my honeymoon is over
Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 09:54PM i am back at home, back to work, back to feeling a tiny bit overwhelmed at the work load staring at me on my to do list. (note to self... move the to do list from head to paper, helps in remembering) but seriously, my weekend away with my family to celebrate my brother's wedding was nothing short of perfect for me. besides being surrounded by brilliant family we also had just amazing service on our mini trip. the four seasons in vancouver was really just too good to put into words for my family. it is like a mini dream vacation. the tiny little luxuries just make me smile. i highly recommend a deluxe suite. don't ask how we got it. believe me it's not about to happen too often.
and then there was the listel hotel on robson, where steve and jodi had rented the penthouse. it was beautiful. the after wedding party was in their room and it was just so pretty, the rest of the family also stayed at that hotel. also fitting that my brother is a jazz musician and plays at odouls restaurant. the hotel staff were just wonderful at that hotel too. it is modern, full of beautiful art. a true example of a boutique hotel. and seriously even the mini bar comes fully stocked with more than what you might think!
there was jodi's sweet hair dresser, rosie zollinger, from the coup salon in shanghai alley, totally worth the trip to the funky neighbourhood if you live in vancouver.
and really, the highlight for everyone was the venue for the reception. steve and jodi asked the owners of one of their favorite restaurants, two chefs and a table, if they could rent the whole place for the reception. it could not have been more perfect. it was like being at the most amazing heart warming kitchen party you have ever attended. being able to watch the chefs prepare the amazing food was also a wonderful treat. as we talked, drank wine and ate the perfectly prepared food, we laughed, we spoke of the wonderful flavours we were eating, we spoke of the love steve and jodi shared, we spoke of how many of us had roots in saskatchewan. we spoke of how brilliant a guest list of 21 people at a wedding is. how intimate, how perfect. we spoke we listened and we got to know each others families.
and we ate.
and we left so full and so happy. and seriously we are all still talking about the food and the wine. i can not say enough good things about the restaurant.
here are just a few more images so that jodi's mom and dad can get a feel of the night. because they could not share.
xoxo
Reader Comments (8)
Hi Michelle,
I have been following your blog (ok drooling and utterly admiring your photo's) for a while now although I have never commented. I absolutely love these photo's! The curiosity is getting the better of me though. The photo at the recpetion with the man standing holding an index card. Is that Brad Zembic? If it isn't I swear he has a total clone!
Michelle, you have outdone yourself! Jodi and Steve are so lucky to have these remarkable memories captured by you.We enjoy these photos many times each day,but now we feel like the child who has opened numerous Christmas gifts and cries out .."Is that all there is"?
Thank you once again for sharing Sunday, November 8th, 2009 with us...the absentee parents......Helen & Leo
P.S.to Lianna. The man holding the index card is our son Darcy, who obviously has a clone.
helen, i promise, there will be so so so many more photos. if you give me a bit of time i will send steve and jodi a pretty little package that will have a whole bunch of memories all wrapped up, and i know they will share them with you. i have so many more photos to edit and pour through and i love them all as much as the ones posted on my website. (i just have some other tiny things to catch up on first) but believe me, these are high on my priority list. they are totally dear to my heart. xoxo
Michelle - I have to say these are the most amazing wedding photos I have ever seen. What strikes me is how much, in their obvious artistry and composition, they capture the essence of what was going on Nov. 8/09 in Vancouver. It is like re-living the entire event over and over. They are simply stunning. Steve and Jodi will have so many wonderful momentos of their truly special day. Thank you for sharing.
As for the fellow in the picture reading, as Mom Helen pointed out, that is my husband Darcy - one of the Ells. Steve is going to find out that he has joined a very special family - the Ells are one in a million. Being the longest standing member of the out-laws (30 years and counting!!!) I must tell you that the love and support so richly displayed by Helen and Leo continues to inspire all of us - we all get to share in the goodness. And as for the now named fellow with the reading glasses and the index card, well, Jodi and Steve, I can only hope that you will be as happy in your marriage as Darcy has made me in ours.
That Brad Zembic is totally hot.
These are so fun -- your such a great photographer.
thank you everyone for all the kind comments. i enjoy reading them. especially when it is about such loving people as my brother and jodi. they were a dream to photograph and i look forward to giving them a beautiful album full of memories.
The way Tim described two chefs and a table still makes my mouth water! I love the feel of those pictures. It all makes me want to go there very very badly.