El Patron Terrace 

Wedding Day

Wedding

Reception

Our Wedding

We met through mutual friends during Little 500 Week at Indiana University in April of 2012. We spent the last few weeks of our sophomore year together in Bloomington getting to know each other & made plans to meet again over the summer. Richie had an internship in Chicago, so Kelsey agreed to visit him there! On June 16, 2012, Richie had an evening of events planned. We went on the Spirit dinner cruise, then got drinks at The Signature Room at the top of the Hancock building, where Richie asked Kelsey to be his girlfriend!

HOW WE MET

We were on our annual trip to Cabo with my parents, a place Richie & I have been traveling to the last 5+ years we’ve been together. The third night into our trip, on January 29, 2018, we had an early dinner reservation at El Farallon at the Resort at Pedregal, which is one of the most romantic places in Cabo. (We dined at this restaurant on a previous trip&nbsp;& Richie had been planning to propose there ever since!) We got there before it opened & had a chance to walk around. Then the restaurant manager offered to take us to a “perfect picture spot” which was down some stairs into the rocks on the cliff of Pedregal. When we got to the bottom of the rocks, Richie got down on one knee, asked me to marry him (I said yes, of course!), & he&nbsp;had a photographer capturing our special moment! After the proposal, a waiter brought us champagne & we got to take our engagement photos. When it was time for our dinner reservation, my parents met us at the restaurant, and we enjoyed the evening celebrating our engagement! Everything about the proposal was perfect, including my ring! We can’t wait to get married in Cabo on our 7th&nbsp;anniversary of being together!

HOW HE PROPOSED

Our Story

Wedding Week Details

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All scheduled events are adults only.&nbsp;

Details

Photos

Taylor & Kelsey have been best friends since first grade & grew up down the street from one another. They’ve always stayed close, even while attending different colleges & living in different cities. It was always great spending weekends with Tay Tay when we were visiting home, & we loved having her visit us a few times in Chicago! Most recently, Taylor, Kelsey, & Richie were lucky enough to be neighbors again, living 7 houses apart in Lakewood & having fun times in The Land before Taylor started her travel nursing job in Houston! Taylor & Kelsey have countless memories together, but one of their favorites was their high school graduation trip to Cabo, & we can’t wait to repeat the fun again! I’m so honored to have my best friend as my maid of honor!

Taylor Miller 

Johnny is Richie’s younger brother & is the fourth out of the five siblings.&nbsp; Just like Richie, Johnny is very competitive, and Richie always enjoys indulging the competitive spark when they are together, whether it’s sports, wrestling, videogames, or eating&hellip;we always have brotherly fun when together!&nbsp; Richie has enjoyed watching his brother grow up into the awesome young man he is today.&nbsp; Although Johnny went to that other University in Indiana (Purdue), we always look forward to seeing Johnny when home. We are so excited for him to be 21 in Cabo and honored to have him as Richie’s best&nbsp;man.

Johnny Was

Christina is Richie’s older sister & is married to Brandon Fowler. Christina & Brandon were the first of Richie’s family members Kelsey met at Indiana University, right before they graduated! With Richie & Christina being the first two of the five siblings, they have always been very close, & Kelsey has enjoyed becoming closer with Christina & Brandon when we all lived in Chicago at the same time & while spending family time together in South Bend, especially weekend getaways at Richie’s family’s lake house! Kelsey is excited to have Christina as her sister-in-law & standing with us on our special day!

Christina Fowler

Brandon is Richie’s brother-in-law who is married to Christina.&nbsp; Richie and Brandon met at IU for the first time and have hit it off ever since.&nbsp; We always enjoyed spending time with Brandon and Christina, from taking part in parties at IU to celebrating holidays with the family, we always have an awesome time when together!&nbsp; Richie even followed Brandon to his first job at Coyote in Chicago&nbsp;and we love to see them whenever we can!&nbsp; We are so excited to have Brandon with us on our special day as part of the family.

Brandon Fowler

Katie is Richie’s younger sister, making her the middle of the five siblings. Katie also attended IU & was a freshman when Richie & Kelsey were seniors. Richie has always looked out for Katie as her big brother, & Kelsey has enjoyed becoming closer with Katie during our time at IU at beyond. Kelsey can’t wait to have Katie as her sister-in-law, giving Richie the opportunity to mix up our names for life! We are honored to have Katie&nbsp;by our sides on our big day!

