Outfitting the Last Hurrah...

Are you sitting down? I’m not. Well, I am but just barely – I’m so excited! I am going to be creating the groomsmen gifts for what can only be described as a high profile pre-wedding retreat. There will be golf. Wine. Cigars. A half day zooming around in classic cars at Infineon Raceway. And a spa day with grapeseed exfoliation scrubs. (Ok, I’m guessing about that last part.) Of course you would just love it if I dropped the name of this Most Eligible Bachelor/Winery Heir-Apparent to The Throne who will be getting married very soon in a most ostentatious occasion right here in Napa. No can do. All right – here’s a hint: he’s not that young. (Ouch!) Ok – THAT IS ENOUGH!

I just realized I’ve been spending a little too much time thinking about Mr. Groom this morning (only in a professional sense, Michael, really!) and I almost forgot what I was going to say about the groomsmen’s gifts. They are matching, v-neck fine-gauge sweaters in Azure, When Mr. Groom approached me about having Red House create this memorable gift for the guys I thought he’d maybe want tasteful embroidery of his and the bride’s initials. Or perhaps, “Last Retreat”. No. Get this: he simply wanted the date of the wedding. Uh, ok…. The customer is always right, but I was thinking it would look like an epitaph! And then it occurred to me that this event may well be an epitaph of sorts, because Mr. Groom’s life and times will never again be chronicled in the same way in the pages of Town & Country. (Another disclaimer: marriage is the best way to go through life, at least for Michael and I, but it’s a different kind of fun than racing around in classic cars. Quieter, anyway.) One more thing, I saw the embroidered sample today and it’s actually quite intriguing - certainly a conversation starter. I like it!

I will tell you more about this very interesting wedding-to-be in a future post. There’s more I’m not telling and some things I’m in the process of finding out – so don’t stray too far from your screen!