Glamnuptials : Our Minimoon

WOW, I'm almost at the end of my recap posts and I've been married over a year. Can you believe its been a that long since I got married!!! Time flies. I know, I know I can all hear you say, "its about time those recaps are done!" LOL I admit, it took me forever.


We when were planning our wedding, the honeymoon was something that was rather important (to me at least)... a getaway after the whole 1 year and a half of planning. Unfortunately, we soon realized that things were rather expensive... and the honeymoon was put on hold.

Originally when we would talk about honeymoon destinations, Mr.Flamingo and I weren't on the same page. He wanted Disney, I wanted Italy/Paris. Then it switched, since I knew we wouldn't agree on a place... we considered going down south, but we abandoned all those ideas and figured a minimoon was a better option. So right after the wedding... we packed our bags, fill the tank and drove to my favorite city NYC!


Not having lots of money to invest in our trip, we used Priceline to book our hotel in Jersey. It was our first time using this site and we were quite happy about the price and hotel.

The view of Manhattan from our room

Yup I even brought our laptop so that I can blog while we were away.

Very comfy bed...

Every morning we would grab a chai latte at starbucks (which happened to be in the hotel lobby - isnt that amazing!!! ) and would take the shuttle to the train station. It was my first time taking the train to Penn station but other than getting lost a couple of times we finally got the hang of it ;)

As a wedding gift, we received a brand new Samsung NV24HD digital camera from work and we were so excited to put our new camera to good use. We took lots of pictures on the first day but when it came time to recharge the battery... oops there was a problem. It wasn't charging - a defect in the battery. So you know what that means...we didnt take pics of our other days in NYC... what a shame.

But at least we caught this on camera.

We visited the famous Madame Tussaud. I've been to NYC at least 5 times and never got the chance to check out the famous wax museum... we seriously had a blast.



Of course Mr.Flamingo needed to take a picture with his favorite superhero... sometimes I seriously think he would love to be Clark Kent. lol

I, on the other hand need to take a pic with my girl power chicas! I almost look like Geri Haliwells replacement... almost. So, Mr.F felt he needed to be part of something too... so Nsync was his choice of the hour.

We absoultely wanted to see a Broadway show (even though Mr.Flamingo is french) our first choice was Wicked, but tickets were sold out and decided to see The Mel Brooks musical The Young Frankenstein.

This is the only proof we were at a broadway show. No pictures allowed so before they confiscated our camera we put it away. We seriously LOVED it... to the point that its going to be on our "must" list next time around.


The rest of our stay we did lots of walking and continued to visit places. We even got the chance to meet Mrs. Bee, Mr. and Mrs. Pumpkin and Mrs. Lovebird for a nice meal at the Spice Market in the Meatpacking District.

Can't wait to go to NYC again, hopefully I'll meet even more bees. (Thats the funnest part - I find)


Up next: La Bosse Des Noces (us on TV) ...

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Previously:
Glamnuptials: Beauty Time
Glamnuptials: Prep Time
Glamnuptials: Our details
Glamnuptials: Ceremony Part 1
Glamnuptials: Ceremony Part 2
Glamnuptials: Bride Posing
Glamnuptials: Groom Posing
Glamnuptials: Strike the pose Part 1
Glamnuptials: Strike the pose Part 2
Glamnuptials: The Newlyweds
Glamnuptials: We are Family
Glamnuptials: The first dance
Glamnuptials: Toast time a lot of tears
Glamnuptials: Boogie on Down
Glamnuptials: 3,2,1 and Catch!
Glamnuptials: The Favors
Glamnuptials: Le Gâteau
Glamnuptials: The Guestbook
Glamnuptials: Decor Elements
Glamnuptials: Giving our gifts
Glamnuptials: DAS aka Day after Shoot
Glamnuptials: Wedding Movie Trailer
Glamnuptials: Real Wedding Inspiration Board
Glamnuptials: The REAL Budget

Minimooning - it

There is only 12 days until the wedding and we haven't booked our honeymoon yet. We've had endless amount of discussions on where we should go... it started with Paris, Italy and there was mention of Disney, we talked about going down south but we abandoned all those ideas.

As the wedding gets closer and closer I see the bills piling up and its stressing me a little. Mr.Flamingo is in school full time and because we are paying majority of the wedding (with some help from my parents) a honeymoon done to our liking would be too expensive at the moment.

I love travelling and even though I put my dream of visiting Europe on the back burner... my honeymoon will be the last chance to travel before we go ahead and start our flamingo family. We will have a honeymoon, just at a later date. It will simply allow us to get back on our feet. So, I though a minimoon could be a great idea. Maybe a couple of nights somewhere local where we can relax and enjoy our new married status.

Have you decided to go the minimoon route because of budget reasons?

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Not Paris or Disney... somewhere sunny

Going back to our honeymoon discussion, both Mr.Flamingo and I still don't agree on our location. I tried on several accounts to bring out all the pros of Europe or other places he hasn't gone in Europe but it doesn't interest him like Disneyland doesn't interest me.

Of course the second option, we would most definitely somewhat agree on, would be a sun destination. Though I feel that a honeymoon destination is somewhat special, like one you wouldn't necessarily visit on your yearly vacation spot, I tend to be picky on the location. Secondly, I wouldn't want to go somewhere we've been before - Cuba.


We would like to go for an all-inclusive package. That way we won't need to be worrying about anything and its almost hassle-free. I like that option and so does Mr.Flamingo. Another point is that I would like to relax (meaning some sort of spa option) go to the beach and visit some historical places of the destination. Of course there's the classic Mexico destination where all these option seem possible... but I don't want to go somewhere too touristy.

Due to the fact that Mr.Flamingo is still in school (and isn't really allowed to miss any days) Our honeymoon will basically fall, when he is allowed to. That being said, the choice is limited and maybe the amount of days too. (Still don't know if we will be able to leave for 2 weeks) Because of this, I thought a one week vacation with lets say 4 days on land and 3 on a cruise was an interesting idea - but nope... how could I forget Mr.Flamingo is afraid of the ocean.

Then we thought, if we have two weeks vacation we could do 2 destinations. That way the trip would be extra special and we will see twice as many things. I really really like that idea and so does Mr.Flamingo. Are we ever gonna find a destination... the wedding is almost 3 months away, and I'm not liking this lack of organization.

Am I the only one having any problems agreeing on a location? Are you opting for the sun destination, if so any suggestions on places we can go?

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