The first wedding you attend as a married couple is awesome.
It happens to be a blockbuster year for weddings. We have potentially eight (8!) weddings to go to this year in San Francisco, Las Vegas, Michigan, New York, Los Angeles (x2) and possibly Chicago. That's a lot of flights and a lot of presents.
Now that our wedding has come and gone we are looking forward to attending our friends' weddings so that we can appreciate the decor, food, and soak in all the festivities and drink and dance and carry on without worry about looking sloppy in our pictures and wedding videos. I am especially looking forward to the Las Vegas wedding because we've never been to a wedding in Las Vegas itself. I wonder if it will be as awesomely campy as the movies, or if it will be a standard wedding.
Don’t go to Kauai for your honeymoon if you like to eat.
The food in Kauai was, for the most part, mediocre. We had mostly mediocre meals, and then some really terrible meals on the Island.
Good
Breakfast buffets in Grand Hyatt Po'ipu
Postcards in Hanalei
Lappert's Ice Cream everywhere
Lunch on Captain Andy's Zodiac Boat Tour
Okay
Puka Dog in the Po'ipu Shopping Village
Toi's Thai Kitchen in Ele'ele
The Beach House Restaurant in Koloa
Hamura's Saimin Stand in Lihu'e
Sandwiches on Zip n Dip tour on Princeville Ranch
Sandwiches on tubing tour near Hanamaulu
Tomkats Grille in old Koloa town.
Horrible
Paradise Bar and Grill
Alibi of Troy, good for large groups
If you're in the Troy/Rochester area and you need a good restaurant that can handle a large group, we suggest The Alibi of Troy.
We still had several family members in town lingering for 1-2 nights after our Michigan wedding because many of them came from out-of-state. Our extended family members spent their Sunday afternoon touring various parts of the metro Detroit area. Some families went to the Detroit Zoo, others went to Greektown, while still others went meandering through the streets of Oakland county with no destination in mind.
After a hard day of wandering and taking in the sights and sounds of a Michigan summer we converged upon Alibi of Troy for pizza, salad, and an all around good carb-laden meal. Our motley party of 20 (!) grandparents, parents, children, and newlyweds showed up at Alibi semi-announced (they do not accept reservations) and the restaurant managed to seat us within a decent time. Alibi is my wife's favorite pizza because the crust is a little sweet and the toppings are generous. The space interior is casual and homey, lots to like here. It's a family place without being Chuck E. Cheese.
If you ever have the pleasure of coming here, I would suggest a pizza, some breadsticks, and a salad. This carbo-licious meal is awesome.
Honeymoons in Michigan: Mackinac Island
Some honeymoon ideas for those soon-to-be-wed couples interested in staying in Michigan for their honeymoon. You will find that some of the nice spots are just as quaint, scenic, picturesque, and romantic as anywhere else in the world.
Mackinac Island (prononced Mack-in-aw) is a classic tourist-honeymoon kind of place. You have to take a ferry boat to access it and no cars are allowed. Only bicycles, horses, and your own two feet. Having been there 1 or 2 times in my life I would say it has the same charm as you would find on either West coast like Mendocino, CA. Maybe the wine isn't as good in Michigan but the scenery is just fine