It's another Reverse Wedding Commute to "Elope San Diego"!

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Caroline and Tony came to San Diego this week to be married with us.  

Over the last few years we've noticed a little trend.  The trend is that we are finding many, many couples love to travel from Las Vegas to San Diego for their elopements.  

Each and every year we have about 30 to 40 couples who make that "reverse commute" to San Diego to be married with us.  Steve and Christine Haslet of Elope San Diego.

We hear that for most  of the couples who live in and around Las Vegas,  the mere thought of being married in their fair city.... well, it's enough to make a grown man cry.  And that's where we come in.  We're happy to be here in San Diego, just a short drive or flight from Las Vegas to offer our fun elopement packages (with photography, rose petals, ceremony and more)  to those couples.

Caroline and Tony joyfully arrived in San Diego last week to be married by us, by the sea on Coronado Beach.  It was beautiful...okay, we didn't have  a lot of sunshine to offer them, but just the same, their day was filled with the laughter, love and joy they brought with them.  What a  fun happy family and group of friends.   Thank you, thank you Tony and Caroline for making our job so fun on Saturday!











Refreshing, Caroline and Tony totally "got" what do we!  Beautiful, simple, FUN elopement ceremony by the beach with family and friends.   We loved and appreciated what they chose to wear-- and the fact that Tony totally avoided a stuffy, hot black suit with shiny black shoes or that Caroline avoided that worrisome drama that accompanies the long gown with a cathedral train dragging through the sand and surf.


It was the perfect beach wedding in every way.  


What a darling, happy couple you two are !     

Here's what Tony and Caroline had to say about their wedding day with us last week:
Christine and Steve: Thank you both!!! We had a great time with you and everything went better than we had ever hoped.  You guys really do a great job.  We would love to be on your blog :)  Thank you again.

Think "Elope San Diego" for Pet Friendly Beach Weddings on Coronado!

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 Think about how much fun it would be to include your dog at your wedding, then 

think about Christine and Steve at Elope San Diego, 

because they can make it happen for you in a big way! 

We really, really REALLY love weddings and elopements on Dog Beach on Coronado. It's a gorgeous off- leash area and we've done quite few elopement ceremonies in that spot.  It's so much fun. The off leash area is about 10 blocks North of The Hotel Del Coronado on Ocean Blvd.  

And as long as we are talking dog...we are pleased to partner with Doug, at DogTown San Diego and support their efforts to share all things dog here in San Diego.  The most exciting project right now is the new license plate campaign that everyone can participate in. 

Here in California too many pets lose their lives just because they simply don't have a home.

  The SNAP project is bringing attention to this huge problem by offering spay and neuter services, education and reaching as many people as possible who may not be able to afford the service.

Check out the new SNAP license plate campaign to support spaying and neutering in California. The plates will feature original artwork created and donated by distinguished actor and artist Pierce Brosnan. We're one of the first people to sign up for a new license plate helping to fund their efforts. Our new license plates will read ElopeSD with the new logo.  You can help by joining this very, very worthy cause and get your very own personalized plates too! It's so easy....   READ MORE HERE

please excuse us while we brag a little.....

grammy christine and our new grand baby ethan christopher

and isaiah his big brother

Steve and Christine Haslet of Elope San Diego say Happy Anniversary to each other...23 years!

Tomorrow, June 20th 
we celebrate our 23rd wedding anniversary!

Not a day goes by that we don't comment on how lucky we are.  We love that we get to work together everyday, and that we still love each other's company, that we have a life filled with sunshine, laughter and joy.

  

We embrace the work that we love, being part of other couples happiest day.  We love that we have great children..darling grandchildren and 2 hunks of fur called Riley and Daphne and 3 kitties called Tarzan, Beau and Abby.

photo taken by a tourist from Camas Washington April 2010

 in the Wrigley Memorial on Catalina Island

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Christine haslet

owners of ElopeSanDiego.com 

Easy Eloping this afternoon on Coronado Beach!!! A California Beach Destination Wedding

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Congrats Cathy and Denton

June 14, 2010

Your Wedding Celebration on Coronado Beach, California

Cathy and Denton eloped with us this afternoon, on a Monday on Coronado Beach.  It was a super gorgeous afternoon.... not just gorgeous but amazingly gorgeous for what we usually call our June Gloom month here in San Diego.... blue, blue skies and blue, blue ocean.

