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So, I Had the Date Wrong

I heard wrong, or my sources let me down.... kidding!

LEAH'S WEDDING WILL BE HELD ON SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 6 @ 3:30PM

Not on Friday September 5 as I had put before. So, there you go.

Leah's Wedding: Change Your Calendars

Unconfirmed, but it's the word on the street (and who knows how it got on the street, but I think Uncle Vic is telling everyone...... kidding!)

The date for the Event of the Year (I know Uncle Vic will like that one) has been changed:

• Leah's Wedding will now be held on Friday September 5th

If I hear anything more, I'll let y'all know. And I'm sure the father of the bride will too.

Get On The Bus

This was discussed over Thanksgiving Weekend while the Nor Cal Contingent visited. Namely, some of the Aunties and Uncles were thinking it a good idea to charter a bus to take us Santa Barbarians to Morgan Hill, CA for Leah's wedding.

Well, I did some looking. I didn't do in-depth research. I simply wanted to get an idea for the cost. I emailed 2 companies: US Coachways, and Santa Barbara Airbus. Though it's been over a week, I only have a response from US Coachways.

Here is what they say:

We have available a 56 passenger coach. It comes equipped with high back bucket reclining seats, TV, VCR, AC, AM-FM stereo, rest rooms and some have CD/DVD players. On any overnight stays a private room is required for the driver. The price will be $2390 plus a 15-20% gratuity for the driver. We work on a first come first serve basis. If you decide to book please sign all forms and completely fill out the attached forms and return them to us.

So, that's $2,390 base cost. The 15% gratuity adds $358.50. And let's estimate the room for the driver at $120 for the night. That puts the estimated cost for the bus charter at $2,868.50.

If we have 50 people on the bus, it makes the cost about $60 per person (no discounts for kids and senior citizens).

I'm fairly confident this is what we can expect, with little deviation, if we decide to go with a bus for the trip. There are details we must work out, and we can talk about those things later.

My opinion: this would be fun. We'd all be on the bus, free to move seats, chatting it up the whole way. There's be no wear-and-tear on personal vehicles. This would be like sitting on Monica's deck on any given afternoon. Good times, I say.

Think about it and discuss amongst yourselves. Ask and I can provide you some things to consider.

Leah's Wedding: The Date is Set

Alright, y'all. Here it is, word from Uncle Vic himself.

Leah's Wedding will be held on Saturday August 30, 2008 in Morgan Hill, California.

As Uncle Vic says, Morgan Hill is 45 minutes closer to Santa Barbara, so the drive will be easier for us. The time allows us to get our planners and calendars out so we can schedule everything WAY ahead of time. Invitations, he said, will be coming soon.

Uncle Vic guarantees we'll all have a good time, even if he has to get on stage and perform 'Reasons' by Earth, Wind & Fire to make sure...... kidding about that last part, but we know it'll be good times.

Mark your Calendars, folks!

People In Town

Sure Barack Obama was in town this weekend, along with Stevie Wonder, Sidney Poitier, Forest Whitaker, Chris Rock, Will Smith, Jamie Foxx, Halle Berry, Cindy Crawford, Jimmy Connors, Linda Evans, Dennis Haysbert... all for a little get-together at Oprah's.

But so were Leah and her fiance David. They were looking for places to hold their wedding, some time in the future. No word on the success of the trip, but Santa Barbara's a fun place to be anyway, right?

Happy Hunting, y'all!

A Bigger Family, Part I

Leah Hernandez is engaged!

She and her fiance, David (click for photo) visited Santa Barbara over the Fourth of July holiday. So far there are no set plans for a wedding, though a small wedding in Santa Barbara or a ceremony on a cruise have been suggested.

Congratulations to Leah and David.


And Uncle Vic and Auntie Gina, how's your wallet these days?

Just kidding.