Private Honeydew reporting for duty!

This weekend Jen and I were in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA to celebrate the wedding of our our good friends, Liz McMunn & Keith Tetangco at the La Playa Hotel. The event was an amazing affair filled with magical energy of love and happiness. Jen was the Private of Team Honeydew, as the bridesmaids called themselves.

Her teammates were Captain Honeydew, a.k.a. Amanda Molina, and

First-mate, Hannah Dworkin.

The wedding had a sea theme, hence the nautical titles, fitting for a wedding in a town "by the sea." Seashells and starfish adorned all the beautiful decorations including the name tags, center pieces, and the garland around the gazebo, and the reception was held in the Poseidon Room.

Moreover, the bride and groom have never looked so happy. We already knew the two were ridiculously in love; their wedding was a beautiful affirmation and joyous celebration of that love.

Along the way, I got to spend time with a lot of old friends like Dr. Colin Dewey, Elmo Pittenger, Peterangelo Vallis, Captain Honeydew, and Brent McCullough. I also made lots of new friends: Cindy, The San Diego Twins, Elmo's girlfriend, and a cute little girl, named Amanda, who loved to dance. Stop by my flickr photostream to see pictures of the wedding. I can't say my photos are any good for this event... I was just having too much fun to stop and pull out my camera.

Bonus sidenote... the wedding happened 7-7-07! A lucky day for the lucky couple. Liz & Keith's Wedding even made their local paper in Merced.

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Culinary Word of the Day: Birch Syrup
Syrups, sauces, and confections can be made from birch syrup. Similar to maple syrup, birch syrup is "rich and spicy sweet, with a wonderful caramel-like flavor...produced on our homestead in Alaska's Susitna Valley, the vast river valley of the Alaska Range. Each spring we collect the sap from the paper birch and evaporate it to syrup in much the same way pure maple syrup is produced. It takes approximately 100 gallons of sap to produce 1 gallon of birch syrup; maple by comparison is approximately 40:1." Source: Debra's List. Another great read about Birch Sap is the Alaska Science Forum.