Beautiful Destination Weddings (Part 1)

Brooke and Chris tied the knot with a beautiful ceremony at the Davenport House in Savannah last month. A great time was had by all, and brayden had his first experience with a non-family baby sitter. With all of the concern about the impending tropical storm, the weather turned out to be fantastic. But it didn't always seem like thats how it was going to turn out. The usual 3.5 hr drive to savannah turned into a 5+ hr crawl because of the monsoon like conditions. The windshield wipers on the jetta could barely keep up with the downpour.

There is actually a car about 50 feet in front of me in this picture. I realize taking the time to take a picture wasn't the brightest idea, but in fairness, we were cruising along at about 25 to 30 mph.

(warning, about to get to jumping's sappy moment of the day)

But sometimes you have to go through a storm like that to have beauty like the rainbow that didn't get captured in this picture (you'll have to take my word for it, it was pretty fantastic. Also, i realize that I either need to carry a camera around with me, stop posting about things i snap on my phone, or get a better camera phone).


On a side note relating to the pour quality of the camera phone, I've had to scrap 2 blogs due to the quality of the images taken by my phone. The first was the Amish choir in Dupont Circle that I came across before moving back to ATL, if this picture were at all clear, you'd be able to make out the massive sound system they were using to amplify their songs of praise. So apparently light bulbs and cars are out, but sounds ystems and iPod's are in.


The second blog that I had to scrap deals with the menu that I saw while walking through the Denver airport last weekend (blog to follow on this later this wee.....in the future). Now if you thought that the pic of the Amish Tabernacle Choir was pathetic, wait until you see the pic of the burger king menu, it makes the prior seem like an Ansel Adams. But basically the picture is of the burger king menu, more importantly, the portion of the menu that reads "picture menu available upon request". Now this is a great service that burger king is offering. Much like the Huddle House menus in the north georgia mountains that offer visuals of the available entrees to those who are literately-challenged, burger king is offering this same service to their patrons. The predicament lies in the conveyance of this feature to said customers. On the one hand, you don't want to ask every customer if they require the "picture menu", risking insult to potential customers. But on the other hand, you might as well advertise this in hieroglyphics, because the people requiring these menus would have a better chance of interpreting that (even without the rosetta stone). Not sure what the answer to this quandary may be, perhaps have a stack of "picture menus" available at the cash register? just a thought.

(perhaps this picture offers a glimpse into what it must be like to live as a functionally literate adult, who loves burger king). Second side note, as chris and brooke have pointed out, is it strange that the only fast food chain to offer a veggie burger as an option is the same company that offers the "Triple Whopper with Cheese"? Check out this hilarious commercial, again courtesy of brooke and chris (LINK TO VIDEO).

Stephanie and I, along with a fleet that rivaled the spanish armada, took a kayak tour of tybee island. It was a great workout, and we even had a chance to paddle along with a pod of dolphins (or school if you will).

Here are some pictures of the weekend (ALL unfiltered pics can be found HERE):

(Brayden seems less than amused about my attempt to make him laugh)

(The lovely bride and groom, did i mention it was warm in savannah in september?)

(Julie needs a moment, she's feeling a little verclimpt)

(Kristen and Jason all the way in from SF, getting a little practice at parenting, my assessment: naturals)

(In 2 or 3 more years henry will be throwing me around like this)

(4 non non Blondes)

(post reception at the bar, you only wear the dress once, make it last)

A good time was had by all at the wedding, from bryan's mismatched shoe's, the pedicab rides to and from the ceremony, the after party at the bar, kayaking, and julie's clogging at the rehersal....wasn't it a wonderful party.

One last note, for those of you wondering, paternity leave is going fantastic, especially those afternoon naps that allow me to entertain, well, at least myself if no one else with my blog. But seriously, any comments anyone wants to leave would be appreciated, topics you'd like me to cover, just say hello, whatever. I've got about 6 more weeks of this before i go back to "work", not that watching a 12 week old isn't work.