Quintessential Santa Cruz for your nuptials special places and spaces to wed

Looking up the trunk of a towering coast redwood tree in the Santa Cruz mountains

Quintessential Santa Cruz Wedding

If You Are To Be Wed on the fly yet with fierce beauty, a 'guerrilla wedding' so to speak, Santa Cruz and environs, from beaches to headlands to redwood mountains, is resplendent with special places, serene and wild.

Then, there are certain venues in urban space, quintessential Santa Cruz, that lend themselves also, either to the pre-planned, and/or to the impromptu Santa Cruz Wedding; Wed outside and adjourn to a cool venue, Wed & Sup in the same location, or Wed inside on a real theatre stage!

The City of Santa Cruz, betwixt mountain and ocean, has a micro-climate that can defy any forecast. Should the weather prove inclement; chill coastal fog blanketing the forever blue sky or, in the Rainy Season, a storm front deluge, you will find these locales are cherished and relished for abiding and sound reason.

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Your Wedding
Your Way...

~ Call to book ~
or to schedule
in-person meet:

831-345-1476

Chocolate on Pacific Avenue

"Weddings are fun when everyone gets a chocolate truffle"

With a little notice, David, owner of Chocolate, can sometimes reserve the sidewalk patio (complete with fountain & privacy foliage) for your Ceremony at Chocolate, AND provide the most delectable truffles you could imagine (besides award-winning California fusion-cuisine full dinner menu). You could also book the indoor party room - both spaces have capacity of 25 seated (or marginally more for buffet).

Note: a wedding party would never get an exclusive reservation of Chocolate, since the disappointment of destination regulars being turned away would be too immense!
Address: 1522 Pacific Avenue, Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Phone Number: (831) 427-9900

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The wheel turns:
Fare The Well to both  Buttercup Cake Shop
{awesome Mother, Daughter, Granddaughter team}
As well as to

'Sacred Commerce' Cafe Gratitude Santa Cruz

Never forget to re-member:

"What are you grateful for?"

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& still very much with us:
Windmill Cafe

This is a real windmill!

a block from the Ocean, Twin Lakes or Baker beach.
Excellent chefs make elegant feasts.
Marry in the Morning and wild salmon lunch at the Windmill.
The Windmill Cafe specializes in all dietary preferences,
including vegetarian, vegan, gluten-free
as well as succulent meat and fish dishes.
Organic & delectable.
Produce from their own edible garden.
(not licensed but BYOB is cool).

Windmill Cafe is one woman's dream
lived out in real time!

21231 East Cliff Drive  Santa Cruz, CA 95062

(831) 464-4698

Dark and white chocolate truffles in paper cups at Chocolate on Pacific Avenue
A chocolate raspberry cupcake on a red polka-dot plate with a matching tea set
A tiramisu on a plate inscribed with What are you grateful for?
The Windmill Cafe in Santa Cruz, a timber building with a windmill on its roof and outdoor seating

"We wanted it to be one-of-a-kind and we knew what we didn't want.. But in the end what we got was so much more than we could have imagined, we were thrilled.."

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Our local vibrant independent businesses

Forever Loved and Celebrated

A framed print reading Completely Totally Proud of You beside a round clock on a wooden table
Couples Rave About:

~ Exceptional Photographers ~

Crystal Birns

Chris Schmauch

~ Fabulous Flowers ~
Bonny Doon Blooms
Regenerative Flower Farming

familiar & unusual all grown in the Santa Cruz mountains

Front cover of Modern Floriography by Teresa H. Sabankaya, a posy of roses and garden flowers around the title

Introducing Modern Floriography, Teresa's newest book!

"Modern Floriography isn't just a book, it will become an heirloom, a handy guide to the language of flowers, and an unforgettable gifting book too."

~ Quite stunning Cakes ~

they will make a cup-cake 'flower' bouquet!!

Hollyhock Cakes ~

Alice in Wonderlandish wedding cakes!

~ Wow Dress ~

Wai-Ching (Oregon-based) spectrum colors like you've never seen!

International & out-of-State weddings by arrangement

'Minister on the fly/Officiant on a bicycle'!: call for day rate:

  • Within cycling distance of downtown   Santa Cruz; includes Santa Cruz harbor/ lighthouse, beaches (x 5), secluded creekside 'where the sidewalk ends'..
  • With Ceremony template As Is
  • With 1 or 2 Witnesses
  • With Marriage License in-hand

Officiant files license

Call Corrina: 831 345 1476

A couple exchanging vows indoors with the Santa Cruz coastline visible through the windows