Ritchie and I got engaged on the 3rd night of a 12 day cruise, so we had just over a week to discuss what we wanted for our wedding before we got home and family and friends began to get involved.  Of course, nearly everything we talked about has now changed, but one thing that we were pretty insistent on was getting married in a vineyard. It’s not that we’re connoisseurs or anything,... 

Photo via www.sanddollarestate.com One of the first questions we faced when we decided to plan our wedding from the other side of the country was: “Why not a destination wedding?”  (That is, after people say, “You should just elope.”)  To be honest, it’s just not in the cards for us.  We have family all over the country and even though most of them are on the east...