We have blocked out rooms for our guests at the Embassy Suites Houston Galleria, at a special group rate. Your reservation at the Embassy Suites includes a hot breakfast every morning of your stay, a complimentary daily happy hour in the lobby, as well as complimentary shuttle service to all locations within a 3 mile radius of the hotel. Please note that all rooms are suites, and therefore have a bedroom and a separate living room with a pull out bed.
Embassy Suites Houston Galleria
2911 Sage Road
Houston, Texas 77056
Phone: (713)626-5444
Click here to book your reservations now.
We recommend that that you choose the accommodations we have blocked out for you, as various events throughout the weekend will be centered around this location, however, we have provided a few other accommodation options in the same general area as the Embassy Suites, should you prefer to stay elsewhere.
High End Hotels
The St. Regis Houston
1919 Briar Oaks Lane
Houston, Texas 77027
Phone: (713) 840-7600
JW Marriott Houston
5150 Westheimer
Houston, Texas 77056
Phone: (713) 961-1500
Budget Hotels
Hampton Inn Houston Galleria
4500 Post Oak Pkwy.
Houston, Texas 77027
Phone: (713) 871-9911
Drury Inn & Suites Houston Galleria
1615 W Loop South
Houston, Texas 77027
Phone (713) 963-0700
We look forward to seeing you all!
Tuesday, July 13, 2010
Monday, June 21, 2010
We're Registered!
We've (finally) registered!
We are registered at Pottery Barn, Williams-Sonoma, and Sears (for all of Daniel's tools and our Wii!).
Please check out our registries on the sidebar! -->
And check back soon for more updates!
We are registered at Pottery Barn, Williams-Sonoma, and Sears (for all of Daniel's tools and our Wii!).
Please check out our registries on the sidebar! -->
And check back soon for more updates!
Sunday, May 9, 2010
Our Honeymoon: Costa Rica Here we Come!
We’ve finally booked our honeymoon and we're going to Costa Rica!
We will be spending 5 nights at Arenas del Mar, a 38 room boutique hotel that is situated along the jungle lined beaches of Manuel Antonio. Here we will stay in the Ocean View Premium Suite where we can relax in our own private hot tub on our balcony, enjoy a private candlelit dinner on the beach for just the two of us, lounge on the beach, explore the private nature trails that wind throughout the 11 acre property, and take part in activities such as ziplining and skydiving.
We will then be spending our next 4 nights at the JW Marriott Guanacaste Resort and Spa, a stunning oceanfront resort fast being recognized as one of the most magnificent in Latin America. The resort is located on a pristine secluded beach, unspoiled and peacefully surrounded by the splendors of Costa Rican nature. With a choice of 3 beaches, an 18-hole Championship Golf course overlooking the ocean, Equestrian Center, World Class Spa and more. Here we will be staying in an oceanfront room and plan to take advantage of the hotel’s fabulous amenities and gorgeous beaches. The resort is located just minutes from the world famous surfing town of Tamarindo, where we plan to explore, enjoy some genuine Costa Rican cuisine, and take surfing lessons together!
We will be spending 5 nights at Arenas del Mar, a 38 room boutique hotel that is situated along the jungle lined beaches of Manuel Antonio. Here we will stay in the Ocean View Premium Suite where we can relax in our own private hot tub on our balcony, enjoy a private candlelit dinner on the beach for just the two of us, lounge on the beach, explore the private nature trails that wind throughout the 11 acre property, and take part in activities such as ziplining and skydiving. 
We will then be spending our next 4 nights at the JW Marriott Guanacaste Resort and Spa, a stunning oceanfront resort fast being recognized as one of the most magnificent in Latin America. The resort is located on a pristine secluded beach, unspoiled and peacefully surrounded by the splendors of Costa Rican nature. With a choice of 3 beaches, an 18-hole Championship Golf course overlooking the ocean, Equestrian Center, World Class Spa and more. Here we will be staying in an oceanfront room and plan to take advantage of the hotel’s fabulous amenities and gorgeous beaches. The resort is located just minutes from the world famous surfing town of Tamarindo, where we plan to explore, enjoy some genuine Costa Rican cuisine, and take surfing lessons together!
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Wedding Update!
We’ve been super busy in the past few months with the holidays and work and wedding planning. Everything is beginning to come together! We have our venue location lined up, our caterer, our florist, and our photographer!
We’re starting to make our vision a reality and we couldn’t be more excited! Our caterer is named Wade, and he is absolutely fabulous. He attended culinary school in Portland, Oregon and then went on to serve as chef at the Four Seasons in Austin, and then Houston. He later sold off all of his restaurants and decided to devote all of his time to catering. We had a tasting with him a few weeks ago, and couldn’t have been more impressed. Check out his website if you have some time!
Our florist Anna happens to be Wade’s sister. She is also extremely talented and is right on the same page with our vision for our wedding.
We are really excited about our photographer, John, as well! John and I went to the same church growing up, and share many of the same friends. As soon as Daniel and I got engaged, I knew John was my first choice to photograph our wedding and our engagement pictures. John is incredibly talented and an all around really cool person! We’ll be taking our engagement pictures with him this summer in California, and then we’ll fly him out to Texas to capture our big day this October. I cannot say enough good things about John’s work, please check out his website or his blog so you can see what I mean!
As for the location of the wedding, itself: we’ll be holding the wedding in Cat Springs, Texas, which is roughly 45 minutes outside of Houston. Daniel’s parents have 12 acres of property out there that they are currently building a house on. I put a few pictures at the bottom of this post to give you an idea of what it looks like. They also had a big pond dug out near the front of the property and Daniel and his dad are building a wooden pier out onto it. It’s starting to fill up from all of the rain this winter (although it still has a little ways to go before it’s full)!