Katie Was

Ben & Richie have been close friends since playing club soccer together at IU, and became even closer while working at Coyote & living a few streets apart in Chicago!&nbsp; “Two-Bills Benji”, aka “Boo-Boo Benji”, aka “BENJI” has been a great friend to both Richie and Kelsey and a top-notch third wheel when he wants to be!&nbsp; From playing soccer, to darties, to living it up at the sundeck pool at our first apartment, to late night Chicago nights, Ben has always been an awesome friend and we are so excited to have him with us celebrating our special day.

Ben Wallace

Eric is engaged to Lauren Kitchen, making him Kelsey’s soon to be cousin-in-law. Richie & Eric have become great friends since moving to Cleveland.&nbsp; We all lived in Chicago at the same time and now we all moved to Cleveland and live in Lakewood together.&nbsp; We always enjoy spending time together and exploring the city, living it up in Sandusky, and hanging out with the “old guys!”&nbsp; Eric has been a great companion and we get along so well as we are both the two lucky enough to find Kitchen women!&nbsp; I look forward to having Eric beside me on our big day!

Eric Tagarao

Rachel is Richie’s younger sister & youngest in the family. Kelsey remembers meeting Rachel when she was 12, and she & Richie have enjoyed watching Rachel grow up into an amazing young woman! We always have fun when the family gets together & we can’t believe Rachel is now 18, making her legal in Mexico! Kelsey is looking forward to having Rachel as her sister-in-law & standing with us on our big day!

Rachel Was

Mark is Kelsey’s cousin & is married to Jennie Kitchen.&nbsp; Richie has developed a great friendship with Mark since living in Cleveland and now Mark & Jennie live even closer to us!&nbsp; We always have a good time going out to dinner and throwing after parties, that sometimes go too late, but we all look forward to next time we get together!&nbsp; I’m very excited to have Mark standing beside me in Cabo on our special day.

Mark Kitchen

Lauren is Kelsey’s cousin & engaged to Eric Tagarao. Kelsey & Lauren have always been close attending family gatherings over the years, but recently have developed an even better friendship! Lauren & Eric and Kelsey & Richie all lived in Chicago around the same time, and we all ended up moving to Cleveland! All of us (including Mark & Jennie, Kelsey’s other cousins) always have a blast when hanging out! Some of our favorite memories are going to Kelleys Island & the six of us getting together to celebrate birthdays. We are lucky to have such an amazing family & Lo’s support on our special day!

Lauren Kitchen

Jennie is married to Mark Kitchen, making her Kelsey’s cousin-in-law. Kelsey has enjoyed getting to know Jennie over the years & they’ve developed an awesome friendship since Richie & Kelsey moved back to Cleveland! All of us (including Lauren & Eric, Kelsey’s other cousins) always have a fun time when hanging out! Some of our best times are our New Year’s Eve celebrations and our late-night singing & dance parties with the six of us. We are lucky to have such a great family & Jennie’s support on our big day!

Jennie Kitchen

Codeigh & Kelsey have been friends since high school, and the first time Richie & Codeigh met, they became great friends too, especially when climbing a tree in Kelsey’s backyard together!&nbsp; Big Papi and Momma Cocina were not thrilled about the bar inflatables they brought up there, but it was great bonding experience. We always have fun hanging out whether we were visiting home from IU or Chicago! It has been awesome getting to spend more time with Codeigh and his girlfriend Amanda since we have moved back to The Land and I can’t wait to have him standing beside me in Cabo.

Codeigh Thompson 

Amanda is Codeigh's girlfriend & friends with Kelsey & Richie. From the first time they met Amanda, they all became great friends! It's been great getting to know Amanda over the years & the 4 of us enjoy hanging out whenever we get the chance to.&nbsp;We can't wait to have Amanda standing with us on our wedding&nbsp;day!&nbsp;

Amanda Brezina

Wedding Party

Registry

Q + A

If you would like to arrange transportation from the airport to the hotel, please book using this link:

 



 





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Choose Villa del Arco from the dropdown, then you will see the following vehicle options. You can book one-way trips or round trips:



-Shared Shuttle Van (price per person) – seats 10 guests + luggage





-Private Service Suburban (price per vehicle) – seats 7 guests + luggage 

 





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After you book your transportation reservation, you will receive a transportation voucher with instructions & a map to find the Transcabo staff. 

