Marchese Madness

On Saturday night, as the Tar Heels were well on their way to secure their Final Four spot, I found myself unexpectedly sucked into the madness. Marchese madness, rather. Paul took advantage of our on-the-fly trip to Summit County to find a lovely spot and ask if I was open to making all this wedding planning legit and might I like to wear this gorgeous ring. With Dickie V. enthusiasm, I told him: "Yeaaah, baby!"

For the uninitiated, Marchese pronunciation is found here http://www.merriam-webster.com/cgi-bin/audio.pl?marche04.wav=marchese.
And I'm not sure if Paul is kin of this fella - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Filippo_Marchese - but country of origin is the same and they share similar rugged good looks, don't you think?

We have a week!

Paul's vacation week was approved today for May 18th! Yahoo! Let the planning commence...

Milliken Creek in May

Okay - the skinny is this - we are running off to Napa Valley in May to get married. No, we are not engaged. {it's really just a racket developed by Kay Jewelers, anyway} We don't know which week for sure because Paul's waiting for vacation approval from his boss-types. It sounds all very fishy and vague but that suits us just fine.

The boutique inn below is our first pick for knot-tying digs. Swanky, isn't it? I'm not sure they'll let us stay there, but we will wave plastic at them enthusiastically and ask.

http://www.millikencreekinn.com/

If not the Milliken, the beauty of the plan is that plenty o' places in wine country do this kind of thing and are aces for a romantic, love time.

Also... while in Napa, at the tip-top of our wish list is to visit Thomas Keller's The French Laundry restaurant. It would be a once in a lifetime type of treat for amateur foodies like ourselves.

http://www.frenchlaundry.com/

Welcome to the new digs

Paul mentioned the other day sending out e-mail with video & pics of the Springs to friends and family back at home... but this seems like an easier way to do it... and keep everyone's mailboxes pristine and tidy.

We have "move" pictures that are on their way, other various goodies, but after this post, I'm putting up a link to the Napa Valley inn when hope to visit in May. We won't be confirmed in that for awhile, but it's at the top of our list thus far for ideal nuptial swapping.

Thanks for stopping in... come back and see us again.

S