217: The Wedding Trip
The throngs of readers (all one of you) have been clamoring for a recap of the 2 weeks in San Francisco.
Before we left, I asked my Aunt Ditzy, Uncle What and Cousin T to give me a list of all the things they wanted to see in the San Francisco are. They did and I created The Itinerary TM.
The Trip:
We saw the Marin French Cheese factory, Sonoma wineries, Japanese Tea Gardens, Cable Cars, 7 storey Malls, Bocce in vineyards, Santa Cruz, Yosemite National Park and most of the city. If they sent me someplace they wanted to go, we went.
Sadly, they drove Dad and I crazy. All 2 weeks I kept hearing, Where next, why that, I don't care what we do, why are we going there, I don't want to do that, why aren't we doing that. Then there was the back-seat driving of the dad. No one got punched, I'm impressed by the self control he's gained in his old age.
Yosemite was amazing. After several days of "I don't know why we're going all the way out there to see a park," I finally got, "this is amazing, I'm so glad we drove all the way (4 hours) out here."
The Wedding:
So many things went wrong and it was still perfect. Dad was supposed to take the guys to the subway station and ended up driving them into the city instead, missing dinner in the process. The bachelorette party was fun, drunken revelry but not stupid. And was better than the bachelor party. Which joined us about half way through our night. And then left.
The rehearsal dinner had no rehearsal due to the officiant (T's Uncle) had to work. So we called it a Cinqo de Mayo party, except it was May 4th. The place they ordered the dinner from forgot to give @ 1/2 the food, so Dad, Pat and I made an emergency trip to the grocery store and farmer's market for dinner stuffs. Cousin T attacked the pinata with more rage than we thought she had in her. We're keeping a distance now.
The day of the wedding, everyone who was supposed to help ferry flowers and booze and other things to the venue wasn't there, so dad made 7 trips into the city while the rest of us got ready. T came to get me for hair and was nearly in tears because the road that her sister's hotel was on was closed for a road race. Which all worked out, but who needs the extra stress the morning of their wedding. The shuttle/limo didn't hold as many people as the service claimed and we had to scramble to get the whole wedding party to the venue. T forgot all her undergarments at the apartment, which we only realized about 20 minutes before the ceremony.
The ceremony was beautiful. And hysterical. They each wrote a little of each other's vows. @ promises to always pick up his drum keys from around the house. T promises not to criticize @'s exceptional driving skills.
The food was amazing. As in juicy, flavorful chicken for 74 people amazing. Plus all the other stuff, but given how many bad chicken dinners I've had at big events over the years, that's what impressed. We all had so much fun eating and talking that we forgot to queue the band until the last hour. Then there was dancing and more revelry.
We got back from Yosemite just in time to have dinner with @ & T before they left for their honeymoon in Costa Rica. By all accounts, it was an amazing trip for them.
Before we left, I asked my Aunt Ditzy, Uncle What and Cousin T to give me a list of all the things they wanted to see in the San Francisco are. They did and I created The Itinerary TM.
The Trip:
We saw the Marin French Cheese factory, Sonoma wineries, Japanese Tea Gardens, Cable Cars, 7 storey Malls, Bocce in vineyards, Santa Cruz, Yosemite National Park and most of the city. If they sent me someplace they wanted to go, we went.
Sadly, they drove Dad and I crazy. All 2 weeks I kept hearing, Where next, why that, I don't care what we do, why are we going there, I don't want to do that, why aren't we doing that. Then there was the back-seat driving of the dad. No one got punched, I'm impressed by the self control he's gained in his old age.
Yosemite was amazing. After several days of "I don't know why we're going all the way out there to see a park," I finally got, "this is amazing, I'm so glad we drove all the way (4 hours) out here."
The Wedding:
So many things went wrong and it was still perfect. Dad was supposed to take the guys to the subway station and ended up driving them into the city instead, missing dinner in the process. The bachelorette party was fun, drunken revelry but not stupid. And was better than the bachelor party. Which joined us about half way through our night. And then left.
The rehearsal dinner had no rehearsal due to the officiant (T's Uncle) had to work. So we called it a Cinqo de Mayo party, except it was May 4th. The place they ordered the dinner from forgot to give @ 1/2 the food, so Dad, Pat and I made an emergency trip to the grocery store and farmer's market for dinner stuffs. Cousin T attacked the pinata with more rage than we thought she had in her. We're keeping a distance now.
The day of the wedding, everyone who was supposed to help ferry flowers and booze and other things to the venue wasn't there, so dad made 7 trips into the city while the rest of us got ready. T came to get me for hair and was nearly in tears because the road that her sister's hotel was on was closed for a road race. Which all worked out, but who needs the extra stress the morning of their wedding. The shuttle/limo didn't hold as many people as the service claimed and we had to scramble to get the whole wedding party to the venue. T forgot all her undergarments at the apartment, which we only realized about 20 minutes before the ceremony.
The ceremony was beautiful. And hysterical. They each wrote a little of each other's vows. @ promises to always pick up his drum keys from around the house. T promises not to criticize @'s exceptional driving skills.
The food was amazing. As in juicy, flavorful chicken for 74 people amazing. Plus all the other stuff, but given how many bad chicken dinners I've had at big events over the years, that's what impressed. We all had so much fun eating and talking that we forgot to queue the band until the last hour. Then there was dancing and more revelry.
We got back from Yosemite just in time to have dinner with @ & T before they left for their honeymoon in Costa Rica. By all accounts, it was an amazing trip for them.