Category: Wedding Ceremony
Here Comes the Guide brings you expert articles and blog postings about your California wedding ceremony. You want to make it personal, creative and heartfelt and we’re here to help.
The list below gives you the option to read longer, more detailed pieces from our Articles + Ideas section or shorter, topical and timely pieces from our blog. Either way, you’ll get great info from the experts on everything related to California weddings.
Results from Articles + Ideas
Brides Want to Know: A Question of Religion
Neither my fiancé nor I are at all religious despite our upbringings, though we do share a broad-based spirituality. Our families are much more traditional, and might be offended if our wedding ceremony is entirely secular. Is there a way to honor the belief systems of our parents without being hypocritical?—Pamela G., Vacaville
Read our experts’ answer.
Hiring Professionals Pays Off
Yes, you will save money by hiring the cheapest vendors you can find or doing things yourself. But the old adage, “You get what you pay for,” really comes into play here. Skimp on services and you could end up paying a big price anyway. More info on saving yourself some headaches. Read more…
The Other Wine Country
Estate wineries, golf courses, day spas, new hotels and historic downtown areas exert an unquestionable appeal in the Tri-Valley area. We're going to take you on a quick tour of some the Other Wine Country's best wedding and special event locations. Read more…
It’s A Nice Day For A Green Wedding: Advice for the Socially Conscious Bride
You no longer have to wrestle with your conscience to have a celebration that is both beautiful and "green"— here's how. Read more…
Results from the Blog
Gourmet Cachet
If I were to make a wish list of 100 decadent indulgences, certainly having my own award-winning French chef would be among them. If you love fine food as much as I do, and wouldn’t think of serving ordinary cuisine at your wedding, then hear this: The Villa Amodei, the newly available country estate in the hills above Camarillo, has hired their own in-house chef to personalize and customize your wedding menu.
Read more…New Wedding Locations for April 2008
We all love “new”, right? New cars, new clothes, new guy (Ok, you’re probably past that one.) To prove our love of all things “new”, we’ve added a fresh crop of wedding, ceremony and rehearsal dinner locations to the Here Comes The Guide website. Be sure to check them out soon, before they’re all booked up! You might also want to visit our “New Stuff” page on a regular basis, where you’ll find updated lists of all our newest California wedding locations and vendors.
Read more…Some Enchanted Evening
I wanted to tell you about a recent wedding we heard of at one of our favorite Malibu private estates, Enchanted Sea Cottage. The expert design architect behind it all was Gianna Provenzano of Gianna and Company, and, let me tell you, she knows glamour. First of all, the couple was married on a private Malibu bluff overlooking the ocean (how’s that for making a statement?). To keep the focus on the natural scenery, Gianna smartly placed natural wood chivari chairs facing the ocean for the guests.
Read more…Weddings Under a Water Tower
A chicken coop and water tower used for events? As the location scout for Here Comes The Guide, I just couldn’t resist exploring this anomaly of a Wine Country reception venue/event site, situated along the Gravenstein Trail just outside Sebastopol, also known as “the Berkeley of Sonoma County.” How, I wondered, could this former working farm possibly host a wedding or corporate event?
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