bugaboo's reviews

We really enjoyed working with Cal West Rentals! They even helped us find our wedding venue!! Bridget and her team are very responsive and helpful. If they didn't offer a product we were looking for, they would help us find the item. They are also very affordable and are priced competively to other local rentals companies. Our ceremony and reception were held outdoors at a private home. Needless to say, we needed to bring in every stitch of the party. Cal West helped us make our wedding happen! Thank you!!

What a disappointment! We hired the SF Conservatory for our June wedding in Healdsburg. Unfortunately for us, we did not acutally get to have the musicians we hired play on our wedding day! The violinist and guitar player showed up as planned to play. Then, about 10 minutes before the ceremony was set to begin (I am not exaggerating the time frame in the slightest!!) we were told they would be unable to perform due to the hot temperatures. They said the heat would hurt their instruments and they could not play over "78 degrees" and then promptly left. Luckily for us,our DJ Stefano from BIG FUN DJS saved the day! He managed to set up ceremony music and speakers in lightning time for our ceremony. whew!

Now, I am a reasonable person,and we were in fact having a heat wave and it was incredibly hot that day,so I don't discount it would have been uncomfortable. But, I do have a problem with being told only minutes before my wedding that suddenly one of my vendors is unable to perform as promised. Especially since the heat wave had been going on for about a WEEK at that point and not once did I have any idea that the weather would affect their ability to play. I would have appreciated a phone call earlier in the week when they saw the weather was not going to be mild or, at the very least earlier that day! Even a few hours ahead of time would have been better, so we could have made alternate arrangements. AND, when we booked their services, it would have been nice to have the weather conditions explained to us. Especially since--as anyone who lives in the bay area knows-- the Wine Country is HOT most of the summer! And DEFINITELY reaches temperatures above 78 degrees most days. The average temperature for Healdsburg is 85 on a June day. I recently attended a wedding this past summer in Napa with temperatures in the 80's (even reaching the 90's for part of the day), and wouldn't you guess it?-- they had musicians playing happily for the ceremony.

BIG FUN Djs were awesome!! They were EXTREMELY RESPONSIVE and sent the most informative emails! They also made working with them very easy!! At my initial meeting with our DJ Stefano, we were able to share our ideas for music and plan some playlist ideas. On the wedding day were supposed to have ceremony muscians play for us, who at the very last minute chose not to, due to heat. As disappointing as this was for us, Stefano stepped right in and saved the day! He worked hard to organize our ceremony music at the last minute and our guests never knew of the snafu only 10 minutes before our ceremony!

A BIG thank you to the entire team! We were thrilled!

Wow~!! The food at Feast is phenomenal!!! I was lucky to have their food as a guest about 5 years ago and couldn't stop thinking about the mac n' cheese orzo dish or yummy prime rib I had that night. Lucky me, when I got engaged I ended up in the area and remembered to call them. The food is truly better than most restuarants and the service is impeccable! My guests are just like me now, and also can't stop thinking about the food!

In addition to the wonderful food, they are delight to work with. They were nothing but responsive to all of my emails and very helpful when deciding our menu and budget.

Thank you Feast for making our wedding dinner so memorable!

Katherine was so much fun to work with!! In every meeting I had with her, I felt she just "got me" and my vision. It was effortless on my part to convey what I wanted, because she just knew! I brought in pictures I had saved, and she would know instantly where I had clipped the picture from! She seemed to love the details of my wedding just as much as I did! On the day of the wedding, I couldn't have been more thankful to her and the other wonderful ladies at Cherries! The flowers took my breath away and were truly the most beautiful I had ever seen! Beyond my expectations!!!! Aside, from being the awesome ladies that they are and doing the most spectacular floral work, they also helped me fix some "problems" that arose when my coordinator went missing!! They made me feel taken care of the entire time I worked with them and I am forever grateful!!

Don't think twice about hiring Katherine and the ladies at Cherries! They are phenomenal!!!!!

Dorothy is beyond fantastic and a wonderful photographer! We hired Dorothy for our wedding and engagement photos about a year before our wedding date. We had met with 4-5 other photographers prior to our first meeting with Dorothy and loved her instantly and hired her on the spot! We felt like she was very reasonably priced and loved her work. Our package included an engagement shoot, and Dorothy went above and beyond to help us get the pictures we wanted--even meeting with us on separate days so we could include our favorite spots around San Francisco. She was very fun and easy to work with. She scoped out our locations ahead of time to become familiar with the area and the light. She also drove more than 2 hours to our wedding venue ahead of time to preview the setting before our big day!

On the day of the wedding, Dorothy and her assistant photographer were wonderful! Having worked with Dorothy before at the engagement shoot, and spoken with her on the phone and by email countless times before, I felt like she was an old friend on the day of the wedding! My husband and I were both totally at ease with her and commented after that we couldn't have imagined working with anyone else, because they might not have delivered the same friendly experience. The day of our wedding was incredibly hot (with temperatures over 100 degrees!!) and Dorothy and her assistant were working tirelessly to ensure we recieved all the photos we could have hoped for. Many of our guests commented that she and her assistant were "everywhere" and didn't seem to miss a single moment! We even received our full set of photos already edited less than 2 weeks later on our honeymoon!! I was thrilled with how they turned out and have a hard time picking favorites because there are so many to choose from! She captured our wedding beautifully!

I think hiring Dorothy was one of the best decisions we made for our wedding! She was always responsive and helpful and above all else extrememly professional. I loved working with many of our vendors, but Dorothy was by far our favorite!

SWOON!! I loved, loved, loved working with Laura! We asked Laura to create one of her fabulous maps for our Save the Dates. They came out sooo adorable and exceeded our expectations! She responded to me almost instantly each time I emailed her. The whole process was very fast and I received my STD's in only 2 weeks. Our guests loved them and many of the compliments we recieved were from guys! (Who says they don't appreciate the details?!)

I loved my Save the Dates so much, that I contacted Laura to make my invitations as well! I met with her at her studio and we worked together to create my dream invites!! She has the most beautiful calligraphy and I just couldn't get enough of her. So, I also asked her to make a large dinner menu for our reception in her stunning calligraphy and some other little lable goodies for our OOT bags. Every single item I ordered with her came out better than I could have hoped! Laura's work is awesome and is worth every penny!All of the pieces she made are definitely one of my favorite elements of our wedding! Thanks Laura we had so much fun working with you!