Destination: Funville 01.22.10

aka Spring­field, VA.

Social net­wor­king is the stran­gest thing. 

In 1998 I took my first plane trip ever to Syra­cuse, NY to visit a friend at SU. I sta­yed with him in his ‘frat house’. There I met Robyn. She was viva­cious and fabu­lous and she taught me how to drink Cider­Jack (like a champ). We sta­yed in touch via email & AIM for a little while but as with most things the con­tact dwindled.

Some­time about 5 years ago, when mys­pace was still cool, I thought I’d search her. With a very uni­que last name I was sure I’d found her and we exchan­ged OMG’s.

Mys­pace was never my favo­rite. It was too hard to do/​see/​be. Then came face­book. We frien­ded. She announ­ced she was enga­ged. I jokingly pim­ped myself out. Novem­ber 2009, I get a mes­sage, asking if I was serious and would I tra­vel to the DC area to shoot her wed­ding. In January?!

y.e.s.

So after my whirl­wind second half of 2009 I caught my breath, pac­ked my bags, and boar­ded a fight to this des­ti­na­tion wed­ding. Only I would have a des­ti­na­tion wed­ding in DC in January. I didn’t care, I was SO exci­ted. It was also the first time ever I’d taken a trip com­ple­tely alone. (yes, I was 31. sheesh)

I made it in one piece! Flight, Lug­gage, Metro, Shuttle, Hotel, Rehear­sal! (Des­ti­na­tion wed­ding fact: If the tra­vel plans inc­lude me arri­ved and sett­led by the time of your rehearsal/​dinner — I’m there & shoo­ting as a bonus!)

The wed­ding was taking place at the Mason Dis­trict Park Amphithea­ter and after a somewhat … loud & glee­ful reu­nion in the hotel lobby we hea­ded off. 

The boys

The pro­ces­sion 

The girls. 

The din­ner. Which was at a chi­nese res­tau­rant which had the best ever ‘beef candy’ I’ve ever had. Ever. I have no idea what it was but I still want it at least twice a month. 

Argh! Delinquent blog­ger stri­kes again. I know that I took this pic­ture on the left with pur­pose, there was a story. But.. uh… Bueller? 

The bride and groom. I think this is the for bet­ter or worse before and after. HAHA

By the time I left I was SO exci­ted for the wed­ding. This small sam­pling of their loved ones & friends and family was so ama­zing — I could only ima­gine what the next day had to bring!