Photo by Gill's cousin, Jeremy Mau
So a few things have happened since my last post. To name a few: my birthday, Christmas, New Years, and more notably, Gill and I got married and went on our honeymoon.
The entire weekend was amazing and it was incredible to have so many friends and family come to share such a special occasion with us. It was really touching to look around and realize that you are the center of a gathering and that all of the people who are present are there because they truly care about you. It’s so tough to get people together at the same place and time regardless, so having such a gathering was priceless. We have heard from many of you that our wedding was the best you had been too, and that we throw a great party. These are probably the most flattering things that anyone could possibly say to us. Thank you.
I would like to go deeper in depth with the wedding weekend, but while I formulate my thoughts, we have several very gifted friends who have already begun to chronicle the events. Here are the ones that I’ve read so far so please check them out (for those of you who also read Gill’s blog, this will look oddly familiar).
Contemplative Gene (photo by Nick Boeglin)
Gene: the true reporter, carries a notebook around with him all the time. If he pulls it out and writes something in your presence, you might just make his blog. Fortunately for us, Gene wrote about us for several days:
-The Bachelor Party
-Best Wedding Ever. Seriously. Part I
-Best Wedding Ever. Seriously. Part II
-Best Wedding Ever. Seriously. Part III
-Best Wedding Ever. Seriously. Part IV
Katie Ide: beneath all that sass is a slightly less-sassy person.
Kathleen! (photo by Kathleen herself)
Kathleen: who could be my neices older, non-related, twin.
Lisa, making a face that is oddly similar to Kathleen. (photo by Lisa, or at least from her camera)
Lisa: If I were to estimate the ratio of Lisa’s likelyhood of shiving you to her body weight, it would be 3:1
-Where has the time gone?
-Toast from Lil Lisa (this is actually a link to Gill’s blog)
Me: Who does that? Nick: I saw two straws. (photo by Katie Ide)
Nick: This post is short and sweet but good.
So again, I thank you all for your kind words. If I were to list all the great things people told us in person, by email, wrote in cards, and even by text message, I would be at this all day. Again we thank you all for making our celebration the perfect mix of friends, family, food and fun.
Another person who gave us some shout-outs was our photographer Marc Pagani, who we could not have been happier with. His style was that of a photojournalist and we hardly knew he was around, yet his shots are incredible. Just when we though he couldn’t get any cooler he had this to say in his blog:
Gillian and Brian are one of THOSE couples…you know the type…happy….in love…they make each other laugh…they throw fun parties. I love shooting THOSE kind of couples! The day started at Gillian’s hotel. I shot her getting ready and then we went to the church for the ceremony. Afterwards, we did some fun portraits in my old neighborhood in Coliseum Park. I used my remote strobe with an umbrella and the light looked great (I had great models, too). After we got some good portraits, it was off to Mulate’s Cajun Restaurant for a great party. They kept me for an extra 2 hours, so it was a 10-hour day for me, but tons of fun.
We know that all the people we invited to the wedding love us. Why wouldn’t they? But Marc doesn’t know us at all, and it’s really nice to hear such great things from an outside observer. To go and top that, he has one of the pictures from our wedding on the landing page of his website. It’s like we’re famous.
Who wouldn't love this picture?
More updates to come.
One Comment
Welcome to the family, little bro. As I said in my toast, I could never imagine someone who would be funny enough, smart enough, and ridiculously good looking enough to be a match for Gill, until you magically appeared. I’m looking forward to the day when you two give rise to your superior race of hybrid offspring.