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Pear-Lemon Fizz

Ingredients

• Ice cubes
• 1/2 ounce (1 tablespoon) pear vodka
• 3/4 ounce Lemon Verbena Simple Syrup
• 1/2 ounce (1 tablespoon) fresh lemon juice
• Champagne, for topping off (about 1/2 cup)
• 1 fresh lemon verbena leaf, for garnish

Directions

1. Fill a cocktail shaker with ice. Add vodka, syrup, and lemon juice. Shake, and then strain into a glass. Top off with Champagne. Garnish with lemon verbena.

via Martha Stewart

words

Beautiful Vows

I promise to love you earnestly,
with passion and enthusiasm.
I promise my loyalty and that I will stay by your side
through hard times as well as the good.
I promise to work with you to reach your goals.
I promise to be patient with our differences
and to remember that they imbue our relationship
with resilience, strength and humor.
I promise to do what I can to stay healthy and fit
in body and mind so that I may age gracefully
by your side.
I promise to help create a home that is welcoming,
inclusive, spirited and inspiring.
I promise to keep our relationship fresh and lively
and to always remember that you are my lover
and my beloved.
I promise to love you all the days of my life and to be with you in spirit even after I die.

smooch

I will pin this on my bouquet!
(and then get a keychain)

paper lanterns

DIY paper table lanterns

Nestldown

Nestledown Private Estate

Old Santa Cruz Highway
Los Gatos, CA

the what and the why

About a month ago, Brian and I decided that we would get married. I currently have nearly 8o wedding-related bookmarks saved on my Delicious. It's been helpful to catalogue things that I like, but I'm too much of a visual person to just keep a list of links. I need pictures.

Brian and I haven't set a date yet, but we're thinking summer 2009. We want a small, private ceremony and then a party with all of our friends - not necessarily on the same day. I want to wear a short dress and bright shoes. We don't want a cake. Or a garter/bouquet toss. Or a bridal party. Or a first dance.

We're simple people. We just want to spend the rest of our lives together.

And we want to party.