And they're off!

[pbray]

Saturday was the long anticipated wedding of Jennifer and Jonathan. It was non-stop chaos from the moment I arrived Thursday afternoon, and I spent days running folks hither and yon. The wedding service itself was nice, and very much J&J--how often do the petitions include a prayer for a new monetary system that promotes social justice?

Then picture time--including a few of the bridal party flashing the Vulcan salute.

With typical Jennifer luck, the pouring rain hit as we were all in the limo, instead of 5 minutes later when we would have been standing outside for pictures in the country club gardens.

I didn't relax until I hit the reception, where Josh greeted me with the promised glass of wine to get my evening started. Our table was declared the cool kids table--four of the eight of us were writers, including Jonathan's best man Graham Green.

I had a good time, and then Josh, Tom and I returned to the hotel where I drank more than I should, and Josh proved the bestest of roommates.

Somewhere out there are pictures of me wearing a bridesmaid's dress, with professionally done makeup and hair. I'm sure jpsorrow will get around to sharing at least one of these. All in all not a bad look, but I'd have rather gone in a Transformers costume. I've already promised the dress to my nieces for dress-up.

Jennifer started the first day of her married life by returning to her parents' house to do laundry :-) But today she's more than making up for the prosaic start as she and Jonathan head off on a 3-week honeymoon, flying to Italy and then cruising the Mediterranean. Meanwhile, for us lesser mortals, it's Monday and back to work.

Comments

[scbutler.livejournal.com]

You are a good friend.

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Yeah...

Jennifer gave me a thank you card that read in part-- "Thank you for not killing Jonathan and dumping his body in a gorge when I told you I was moving to Colorado."

[scbutler.livejournal.com]

I thought Josh was the one who was supposed to get that card. He's the one who actually stopped you.

[ladysmith.livejournal.com]

I have one question----

HOW DID THE NECKLACE LOOK?????

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Absolutely fabulous! Everyone commented on it, from the hairstylist to the wedding planner and all of the guests. It was so perfectly Jennifer--unique and just the right amount of sparkly, and you could tell how much she loved it.

What we really needed was business cards to hand out.

[ladysmith.livejournal.com]

I thought of that after the fact, and then I was away the weekend before and didn't have a chance to ship any. Drat...

[jpsorrow.livejournal.com]

What!?!?! You didn't mention the tattoo??!?!

[pbray.livejournal.com]

It washed off :-)

[sylvia-rachel.livejournal.com]

You have to go and see the photos -- he captioned every single one of you "PATRICIA IN A DRESS!!" :D (Oh, and they're nice pictures, too. OMG Gorgeous Bridal Jennifer!)

Funny: your Best Robot dress is the exact same colour and almost the same style as the dress I wore the one time I was a bridesmaid (actually I was Matron of Honour, but blecch). I'm sure your nieces will have a lot of fun with it :)

[pbray.livejournal.com]

Well I was Maid of Honor but preferred to call myself a bridesmaid which sounds less painful. Best Robot, of course, was the true job description but somehow the wedding planner didn't quite grasp it.