  

They were so happy and excited to share with us that they were another match 
"made in heaven"

having met through e-harmony!   

So once again, we say hooray for the internet... 
because that's how they found ElopeSanDiego.com as well! 

With their families looking on they said "I do" this afternoon 

You have to check out the Denton's grandson above
 sampling the rose petals during the wedding ceremony.

Too cute for words! 

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after the ceremony

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what a perfect little beach wedding!

BP Oil Spill in the Gulf...

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Pelicans covered in oil from the BP oil spill.

We wanted to let you know that Bird Rescue efforts are happening in the Gulf by the International Bird Rescue Research Center.   Their website is located at:  http://www.ibrrc.org/  for more information and updates.  
Another great link from one of our favorite places ever...."Best Friends" Animal Sanctuary in Kanab, Utah this link is providing information and updates about the effects of the oil spill on wildlife in the area.

Maybe it's because the beach is such an essential part of our lives, that we are so unbelievably sad about this oil spill.   Everyday we go to "work" and  look forward to spending our days and evening on our beautiful Coronado  beach-- celebrating with couples who have chosen to have a beach wedding on "our" beach. There aren't even words to express how much  we love to watch our dogs run and frolick in the sand and surf along the shores of our beaches here in San Diego.

Not only are we sad, but we've been made deeply aware that we can no longer take for granted our clean beach, our fresh air and beautiful ocean tides.  When we saw this photograph today of the pelicans, we were reminded how nearly every evening after our weddings, we watch as the pelicans dive on the horizon for their evening meal along our shoreline.  In short, we are touched very deeply by this oil spill in more ways than one.   We have fellow wedding officiants in Florida who are now being affected by what's happened with the spill and because of BP's accident and then followed by their inability to do any kind of damage control weeks after the fact.

I guess, we're feeling pretty helpless right now about this.  But then we're not the only ones.

This Weeks Beach Wedding Adventures...

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Fun and happy days this week with our brides and grooms who eloped with us, in fact, there were twelve couples who came from all walks of life and traveled from around the country to have their weddings on Coronado Beach with us. They came from places Nebraska, Indiana, Minnesota and Texas. Kayden and Jeff came from Arizona to tie the knot and say "I do". Of course, many couples traveled from right here in California. Happy couples...Abby and Holger from Palm Springs (previously from Germany) came to San Diego to cool down... 98 in Palm Springs.. 70 in San Diego!  Jennifer and Ariel from down the street in Temecula.  We never get tired of saying that we were absolutely delighted to be part of their big day.  Here are just a few of pics we took over the week...

WOW..75 years together after Eloping with the Justice of the Peace!

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 Doris was 18 and Wendall Roberts was 21 when they eloped on May 18, 1935.  This is a story about a couple who have spent the last 75 years together happily married.  Wow! We really LOVE these stories!!

Doris and Wendall don't have a single photograph from the wedding, but they remember it like it was yesterday. 

Their secret, you ask?    Lots of work and lots of luck they say.  The met in grade school and fell in love at the school picnic.  You can read their entire story right here in the Kitsap Sun, from the tiny town of Bremerton Washington.  

And just in case you are wondering, that would make Doris 93 and Wendall 96. 

Jennifer+Troy=Seal'd with a Kiss

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jennifer and troy celebrated a coronado beach wedding
this week with us...

check out the spectator on the right in the water....
yes, that's a baby seal who stopped by to see what all the commotion was about--- 

he,  she it was too cute for words ~ Seal'd with a kiss!

