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Finally finished 3 days of wedding insanity. Friday: legally married at the Municipal Building, wedding rehearsal in the park, rehearsal dinner, bachelor party. Ended up outside my apartment extremely inebriated at 5AM. Realized I didn’t have keys with me. Taxi to harlem, slept on friends floor as the sun rose. Woke at 7:30AM.

Went home 9AM. Saturday afternoon went to 40 person pre-wedding picnic in Central Park. After that, picked up wheel chairs downtown, went home and helped prepare for next days festivities. Went to bed 2AM.

Awoke 6AM. 9AM picked up van, met groomsmen, loaded van with chairs, guitars, liquor, etc. and drove to bride’s parents house in queens. Noon, through feats of valor, cunning, charm, and financial generosity, penetrated my bride’s parents house which was guarded by cousins and bridesmaids. 1PM, performed tea ceremony with bride’s parents.

1:15 PM drove to Conservatory Garden in central park. 2PM Unloaded gear and set up for ceremony. 3 PM did the ceremony. It’s fun to kiss someone you love while masses of onlookers applaud. Recommended. 4-4:30 posed for photos.

4:30 headed to Cantonese banquet hall in Queens. 5:30-6:30 set up for banquet. 6:30-8PM, greeted guests, watched as my bride attempted to overcome the twisted lameness of the banquet hall management who, inexplicably would not let our DJ enter the DJ booth (this after having a previous meeting with them about letting us bring him in to do his thing). Was unable to help much with this, as I do not speak Cantonese. 8PM Finally, lubricated with extra cash, the management let our DJ work. The banquet begins. 3 hours of dancing, games, toasts, thirteen courses, cake cutting, drinking, and Hava Nagilah, pack up van and head back to the city. 1:30 AM, unload van contents into our apartment. 2AM, return van. 2:30 sleep.

Though this was an exausting 72 hours, it was wonderful. We could not have done this without so much help from our friends and families. Thank you so, so much.

I’m happy that I captured some key behind the scenes moments with my video camera and look forward to putting some snippets on the web in a few weeks.

I’ll be offline for a week as my wife and I recuperate near Bryce Canyon in Utah. Take care.