Disaster! Babbie finds out the next morning (Sunday) that her passport and 400 Euros were lifted from her purse somewhere between Rome and Florence! She, Pete, Rae, and Andy have to do an embergency trip back to Florence to report the theft to the consulate and get a temporary passport. Good news is they also get to sight-see while I prepare for the big event.
Theresa (don't you love the 3rd person?!) & posse (Sue/Brenda) head into the nearest town to buy items to decorate the restaurant for the formal wedding dinner. This is the suprise. We found major bling: pink/white glass cubes and purple/pink flower candles along with silk long-stem roses to decorate the different tables. Stefano (Villa owner, chef, head tour guide) is gracious enough to help us call the florist and get bridal flowers for the wedding party as well as flower arrangements to augment the bling on the reception tables. We went with white/pink roses for the Bride & bridesmaide bouquets, white roses for Dad's/Groomsmen and pink roses for Mom's and Grandma. The table arrangements were also pink and white rose mixes. Really beautiful. My Posse+Julie and other wedding guests moved said bling/flowers to the reception/dancing area after dinner. It looked beautiful.
I can't say enough about Stephano and his partner. They totally bent over backwards to help us make the event perfect. Stefano actually called the florist - they had been closed for what is equivalent to siesta the entire time we were in town - he translated for us ordering all the flowers and then drove us into town the morning of the wedding to pick them up. He was even patient enough to let me run get a Mother-to-Daughter bride gift at the nearby jewelry store. If you ever go to Italy, you *have* to stay at Villa Fabbroni. Here's the link: http://www.villafabbroni.com/ I will certainly be leaving an excellent recommendation for them on his website.
Special shout out to Brenda, Julie and Sue for keeping Mom sane and everything decorated!
Theresa (don't you love the 3rd person?!) & posse (Sue/Brenda) head into the nearest town to buy items to decorate the restaurant for the formal wedding dinner. This is the suprise. We found major bling: pink/white glass cubes and purple/pink flower candles along with silk long-stem roses to decorate the different tables. Stefano (Villa owner, chef, head tour guide) is gracious enough to help us call the florist and get bridal flowers for the wedding party as well as flower arrangements to augment the bling on the reception tables. We went with white/pink roses for the Bride & bridesmaide bouquets, white roses for Dad's/Groomsmen and pink roses for Mom's and Grandma. The table arrangements were also pink and white rose mixes. Really beautiful. My Posse+Julie and other wedding guests moved said bling/flowers to the reception/dancing area after dinner. It looked beautiful.
I can't say enough about Stephano and his partner. They totally bent over backwards to help us make the event perfect. Stefano actually called the florist - they had been closed for what is equivalent to siesta the entire time we were in town - he translated for us ordering all the flowers and then drove us into town the morning of the wedding to pick them up. He was even patient enough to let me run get a Mother-to-Daughter bride gift at the nearby jewelry store. If you ever go to Italy, you *have* to stay at Villa Fabbroni. Here's the link: http://www.villafabbroni.com/ I will certainly be leaving an excellent recommendation for them on his website.
Special shout out to Brenda, Julie and Sue for keeping Mom sane and everything decorated!
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