We had our best sleep yet at this B&B - not waking up once in the night, despite the slightly noisy air conditioning... even though we have the vent shut it's a little like hearing the wind gently whirling outside - we must be getting used to it. And we woke excited for what the day ahead held in store. An earlier breakfast found us eating a spinach and mushroom omelette with saute potatoes (the chef had called them roast potatoes and we had been wondering what to expect!).
First on the agenda for today was a trip to the county clerk's office to obtain our Marriage Licence. We had arranged an appointment for 10:00 am and arrived there in good time... at 9:30 am. We decided to go straight in and we were warmly welcomed and expected. They couldn't have been nicer and we even got to take a photo of the very helpful clerk (Roberta) and then we had our picture taken with her as well. Wow! It was great.
Then it was straight over to the Taylor Guitar Factory to meet with Chalise, the Public Relations Manager, our Taylor contact. Nothing was too much trouble - she took us on a personal up close tour, and our jaws dropped as we saw the commitment, the quality, the craftsmanship, and the sheer awesome beauty as woods combined with frets and machine heads and purfling and inlays in a precise laser acuuracy with human handiwork and dedication to produce guitars which are not only a joy to play and to hear, but which are also incredibly beautiful to behold. It was heaven to witness this incredibly special process - and everyone was so friendly and ready to explain things and answer whatever questions we had.
Chalise escorted us across to the Marketing Suite where we had a sharp intake of breath as we stepped into a room with a complete wall of Taylor guitars - custom BTO (build to order) models, R Taylors, different finishes, different tonewoods, different appointments, solid body, acoustic, 6-string, 12-string, semi acoustic T3s and T5s and (hush hush projects)... even a Bose L1 sytem that they use for demonstrating amplified and on roadshows. It was awesome, totally mind blowing.
First on the agenda for today was a trip to the county clerk's office to obtain our Marriage Licence. We had arranged an appointment for 10:00 am and arrived there in good time... at 9:30 am. We decided to go straight in and we were warmly welcomed and expected. They couldn't have been nicer and we even got to take a photo of the very helpful clerk (Roberta) and then we had our picture taken with her as well. Wow! It was great.
Then it was straight over to the Taylor Guitar Factory to meet with Chalise, the Public Relations Manager, our Taylor contact. Nothing was too much trouble - she took us on a personal up close tour, and our jaws dropped as we saw the commitment, the quality, the craftsmanship, and the sheer awesome beauty as woods combined with frets and machine heads and purfling and inlays in a precise laser acuuracy with human handiwork and dedication to produce guitars which are not only a joy to play and to hear, but which are also incredibly beautiful to behold. It was heaven to witness this incredibly special process - and everyone was so friendly and ready to explain things and answer whatever questions we had.
Chalise escorted us across to the Marketing Suite where we had a sharp intake of breath as we stepped into a room with a complete wall of Taylor guitars - custom BTO (build to order) models, R Taylors, different finishes, different tonewoods, different appointments, solid body, acoustic, 6-string, 12-string, semi acoustic T3s and T5s and (hush hush projects)... even a Bose L1 sytem that they use for demonstrating amplified and on roadshows. It was awesome, totally mind blowing.
Here's Val playing a guitar that we both fell in love with,
a custom built Jumbo 12-string...
Photo by Chalise Zolezzi, Taylor Guitars
a custom built Jumbo 12-string...
Photo by Chalise Zolezzi, Taylor Guitars
So, the drive back to La Jolla was becoming natural and easy - as if we've been doing it for years. We parked up, then celebrated our fabulous day by having sumptuous ice creams and sorbets before checking out more shops and heading back to the B&B for cheese and wine and grapes and strawberries... well, somene has to do these things.
Tonight Val's son, Richard, flew in from the UK - he's going to spend a few days here in La Jolla, come to the wedding, and then jet off to San Francisco for a week or so before heading back to Cambridge (UK). Unfortunately his luggage got left in Denver with a promise of it being sent on to his hotel by 11:00 pm. We left him at 10:00 pm after dining out at a local Italian restaurant followed by a slow walk back to his hotel - then a 400 yard stroll to our B&B for a relatively early night.
186 photos today.
Links
jiva website
jiva MySpace
Taylor Guitars website
Tonight Val's son, Richard, flew in from the UK - he's going to spend a few days here in La Jolla, come to the wedding, and then jet off to San Francisco for a week or so before heading back to Cambridge (UK). Unfortunately his luggage got left in Denver with a promise of it being sent on to his hotel by 11:00 pm. We left him at 10:00 pm after dining out at a local Italian restaurant followed by a slow walk back to his hotel - then a 400 yard stroll to our B&B for a relatively early night.
186 photos today.
Links
jiva website
jiva MySpace
Taylor Guitars website
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