Baltimore, Maryland-May 22, 2004-- Well, Jen and Bill are now Mr. and Mrs. Jen and Bill Whatever Last Names They Choose and I do kind of like the Lockadugan thing that they seem to have created all on their own. In any case, Mazel Tov. It was a beautiful ceremony and all there had a great time. Even the cicadas managed to fill the air with their song, and it just seemed to fit, or it was just too damn loud to ignore. So, I guess you could say the bugs were being tactfully blunt during the Dugan-Lockard wedding.
On the menu, were some fabulous hor'doerves like shrimp wrapped in coconut, really cool bread sticks, one the standard cheese and the other in bacon and either honey or some sort of sweet syrup. Whatever it was exactly, it was great. The double entree was totally rocking. Rare sesame tuna and rare, so sweet you could still hear the moo, filet mignon. Okay, now it wasn't cool in the middle but it was certainly very, very rare. And as far as I'm concerened, in my most carniverous self, that's the way it should always be. We ended having to leave before the cake got cut, we'd already been gone 5 hours, so we could relieve the sitter, so we missed out on the cake, but hey, the most important part was the wedding, and we made that.
We also met some really great people. I finally got to meet Todd and Heather in person. Also met Jen's twin sisters, who look a lot like her, as well as looking a lot like their Mom. Plus there was Heather, the designer at McDonogh School, who in this too small Baltimore world knows my friend and fellow DB designer, Jamie Frailey and his wife, who is also a designer, who works for herself. Jamie heads directs the design for the Alex. Brown channel. His team is Design by 5 who I've mentioned here before.
There was one adorable little kid named Ira, a great name as far as I'm concerened and much overlooked, who lives with his parents in Southern Maryland. His dad is a landscaper for a lawyer with way too much money and 40 acres of boxwoods.. Well, he has more than just boxwoods but apparentley has enough of them, that they alone take enough time to make it a year-round job. The coolest thing is this guy can swim to work, though I'm not sure he really does that. We were all talking about how nice it is to be able to work outside, and I chimed in with my "Yeah, I love taking my laptop down by the Harbor and working waterside." That's me and manual labor. Something I'd rather avoid. Not that I haven't done my fair share. I remember in high school when my friends and I cleaned up an abandoned country club that was going to soon be refurbished. It was a total mess and a lot of hard work on a hot day. But you know what, doing it with a group of friends made it fun and not really like work at all. I think that says a lot about working in a team environment, at least for me.
Well, back to the topic at hand. Despite the hot weather, everyone had a great time at the wedding and the newly married couple fly out Monday for their European honeymoon. (Guys, can I hide in your luggage?)
So, with this post I will wish the newlyweds a hearty Mazel Tov and all the best. You guy deserve so much happiness together and I am incredibly happy for both of you.
Posted by robdesign at May 23, 2004 11:03 AM