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Penelope and Dave Bullock Update

It's been quite some time since we've updated this blog of ours. I would say the top two reasons for that is Penelope is in the thick of nursing school and I have been busy programming and shooting photos.

Penelope has around a month left before she finishes nursing school. She has been working really really hard to become the best nurse possible. She has such a wonderful spirit, the perfect persona to be a nurse. Once she is done with school she will be studying and then taking her NCLEX, the exam which makes one a nurse.

I am so proud of all the hard work she has done. She is really a strong, wonderful woman. She will make a wonderful nurse and mother. Even during her stressful studies and her duties as Student Nursing Association president, she still makes time for me. I'm a very lucky man.

On the weekends, we've been doing our best to get out of the loft and into the wilderness. In the last few months we have backpacked Southern California's tallest peak, San Gorgonio; day hiked Gaviota Peak in the hot Santa Barbara sun; hiked up to the ruins at White City; and hiked Mt. Baldy (which I haven't blogged about yet). We have also been running several times a week around Not A Cornfield.

I have been busy programming at AmericasPrinter.com, we are about to launch our new feature-rich e-commerce website. I have also been doing freelance programming here and there and have been shooting frequently for Wired.com. I recently created a photo portfolio which you can check out here on davebullock.com.

In late January or early February, Penelope and I will be heading out on a road trip to visit some family and spend some time in Death Valley and Tahoe. That will be good fun and we're looking forward to getting away for a bit.

We're going to do our best to update this site more frequently. I have some programming ideas in mind that will pool our blog posts, twitter messages and flickr photos to make the site more useful. Until then, we hope to see you soon in real life!

First Wedding Anniversary

Time flies! One year ago, David and I married in one of our favorite neighborhood spots. It has been an honor to experience life with someone who is profoundly inspiring. It’s been very exciting watch one another progress into nursing and photography, and to co-exist within our rapidly evolving downtown home.

David is an extraordinary person, a loving husband, and an understanding friend. I absolutely love him and look forward to our numerous endeavors =]

We are both taking the day off and will walk over to a local restaurant of choice for dinner that we are crazy about. A hike to Griffith Park Observatory and some fierce scrabbling at the top are also on the agenda (we somehow become addicted to Scrabble during our honeymoon).

Thank You San Francsico!

We had a wonderful vacation!

Honeymoon Photos

I really didn't mean to wait this long before posting photos from our honeymoon, but I've been busy. I separated them into the following sections:

Our wedding, reception, and honeymoon = total bliss

Mrs. Bullock has a few words...yes, the most wonderful wedding and reception happened. Everything was perfect...no downpours, no runaway brides/grooms, no strippers jumping out of the cake. Everything seemed to fall into place, as many had predicted.

We got the weather as we had "ordered," a gorgeous summer afternoon with some gentle breezes. Dave looked absolutely amazing in his tux, and I'll never forget how proud he looked when I first approached him. The reception was very touching and was carried off (literally) by the hubbie to take some photos and enjoy what would be the ideal reception. The presence of family members and friends made our celebration unforgettable. We had so many people go out of their way to make things fly, and that was the magic.

We had a wonderful stay at the hotel on our wedding night and left for Fiji the following evening. As far as Fiji is concerned, we couldn't have chosen a better place to honeymoon. Fiji is a very magical place and I am eager to return and blog more in detail about our adventures-so much to say and so many pictures to upload. It was very a romantic honeymoon and treasured every waking moment with Dave. Although it was sad to end our vacation, I returned with a man that I adore, to continue our own paradise with our two kitties.

Here is a site that my dear friend, Wakako, mustered up, and has some terrific photos of the rehearsal as well as the wedding.

Honeymoon

We had the most wonderful honeymoon ever. We didn't want to come back to America, but hey life is about compromise right? We are currently sorting through our photos and our memories and will be posting a complete trip report in the coming days. Thanks again to everyone who made our wedding so special! We love you!

Thank you all so much!

