Hearst Castle at Night

Like I blogged about in my post, Fancy Schmancy, my husband and I were recently invited to the Friends of Hearst Castle Enchanting Evening on our anniversary weekend. It was a beautiful black tie dinner by the Neptune Pool. I have been waiting for the professional photos to appear on the website, but in the meantime I thought I’d share a few that we took from my iphone and my husband’s blackberry. Of course, they didn’t turn out to be amazing photos, but you’ll get the point. It was an amazing evening!

The centerpieces were beautiful, even if my photos didn’t do them justice! White star-gazers and lots of greenery.

Synchronized swimmers came out during dinner and put on an amazing show, twice! I don’t know how they got in that pool- it was SO cold out! I took so many photos of the Neptune Pool while we were there. Even in the fog and the cold it was such a beautiful backdrop to dinner.

Of course I took a photo of my favorite part of dinner- the dessert! We had three small bites and they were all delicious. My favorite of the three was the mocha flavored ice cream sandwiched in between two chocolate cookies. Yum! This is us at the end of the night. We were FREEZING but having such a great time. (sorry for the blurry photo-blackberry in the fog)

Fancy Schmancy

We are off to Cambria for the weekend to celebrate our 1st anniversary. We got engaged over 2 years ago on Pismo Beach so we thought it was only fitting to go stay somewhere nearby to celebrate our anniversary.

While we are there we plan on relaxing, going for long walks on the beach, wine tasting, going to nice dinners and oh yeah….we’re planning on hitting up a little black tie dinner soiree at the HEARST CASTLE! We were randomly invited through a contact at my work and we are now loading up our car with a tuxedo and a fancy schmancy gown. We were invited only yesterday, so to say we were  prepared would be a lie. But, we frantically got everything we needed together and are very much looking forward to an amazing dinner, with THE most amazing view in the area (even if we won’t know a single soul at the dinner). You better believe I’ll be blogging all about it when we get back, but until then, you can catch up on some “Adele” by reading old blog posts while I’m away. These are some of my faves:

Monterey Flowers

Bru-ske-tta

Grillin’

Make Your Own Cake Stands

Steal My Heart Away

I Heart Travel, Part II- Greece

Photo Shoot with Bre!

We’ll be back Monday night!