Friday, July 12th, 2013
Arrive in Ft. Lauderdale
Renee and Erick (and Baby Bastian!!) will be staying at the W Hotel on Ft. Lauderdale Beach Boulevard.
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That evening we have reservations at the famous vegan restaurant Sublime, voted #1 vegan mac 'n cheese!
Source: sunsentinel.com, browardpalmbeach.com, vegsouthflorida.com, foodspotting.com, and ftlauderdalebites.com
Saturday, July 13th, 2013
The Wedding Ceremony!
The big moment will be at Vista Park Saturday morning @ 9:30! Try to arrive closer to 9:00 to ensure a parking spot as this is a smaller public beach in a residential area. Probably won't be an issue, but the officiant suggested it would be wise, just in case.
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Afterward the wedding party and guests will go out to lunch to celebrate.
Right now it's looking like Rocco's Tacos and Tequila Bar is the place, heavily reviewed as an exciting atmosphere and it has a kids menu. Perfect.
They have 225 varieties of tequila, sour mix they make themselves, homemade corn tortillas and they make the guacamole tableside.
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After the wedding, lunch, photos upon photos and one or two shots of tequila, it's on to relaxing at the beach... napping, lounging, swimming, vino, bars, stand up paddle boarding, shopping on Las Olas Boulevard... whatever sounds great at the moment is the plan. There are several picnic area's with shaded picnic tables and grills.
That's Erick checking out the coconuts below, in South Beach Park.
When the night hits there are several salsa dancing nightclubs that have lots of dancing going on with drink and cover specials on Saturday nights. Salsa, merengue, bachata, raggaeton and more dance styles going on. At Cafe Iguana Pines (a HUGE latin dance club going south towards Miami) ladies drink free until midnight on Saturdays! There's also Paladium Night Club if for some reason Cafe Iguana Pines falls though.
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Map of Fort Lauderdale with a few points of interest
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