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May 1, 2008
Ed and I had been
dying to get down to the Missouri Botanical Gardens once the weather was nice
enough, and we finally made it this past weekend. A bunch of other folks must've
had the same idea, and we even spied a wedding going on! The tulips were blooming
like gangbusters in every color under the sun. Ed and I both took cameras and
snapped photos all around us. An exhibit of sculptures by an artist called Niki
were on display, and I posed in the belly of the giant cat and mimicked a fountain
lady (drawing a handful of on-lookers)! The Dale Chihuly glass "onions"
looked so pretty floating on the water, and a Botanical Gardens volunteer asked
if we'd like a picture of us together in front of them. We said, "yes, please!"
Some of the scenes were almost too beautiful to be real. The view of the bridge
looked like a Monet painting, only without the Impressionistic blur. It's hard
to imagine such gorgeous surroundings exist within the city limits, but they do.
Ed and I spent three hours prowling the grounds, and we loved every minute. I
wanted to share just a few moments of our lovely afternoon with you. So enjoy!
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March 27, 2008
Hooray! I’ve
finally got some wedding photos to share and only a month after the fact! I’m
very happy to say the whole wedding weekend was wonderful, despite the chilly
weather (it actually snowed on the morning of the Big Day!). The ceremony was
held in Graham Chapel on the campus of Washington University, and it’s just
a gorgeous old building. Ed's uncle Bill (aka, the Reverend Msgr. William McCaffrey)
flew in from Rhode Island to marry us, which made it all the more special. It
probably sounds trite to say the whole shebang was magical but it’s true.
Ed looked so handsome in his tux! And, yes, the groom wore high-top black leather
sneakers—heck, why not? I envied him when my toes went numb at the reception
after wearing pretty pointy-toed shoes all day! Our moms and dads, the groomsmen,
and the bridesmaids all looked amazing, and everyone seemed as happy as Ed and
I were to be sharing our Big Day. My dad did step on my train when he gave my
hand to Ed, and I couldn’t move for a minute. In an “I Love Lucy”
moment, my mom whispered, “Get off her dress, get off her dress!” It
was all I could do not to laugh! The rest of the ceremony went off without a hitch,
and we were pronounced “husband and wife” (or as my mom likes to say,
"Dr. and Mrs.") in the blink of an eye.
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The wedding party slipped out
of the church, dashing down sidewalks bordered by snow, and hopped into a limo
to ride to the City Museum. The reception was held in the Vault Room, which has
the most incredible architecture: white pillars, carved vaulted doorways, an old
marble bar, and a huge round vault door with tons of brass safe deposit boxes!
Oh, yes, and my mom went down the giant slide in her Mother of the Bride suit...as
did Ed, in his tux. Oy! Even my friends Gigi and Pete took the slide down when
they left. Needless to say, the bride did not go down the slide in her Pronovias
gown! It was the perfect site for a party—Ed’s first choice, and mine,
too, once I saw it—and we had the whole museum to ourselves, since we were
the only event there that night. A harpist played during cocktails and then Swing
Set jammed the rest of the evening. The décor was divine, as was the food...and,
ohmigosh, the cakes! We had a traditional three-tiered wedding cake with two different
flavors, and Ed had his groom's cake in chocolate with a Blue Note on top (for
the St. Louis Blues hockey team). All in all, it was a day to remember, one of
the happiest in my life. Having our dearest friends and family gathered for the
celebration was something I’ll never forget. Sigh.
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