august 2011

this sunday was a productive one. i rounded up my fiance's mom, dad, and sister (my side of the family couldn't go...boo!) to go with us to a potential restaurant where my wedding reception will be held. if you're not familiar with chinese wedding banquets, think of gaudy gold, huge double happiness chinese characters, golden phoenix and dragon decorations, and lots and lots of red paint which makes for a cheesy fobolicious time. i have no probs with that since i'm such a fobmonster myself, but if i can find a hybrid venue that serves the banquet food, but looks less fob and more mod, then i'd pick that one hands down! trust me when i say that venues like these are hard to come by!

anyways, i think i've found the place! they were closed down for a bit for remodeling (per my future mil's intel) but recently reopened the exact same way it was before...perhaps the economy socked them a big one as well. anyways, i'm pretty sure this is the place i want (plus the fact that i don't really care to look some more...yup, no bridezilla here). it satisfies the not so fob requirement that i wanted in the decor, but now, it'll have to pass the food test as well, being the pudgy roaming belly that i am :) both sides of our family will have to go back to try the banquet style meal (a whopping 10 courses! burp...) before my fiance and i can decide....to be continued.

a look at their historic tree.