Sno-Cups

The weather was too nice to worry with wedding planning today. So we took a trip to P. Terry's and Molly's Sno-Cups, where Jaxon mugged for the camera to a fawning crowd of Sno-Cup eaters. As you can see, she has fully recovered from the trauma of her bath yesterday.

Eliza had a kiwi-lime Sno-Cup, which turned her tongue the same color as Barton Springs. This part of the day was somewhat wedding-related. It was part of our effort to document fun stuff to do in Austin for our wedding web site.

After some children who were popping balloon animals scared Jaxon silly, we took her to another part of Zilker Park to relax for a few minutes.

Oh, the humiliation

Yesterday was bath time for Jaxon. As you can see, this is not her favorite activity.

Coordination

Today after work, we met with a potential wedding coordinator. We don't really need a planner, because Eliza is pretty much a ringer in that department. But we do need someone to help make sure things get set up and cleaned up and all that.

We found her on craigslist, which you have to be a little skeptical about from the get-go, but it actually turned out quite well. For one, she showed up, which is more than you can say for most people you contact on craigslist. And on top of that, she seemed to know her stuff. Eliza was especially impressed by the fact that she's an accountant by day. So she must be good with the details, right?

Then we celebrated our success over some grassfed beef at Hut's. And if you don't know what Hut's is, you haven't spent enough time at our wedding site.

Consolation Prize

Last Saturday was not a fun day.

But there was a bright side. On the way to San Antonio, Ben and Jay (fellow Tar Heel) stopped at Kreuz Market in Lockhart, Texas (the barbecue capital of Texas) to have some of their famous barbecue. They have some strange traditions there. The meat is served on butcher paper. Also, there's no sauce and no forks.

These were some tender ribs. I mean, you just had to look at these things and the meat fell off the bone. But even though the no-sauce rule is kind of admirable, I really missed the sauce. This place doesn't beat the Salt Lick, but it was definitely worth the visit.

Oh, and in case you're wondering what this has to do with the wedding, just consider this a way of making sure we're serving the best barbecue around for the reception.

Wedding Cake

Today was wedding cake tasting day at The Cake Plate. The choices were Mexican Vanilla, Almond Amaretto, Vanilla with Lemon Filling, Chocolate Raspberry, and German Chocolate. We liked them all, but Almond Amaretto was the big winner. 

Ben's not a cake person, so he's going to have pecan pies instead of a groom's cake.

Eliza loves cake, so she had a second cake tasting at home. The Almond Amaretto still won.

Wedding planning is hard

As you can see, even Jaxon gets a little tuckered out from all this planning business.