The Wedding Week That Was: 11/01-11/08 (Days 406-413)

So, people often remarked that I was a pretty calm bride, and that's pretty much true. I wouldn't say, however, that I wasn't stressed. I just couldn't see the point in getting really worked up about things. At some point, things will either happen as planned, or they won't.

Of course I had some help from my sisters Cristy and Heather and my friend Susan, so they made it pretty easy to stay calm. I also decided to stay at the Fairmont in our wedding suite the night before the wedding, so I had that night and the next morning to myself...which was actually nice.

So, Friday the 2nd was the day before the wedding, and it turned into a rather stressful day because my cat (Samantha, the amazing geriatric kitty...who is now 20 years old) started sounding quite wheezy. I ended p having to find time to take her in for a chest x-ray. But my day was already packed with stuff that was supposed to be relaxing and fun: nails, hair etc.

That night was our rehearsal dinner at Paragon Restaurant in the Hotel Montgomery. They took care of me very well, bringing out special vegan versions of one of the appetizers and of my entree. I think the non-veg folks were pretty happy too.

As for the vegan wedding buffet? It was a huge hit. At least that's what everyone told me. I had someone tell me it was the best wedding meal they had ever had, and other folks told me that it was really surprising and amazing. Exactly my hope. I missed out on a couple of the appetizers, but definitely ate a full dinner, which was great! Cannot recommend Restaurant O in Campbell highly enough.

Our dinner menu was:
Heirloom Beet Salad
Spicy Pumpkin Corn Chowder
Mushroom Risotto
Shitake-Eggplant Cakes
Seitan Medallions
Soymilk Polenta, in Mini-Pumpkins

Sadly we ran out of the soup because they put out bowls, not cups, and people went hog wild. I'm hoping to get the soup recipe from the restaurant since that happened...then I'll include it in the thank-you cards we send.

The next day we ate mostly leftovers, which the restaurant kindly packed up for us!

Monday we left for a "mini-'moon"in Monterey. We took along the cash we got at the wedding...which wasn't that much really, but was enough to pay for all of our meals in Monterey, including a nice dinner at the Chart House. Chris got to indulge in a seafood dinner, while I had an excellent artichoke, a lot of Chris excellent salad, and then a fairly bland pasta dish.

I'm actually pretty surprised at how few veggie restaurants there are south of Santa Cruz. Really, Monterey and Carmel are pretty much veg wastelands. Not that I wasn't accommodated, but there weren't any restaurants geared towards me.

So, on Wednesday as we headed home, I decided I needed to stop in Santa Cruz and try one of their famous veg restaurants that I never had before: The Saturn Cafe.

Comfort Food for vegetarians (not health food...although I suppose you could eat healthily there if you were so motivated.) I loved the fact that they offered a tofu spread alternative for nachos and quesadillas...esdpecially since quesadillas used to be one of my restaurant staples. We tried the nachos with tofu spread and it was pretty good.

Thursday I headed back to work, after 2 days working at home and 4 days "off." (OK, I confess I did steal peeks at my iPhone and even responded to a few emails while out.)

And I returned to my bad habit of not making sure I had sustenance available to me at the office. Didn't eat until 3:30PM yesterday ( a burrito at the taqueria across the street.) Luckily the HUSBAND ordered in for dinner, so I had a good meal waiting (good old Brussels Sprouts and Verdure from Pasta Pomodoro.)

Heh. Were you wondering if I would start calling the S.O. the HUSBAND?

Actually I'll probably stick with S.O., we'll see. I had to try the HUSBAND word out, just to see how it felt. Which was weird.

So that was the wedding week that was. How was your week?