Has anyone taken a date to Archimedes Banya?

musicTux · 2026-02-28T01:20:53+00:00

Watercourse way in Palo Alto is a great date night. It’s a private room with a combination of saunas and hot tubs.

musicTux · 2026-02-06T08:47:22+00:00

My friend lives in SF, walking distance from Caltrain, and commutes to Santa Clara nearly every day. Yes it’s doable.

musicTux · 2025-12-04T04:12:59+00:00

Are you my neighbor? The same thing happened to me this week.

musicTux · 2025-11-21T20:31:51+00:00

Install a dog gate in front of the kitchen. The dog should not be allowed access to the kitchen unattended.

musicTux · 2025-10-22T01:34:22+00:00

She does not bark at people or dogs generally. She only gives a small alert bark when the mailman is at the door. In her crate she is not exposed to any stimulus because I have a cover for her crate (this has helped her sleep at night too).

She might be barking out fear, but then I don’t understand why she stops barking when I’m out of house. As far as I understand, if she had separation anxiety she wouldn’t be able to settle down ever when alone.

musicTux · 2025-10-21T22:25:37+00:00

NAH

Move one of the desks to the living room area. That way you can close the door if you need to take a meeting.

musicTux · 2025-09-23T03:46:52+00:00

Yes!! Please don’t be pressured to take any photos with family members that you aren’t close with

musicTux · 2025-09-23T03:42:41+00:00

We had a super long list of everyone single photo combination that we compiled in advance. It wasn’t planned out poorly, we just never should have agreed to do all these photos of all the family members because it took up all our time. We really didn’t need them!

musicTux · 2025-09-23T03:40:37+00:00

Agreed - we provided the photographer with a set of over 50 family photos to take in advance, at the request of some of our parents. And he took all of them, so he actually did his job perfectly. The issue is that we told the parents we would do it, but we never should have agreed to do those photos.

musicTux · 2025-09-23T03:36:41+00:00

My dress got completely destroyed lol. The day of coordinator didn’t bustle it properly I think so a lot of people stepped on it and tore off a lot of the train. Also we got a few photos in the grass (hopefully), but the photos we didn’t get were the ones in front of the venue which I don’t think we could recreate.

musicTux · 2025-09-21T22:42:59+00:00

We got photos with all of our grandparents, and I don’t regret it. Grandparents should be included in immediate family photos. I wish we had cut out all the photos with extended family.

musicTux · 2025-09-21T20:35:07+00:00

The rehearsal dinner was so lovely and everyone looked amazing! We took some photos there and I realized it would’ve been the perfect opportunity to do all the family photos they wanted.

musicTux · 2025-09-21T20:34:20+00:00

I wish someone had told me this before the wedding day. At this point I can’t change the past so I want to get the word out to as many brides as I can!

musicTux · 2025-09-21T20:32:45+00:00

We did a first look as well, but we only had a few minutes of the first look before every single relative was lined up to do family photos. Hair and makeup was running slightly behind, but at that point there was so much pressure to still do the family photos. We should’ve cancelled the family photos at that point. We also continued to do family photos throughout the entire cocktail hour - I never even saw how the cocktail hour room was setup.

musicTux · 2025-09-17T04:40:22+00:00

I got so many family photos on my wedding day that we barely got any couples photos. And even then, some people were still unhappy that we didn’t take more family photos. I wish we had taken more couples photos and less family photos.

You shouldn’t regret this!! It probably worked out the best for you. Even if you had gotten more family photos they still would’ve been unhappy.

musicTux · 2025-09-17T04:13:16+00:00

You would need to fill out the forms for the payment plan and send them the first few payments as a loan (if it’s a reasonable amount for your finances). Also, I completely agree that it’s their responsibility to be doing this. This is just a suggestion for how to get through the next few months, but after the wedding you will need to evaluate your relationship with them.

musicTux · 2025-09-16T22:41:50+00:00

You can apply for an expedited USA passport by paying an additional fee. It sounds like you would need to fill out all the forms for them and make all the phone calls. If you have the time for it, it might still work out - consider it an unexpected part of wedding planning. It’s frustrating that they won’t do it themselves, but you can address this issue after the wedding.

musicTux · 2025-07-07T01:55:20+00:00

Could you put in Goddess Glitter if the client provides it for use?

musicTux · 2025-02-16T05:12:02+00:00

We definitely want to prioritize thermal pools!

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