Monday, June 2, 2008

Cleveland Rocks - well it did this night!


One of my very dear friends got married this weekend. Very excited for her and albeit pathetic and selfish, rather disappointed it wasn't me...i actually always wanted the fairy tale wedding with all the pomp and circumstance galore. now after being in, planning, and attending hundreds of weddings i would rather a small ceremony followed by a decadent and thrilling soiree - amazing dinner, fantastic wines, and never ending dancing. can you imagine what my wedding would be like given how many friends i have in the industry? colin cowie and martha are rookies and their ideas rather passe when it comes to the amount of talent i have at my disposal. of course all that talent would lead to chaos, cat fights, one upping, levels of control freaking beyond any mere mortals, and a rather blown budget. jesus murphy! maybe i should start dating again before i enlist my friends to prepare for my wedding - it would be amazing and fun though!


back to Traci & Michael's wedding...getting cleared to fly was presented with several caveats:

get a good night sleep prior

take your pills - the really good ones

lay down and rest upon arrival

don't push it

reality: went to a launch party for Sex and the City

had dinner with friends at Monterrey Bay Fish Grotto (mistake - not even worthy of a dining critique entry)

finally packed at 2am

slugged down a really lackluster bloody mary with friends prior to boarding

had a pill with bourbon chaser followed by zoning out to iPod


Plane was small (2&1 seater) so the flight was rather bumpy and ear popping - great......flight attendant was rather curious for my request for an ice bag. Finally got to CLE and booted up breakfast, BM, and bourbon - so not a good combo. we all ended up car sick after the 20 minute serpentine roller coaster taxi drive from hell. note to self - never ask an east African where to find the strip clubs. explored the big city of and stayed up until 2am catching up with friends, last minute wedding details - a great night!


saturday morning we visited the Rock 'n Roll Hall of Fame - architecture is amazing and exhibits were cool. Elvis being the most extensive.


they had a lovely ceremony in a church with more stained glass that St. Patrick's cathedral. it seems Cleavland has as many churches per capita as we do lawyers. Reception and dinner was fun, dance filled, and great memories. her family embraced all of us and dad even mentioned us each by name in his toast - tear jerker with even more laughs!


i did catch the bouquet. rather more of a staged coup than it being fate that i was the chosen one out of a sea of pink, silk, and hairspray shrouded single women. no such luck on being next, think my CHI friend will be making the leap soon!


incredibly happy for Mr. & Mrs. Marinelli. out of all the weddings, it was definitely a 9-laughs, tears, great friends cavorting as we do, and we never left the dance floor.


return flight on much larger plane which meant much higher altitude. a pill (or two) and ice bag later, all was good.


Yup - ready for Mexico in July.

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