Hey, we're live!

Yesterday, Tom and I visited Madrona Manor and decided that we both thought the place was wonderful. So, we now have a place, date, and time:

Sunday, May 6^th 2001, at 12:00 Noon
Madrona Manor
Healdsburg, CA

Kristie Taylor of (of Breaching the Web) has a wedding journal and wedding links portal. I suspect I'll be borrowing a few links from the latter for this page.

Wedding planning has started, which means we have just begun to go completely insane. Tune in regularly to watch us go grey and attempt to avoid killing either each other or ourselves!

Current front-running date: May 6, 2001. You have been warned. Subject to change at any time without notice (particularly if one of us succeeds in killing themselves or the other).

Links: (some useful, some not):

• Sonoma County Wedding Event Planning Guide.
• Spa Off the Plaza has a Pamper the Wedding Party Spa Package.
• Balloons and Tours does weddings aloft!
• The only web site worse than Wine Country Weddings was WineLimo.com.
• Wine Country Party Rental and Sales has all kinds of things for rent.
• Healdsburg Country Gardens is gorgeous, perfectly located, and way out of our price range, dammit.
• Layne Russell is a local non-demoninational minister.
• October 12: Weddings in the Wine Country Bridal Show--Coddingtown Mall.
• WeddingLinks.com has lists of local locations and providers.
• The Madrona Manor has wedding arrangements, although they seem rather expensive and inflexible (Scott Townsend got married there).
• Trentadue Winery (in Geyserville) has wedding facilities, and they're even more expensive (gulp!).

Whew... that's enough research for now.