Tag: Weddings

Events and Anniversaries.

A hearty congrats and best wishes to grad school friends Ben and Vivian (he of The Oak) on their nuptials this past Saturday at the scenic Brazilian Room in Tilden Park, high above Berkeley, California. (I was in attendance, but otherwise didn’t have much of a chance to take in the Bay Area this trip. I’ll be back soon, tho’, as Hiram Johnson and I still have some unfinished business.) Also, a very happy birthday to my mother, who turned 60 on Saturday. (And, really, what says “I love you, Mom” more than an alarm clock that speaks in the dulcet tones of Stephen Fry?) Finally — not that it’s anyone’s business, but it’s important to me — today marks the one-year anniversary of a crushingly bad break-up, after which it’s safe to say life took on a decidedly negative turn. But, hey, the earth has gone around the sun once more, I’m still standing, with my health and lil’ Berk in tow, and GitM lingers on. So, onward and upward…Now back to your regular fanboy musings and progressive diatribes.

Go Baby Go.

A hearty congrats and best wishes to high-school friend Steve and his lovely new bride Alicia as they begin their journey down the road of marital bliss. I was privileged to attend their nuptials this past weekend in the Ken-tuck-ee province, city of Louisville — “home of the Kentucky Derby and Hunter S. Thompson,” according to my US Air pilot — and it was grand fun. (Our revelry, also a mini-high school reunion of sorts, was probably more in keeping with the spirit of the late Good Doctor…the phrase “alcohol-soaked” comes to mind. That being said, I did manage while there to visit world-famous Churchill Downs long enough to lose ten bucks on what I thought was an aptly-named horse…sigh, you let me down, obiwankenobi, even if the city of Louisville did not.)

Something in the Air.

June ain’t got nothing on September…Congrats and best wishes go out to my college roommate Ray and his lovely wife Susan, who were married on Saturday here in the city, to my HVL stroke Ted and his bride Colby, who married the same day in nearby Cooperstown, and to Webgoddess and her Snook, who announced their engagement over the weekend. May you all have warm words on a cold evening, a full moon on a dark night, and a road downhill all the way to home!