A.@pyuxvv.UUCP (11/12/83)
Prentiss seems to have stumbled upon my favorite subject. And of course, I would love to share the details of my wedding. We were married on the 4th of June this year. It was a small affair, immediate family only. We decided to rent a house near Lake Tahoe. Requirements for this house included spectacular view of mountains, near or on the lake, with a huge master bedroom. The house we found was in Zephyr Cove, Nevada. The wedding was held at 2 pm on the patio above the lake. The view was incredible. Lake, mountains, snow on mountains, clouds, and lots of blue sky. Consequently the photos were fantastic. We hired a professsional to do the photos, caterers to prepare dinner after the ceremony, and a bartender to handle the flow of drinks. Most of the arranging was done over the phone from NJ. My dress and my sister's were shorter, less formal but elegant. The groom wore a tux, the best man a 3-piece suit. Our bouquets were made of silk flowers, however fresh flowers were used to decorate the tables. My parents and sister stayed in the house with us, my husband's family drove up on that day. We left SF for Hawaii (1 week) and that is another story. Anyone considering an 'away from home wedding', I would be glad to advise. Annette
wombat@uicsl.UUCP (11/21/83)
#R:pyuxvv:-18000:uicsl:16600002:000:706 uicsl!wombat Nov 20 17:33:00 1983 A friend likes to tell about the time he and some other friends of a groom gave the poor guy a stag party the night before the wedding. (This was in either Norway or Denmark or Sweden.) They got him drunk enough to pass out, then stripped him to his shorts and put him on a train going to the other end of the country. The wedding had to be rescheduled ... We were married in the rose garden of a large park with music provided by the carillon next to the garden. Clear July weather, with roses in bloom. I just wish I'd bought silk flowers; we ended up with half-dead coral-colored (Carla and Cyndi wore blue) daisies. Ugh. If I'd gone along to pick up the flowers I wouldn't have accepted them, either.
dave@utcsstat.UUCP () (11/24/83)
My wife and I got engaged in September 1977, and planned a big
June wedding for June 25/78. We were spending a lot of time together,
and I was living on my own already. On January 20, we suddenly decided,
"what are we waiting for?". We were also a little concerned about the
escalation of a big wedding, where there's always someone who gets mad
about the arrangements, and someone who gets mad because they weren't
invited, etc.
We were both in undergrad at the time, so we got married on February
12 and went away for Reading Week. We set up the wedding two weeks
beforehand, told our parents one week beforehand, and told our
guests (three or four friends we invited) two days beforehand.
So it was a*small* wedding. But we had all the trappings - dress,
tux, flowers, pictures (not professional), synagogue, rabbi, cantor.
The number of people in attendance exceeded our tiny "guest list",
since the wedding took place on a Sunday evening between Minchah and
Maariv (afternoon and evening services). Since a minyan (quorum of ten
men) was necessary for part of the procedure, we invited everyone who was
there for services to "come upstairs for a wedding".
In retrospect we're glad we avoided a big wedding and all the headaches.
Dave Sherman (from utcsrgv where we don't get net.social)
Toronto
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