Altadena Town & Country Club

Hallowedding

Ceremony

Reception

Dinner

Our Wedding

Cowboy Country 11/07/15 (the first & last visit) 

It all started one night on November 7th, 2015. Cristina: I Texted my family friend Danny to go out for the night. We normally go out to an 80s bar called New Wave but ended up at Cowboy Country. If anyone knows anything about me I don’t care for country music but thought , what the heck, let’s try it. I pick up Danny and we drive to this huge red barn looking building. As we walk inside Danny tells me, “Cristina you’re going to find a white guy in here”. I laughed as we went inside. It was a huge two story bar with a live band and various dance floors with people wearing their cowboy boots, flannel, jeans and hats. Now since I had planned to go to our normal spot, I was a fish out of water with my outfit. I had black open toed wedges, tight black pants and a white sequence beaded shirt. We headed to a table where we met some of Danny’s friends. I didn’t dare go on the dance floor since everyone knew every move and were all in sync with each other. I left the group to wander around and made my way upstairs to the second floor bar. I liked how you could watch everyone from above. As I was walking to the bar, along comes this guy in my path. He takes my hand and twirls me around to the song currently playing. How random (yet intriguing) I thought! I follow him to his small table of friends and we begin talking.

Our Story

---------------------------------------- Hi there! Please account time for travel to the venue due to Friday LA traffic on Halloween weekend. It took us 1 hour and 45 minutes leaving from Long Beach every time we have gone up there (about 6 times on different days). ﻿Please allow 2 hours for travel time. ----------------------------------------

----------------------------------------------------- This hotel is located in Oldtown Pasadena, about 4 miles away from our wedding venue. It is located right next to The Paseo entertainment/food shopping center and borders the route of the Tournament of Roses Parade that takes place on New Year's Day. To book:CLICK the black "WEBSITE" button below and use our venue's discount code:149934 For any questions or concerns please contact the Hyatt Hotel Manager Jose at 626-219-7162 or Sales Associate Jennifer at 626-219-7063

Hyatt Place Pasadena

Travel

Wedding &amp; Halloween Movie Inspirations:(Movies to watch to get you in the spirit) - Dracula (1931)- Frankenstein (1931)- Gone With the Wind (1939)- Night of the Living Dead (1968)- Halloween (1978)-Grease (1978)- Beetlejuice (1988)- The Addams Family (1991)- Hocus Pocus (1993)- The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)- The Wedding Singer (1998)- Sleepy Hollow (1999)

Things to Do

Derek is Chet’s best friend since 2011 when they met in the Marine Corps. 

Derek Strader 

Therese is Cristina’s best friend from Millikan High School. 

Therese Demesa

Chad has been both of our friends since he became our neighbor in 2018. 

Chad Belmontes

Kylie is Chet’s first cousin who has visited and stayed to vacation with us in California multiple times. 

Kylie Mack

Chester met Akshay in 2015 while living in South Central Los Angeles and enjoy talking about music. 

Akshay Kothakonda

Cristina has known and been Michelle’s friend since meeting her at Cal State Long Beach over 10 years ago. 

Michelle Montano

Wedding Party

Photos Over Time

First Photo Ever - Second Date @ Knotts Berry Farm (Nov 2015)

Bronson Cave & Hollywood Sign Trail (03/20/16)

Gardena Bowl - shoe shot (our picture thing to do) (01/24/16)

First LA Kings Game for Chet (03/12/16)

Medieval Times w Chet’s family (05/04/16)

Disneyland - Space Mountain (08/27/16)

Chet’s Academy Ceremony (02/17/17)

NHL All Star Games 2017

Paintball @ Hollywood Sports Park (08/27/17)

San Francisco Vacay (06/21/17)

Haunted Hay Ride @ Griffith Park (10/13/17)

LA Comic Con @ Los Angeles Convention Center (10/27/17)

Archery in Sequoia National Forest @ Montecito Sequoia Lodge (01/10/18)

Morro Bay Anniversary Vacation (06/25/18)

Halloween Pumpkins (OCT 2018)

DQ with Cristina’s siblings - December 2018

Late Night Coldstone- December 2018

Canada- LA Kings vs Calgary Flames @ Scotiabank Saddledome (03/25/19)

Shenandoah at the Arbor Resturant bday dinner (04/12/19)

Natural History Museum of LA (05/06/19)

Award Ceremony w/ Cristina’s Grandparents - Marian & Mr Dennis (2019)

Thee Ring ! (By Vera Wang) 

LA Kings Nights @ Dodger Stadium (08/06/19)

Long Beach Queen Mary Dark Harbor (OCT 2019)

Our Pumpkins (OCT 2019)

Grand Canyon West (03/03/20)

Belmont Shore Beach (05/04/20)

Las Vegas - Taco Bell Cantina

Hershey’s Chocolate World Custom Chocolate bar @ Las Vegas (11/13/20)

LA Kings Fan Cutouts @ Staples Center 

Vacation: Lake Tahoe- March 2021

George F Canyon Nature Trail (03/27/21)

Fathers Day (Cristina’s Grandpa & Dad) 06/20/21

Friday the 13th Marriage License Application - Santa Ana Court 08/13/21

Wedding Shower - 09/18/21

Pa’s Pumpkin Patch - Long Beach- 10/10/21

Photos

Q + A

Registry

Cristina & Chester

Cristina & Chester

Travel

Hyatt Place Pasadena