Brian @ Wongside

I can’t believe it’s been a whole month since my last post.  That’s crazy!  How time flies.  One of the last posts I made indicated I’d be uploading pictures “soon.”  Well, they’re uploaded, but I haven’t officially made them available because I haven’t had time to caption them.  The last month has been really crazy with wedding planning.  It’s hard to believe we’ve accomplished so much.  Things will be pretty busy around here until after the wedding, so I’m not sure how often I’ll be able to post.  As you can tell, I’m already lagging.

A few quick updates:

• The tri-tip and potatoes from the last post were delicious.  I had so much tri-tip left over, it was ridiculous.  I probably could have cooked half that amount.  Fortunately, people were gracious to take a lot of it home.  All in all, there were 8 tri-tips, and with 30 people, we probably only ate 4 or 5.  I guess the rule of thumb about 4 oz of meat per person is just about right (9 lbs = 144 oz.  144oz/30people=4.8oz/person)  That doesn’t seem like much to me.  But I guess some people eat considerably less than others.
• We had our first set of engagement photos on 11/9.  We stayed local and shot at Starbucks, the park where I proposed, and The Cheesecake Factory
• We had our second set of engagement photos taken at Carmel, CA around sunset on 11/16.  It was a beautiful area.  I told Charlene that we’ll have to go visit another time after the wedding.  I also want to go see the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
• Oh yeah, our wedding/engagement photographer is Lynn-Kai Chao, so if you’re looking for a great photographer, we’d highly recommend him.  (And yes, the post on Nov. 17 is about our engagement shoot at Carmel.)
• We’ve been apartment hunting for our new home, and I’m trying to decide what I think about Avalon apartments.  They’re kind of expensive, some of the people I’ve talked to are incompetent and rude, but they have really nice facilities which are hard to beat.  They all have Charlene’s number one criteria: Washer and Dryer in unit. I guess we’ll see if it’s possible to find another location that is comparable for a better price.
• Thanksgiving is coming up, and Dad and Mom have again graciously offered to pay for Charlene’s ticket from SFO to Bakersfield.  They did it last year, and they’re doing it again.  They totally didn’t have to, but Charlene and I both appreciate that they are paying.  What a lucky future daughter-in-law!

I think that’s all for now.  My apologies in advance if this is the only post for the next month or so

Updated 5/21/2009: Updated links to Lynn’s new blog.