What the heck is Tour de Tron? If it sounds made up, it's because it is. This year is the first year, since I was a kid, that I had a bike. Because of this new found love for spending time with my bike, I gave birth to Tour de Tron. I coupled this with my husbands love for sunsets.
We had an amazing group of 30 people. We met at Science World at 7:45pm for a lift off time of 8pm. I had planned to have three speakers with the same playlist - front, middle and back of the group. I also made up screen savers with our Tour de Tron logo and handed out #TOURDETRON2015 stickers to everyone. Our route took us along the seawall, through English Bay and around Stanley Park to finish off in Third Beach.
Once we arrived at the beach, my friend let off a pink smoke bomb which was pretty smokin' awesome. A few rounds of glow in the dark bocce and at 11:30pm we all rode home in the pitch black with only our LED coloured lights leading the way - everyone ringing their bells in bliss.
Photography: Three Knuckle Photography
Instagram Video of the night: Watch here
Cheers,
Charysse
Here is what I knew before the party: I knew there was a party for us. I did the invites. How? My parents decided to keep the location a secret until a couple hours before the party. That way it really would be a surprise for us, but also add anticipation for the event. Sure enough everyone (except us) got a text naming the location which was the second floor at the Georgia Hotel in the Tutor Room. I can say this as a statement: It was the best night of my life. The stress of a wedding and even the people who attend your wedding you might not ever see again as a married couple. But after ten years together, the people there have impacted both of our lives. I call it a love bubble.
Here are some of the details I loved about our party: My favourite movie Top Hat playing on a projector on the wall. The confetti. The take home favour gifts for the guests were chocolate chip mint macaron's made by my friend Serena. The confetti. The fact that you could order a mint julep and in fact get it in a julep cup. The confetti. Oh and did I mention confetti? It was mandatory to dance to the first song which was to Ain't no Mountain High Enough by Tammi Terrell and Marvin Gaye. The confetti went off at the perfect moment and that moment will forever be with me. EVERYTHING that night was courtesy of my parents and I can't say thank you enough!
Why #TENYEARSOFHIGHKICKS? On our wedding invitation we have a photo of Dustin high kicking and thought it would express how we felt about our ten years together.
The Cake: Le Gateau Bakeshop
Photography: Three Knuckle Photography
Cheers,
Charysse
On November 20, 2014 we celebrated our 10th wedding anniversary. We decided to spend three nights at The Rosewood Hotel Georgia, and what a memorable three nights they were. Instead of going out for an uber fancy dinner, we opted for room service and watched Casablanca. We shared a bottle of wine we brought back from our Italy adventures that we saved just for the occasion.
When it came to the gifts, I spent a whole year racking my brain for the perfect gift. I tried to choose something that could equal or show how much I love Dustin. The truth? There is nothing. When I concluded that even a Lamborghini wouldn't cut it (not even in my realm of reality) I realized I would need to make it more personal. I got him 10 gifts for 10 years. Each gift was given with a card with a hashtag. It ranged from #tenyearsofagingtogether (wine tasting) to #tenyearsoftimetogether (wrist watch). Some were small in size and some big, but it all added up to our ten years together.
I'm not going to do a show and tell of the gifts we exchanged, but one of the items Dustin arranged for us was a cooking class at the Dirty Apron Cooking School. Here are some photos from our weekend together.
P.S. The Saturday of our stay at the hotel, little did we know that my parents surprise party for us was at the same hotel. That will be in the following post.
Checking in and Room Service
The Dirty Apron
Cheers,
Charysse
