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Below are simpler yet trendy drinks that can be served as specialty or signature drinks at the wedding, bridal shower and stagette party.  Please post a comment on your favourite recipe!

Crystal Cocktail
2 parts Absolut Vodka
1 part Blueberry Liqueur

Hpnotiq Martini
2 part Hpnotiq
1 part Vodka
1 dash lemon

Caribbean Romance
1 Amaretto
1 Grenadine
Orange Juice
Pineapple Juice
White Rum

Absolut Green Wedding
4 parts Absolut Vodka
2 parts Midori melon liqueur
1 dash lime juice
champagne
(serve in a champagne flute glass)

Woo Woo
2 parts Vodka
1 part Bols Peach
Crangerry Juice

Vectra (green & red)
1 part Vodka
1 part Midori melon liqueur
Sprite or 7-Up
Cranberry Juice
(serve in a highball glass)

Malibu Bay Breeze
1 shot Malibu or Malibu Mango
2 oz cranberry juice
2 oz pineapple juice

Cosmopolitan (deep red - a classic!)
2 parts Vodka
1 part Cointreau
2-3 parts cranberry juice

Margarita (another classic!)
2 part Tequila
1 part Cointreau
2 part lime juice
salt
sugar rim

Tequila Sunrise (yet another classic!)
tequila
orange juice
grenadine

747
1 shot Vodka
lime juice
cranberry juice
Sprite or 7-Up
(serve in a highball glass)

Dirty Swingers
1 oz Vodka
1/2 oz melon liqueur
1 oz Malibu Mango
1/2 oz pineapple juice
(serve in a short glass or add Sprite or 7-Up and serve in a highball glass)

Mang Tini
1 1/2 parts Malibu Mango
1-2 tsp sugar
Sprite…

Our official wedding photos taken by Hamid Attie.
His website is at: http://www.HamidAttie.com .
 

Our Wedding: Preparations & The Ceremony - Part 1 of 4


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Our Wedding - Part 2 of 4


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Our Wedding - Part 3 of 4


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Our Wedding - Part 4 of 4


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I have known Hamid for a few years now. He is always our first choice for our group photos and portraits. We are…

We are back from our Maui honeymoon!  Ahhhh… reality!
From 28 degree Celsius weather to near zero degrees in Vancouver, then one day later, I was off to Montreal where it was snowing.  Brrrrr!

We stayed in Kahana, north-west side of Maui in between Lahaina and Napili.
We had a blast!  Tropical island with all the convenience of home!

Highlights of the trip:
Road trip all around Maui
Haleakala volcana
I’ao Needle
Road to Hana and the stops in between
Feast of Lele Luau
Front Street in Lahaina
Golfing at Ka’anapali and Kahili golf course
Maui Ocean Center
All the beaches
All the food…

Here’s a link to a site where you can change your name/address for various BC government agencies.

https://www.addresschange.gov.bc.ca/
British Columbia’s Change of Address Service - Multiple Address Change

You can change your name and address for your BC Driver’s Licence, Medical Service Plan, Elections Canada, etc. via the Online forms….

Should I take legal action?
Below is our bridesmaids’ dresses saga.
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The kicker - Our bridesmaids dresses were not ready for pick-up until the DAY OF my wedding. (!!!)  Dresses were ordered and paid for IN FULL 9 months prior to the wedding. (!!!)

Three dresses were picked up night before. Worse still is one of my bridesmaids dresses was not ready until 10am the morning of my wedding. We were to leave for the church at 12:30pm!

I have filed a complaint with the Better Business Bureau.
My bridesmaids are doing the same as the alterations that they paid for at full price were rushed and unprofessional. Hemming was off. Boning was removed instead of doing a proper alteration, etc.

The BBB already have several complaints regarding this shop.

Excerpt from my BBB complaint:
Delivery date was supposed to be in August, 6 months after purchase. I called a few times and they said first week of September. No explanation as to why the dresses would be arriving late. No time to assess the risks of late delivery and mitigate the problem(s)….

I was amazed by how much prices differed between the US and Canada.  Our Canadian bridal shops mark up their prices by double or triple but the kicker is the items are still almost double the marked-up American item!  Even our Michaels’ craft stores are much more expensive than our US counterparts.  I visited the bridal shops here in Vancouver and also Canadian websites across Canada.  Crazy prices.  $50 for 50 miniature bottles of bubbles???  Specialty paper prices?  Insanely high!  Even our selection of wedding items is minimal compared to the US shops. *SIGH*

To keep from going broke or sacrificing my wedding ideas, I did my research and bought most of my decor and accessories including veil, shoes, ribbons, tulle, CD jewel cases, unity candle, etc. from eBay or reputable online shops in the States.  I got the items shipped from the US.  The bonus was most of the items did not even get charged duty!  Even our Custom Gobo was still $50-75CAD cheaper than having it made in the US and courriered to Canada.  Oh!  Another charge I…

Our first attempt at a music video was on Sunday, July 8, 2007.  The venue was Aberthau House which is also known as the West Point Grey Community Center.  It is situated close to Jericho Beach in Vancouver, British Columbia.  We rented the outside gardens for a half-day.

We managed to round up our bridal party (sans Best Man unfortunately) after much bribing with pitchers of beer.  No problem with the girls though.  They were all gung-ho for some fun and silliness.  How often do you get asked to do a music video, right? 

Mr. Bloom, poor dude, was so out of his element though.  He was to be the star of the video lipsynching to a punk-rock cover of “O Solo Mio” by The Me First and the Gimme Gimmes.  I have to commend my Mr. Bloom for really trying hard to do something so out of his comfort zone for me.  I know he tried his best!  I’m Filipino so it’s genetic and an Islander-way to

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We are so fortunate to see our wedding through the eyes of our friends and family.

Below are 11 photo galleries of photos taken by our wedding guests, family and friends.  These additional photos supplemented the photos taken by our official photographer.  Mr. Bloom and I were able to see other moments and angles that we were not able to experience first hand.

Thanks to everyone who sent us their photos via Facebook and email! 
If you have any more photos, please send them to us.  We love them all!…