 







 





If you do not want to schedule airport transportation in advance, there are large taxi vans available to take when you arrive at the airport!

Airport Transportation - Transcabo

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The Villa Group Hotels: Overview

Villa del Arco Beach Resort & Spa Cabo San Lucas

Villa Del Palmar Beach Resort & Spa Cabo San Lucas

Travel

Things to Do

Things To Do

ACTIVITIES 

There are many activities you can arrange through the hotel when you arrive! Here is last year’s list of what is offered, so prices might be slightly higher in 2019:



<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1jqikr0ki4KW6YV_OE4OG0j2bGLz5Yv5T/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank">Cabo Activities</a> 

 

















Also, if you choose to do all-inclusive, kayak & paddleboard outings are included in your package!







Villa del Arco & Villa del Palmar are less than a 10-minute taxi ride to downtown. There is a mall, local shops, restaurants, bars, & the marina if you would like to explore Cabo San Lucas. San Jose del Cabo is the other part of Los Cabos, which is about a 45-minute drive away from our resort.

RESTAURANTS 

Since we’ve been traveling to Cabo for so many years, we’ve discovered a lot of great restaurants if you’d like to eat dinner outside of the resort. Here is a list of our favorites!

 









Chamuyo: Argentinian Steak House. Located in-between our hotel & downtown Cabo. <a href="http://www.chamuyorestaurant.com/en/">http://www.chamuyorestaurant.com/en/</a>



 















Baja Brewing Company at Cabo Villas Rooftop: Bar food with a great view. Located in-between our hotel & downtown Cabo. <a href="https://www.bajabrewingcompany.com/cantinas/cachet-club-rooftop">https://www.bajabrewingcompany.com/cantinas/cachet-club-rooftop</a>









 















Pan di Bacco: Affordable Italian. Located in downtown Cabo. <a href="https://www.pandibacco.com/">https://www.pandibacco.com/</a>









 















Nick San: Japanese. Located close to the Marina. <a href="https://nicksan.com/">https://nicksan.com/</a>









 















Hacienda Cocina y Cantina: Seafood & Mexican with a nice view. Located in-between our hotel & downtown Cabo. <a href="https://www.haciendacocina.mx/">https://www.haciendacocina.mx/</a>









 















Sunset Monalisa: Upscale with amazing views. Located 20 minutes away from our resort in the hotel corridor. <a href="https://www.sunsetmonalisa.com/">https://www.sunsetmonalisa.com/</a>









 















The Rooftop at The Cape: Upscale with amazing views. Located 20 minutes away from our resort in the hotel corridor. <a href="https://www.thompsonhotels.com/hotels/mexico/cabo-san-lucas/the-cape/restaurants/the-rooftop">https://www.thompsonhotels.com/hotels/mexico/cabo-san-lucas/the-cape/restaurants/the-rooftop</a>









 















Puerta Vieja: Great view & affordable deal on lobster. Located 20 minutes away from our resort in the hotel corridor. <a href="https://www.puertavieja.com/">https://www.puertavieja.com/</a>









 















El Farallon at The Resort at Pedregal: Very upscale (where Richie proposed!). Located 15 minutes away from our resort in the cliff of Pedregal. <a href="https://www.theresortatpedregal.com/diningsite/elfarallon">https://www.theresortatpedregal.com/diningsite/elfarallon</a>









 















Flora Farms: Farm to Table. Located 45 minutes away in San Jose del Cabo. <a href="https://www.flora-farms.com/">https://www.flora-farms.com/</a>

BARS

Clubs. All located in downtown Cabo. 

 



-El Squid Roe – our favorite nighttime club! They are also open during the day for lunch & dinner and they have great ribs. 

 





-Mandala 

 





-La Vaquita

 



 







Nighttime Bars. All located in downtown Cabo.

 





-Cabo Wabo Cantina 

 





<a href="http://www.cabowabocantina.com/cabo/">http://www.cabowabocantina.com/cabo/</a> 

 





-Giggling Marlin

 





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Daytime Bars. Both are about a 20-minute walk down the beach or you can take a water taxi.

 





-Mango Deck (can get a little crazy with their contests&hellip;but they have 2x1 on a lot of drinks)

 





-The Office