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Order of events on March 15th

Dress code

There is no strict dress code for our wedding. We recommend "semi-formal" attire, which refers to that liminal space between casual and black-tie. Of course, wear what you think makes you look good (there will be lots of pictures being taken).

Travel and lodging

For out-of-town guests, San Diego International Airport (SAN) is the major airport to use. Depending on how you want to spend your visit, there are a number of good options for lodging. The wedding venue is in Chula Vista, which is about 8 miles south of downtown San Diego and about 10 miles south of San Diego International Airport. Chula Vista has a quaint downtown area, but is not the best option for tourist activities / beach access. To maximize your proximity to the wedding, the following hotels in Chula Vista are very close:
The downtown San Diego area (including Little Italy and the Gaslamp District) is a convenient option for its proximity to the airport (2 miles) and has access to good restaurants and fun tourist activities. It is also quite close to Chula Vista and the wedding venue. Here are the top 10 ("best value") hotels in downtown San Diego according to TripAdvisor:
North Park is also a great option, as it is about ten minutes from the airport by car and has a lot of great restaurants in a walkable area. The Lafayette Hotel is an historic hotel that was recently renovated. It is also quite near where Mimi and Hunter used to live.

For a beach/ocean oriented visit, Pacific Beach and La Jolla are two good areas. Both will be around 20 minutes from the airport and around a 30 minute drive to the wedding venue. Pacific Beach has a party scene, lots of bars, and a nice boardwalk area and lots of restaurants. La Jolla is a fancier area and offers higher end restaurants and beautiful views of the Pacific Ocean. We will point out that the Pacifc Ocean temperature in March is around 60 degrees Fahrenheit. For Pacific Beach, an example hotel close to the beach and boardwalk is the Pacific Terrace Hotel, though there are a lot of options and frankly we do not know which are better than others. In La Jolla, the Grand Colonial Hotel is a four-star hotel and is in a nice location in downtown La Jolla.

Fun things to do

Registry / gifts

Your presence is the precious gift we request.
For the giving-inclined guests, Mimi and Hunter must inform you of an anticipated intercontinental move in the near future. Alas! Material goods would only be a burden at this juncture.
Fear not! We are planning a weeklong honeymoon for the summer of 2025 in the Pacific Northwest. In lieu of material gifts, we will be accepting cash gifts (digitally via Venmo or Paypal) or checks / cash at the wedding explicitly earmarked for our vacation and sorted into three tiers.

When giving digitally, please verify that the recipient of a Venmo gift is @miaraelewis, and of a Paypal gift is @franklinhunterakins.

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