After a week of work i got to relax down in Newport Beach with Jen. We headed down there to go to Anne and Darren's wedding. First off was the rehearsal dinner on Saturday night. Jen was a bridesmaid, so she went down early in the morning to go to the rehearsal and then hang out and get nails done etc. I headed down around 4 and got to the south coast plaza at around 5 for the dinner. It was in a nice little private room upstairs at the "club house" restaurant. We all had a LOT to drink and had a really good time. After the dinner we headed back to the four season in Newport where we all headed right to the bar and hung out to the late hours of the night.
The wedding was at Pelican Hill overlooking the ocean in Newport Beach. Anne and Darren chose to have a christian and jewish wedding, so there were aspects from both ceremonies. All i can say is... I really was sick of BORING weddings. This did the trick. There was not a dull moment. Very loud participation from everybody is expected, so it was a really good time. After the reception everybody was herded outside to the bar and a little patio as the area that had just been the ceremony area was transformed into the reception area. The guys working there had their shit down. The obligatory 5000 photos were taken with all possible combination of family and friends and wedding party, and then back inside for more food. I gotta say... by this point i was HUNG OVER. I had so much to drink the night before including a few really good drinks at the end with Tom Styskal, that i was not really the greatest reception goer at this point. I literally sat at the table and drank glass after glass of water. As soon as Jen showed up i ask for her purse and the advil that i know she's got.
All members of the family were thrown around on top of chairs as per tradition. I was actually very impressed by Tom Styskal's "no-handed" technique. Everybody else was fearing for their lives as they were bounced around. The reception was beautiful all the way around. After the cutting of the cake i really wasn't feeling good and i knew i had work to do. Jen covered for me and i hit the road quietly.
I got back home and didn't have more than 2 minutes before the phone rang. It was the client that i was expecting. So i told him what was up and we've got a meeting Tuesday. I stayed up most of the night lat night working and i gotta run to work right now. Well actually i gotta go drive an hour to get to work. (and i'm already late)
