Mmmmm Cake

Today we tasted cakes and tried to narrow down flavors. I won't ruin the surprise by telling you what the finalists were, but I don't think our wedding guests will be disappointed.

We also narrowed down our favorite designs. Aesthically speaking, there are some butt ugly cakes out there. Ours will not be one of them.

Wedding Venue

So we visited the wedding venue today. Being a place that we have never visited but already forked out a lot of money to, it was a cause of a little stress for both Kim and I. Having only seen subpar pictures that were on their website we were a bit worried. However after our visit we can see that the place will work out great. It was a nice quaint little venue with lots of picturesque elements and a casual but elegant atmosphere. Exactly what we were wanting.

It is on Lake Whyle with nice gazebo we will probably use for the ceremony. It had a nice dance floor and a reception area. It was nice to find a place that handled the wedding venue the reception venue handles the catering and even supplies the cake (though we have to go to the designated bakery and taste test some samples later this week).

The place is a bed and breakfast, and we ended up renting he 5 rooms that the place has for the night of the wedding to accommodate out of town guests. The rooms are a mixture of Victorian and Cape Cod style and look quite nice.

Final Destination Unknown...

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Ok so we made it to Charlotte just fine, and after a short nap we are on the road again. This time for Greenville to hang with friends BBQ and hit up the pool. The accomidations on this trip seem to be bit less than my last. No Caviar or Grey Poupon. And the driving reminds me of the proverbial bat on it's way out of hell.

Ohh God our eyes

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The sun rises over Knoxville and blinds us both. After a quick pee break at one of those shady gas stations were the restrooms are on the outside and suppose to be locked but of course the locks are busted and the restroom trashed we are back on the road. I have relanquished driving duties for I be quite sleepy. Ashville is the next big city on route so we got some fun mountain driving ahead of us ohh joy.

Metropolis

Interesting to note there are two metropolis' between st Louis and Charlotte. One has a giant Superman statue. A tall man would hit just below the man of steel's...

Here is the OTHER city's Superman. Heeyyyy...he looks kind of familiar!

On the road agian

After five minutes on the road we have already entered our second state. That's not saying much when you live right next to the Mississippi River.

Ten minutes down the road and I had to have classic road trip food... The Ubiquitous Golden Arches.

Restart the blog

Well I got an iPhone for my birthday from Kim. Not that I cared to join the not very exclusive club, but I just needed a new phone, and it is frankly the cheapest smart phone out there right now. So here I am trying this blogging app on my iPhone. Now only if I can figure out how to add pictures I will add one I took on the phone while at work....

Well so far I can't post pictures via the phone but I can add them in later from my PC.. so here is that snazzy picture of me I was talking about.