Boston Part Two: Wedding Planning Whirlwind

Planning a wedding in Boston while living in Houston is not easy. So what was originally scheduled as a vacation (before the engagement) turned into a few days of a frenzy of wedding planning (we successfully escaped for a few days as you'll see in the next post). First up: cake tasting!! Before I would even book our venue I had to ensure that Amy from Hippie Chick Bakery was free to make our vegan wedding cake. We visited her home to discuss the details and of course, taste the cake. Sorry for my photos of half eaten cake. I was so excited about tasting I forgot about photos!!

Here is chocolate cake with vanilla "buttercream" frosting and layered with fresh strawberries....


And a spice cake with ginger "buttercream" frosting....




And finally carrot cake with vanilla "buttercream" frosting....

We also tried lemon cake and a marble cake with chocolate frosting. They were all amazing!! John was thankful, even though he knows vegan desserts can be every bit as good (I think better) than their non-vegan counterparts, he was admittedly a little worried. We are also going to try a pumpkin cake with ginger frosting once they are in season. My favorite was the chocolate, so we've decided that will be the largest of our three layer cake. The second will either be the spice or pumpkin cake with ginger frosting. The top layer John and I will take home (yeah right I'll be able to wait until our one year anniversary to eat it!!) is still up for grabs. Any suggestions? I opted not to have a traditional white wedding cake. Instead it will be shades of green with orange frosting flowers. The style will be similar to this cake.

Next we visited our wedding rehearsal dinner site (although there will be no rehearsal!). We chose the Concord Colonial Inn. John actually washed dishes there back in the days of summer jobs! This historic inn is located near the Old North Bridge, where the American Revolution began.

Here is the a view of the Heritage room where we will spend the eve of our wedding.

And of course, the site of the wedding and reception. This is the house I enter from before heading down the aisle!

A view of the Atlantic Ocean, the backdrop for our wedding ceremony.

And the reception tent and cocktail patio.

Over the week we also met with two caterers and did menu tastings, met with our J.O.P., visited the hotel where we will spend our first night as husband and wife, did a trial run of my hairdo, and met with the florist. Whew!! Sixty days and counting, it will be here before I know it. Okay, enough wedding stuff. I promise to stick (mostly) to good ole vegan blogging. But first one more quick post about our trip, visiting the White Mountains....