But we all thought the couple should have been given a 1/2 hour or so totally alone after the wedding to be together before having to be out amongst their friends and families.
It isn't a requirement or anything, but I strongly recommend that all the couples I marry do this. In some Jewish weddings, the couple goes off to a quiet room to regroup and eat apple & honey (to ensure a fruitful and sweet union).
Every couple I've had do this ends up enjoying the reception, and each other, so much more! (I never thought about it for macking purposes, but hey, that works too.)
Hey Beej! Did I see that you went to the Fringe Festival this past weekend? My actress friend was in a staged reading of the play "Abstract Nude" at the festival that got a very good review in the Post.
Yes! I saw "Dangerous Devotion".
I was intrigued by several people musing that the show, on a Sunday morning, would not be sold out because 'this is DC.' Not sure who is keeping track, but anything I find even remotely interesting around here gets snapped up in an instant.
The show was sold, very far out, and the audience was very appreciative.
How did your friend's reading go?
Thanks for all the anniversary wishes! Four years. What is that in married years? 28?
Let me add my happies to your pile Aimee. I love hearing your family stories...congrats on being one of the lucky ones!
Also, Nora...could I be a part of your vendetta against Verizon? I'm seriously researching alternatives. This month, they turned my phone off for non-payment...when I have the canceled check right here! And, my phone has had 'no line' ( a new error to me) 6 times in the last day and a half. PLUS, they over charge me for dsl every month and have done so for two years!
I had come to accept the 6 or 7 outages a year due to 'squirrel activity'. Hey, I live in an old building in an old 'hood. I can adapt, but the service issues are just way, way over the top.
In conclusion...I'm with ya sistah!
How did your friend's reading go?
Evidently, great.
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She's convinced that her friend who wrote the play is going to be the Next Big Thing in DC theater.
And, Happy Anniversary Aimée & MM!
oh! In my Verizon rage, I forgot to wish happy anniversary to Aimee and MM. Yay!
The rage has subsided considerably since we are trying to take steps to correct things.
Is this the boy you told me about at the F2F?
It is indeed.
After several months of "I can't even imagine myself with another woman" he has more than imagined. I am pleased with the progress, actually (so long as I don't have to see it -- group of us were out and some chick was flirting with him and while it didn't make me freak I was REALLY relieved when he left with us and not her because my imagination is WAY too good.)
His roommate (and long time good friend) and I had a heart-to-heart. She approves heartily, says "he talks about you all the time, he thinks you're the funniest woman in the world." Says even in oat-sowing he's as polite and respectful as ever ("He'll pick up a girl in a bar. The next day when she leaves he's "wasn't she nice?"). Says I should give him a couple of weeks (hm... like three?) and then very much go for it.
So, what the hell do I wear to this wedding? You people know most of my semi-formal wear, actually. The New Orleans Dress (tea lenght silk, blue and green stripes) was the contender but even taken-in its more pretty-sexy than grab-me-and-fuck-me sexy. There are also the Chicago (floor length midnight blue tank with sparkles), LA (tea length pink spagetti strap retro with exposed crinnoline) and DC (floor length fuscia with black overlay with some sequined ornamentation) to consider.
The question, I guess, is: At which F2F did you most want to fuck me?
