Thursday, April 06, 2006
Wedding the Bed
I've been back from Florida for just a few days and my racoon-eye sunglass tan is already starting to fade. I'm glad to say that I got the aforementioned tan while participating in my very first golf tournament -- of which I was the winner. Okay, so I had three other guys on my team...but we came in first out of 5 foursomes. First out of five foursomes. What a fantastic tongue twister. I digress. In the format we were playing, I ended up scoring a good amount of points for our team -- potentially due to my overestimated handicap. I'm sure this is all very exciting for you.
The weekend was packed with wedding-related events, all of which featured an open bar, which seemed to please most of the guests. On Saturday, I faced a dangerous combination: Open bar followed by Karaoke. Luckily, I stuck to eating sushi and avoided the stage, despite my Dad's attempts to get me to accompany him and my uncle on "Devil with a Blue Dress"-- a Ray Adams karaoke favorite.
On Sunday, we went to the actual wedding. I was most entertained by this announcer guy they had who seemed to pop up everywhere, loudly providing announcements to the crowd with the booming voice of a ringside boxing announcer with regards to where to go and how to behave "Rose petals are to be thrown upon the bride and groom's arrival! Underhand!" or "Wave to the limousine! Look excited for the videographer!". A written description cannot do this guy justice. I want to hire him for something, I just don't know what. I wonder if he'll still be alive by the time I get married. He's got to be at least 40 already. After the wedding, we went to a place called Jelly Rolls, which is basically like Jake Ivory's in Boston. At the end of the night, the people in the wedding party who hadn't bailed yet -- including my sister, uncle, cousin, and a few friends of the bride -- were invited on stage to do the hokey pokey for a capacity crowd. I'm not sure of the last time I did the hokey pokey, but I'm sure I put it to shame with the stellar rendition I unleashed on the crowd this past Sunday. At closing time bunch of people went back to hang out at my aunt and uncle's suite. By the time Sarah and I went to get a cab back to our hotel, we found ourselves waiting next to people who were getting up to catch their early flights home. We got in the cab and driver greeted us. "Good Morning!"
I know this is a pretty short entry considering my length of absence, but I've got a bunch of random errands to run and chores to do. I'll talk to you later.
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The weekend was packed with wedding-related events, all of which featured an open bar, which seemed to please most of the guests. On Saturday, I faced a dangerous combination: Open bar followed by Karaoke. Luckily, I stuck to eating sushi and avoided the stage, despite my Dad's attempts to get me to accompany him and my uncle on "Devil with a Blue Dress"-- a Ray Adams karaoke favorite.
On Sunday, we went to the actual wedding. I was most entertained by this announcer guy they had who seemed to pop up everywhere, loudly providing announcements to the crowd with the booming voice of a ringside boxing announcer with regards to where to go and how to behave "Rose petals are to be thrown upon the bride and groom's arrival! Underhand!" or "Wave to the limousine! Look excited for the videographer!". A written description cannot do this guy justice. I want to hire him for something, I just don't know what. I wonder if he'll still be alive by the time I get married. He's got to be at least 40 already. After the wedding, we went to a place called Jelly Rolls, which is basically like Jake Ivory's in Boston. At the end of the night, the people in the wedding party who hadn't bailed yet -- including my sister, uncle, cousin, and a few friends of the bride -- were invited on stage to do the hokey pokey for a capacity crowd. I'm not sure of the last time I did the hokey pokey, but I'm sure I put it to shame with the stellar rendition I unleashed on the crowd this past Sunday. At closing time bunch of people went back to hang out at my aunt and uncle's suite. By the time Sarah and I went to get a cab back to our hotel, we found ourselves waiting next to people who were getting up to catch their early flights home. We got in the cab and driver greeted us. "Good Morning!"
I know this is a pretty short entry considering my length of absence, but I've got a bunch of random errands to run and chores to do. I'll talk to you later.
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