Cake Tasting Time!! (woot woot!!!) ;)

Palermo's Bakery, Pastry Shop; Ridgefield Park, NJ

Chip & I have been looking forward to our "cake planning" meeting at Palermo's Bakery for a while! When we first arrived at Palermo Bakery's Ridgefield Park shop, we were confronted with a wall of incredibly fantastic cakes.  Some looked like Louis Vuitton & Chanel bags, others like Cinderella's castle, all the way down to the most extravagant wedding cakes with rhinestones and feathers....it was amazing! After we picked our jaws up off the floor, we got down to business. *wink wink*  Our first task: decide on a cake design.

We looked through a ton of designs.  Eventually, we decided on one that would match the feel and style of the wedding.  The one we picked (see photo below) is traditional and elegant.  Instead of the cream background with white trim, we will have a white background with light blue trim (we avoided dark blue to avoid blue tongues at the wedding! haha). The flowers will be white and light blue with green leaves to match the blue and green color theme of the wedding, as well.

After the design came the hard part: taste testing!!! Woot woot! The part we were looking forward to the most!  For the cake tasting they served us ten (10) pieces of cake.  Five (5) were vanilla and 5 were chocolate cake, each filled with different things. I could only imagine that this was how Charlie must have felt in Willy Wonka's Chocolate Factory! :). It was SO great!  The owner of Perona Farms (the reception venue owner) told us that all we needed to do was to try all 10 pieces, then tell them that "we didn't like any of cake we tried" and then have them bring out 10 more! Hahaha Well, we tried, but after 10 pieces of cake we couldn't eat any more.  Instead of Charlie in the Chocolate factory, I felt more like the blueberry girl that blew-up and had to be roll-out of the store. hahaha

Anyways, enough with Willy Wonka! hahaha  After we tried all 10 pieces, we decided on the vanilla cake with vanilla buttercream frosting on the outside and French Cream with fresh raspberries between the layers on the inside... It should taste perfectly refreshing and sunny in June.

Below are pictures of our cake design and the tasting.... Mmmm! :)

Palermo's Bakery Store Front, Ridgefield Park, NJ

Palermo's impressive wall of cakes!
(I forgot to take pictures of the Louis Vuitton/Chanel bags & Cinderella cakes. :(  )

Cake Tasting Time!!
(Our cake will look like the vanilla piece in the center of the front row. Only we have replaced the raspberry preserves, with fresh raspberries. Yum!)

We couldn't eat all 10 pieces of cake!! So we brought the chocolate pieces home for Chip's family to try.
John devoured the chocolate Oreo cake piece in one fell swoop! lol! Reminds me of another brother I know ... :D

Our wedding cake design ...only not the correct color (except for the leaves)...

Let me know if you love cake like we do!!

Tah tah for now...

Immaculate Conception Mass

Inside Immaculate Conception Church, before Mass, decorated with Christmas cheer!

Over the Winter Holiday break, I went to visit Chip & his family in New Jersey.  I always love visiting and hanging out with his whole family.  While there, Chip and I had a chance to attend Sunday Mass at Immaculate Conception church (the church where Chip & I will be married).  It was just two (2) days after Christmas when we attended and was still decorated with Christmas cheer.  It was gorgeous!  The red in the decorations really brought-out the red in the stained glass windows. The  church was built in1902 & has the most beautiful stained glass. I cannot wait for everyone to see it when you come to take part in our wedding day.

Here are the pictures We took... It's too bad Christmas  decorations do not stay up all year!

Father Bogie (our Priest for the wedding) preparing communion.

Stay tuned for more! :)!!!

Tuxedos & Martinis

This weekend Chip & I went to the Men's Wearhouse to pick out tuxedos for everyone.  We were introduced to Shannon who helped us pick which combinations and styles would look best in the wedding.  She dressed and undressed (whoo hoo!) the dummies - adding vests, ties, shirts, "pocket stuffers," fabric boutonnieres, etc... as we picked out ensembles for the Groom, Best-Men, and Families.

Finally, after the table was littered with all kinds of garments, we had our looks! The best part?! They have coattails!  Below are the tuxedos we picked and how they proceeded to torment Chip afterwards in order to get his sizes (lol!):

ps.  If you are a groomsman or family and would like more, please scroll down to the end of this post where we have provided more information.

Grooms Tuxedo Combinations.  Which one do you think Chip picked?! :)

The tuxedo combination Chip's groomsmen & family will wear.

Green/Gem will be the color Whitney's Family will wear.

Tux swatches: White, Gem & Marine.

Chip looks so sophisticated!!! I just love it!!!...but his face is saying "What are you doing to me?!" lol!

If you will be renting a tuxedo from the Men's Wearhouse for our wedding, you will need to be fitted before the end of January (2016). Please find the closest Men's Wearhouse and walk-in to be fitted (no appointment is necessary). 

For the closest store to you, please click here and enter your zipcode: http://www.menswearhouse.com/store-locator

The cost includes everything down to the shoes, suspenders and cufflinks (but not socks,  underwear, or undershirts).  It can be picked-up at the mall near the wedding in New Jersey.  Chip will drop it off after the wedding to make it easier for everyone. 

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact Chip or I.

And now...time for a martini! :)