We loved having you at our wedding. It was really wonderful. I am going to write more about it soon, but I have to get packed for Fiji!

Direction to the New Otani Hotel

Here are directions depending on which way you are coming in from:

South on the 101 Hollywood Freeway - Take the 101 South , exit at Los Angeles St. Turn right at the Los Angeles St. Go two blocks to 2nd St. Hotel is on the left.

North on the 110 Harbor Freeway - Exit at 4th St. Go two blocks to Olive. Turn left and continue to 1st St. Turn right, go to Los Angeles St. and turn right. Hotel is on the left.

South on the 110 Pasadena Freeway - Take the 110 South, move in the leftmost lane, and exit at Hill St. Turn left at 1st St. Go six blocks, and turn right at Los Angeles St. Hotel is on the left side.

West on the 10 San Bernardino Freeway - Take the 10 west to the Hollywood Freeway (101 North), and exit on Alameda St. Go one block, and turn left at Los Angeles St. Continue three blocks to the hotel, which is on the left.

From Los Angeles International Airport - Take Sepulveda Blvd. South. Take the Century Freeway 105 East, and continue to Harbor Freeway 110 North. Exit at 4th St. Go two blocks to Olive, turn left, and continue to 1st St. Turn right, go to Los Angeles St. and turn right. Hotel is on the left.

Registry Confusion

A few people (including my mother) have asked us where we are registered, even though we have a Registry section on the wedding page. We are registered at Amazon.com (yes they sell more than books) and Crate & Barrel. So here are direct links to our registries:

Welcome to our wedding site...

Judging from the fact that you have landed on our wedding site, we are guessing you have received your invitation. That is a good thing, proof our postal system is in good working order. We had considered other modes of invitation, such as carrier pigeon, smoke signal and singing telegram, but the error rate was out of our acceptable tolerance range.

We just now realized that in our invitations, we only mentioned this website as a form of response. If you are unable to RSVP via email (wedding@pendave.com), please go ahead and telephone Penelope's mother, Kristen Proffitt, at (714) 534-1286. Prank calls will be frowned upon and will negatively impact your seating arrangements.

For information about the location, accommodations, menu, things to do in the area and the registry, please either click here or on the wedding tab at the top of the page.

We hope you will bless us with your presence on our day of matrimony, July the 9th 2006.

Wedding Invitations Completed

I can hardly believe we've finished all 120 of them! Yes, we decided to go with homemade invitations because wedding invitations are terribly overpriced and often unimaginative. They have also been haunting me for the last 3 weeks.

It was going well until we found a subtle grammatical error once finished (heh heh...so typical of me), and felt compelled to start over again. There was also a glitch in the design, so that had to be changed as well.

Dave's mother's photo is very symbolistic icon for Dave and I-we love flowers and it was taken in 2003 at Echo Park Lake (a spot we are fond of). At first, I wasn't sure why I subjected myself to make an origami heart for each invite, but am so glad I did so. I am so proud of our beautiful work of art! Hooray for us!

What this page needs...

Is a photo of us... so here it is:

Photography

Ok, we've posted over 100 photos, many of which have never been seen by anybody other than us. We still have many more to go, but this is a good start!

Wedding Info

I have updated the wedding info page with details about the wedding for our guests. You can see the page by clicking here or on the \"Wedding\" tab on the top of any page. We are currently compiling the information for the fun stuff page... keep an eye out for updates. If you have an RSS reader you can keep up with our site by subscribing to our RSS feed.

Invitations

Yes, the official invitations will be coming to a mailbox near you. We are hand making them-my our own design and photography credits belong to Dave's mother. They are taking a lot of time to make, but we are having fun using our creativity! ;-)

Hello and Welcome!

I hope you enjoy our new blog. You can read our personal blogs here for me, and here for dave.

Welcome to the new site!

We are currently gathering the content for this site, but soon we will have all of our wedding related posts imported as well as some of our favorite pictures over the years we've known each other. We are also compiling some great lists of our favorite things to do in Downtown LA as well as our favorite restaurants. =]