A few weeks ago, Mike and I journeyed out to Colorado to attend the wedding of Victoria and her husband! OG blog readers will remember Little V and all the fun we had in college. She was my very first friend at Georgetown, actually. I had gone up during my senior year of high school to visit after I got in and ended up getting a tour of the school from Victoria who was a coxswain on the freshman men’s crew team. The rest is history!
I’m a little biased towards backyard weddings, but their big day was truly next level. It was the most spectacular wedding! Victoria moved out to Colorado, where she and her husband met while skiing one day. They have built a beautiful home for themselves on a mountain and that’s where they hosted the wedding. Their friends and family traveled from all over the world to attend. After days of downpour and a forecast showing rain on Saturday, too, the clouds seemed to miraculously dissipate that afternoon. The radiant sun lit up the entire mountain and it couldn’t have been a dreamier day into evening. (Complete with a full moon on a cloudless night!) Of course, their donkeys and yak and chickens and dog were in attendance, too.
The wedding was in Carbondale, which is about three and a half hours away from the Denver Airport or under an hour from Aspen. Mike and I flew into Denver, rented a car, and drove to Carbondale. We stayed in The Distillery Inn and it was the perfect location. I loved downtown Carbondale. There was so much going on! They had a big block party that Friday night (even in the rain!) and we enjoyed a number of restaurants and cafes during our (very) short trip. Notably, I loved Izakaya for dinner, Fatbelly Burgers, and Bonfire Coffee. We also ventured into Aspen the morning of the wedding and had breakfast at The Little Nell and rode the gondola up for hot chocolate (it was snowing!).
I asked Victoria if I could share some pictures from the big day and she said yes! (And shared her vendor list– shared at the bottom of the post! Every detail was thoughtfully taken care of and Victoria said they each went above and beyond the call of wedding duty.)
What a beautiful wedding and such a cool destination!
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