THE VENUE
Tucked into the mountainside of Santa Ynez, Ca, Monica and Adam made their idealistic destination wedding dreams come true at Sunstone Villa. They had wanted a destination-style weekend for their family to enjoy without actually having to go very far from home, and boy does Santa Barbara Wine Country do the trick. If you’re looking to marry in Italy but also want all 200 of your kin there, a Sunstone Villa wedding is the way to go!
THE PROPOSAL
About a year prior to their wedding, Adam and Monica were on a trip to Greece for another friends’ wedding. Little did Monica know, Adam had been in contact with a wedding planner from afar for over a month with a proposal up his sleeve. He rented out an abandoned hotel at the highest point of Santorini, hired stand-in actors to pretend to be guests, a few musicians, delicious food and a photographer.
Monica mentioned that Adam was not himself that entire day. He seemed to be sick, mad, aloof; anything but himself. Anytime she asked him if anything was wrong, he shrugged it off. (How could you not be nervous when you have orchestrated the most epic proposal ever)? The cover was, Adam had a chef friend in Greece who wanted him and Monica to join him for a private menu tasting, so Monica suspected nothing… she was fooled up until the point of the proposal. Enchanting, right?!
THE WEDDING
This wedding was one for the books. A 6 course menu with Monica’s grandmother’s recipe included, a smoke bar stocked with hookah and joints, a bar with only the finest of liquors, a private BUTLER (who guess what also happens to be George Clooney’s butler but no big deal or anything), and honestly the most beautiful decorations to accent the Tuscan-like countryside. I could go on and on and on about how incredible everything was, but you can see that for yourself.
