Another Wedding Ten Years Later

Andi was my last college roommate, and a bridesmaid in my wedding. Ten years later, she married a genuine gentleman. His brother's toast at the wedding moved me, and spoke to his character. I leaned to Hubby and whispered that I hoped one day our boys would speak so highly of one another at their weddings.

The wedding was at a Tuscan mansion in Sierra Madre, neighboring Pasadena. The home is a replica of the Florentine Villa Collazzi, and is to scale one fourth of the original size. I once visited the original when I lived in Italy for a summer. Supposedly it is the only architectural structure designed originally by Michaelangelo. The name, Villa del Sol d'Oro is Italian for House of the Golden Sun. Legally Blonde, The Princess Diaries, and A Walk in the Clouds were partly filmed here.

Jeremy is Jewish so they were married under a chuppah. This represents the home they will build together.

They were married in front of this fountain, below the courtyard of the mansion, where dinner was served.

Rather than assign table numbers, the tables were named with locations. Inside our place card it said University of California, Los Angeles. We found the table card that read the same, and below was the significance to the couple. It reads: Andi completed her B.A. in Psychology and Master of Social Welfare degree here in Westwood. People were excited to find their table and read the fun fact. No one was irritated by a number, like at other weddings.

At the Table:

This is Hubby's plate. Mine was a smaller version. Every known taboo to the South Beach is on this plate. Hubby was in heaven. He is an Italian food man.

The favors were handmade paper flowers with an attached note. In honor of our presence at their wedding a donation was made to the American Cancer Society in each of their grandfathers name. I loved that they spent money on a donation and not on a trinket for everyone. Those little trinkets add up!

Hopefully when we move to CA we will see Andi and Jeremy more often!

The Farmers on DATE alone!