Wedding Bells

Last weekend, Susanna's old roommate and high school friend, Julia, got married to Clarke at the Greenbrier Resort in West Virginia. The AAA 5-diamond resort is absolutely gorgeous. Gardens are bright and colorful, and grass is impeccably maintained. The main building looks palatial - even presidential. It sort of makes sense though, because it houses a bunker built in the 50's (that was secret and in commission until 1992) in which Congress would hide if there was a nuclear attack.

The rooms, on the other hand...they desperately needed renovation. We stayed in a "cottage" due to the lack of normal room availability. The room wasn't dirty by any means - it just looked about 30 years past its prime. Red carpet covered the floors and the walls were adorned with wallpaper straight out of the 1980s. Luckily, we didn't spend a whole lot of time in the rooms.

This was a BIG wedding with around 700 invitations and well over 350 RSVPs. The beautiful ceremony was held in Julia's childhood church in Lewisburg, followed by the wedding at the Greenbrier itself. The food was out of this world. Bacon-wrapped scallops, popcorn lobster, lobster sliders, beef sliders, grouper sliders, BBQ pulled pork sliders, and a raw bar were just a few of the stations. It seemed everywhere we turned, there was another nook with some delicious food.


As with any wedding, there was the obligatory dancing. While fun, one thing was clear: Susanna and I need to take dance lessons. For the time though, our awkward waddling around the dance for sufficed. Susanna's floor length bridesmaids dress didn't help her mobility, but she sure did look amazing! And I look damn good in a tux, if I do say so myself.

After the reception, the night was capped off at the casino. For better or worse, I couldn't remember how to play craps well enough to actually gamble, so my money stayed in my pocket instead of in the casino's. The relatively early night apparently didn't do it for someone, as she was quite sleepy in the car still...