Just to help out, here are a few good transportation providers in San Francisco
The Holiday Inn operates an airport shuttle for $16
http://www.ichotelsgroup.com/h/d/hi/1/en/hotel/SFOGG/transportation
Call the front desk for details: 1-415-4414000
Taxi Companis:
http://www.yellowcabsf.com
http://www.luxorcab.com/
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A lot of guests have expressed interest in visiting wine country. There are a lot of wineries near San Francisco, and depending on you style and tastes, you may prefer different regions. And, depending on your travel arrangements, you can try to do this before or after the wedding.
If you are sticking around through the weekend, we invite you to join us as we head up to Sonoma on Sunday and explore some of our favorite wineries and sights. We’ll be moving at our own pace and trying to relax after the wedding, but we’re providing a map with some information so that you can plan ahead.
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Yes, children of all ages are welcome at our wedding! Please write on the response cards the names of all family members who will be attending, so that we can plan accordingly.
We apologize for not including this information on the invitations!
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After much deliberation and premature decision making (“Tuscany! No, Buenos Aires! No, Cabo! No, Paris!”), we finally let our frequent flier miles decide for us:
PUERTO RICO!
We’re terribly excited to see those crystalline beaches, hike through a rainforest, explore the cobble stone streets of Old San Juan, and to go snorkeling! Channing’s never snorkeled, or been anywhere tropical. For someone who loves oppressive heat so much, Puerto Rico is the perfect vacation spot! And luckily, her husband-to-be speaks “conversational” Spanish. (Not that he’ll need to.)
If you would like to donate to our honeymoon registry, please click here.
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We would like our guests to know that sharing this occasion with our family and friends will be the best gift we can receive.
However, for those wishing to give gifts, you may contribute to our honeymoon fund by donating online.
In addition, we are registered at Anthropologie (searchable under Channing’s email address: whitneychanning@gmail.com), Crate & Barrel and Bed, Bath & Beyond. Creative gifts are also welcome and encouraged.
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Last weekend, the whole White family clan made it out to Minneapolis to celebrate my cousin Jeremy’s wedding. (Congratulations Jeremy & Kyle!)
Aside from the usual touches that make a wedding special, for me the highlights were seeing my dad do “the lawnmower dance” and watching my niece and the other younger kids scoot around the floor.
The wedding also brought up special memories for me since Jeremy’s mother’s wedding (my aunt Gayle) was the first wedding I ever attended. My family still tells stories of a miniature 5-year-old Joseph lip synching and playing air-guitar along to “Elvira” by the Oak Ridge Boys. In fact, the last time I saw my aunt Gayle in Minneapolis when Channing and I were on tour, she gave me a photo from the wedding. That’s me on the right.
At Jeremy’s wedding, some clever soul managed to get the DJ to dig up “Elvira.” Sadly, 24 years later I have forgotten most of the words. But who could forget the “Getty-up! A-um-puppa-umpuppa-mow-mow!” Best lyrics ever.
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I saw that the Presidio website has started posting a “Memories of the Presidio” section which includes stories of military and civilians going back to the 40′s.
Here’s a pleasant excerpt:
Most vivid Presidio Memories: The Presidio was the most scenic and beautiful army base I’d ever been to. The distinctive scent of the Eucalypts trees hung in the humid air and blended with the cool fresh ocean breezes. The fog crept in at night and lingered until late morning. Sandberg’s poem “Fog” seemed as though he wrote it for San Francisco and The Presidio.
The fog comes
on little cat feet.
It sits looking
over harbor and city
on silent haunches
and then moves on.I fell asleep at night listening to the foghorns on the bay tooting their random melody. When I returned to San Francisco years later, my biggest disappointment was that radar had replaced the horns.
This year, not only are Channing & I celebrating my birthday and Halloween, we’re also celebrating 5 great years together.
I found this photo taken of the two of us exactly 5 years ago. We were out with a group of friends on my birthday after everyone met up at the Cyber-NY Halloween party. Little did Channing & I know how well things would turn out between us, how long we’d be together, and how much our hairstyles would change.
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Word on the street is the Save the Date cards are trickling in to people’s mailboxes. Hopefully it won’t get stuck inside local grocery store circulars or get hidden behind your Val-Pak coupons. Channing gets full credit for the cute design, the nice handwriting, and most of the manual labor.
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There seems to be some bit of confusion about wedding attire. I think our last little facetious post about the top hat and cane made people worried that it’s black tie required. We’re going black tie optional. What does that mean?
Here’s a friendly explanation we found:
If you have been invited to a “Black Tie Optional” affair, you are not required to wear a tuxedo. . However, chances are there will be more guests wearing tuxedos than regular suits at the event. If you do opt to wear a suit, be sure to wear a dark suit with a black tie. If your date is wearing an evening gown, then you have wear a tuxedo. Don’t worry, you will not stick out like a sore thumb. It is impossible to be overdressed at these types of events.
For women, it’s even easier:
Your date can only choose a tux or a dark suit, but your black-tie options are limitless. Whether you choose satin or beads, a dress or a long skirt and top, remember that black-tie optional means dressy.
Joseph may be in white tie, but that’s because he’s the groom…and a secret agent.
