Ok family… After weeks of drudgery over trying to find THE location, I’ve decided it comes down to TODAY. I am on my way to see our LAST AND FINAL place & THEN I am going to force myself to stop the madness & make a decision! It’s come down to an indoor/outdoor historic location in Pasadena (not very close-by & not as “va va voom” perhaps as BH), & the one I’ve fallen in love with in BH with the “Old Hollywood feel” but with more restrictions than the Catholic boarding school I grew up in. I truly can’t imagine any location being able to knock the “boarding school” locale out of the box…but I’m actually hoping against hope that the “Pasadena underdog” will be so magnificent that I’ll have no choice but to skip “rules central” and go with a place that has indoor plumbing and no risk of sunburn. See, I’ve got my heart set on a beautiful setting such as this:

Courtesy of End Design

I didn’t say my wallet necessarilly has ITS heart set on this setting, but hopefully, there can be a compromise between the two. I mean really, don’t the candles & (manzanita?) trees make you think you’ve entered an enchanted forest!? Do I NEED an indoor location to create this kind of a feel????? Me thinks so. (Oh & there’s also that Drakonian no-candle mandate at the “boarding school” place -but darn, the locale is just so beautiful, it kind of makes you think there’s no choice but to sign up at the nunnery! ) What to do!?? Let’s hope option #2, all the way out in the Pasadena boondocks with shade and indoor plumbing is a keeper! (I’ll know better instantly upon viewing it). Maybe it will even come with tables, chairs & (hold your breath) dishes! Help wedding fairies, Help! Ok, it’s decision time…off to see the last & final contender…wish me luck!…

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