putting the knit in shizknitz

It seems like just yesterday that Mike told me the story about Allison’s proposal, and how he thought he was on a Chinese hidden camera show. He then told me the wedding would be in 2004. “2004?!” I said, “that’s not like for, forever.” Well forever came and hit my impatient head yesterday in a fabulous evening of romance, friends and sports (this is Mike, afterall). For the first time ever, I knew everyone at my table - including the couple I “didn’t know”. She was a friend of Mike’s from high school who now lives up north, and was setup with her current boyfriend by Joey and Diane who turned out to be an old coworker of mine from when we were students 4 years ago! I tell you, it amazes me what a small world we all live in. The food was fantastic (ooooh, appetizers) and open bar. I could tell that my alcohol tolerance wasn’t as great as it used to be when I was done by my second cosmo (or was it an apple martini?). Anyhow, it was the best wedding I’ve been to in a long time.

The wedding and reception were at the Turnip Rose, Grand Newport Plaza. The ceremony was short and sweet, officiated by Carlos, who can now start his own business as a wedding officiant and had a crowd of over 200 friends, family and coworkers. As you can tell, my non-stop weekend came to an abrupt halt as my alarm went off at 6:30 this morning. But we will always have the memories!