Finally, I ordered my wedding dress! Unfortunately I’ll have to wait another 5 months while they make it for me before I get to put it on! I’m not going to disclose any of the details, so you’ll just have to wait until October 16th to see it….or if you’re anyone other than Daniel you can just ask and I’ll send you a picture :)
Here are some pictures of the property:
We’re starting to make our vision a reality and we couldn’t be more excited! Our caterer is named Wade, and he is absolutely fabulous. He attended culinary school in Portland, Oregon and then went on to serve as chef at the Four Seasons in Austin, and then Houston. He later sold off all of his restaurants and decided to devote all of his time to catering. We had a tasting with him a few weeks ago, and couldn’t have been more impressed. Check out his website if you have some time!
Our florist Anna happens to be Wade’s sister. She is also extremely talented and is right on the same page with our vision for our wedding.
We are really excited about our photographer, John, as well! John and I went to the same church growing up, and share many of the same friends. As soon as Daniel and I got engaged, I knew John was my first choice to photograph our wedding and our engagement pictures. John is incredibly talented and an all around really cool person! We’ll be taking our engagement pictures with him this summer in California, and then we’ll fly him out to Texas to capture our big day this October. I cannot say enough good things about John’s work, please check out his website or his blog so you can see what I mean!
As for the location of the wedding, itself: we’ll be holding the wedding in Cat Springs, Texas, which is roughly 45 minutes outside of Houston. Daniel’s parents have 12 acres of property out there that they are currently building a house on. I put a few pictures at the bottom of this post to give you an idea of what it looks like. They also had a big pond dug out near the front of the property and Daniel and his dad are building a wooden pier out onto it. It’s starting to fill up from all of the rain this winter (although it still has a little ways to go before it’s full)!
Finally, I ordered my wedding dress! Unfortunately I’ll have to wait another 5 months while they make it for me before I get to put it on! I’m not going to disclose any of the details, so you’ll just have to wait until October 16th to see it….or if you’re anyone other than Daniel you can just ask and I’ll send you a picture :)
Here are some pictures of the property:
The Maid of Honor Visits Houston! (Well, one of them at least)
So I’m long overdue at updating our blog. I’ll back up about 2 months first and tell you about when Rachel came to visit me here in Houston!
So the week after Daniel proposed we went back to work like normal and life continued on (except for the part that we were now engaged!). Then on Thursday I was having a pretty slow day at work, and I was talking to Daniel online (who was working out at a client for the day) and he said that he was having a pretty slow day too and was thinking about going home early. So I agreed to meet him at his apartment, packed up my stuff and left the office. I pulled up to his house, knocked on the front door, and RACHEL opened the door! I was so confused… really super excited, but so confused!
Rachel (who had obviously not only known ahead of time that Daniel was going to propose, but also had been an integral part of the planning process, including picking him up from the airport and taking him to meet my parents for lunch to ask their blessing) had planned with Daniel to fly out here the weekend after he proposed to visit me in Houston. He had picked her up from the airport that morning and worked from home for the day instead of going out to the client site like he’d said. How they both managed to keep it a secret is seriously impressive!
So what do you do when your maid of honor shows upon your doorstep? Go wedding dress shopping OF COURSE! Rachel and I hit a few bridal stores and started the great expedition to find THE dress. Although we inadvertently started with Vera Wang, Ulla Maija and Monique Lhuillier… which albeit fun, wasn’t really realistic. And thank GOD I didn’t fall in love with any of them…
I did my best to show Rachel around Houston over the next few days. We had a little engagement party at a bar called the Cedar Creek Inn with a bunch of our friends, and we even went to the annual chili cook off for Deloitte (which is actually a lot more fun than it sounds!)
The weekend went by way too quickly, but I can’t tell you how happy I was to have Rachel here. I am truly blessed with wonderful friends in my life…including a truly amazing best friend and the greatest fiancé I could ask for!
So the week after Daniel proposed we went back to work like normal and life continued on (except for the part that we were now engaged!). Then on Thursday I was having a pretty slow day at work, and I was talking to Daniel online (who was working out at a client for the day) and he said that he was having a pretty slow day too and was thinking about going home early. So I agreed to meet him at his apartment, packed up my stuff and left the office. I pulled up to his house, knocked on the front door, and RACHEL opened the door! I was so confused… really super excited, but so confused!
Rachel (who had obviously not only known ahead of time that Daniel was going to propose, but also had been an integral part of the planning process, including picking him up from the airport and taking him to meet my parents for lunch to ask their blessing) had planned with Daniel to fly out here the weekend after he proposed to visit me in Houston. He had picked her up from the airport that morning and worked from home for the day instead of going out to the client site like he’d said. How they both managed to keep it a secret is seriously impressive!
So what do you do when your maid of honor shows upon your doorstep? Go wedding dress shopping OF COURSE! Rachel and I hit a few bridal stores and started the great expedition to find THE dress. Although we inadvertently started with Vera Wang, Ulla Maija and Monique Lhuillier… which albeit fun, wasn’t really realistic. And thank GOD I didn’t fall in love with any of them… 
I did my best to show Rachel around Houston over the next few days. We had a little engagement party at a bar called the Cedar Creek Inn with a bunch of our friends, and we even went to the annual chili cook off for Deloitte (which is actually a lot more fun than it sounds!)
The weekend went by way too quickly, but I can’t tell you how happy I was to have Rachel here. I am truly blessed with wonderful friends in my life…including a truly amazing best friend and the greatest fiancé I could ask for!
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