What's new with us in San Diego, May 2010

Spring of this year has been exciting and busy for us, in addition to all of our really fun weddings....We bought a darling little house in San Diego, in the North Park neighborhood near Morley Field. It's a dream come true. The house is a 1912 Craftsman  Bungalow!  So adorable, and has been loved and cared for so much that we can just move in and call it home. It's a great thing, because all of our weekends are busy, no... VERY, VERY busy with weddings and elopements this time of the year--we are busy bees with no time for home repairs and remodeling, just unpacking.

Our son Ben graduated from college in Missouri with his Masters in Divinity while still in the reserves with the Navy.  He's ready to begin his work as a chaplain intern.  Ben is interviewing and is hoping for Houston or New Orleans. 

Jennifer Alphonsine, our daughter has just taken a new chef position in the San Juan Islands, Washington.  She relocated last month to the rural town of Friday Harbor and loves it so much.  Here is the update we just received from the Coho Restaurant where she is the executive head chef. 

From the Coho newsletter this month: We are so pleased to announce the appointment of our new Executive Chef, J. Alphonsine Haslet-Phillips.  Alphonsine began in March and has been slowly transitioning the menu to her fresh, lighter style of cooking.  "I wanted to work at a restaurant which had a philosophy that extended beyond the plate on the table, that cared about sourcing food for local, sustainably-grown seasonal ingredients," says Ali about her decision to accept the position. She developed her Italian and Mediterranean-inspired cooking style at several notable Seattle restaurants including Le Pichet, Dandelion, and Dinette. In her most recent position as Executive Chef at the West Seattle restaurant Circa, she expanded her philosophy of developing approachable and deeply flavorful meals that do not mask the individual ingredients.

We are very fortunate to have Alphonsine's expertise and deft hand leading Coho's kitchen. She loves being able to experiment with fresh, local ingredients that highlight the season; and every plate of food that goes out that door reflects her delicate touch and skill in spontaneous creativity.  We hope that you will come in for dinner and taste her cooking.

Anna Maria & Dave

Coho Restaurant's Owners

 120 Nichols Street Friday Harbor, Wa 98250 

  San Juan Island Washington State

Our youngest son, Anthony is keeping busy with his roofing business in Seattle where the rain is a blessing to his business.  He is also a new daddy with the newest member of his family, Ethan.   I managed to stop him long enough to pose for some pictures. Not easy! 

..and from the lovely state of massachusetts..via encinitas..dayna and jason

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When we think of Massachusetts,  we think of the Boston Red Sox,  Boston cream pies, or the state insect which happens to the ladybug, or the little chickadee, the state bird.  But tonight we thought about how cool it was that Dayna and Jason came to Coronado Beach to be married, to elope, to say "I do" ... just the two of them, on one of the most beautiful evenings we've ever seen.  They came all the way from Massachusetts via Encinitas.

Okay, we confess, there was just a tiny bit of  bragging on our part about how beautiful the Pacific Ocean is-- we might have even gone as far as to say that it was even more beautiful than her sister ocean,  the Atlantic.


In the end, we all agreed, there is nothing like California's beautiful beaches for destination weddings. The skies with their puffy clouds looked like a Maxfield Parrish painting. 

Dayna, you were absolutely adorable, wearing a vintage style eyelet dress, with a wreath of daisies in your hair.  Jason was even a great sport rolling up his pant legs to wade in the surf.   Thank you so much for sharing your celebration with us... you totally made our evening! We wish you the very best as you begin your new adventure as husband and wife.

xoxox

christine and steve

Spring is here...there's LOVE in the air!

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We always think of May as the beginning of our wedding season here in San Diego.  It's true, there are elopements all year long, but it seems that May is when we really spring into action. We know for sure that love is in the air!

All the way from Dallas, Texas.....Stefanie and Nathan came to the most beautiful beach around to be married, yes....  Coronado Beach with just a few close members of their family to have their elopement with us.  We wish them all the best and say Congrats!

Thank you Stefanie and Nathan for not only being so much fun to work with,  but sharing your celebration with us and choosing Elope San Diego for your destination beach wedding! 

xoxo

christine and steve

 

coronado kisses :)

we love 'em!!!