesmaids wore white, bulldogs in ghana, candid love, cheap wedding dress, cheongsam, don't shoot the shooter, elementary school picture day, expensive wedding dress, failed selfies, farmers market at the grove, film camera, flabbergasted gape, gardena is too trendy, ghana's too trendy, go to africa, insufficiently recondite, kate middleton dental tension, necker island wedding, nervous bite, once in a coon's age, photographic and photogenic, photography enthusiast, picking a venue, rachel getting married, red carpet arrivals, red carpet wear, ross dress for less parking lot, sari, selecting a wedding venue, sui generis dress, the grove l.a., unrealistic goals, where should i get married, white bridesmaid dresses, yale daily news, yalies in accra, ydn, ydn elections | Leave a comment |
boyfriend, Dates, friends, Hollywood, Uncategorized

Absolutely Do Not Take Photos at Cirque du Soleil Shows

Author Violet Date January 28, 2014
“Look on my works, ye Mighty, and despair!” –Percy Bysshe Shelley “Photograph my Cirque,...
Tagged big top, billionaire bruno mars, ceo guy Laliberté, circus wedding, cirque du soleil, cirque du soleil umbrellas, cirque siri, cirque totem, cirus, due to copyright issues, engagement photo shoot, everyday i'm hustlin', forbes billionaire list, grand chapiteau, intellectual property theft, ip theft, iphone selfie, look on my works ye mighty and despair, los angeles drought state of emergency, manips, no flash photography, no photography allowed, perch pole act, percy bysshe shelley, photographic medusa, popcorn tub, portable circus toilet, round top, round-top roundup, santa monica pier, something about mary hair, umbrella display, wanna be a billionaire so frickin' bad, zengo | Leave a comment |
boyfriend, Dates, friends, Travels, Uncategorized

Covered-Up Cuisine: Dressing Conservatively for Street Eats in Vietnam

Author Violet Date January 23, 2014
It’s no secret that Deepak and I love Asian food. We’re both from the...
Tagged adventurous palate, asian food, capsaicin, cherubino, chinese food, covered up cuisine, dressing conversatively abroad, en travestie, geisha house hollywood, hanoi, hanoi alleyway, imitating statues, japanese food, korean food, koreatown los angeles, lau pa sat hawker centre, little osaka, mary j. blige, mozart opera, mtv vj kennedy, park's bbq, pho, roc kitchen, sawtelle, singapore airlines flight, singapore hawker centre, spice preference, street food, the marriage of figaro, vietnam food tour, vietnamese food | 1 Comment |
baking, boyfriend, cooking, Dates, home

My New Thanksgiving Toy: Breville Ice Cream Maker

Author Violet Date November 27, 2013
Guardian of accountability (you, my reader)—I call on you now! Keep me on the...
Tagged birthday dessert, birthday dinner, breville smart scoop, creamery, gastric bypass, god is my witness i'll never go hungry again, gone with the wind, groucho marx, ice cream maker, ice cream sandwich, lap band surgery, manhattan beach, mb post, samples, scarlett o'hara, sur le table, vomitorium | 3 Comments |
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