Lake Tahoe Wedding

Home again for a few days after our jaunt to Lake Tahoe. We will do a bit of catching up around here and go to Spokane on Saturday. We enjoyed our time at The Ridge and visited with some Spokane friends as well as Rana’s sister and husband who were there from Las Vegas. In fact 3 ½ years ago we were in Las Vegas for their wedding.

The four days of driving were uneventful, but we had a very good time for the weekend of the wedding. All the guests stayed at The Ridge so we were all within a building or two of each other. Our room was so small that it made the Quality Inn room in Oregon look like a suite. The Ridge room had a coffee maker and filters, but no coffee; there was a promise of a free paper delivered to our room which didn’t happen on Saturday, and didn’t arrive until nine on Sunday. I was thrilled to find two bars of bath soap because there were no other goodies such as shampoo or lotion.

The wedding was aboard a small cruise boat on the lake – I believe there were about 60 people all together including the bride, groom, and families. It was a civil ceremony with the boat captain officiating. But it was quite a nice venue; we were below the deck so weren’t exposed to the wind and sun. Champagne and hors d’oeurves were served after the short ceremony and then we later adjourned back to the restaurant at The Ridge for the reception.

Rana’s dress was quite stark, but very pretty, and the story of her shoes and earrings were interesting. She is a shoe buyer for Nieman Marcus and found her $1200 shoes for $50 at a sample sale. And the earrings which were designed with pave’ diamonds were the result of an employee drawing at Nieman’s. Pretty good I would say. And she looked lovely.

I chose a fillet for dinner, and it was outstanding, both in flavor and presentation. The little mound of mashed potatoes was topped with a tiny pink baby rose!! Rana’s cake was very pretty, but almost stark; white frosting with the layers circled with bands of navy blue ribbon.

Bob’s birthday was on Sunday so we were all invited over for afternoon drinks and birthday cake. As usual, most of the cards were NOT sweet and sentimental.

So that is what we have done for the past week. Next blog will probably be from Spokane – or Montana!! Ciao