New Old Time Chautauqua<\/a>, featuring the Flying Karamazov Brothers and various other performances, and we drove past the house that our family had lived in. Nice town.<\/p>\nThis time, Kam and I drove up from SeaTac; we took the southerly route through Tacoma because of uncertainty about ferry schedules, and that turned out to be a good thing because others later reported having to wait in line for an hour or two to board the ferry.<\/p>\n
Friday evening was the wedding rehearsal (I agreed to be an usher), followed by a group dinner.<\/p>\n
Saturday early afternoon was the wedding itself, in a park fairly near downtown. The weather was fine. A tall ship sailed past—in the water down at the foot of the hill—not long before the ceremony. (J&S both work on tall ships.) Seagulls called to each other (\"Mine, mine, mine!\"). A bell rang occasionally in the distance.<\/p>\n
A lovely afternoon; a sweet ceremony in the park's gazebo; food and chatting and photos afterward. Good stuff.<\/p>\n
I had been uncertain how dressed-up to get, and had originally figured I would just wear a shirt and tie (no suit coat), but once I became an usher I figured it would be reasonable to wear the full suit. And I don't get to wear that suit so often these days. The other ushers and I failed to communicate a couple of bits of useful information to the other attendees, but mostly things went fine on that front, and the ceremony itself went well.<\/p>\n
I got a little socially burned out partway through the reception, and ended up sitting off by myself for a while while Kam (who was in the wedding party) participated in photos. But before I hit that burnout point, I had several nice chats with cool wedding attendees whom I hadn't met before. Second weekend in a row that that's happened. I am pleased to keep meeting nifty new people.<\/p>\n
After the photos, Kam and I hopped in the car and headed for the airport. Sadly, that meant we couldn't stay for that evening's Shakespeare-in-the-park production of Comedy of Errors<\/cite>. But a few hours later, it was nice to be home.<\/p>\nCongratulations again to J&S!<\/p>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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