So I’m back home in Champaign. My best friend from high school is getting married today, and my Mom is going to host some sort of after party tonight where between 30-60 people may or may not show up. I’m worried that Mom will want to keep the future Mr. Tangognat, as so far he has cleaned up the patio, shed, and driveway. He has fried won-tons, marinated steak, and made marinated mushroom hors d’oeuvres. He has painted parts of the front door yellow and raked gravel and pulled weeds.
I think I’ve gotten off lightly, as I have only made cookies, arranged flowers, pulled off painter’s tape, ran errands, and consulted about interior design.
The future Mr. Tangognat and I visited the place where we’re thinking of having the wedding, and liked it. I’ll post some pictures later. We also tried out some samples of wedding cake. Weirdly enough, both the future Mr. Tangognat and my step-father are both fixated on German Chocolate Cake, which I think is too heavy for a June wedding. So we are thinking of having a very small German chocolate cake, another small not as heavy chocolate cake, and a large citrus berry cake which is topped by white chocolate (this was very light and yummy and I thought it would be refreshing for the people who are eating cake outside next June).
1:03 pm on July 12th, 2005 1
my husband and i got our wedding cake from the cake artist’s studio and it was amazing. it didn’t look like a wedding cake at all…no white to speak of. it was colorful and funky and beautiful and it tasted absolutely amazing. i think there’s a photo of it in one of ashlee’s books at the shop–it’s the cake that’s all tilty and seussian and red/purple/green/yellow. and it has bees on top instead of a bride and groom.
we had the regular chocolate cake (not the german chocolate) as one of our layers, and the champagne white was the largest layer. the top layer (which i get to enjoy next october, yay) is banana split, my favorite.
we looked at allerton but were a bit put off by the price as well as the fact that there’s no handy rain location (if you want an indoor area, you have to rent it separately, and i don’t think you can rent it at the same time you rent the park area). we didn’t want a tent–it kind of defeats the purpose of an outdoor wedding and detracts from the beautiful setting, so that was kin dof a deal-breaker for us. it’s a beautiful park, though, and a lovely place for a wedding. we ended up at ewing manor in bloomington and it was gorgeous, even though we got married outdoors on the coldest day in october. at least we were able to take the reception indoors!
8:03 pm on July 12th, 2005 2
thanks for the report on the cake!