Richard Gere

On Sunday, Bekah, Allison, my dad and I watched Pretty Woman (Richard Gere, Julia Roberts). Such a classic! The chemistry between Vivian and Edward is amazing to watch... and one thing we kept noticing was how DREAMY Richard Gere was/is (well, my dad didn't notice, but we girls did!). My dad kept saying "You like Richard Gere in this? You should see An Officer and a Gentleman."

So the girls and I decided one day (when we all have the time) we will have a Gere-athon and watch all our favorite Gere movies in the order they came out, because it seems that he gets more and more handsome with age! Some of the ones we thought of were: Pretty Woman, Runaway Bride, First Knight, Chicago, An Officer and a Gentleman, and Shall We Dance... am I forgetting any?

I did a little imdb.com research and found out that Richard is an accomplished musician, is currently 59 years old, and was born in Philadelphia. In Pretty Woman, when he played the piano at the hotel... he played a piece that he had composed himself!

Ok, enough about some movie star that really is just like the rest of us...(except for the fame of course).

Wedding Photos

Today I am going to highlight some blogs/web pages that have some fun and creative ideas for weddings, and then add some ideas of my own :)

This blog has some great wedding photos... they seem light and breezy, with vibrant colors. If you are getting married in San Diego, keep them in mind!

Here is an Organic Chocolate Wedding Cake... pretty interesting, and a nice change of pace from the typical buttercream cake!

Here is an environmentally good way of registering for [recycled] dishes.... someone on Etsy takes old plates and adds to them to make them funky and elegant to use as your current dish set!

This is a SUPER cute idea for your wedding party, and/or special friends who come to your wedding and plan on partying hardcore! You could do a variation for each table at the reception too!

I've got an idea for themed weddings: drinks! Now, before you say, "there goes abby, thinking about drinking again!", here me out! You could have a Coffee Wedding, a Chai Wedding, a Coca Cola Wedding... do you have an obsession with Dunkin Donuts Coffee? Give each guest enough to brew a pot the next morning, along with a mug, or flavored cream! Some people collect Coca Cola memorabilia, and you could give each guess a small glass bottle of the pop, so they can enjoy the beverage, and keep a piece of the wedding. You could wrap tea bags and a honey stick with cloth or ribbon as favors. Each table could have a different roast, or flavor name, instead of just numbers... there are so many ideas!!!

Any more ideas? There are so many possibilities to the "Drink" themed weddings. And a great part is it depends on each couple, so its so personalized!

Dumpster diving night 2:

A couple nights later (see last post) we went out again and found some more gold! (not actual gold mind you...)

Findings:
MP3 player
T9 Graphing Calculator
2 containers of laundry soap
2 large (new) rubbermaid trashcans (which we desperately needed!)
new fabric
a CUTE brown couch with wooden carved legs,
5 Boxes un-opened animal crackers
and so much more I cant even remember it all!

Photo From:
Google image search: dumpster diving... its eerily familiar!

Gilmore Girls update:
Season 7, Episode 17 (5MORE TO GO!)
This episode will NOT load!!! I am getting desperate!
Lorelai and Christopher: split up (forever I hope!)
Rori and Logan: arguing, but they've done that before...
Lane: about to BURST with twins!
Luke: still in love with Lorelai, but may not know it.....

I promise to write about something else besides dumpsters and GG soon, but right now, its a major part of my life! :)