John and Katy's Wedding
Memorial Day weekend my friend John
got married! I was best man.
First I'm going to talk about the bachelor party which was two weeks before.
It was an
action-packed day, involving a co-ed group of about 10 of us all packed
into a van. First we took a tour of
Oriole
Park at Camden Yards. This was a lot of fun, but unfortunately my
camera batteries ran out so not many pictures for you. We got to visit the club level, see the broadcast
booths, sit in the press box, and sit in the dugout (we weren't allowed to
walk on the field).
Here's the field:
Here's the Bromo
Seltzer tower:
Part of our group almost missed the tour because the Preakness parade was
happening at the same time and roads were closed.
After lunch, we went to the Batting Cages.
After that, we ate dinner at Medieval Times
where John was "knighted" and our being there became a bit of a running joke.
Finally we went on a Fells Point
Ghost Tour. That was an interesting experience, and we had to rush the
end a bit because during the last story the heavens opened and it poured
rain:
I bailed out at this point because it was late and I had to leave early the
next day, but the group continued on to midnight bowling.
Anyway, back to the wedding itself.
We drove down Friday, and in a bad way to start
the weekend Susie the guinea pig succumbed to a combination of old age, the
oppressive heat/humidity and the bumpy car ride. Very sad.
We went to the rehearsal dinner, and I got to see various people I haven't
seen in years. The food was good but the service was a bit slow (or maybe
it just seemed slow because we didn't get any food until well after 8PM).
We had plenty of time to talk to everyone though.
The wedding itself was Saturday evening. Luckily it didn't rain, as the
ceremony was outdoors. Here I am processing in with maid of honor Kristin:
Here is the groomsmen lineup. For those interested, it is me, Kathleen,
Gus, Bryan, Eric, Liepins
The ceremony was lovely, and was accentuated by flowers falling off the
trees. It was a Jewish ceremony, so John and Katy got to break glasses at
the end.
After the obligatory picture session, it was time for the reception! I was a bit
nervous because I had to give a speech, but happily the one I gave was well
received.
Rebekka made a lovely cake, and Kristina and I had helped deliver it to the
reception. Here it is being cut:
Here is John being lifted up on a chair.
And of course, we had to decorate their car...
The wedding was a lot of fun, and they invited some of the out-of-town
people over to their house the next day for more celebrations.
We had a great time, staying late into the night, before finally dropping
off our new Salt Lake City friends at the airport hotel and heading home.
Monday we spent some time with my family, had a barbecue, and then headed
back to Ithaca and (slightly) cooler weather.
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