Lisa and I traveled to DC on March 14 (3.14...pi day...get it nerds? I know you do!!). So here is Jeana and Lisa unpacking the bouquets. Jeana made these awesome Chinese knots and then we had orchids. Very cool.
Here is Todd and Tracy (officiating the ceremony) and Todd's parents. We were on an outdoor porch of Todd's Uncle's house (right?) in Columbia, Maryland. That arbor has pi symbols on it.
We were going to take Jeana out for the normal bacholorette sort of thing, but we just wound up at our hotel (which was near her house), since it took over 2 hours to drive (round-trip) to Columbia for the rehearsal and the dinner. We were all wiped out and just had drinks in the hotel bar. Oddly enough, I have no more pictures of the ceremony or the day after. I'll have to wait on Jeana to get them from her cousin so I can post some of them. Needless to say, it was beautiful and the food was really good. I didn't know vegan cake could taste so good :) My favorite quote of the weekend though was when Todd's dad was making a nice toast, and celebrating the fact that the Starbuck family was celebrating their 300th-something year in this country (what is it with people from Virginia?!?!), Emily Dial-Driver leans over and says "Yeah, well, our people met his people at the boat." Score on for the bride's family!!
There are so many things I'd like to say about this piece. It was at the uncle's house, in the bedroom where the wedding party was getting ready. She said she got it in Thailand. I really want to talk about the message this sends of subjugating the brown people, but I'll just leave it alone. John Milo, did you want one of these? :)
And one more obnoxious picture! After the wedding, Lisa and I figured it was the best time for us to try to head into DC and see some sights, since she had never been there. So we just randomly started driving south on a road. Seriously, it went down like this.
Jeana's awesome friend Yvette: "yeah, just head down highway (some number), you won't hit any traffic circles, it will take you to K street"
Me to Lisa: "Remember those numbers", which I knew was a bad call, half the time I think Lisa forgets my name. But she came up with some odd pneumonic for the route, and off we went.
So we're driving, and we hit a traffic circle.
Lisa: "Shit! She specifically said no traffic circles."
We successfully negotiated it anyway, and drove on for another 30 minutes. We top a hill and see the Washington Monument (my favorite). We proceed to drive towards it for awhile, and then our road dead-ends.
Lisa: "Isn't that the White House?"
Me: "Noooo...I didn't think you could drive this close to it. We're lost! I have no idea where to go!"...at which point Lisa points to the sign that says "White House", and we park only one block away. Nice navigating! We also decided we would never go anywhere with our husbands again, as that last hour of not knowing where we were and just driving would have resulted in numerous marital skirmishes of epic proportions.
This monument was on our walk to the white house. Lisa's comment: "Hahaha...looks like the founding fathers were gay for each other". Really, look at that crotch grab! So we decided us visiting DC together when we are 30 would yeild similar intellectual insights as if we had come in Junior High.
Lisa didn't bring anything to change into from the wedding, since we sort of called an audible by driving into the city. She had this big black wool funeral shawl on, and her pashmina. She looked like an ambassador's wife (or an ambassador I guess). So we reveled in our love of Tom Clancy as we (really, just her) walked around looking like we (she) belonged in DC.
Lisa playing batman at the base of the monument. Also, I'm pretty sure she aligned that pic of me on purpose. Shit that thing is pointy coming out of my head!
We had tapas for dinner that night. You can't see it here, but we have two tables full of food. I refuse to comment further. Except that it was really really good.
Flying back into Oklahoma. Home sweet home.
