weddings
I went to my 7th wedding of the year on Saturday.
Dates: May 25, June 14, July 5, August 2, August 10, August 31, November 29
Relations: high school friend, college friend (tEp), high school friend, college friend (tEp), college friend (tEp), cousin, college friend
Flights taken (total round trips) for weddings: 16 (5)
States and districts visited for weddings: 8 (PA, DE, CA, MA, MD, DC, VA, NY)
Number of weddings that were in San Francisco: 1
Number of weddings not in San Francisco where I met a singer of a San Francisco band: 1
Number of weddings with photobooths or faux-photobooths: 2
Number of weddings with the ceremonies in a church: 0
Number of weddings with significant religious components: 2 (Christian, Hindu)
Number of weddings with the weddings and reception at the same place: 4
Shortest ceremony: 15 or 20 minutes
Longest ceremony: 50ish minutes
Number of hilarious grandparents loudly asking questions during the ceremony (“How old is she?” “Where’s Danny?”): 1
Number of rented cars: 1
Number of nights in hotel rooms: 5
Percentage of Bischoffs I saw: ~82%
Percentage of friends I saw: I dunno. Lots.
Number of weddings during which I “danced”: 4
Number of weddings in which I wore a tux: 2
Number of weddings in which I wore a suit: 4
Number of weddings in tuxes at which I “danced”: 2
Number of weddings in suits at which I “danced”: 2
Number of speeches I made: 2
Best wedding music: dhol drum to accompany the groom’s procession (Indian wedding)
Holidays weekends (as determined by my company) during the time frame of the wedding dates: 4 (Memorial Day, July 4, Labor Day, Thanksgiving)
Holiday weekends that had weddings on them: 4
Projected date of next wedding I’ll attend: May 23, 2009
December 2nd, 2008 at 10:18 am
I like the tie knot in your photobooth pictures. Is that the Windsor or something else? It almost looks big enough and symmetrical enough to be the Hannover.
December 2nd, 2008 at 10:30 am
Thanks. It’s a Windsor with a pretty thick tie which is why it’s so big.