well, it's official now.."philly girl" is now married! "meggy", "CV" and myself drove up to philly thursday night. we had some drinks at their apartment then headed to the Lowes hotel bar to meet up with the groom-to-be and some of his out of town friends.
friday was pretty low key for me. the "wedding" party got up and left at 10 for mani and pedis. i eased into my day and checked email, make a few work calls and got ready. they came back at noon and we had subs for lunch. by 230 we were headed to the Lowes hotel to check in. by 430 we arrived at the bellini grill for the rehearsal dinner. very good food and for a small place it was decorated tastefully. we had salads, some calamari and mussels, penne pasta and a choice of entree. i picked the salmon with capers. it was very good as were the 4 glasses of wine as well!
saturday morning was a jolt for "meggy" and CV" as they needed to be up and in the lobby at 9am for hair and makeup. i feel pretty confident they were both still trashed as they probably only had 3-4 hours of sleep! i took myself out into the city and walked to some shops. in fact, i walked so much that i got myself lost! NO SURPRISE here. i asked the mailman and it turned out i was only about 4 blocks away at that point.
after watching some tv i got ready and met hillary and jack downstairs to walk the 4 blocks over to the ceremony. the ballroom was very big and old with gi-nourmous chandeliers. there were 160 peeps in the house for the ceremony which was maybe 20 minutes long! (my kind of show)
3 of her cousins sang and played the guitar and her mom read a poem. it was off to the cocktail hour after that! ice sculptures with shrimp cocktail, cheese n crackers, veggies, fruit and egg rolls were all yummy.
the wedding reception very nice and a great time was had by all! i would say in my top 3 weddings of all times. "philly girl" will now be called "mrs. philly girl" looked beautiful and couldn't stop smiling, there was an open bar (the bartender reminded me of bernie mack (RIP), very good food and music! oh, and a dessert room complete with chocolate fountains and 10 kinds of bon bons/cookies, wedding cake, mini chocolate cups with baileys and much more...
they flew to miami yesterday for 3 nights before heading to st. lucia for another week! i am really jealous and know that they will have a great time!
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