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Jun 16 03: flowers; harts
The wedding was lovely lovely lovely. Congratulations to…well, to John and Kathleen. I was going to say “to Mr. and Mrs. Hedlund,” but she has kept her own name, modern woman that she is. So is there a shorthand? She’s not “Mrs. Foley,” that would be her mother. “Ms. Hedlund?” I don’t think that’s it either. Kathleen, if you’re reading this, your input will be appreciated.
Okay, regardless. Many many old friends there, most notably Terry Horner (sans his charming husband) and John Lovejoy (avec his charming girlfriend). Had a spectacular time. We did a fairly heroic bar crawl through Collegetown on Friday and lived to tell the tale. The old haunts are rather seedier than they used to be. Either that or our standards have changed somewhat. The food served by Collegetown Bagels after last call is just as perfect, though. In particular those cheesecake brownies. Oh, bliss. I even got Hot Truck for lunch on Saturday. Yes, you can do that now. I know, it’s mindblowing but true. What more could one want?
Well, good weather, I guess. The Friday afternoon barbeque was cold, sometimes foggy, sometimes rainy. Picturesque in an Ithaca kind of way but it made for a damn clammy picnic. The wedding never got a proper blast of Ithaca-in-June style “sunny and beautiful, the presence of God felt all about, flowers bloom in your heads” weather, but at least it was neither cold nor wet. And the bride and groom looked like two million bucks, collectively, and there were smiles all around. We wish them joy.
We got the good weather for the drive back. The highways were fairly smooth sailing, although judging by the evidence I’d say the deer are particularly clueless this year. Or particularly slow. The roadkill index was appalling.