MelissaH

Quote: Originally Posted by Philly_Bride Hello and welcome. If you want Sol to take the pictures of you ceremony and the reception you may want to check out a different resort. Barcelo is absolutely beautiful but they don't allow outside vendors. So all the brides who were getting married at Barcelo and having non-resort photographers (which i would highly recommend getting to begin with) were taken by their photographers outside of the resort to take pics. So it is inconvenient, and you won't have professional pictures of the ceremony and the reception but it's a trade off for the excellent wedding coordinator, the service and absolutely amazing grounds.... as long as you bring a photographer as a guest, with a tourist visa, it should be ok.

Check out the Barcelo threads here; http://bestdestinationwedding.com/fo...hlight=barcelo http://bestdestinationwedding.com/fo...hlight=barcelo http://bestdestinationwedding.com/fo...hlight=barcelo

what's with the poultry related pet names?

Congrats to both of you!

OMG I can't stop laughing! I used to have the LOLCatz facebook app, but I got rid of it because they neved updated it with new ones. Some of these are super funny though

Holy - what's up with you Barrie girls? LOL There are like 5 of you now Welcome to the forum! I've heard the Bahia is gorgeous!

I call DH Schmoopy...I'm not really sure how that started but it stuck. He calls me Turkey......

Everything looks so great, Sarah! Good job!!

Well if not everyone gets along the Barcelo is great because it's so huge that you can easily stay away from each other! There were 2 couples in our group that we only ran into on our wedding day and welcome breakfast - the rest of the week they were nowhere to be found! They were hanging out on the beach apparently, but there was so much space to cover that we never managed to run into them!

I know you've decided on Claudia - but I'm going to post the link to my pictures by Erick for future reference... melandjohn/Wedding 2 - Photobucket - Video and Image Hosting

Everything looks AMAZING! Your wedding is going to be so beautiful! Good luck! Can't wait to hear all about it!

I say if you've got the body for it - go for it! Wear whatever makes you feel beautiful!

It cost me $120 to have my dress cleaned (not boxed), but they did an amazing job at getting it spotless so I dodn't mind (I had a big stain on the front of it from dinner....I'm such a slob....but thank God it happened after the pics!)

So Jealous! Looks like you ladies had a great time!

If I remember correctly your dress has a lot of beading, right? Especially around the bottom? That's probably why it's going to be so expensive - they'll probably have to hem your skirt from the waist like they did with mine which is a lot more work and a lot more expensive unfortunately...

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I have a couple of the Williams-Sonoma ones, but I don't find I use them very much.

Is it a Marcella Hazan book, Maria? I have 2 of hers and love them as well!

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I'm a huge cookbook junkie...I'm always on the lookout for new ones. What are some of your favourites? Mine have to be; - The Silver Palate Cookbook - it's my go-to book for dinner parties or when I'm really stuck for something new - Eat, Shrink & Be Merry, Looneyspoons & Crazy Plates - these books are freaking amazing - the recipes are so delicious and easy and super healthy! - The Joy of Cooking - EVERYONE should have a copy of this...even non-cooks because when you need to know how to do something fast it's guaranteed to be in there! Whenever I'm having a food crisis it's the first place I go

No big deal! I never have a problem reading a good book twice

Oooh great book! I've read it already, but I'll gladly read it again - it's really, really good!

I love Foxy Originals!! It's dangerous for me that they're based out of Toronto...it makes all their yummy jewellery far too accessible

Oops forgot my question... What's your favourite thing about yourself?

I'm easy to please...when John & I were first dating we went down to the Beaches area in Toronto (he lived nearby)...we sat on an outdoor patio and had some drinks and a late lunch, then we wandered through the shops, bought some ice cream, took a walk down the beach and then up and down some of the streets checking out all the beautiful houses (holding hands awww ), then we went back down to the beach and sat on the swings and just talked while the sun went down...it was really simple, but we had so much fun and really got to know each other...it was perfect!