my sister’s wedding
so if you rewind back a bit from the last few tour date entries you’ll notice that i started off my tour with my sister’s wedding. we left from long island with the tour van as mentioned and headed to dc. straight off the bat i will say the whole experience was pretty stressful. just the fact my sister had this massive day planned with so many of our relatives invited (so many of whom have not seen each other in over 15 years) was weighing on me a bit. i know i wasn’t the one even getting married, but i couldn’t help but feel the pressure. though in the end everything went off without a hitch, or whatever that expression is.
we made it to the hotel on time to get ready to go to the rehearsal dinner where we saw my sister, my parents, my new brother in law tim’s family and my cousins. i snuck a few paparazzo shots in, but my sister caught me. antonella was upset with me for sneaking
my cousin danielle and her daughters. maggie is so big now! tim and janelle hosted a slide show, and a bit of a thank you session and gave out some gifts to the wedding party. i got that fantastic skateboard, a really stunning tie and a sleek pair of cuff links. i was really beat by the end of that night
the following morning before the wedding charlotte and i wanted to try and get in a little bit of DC time and went over to the free zoo
we toured the south east asia wing i think, which was cool. but then we had to hurry back to the wedding. after a really beautiful ceremony the troops mounted and got ready to head over to glen echo park, in maryland. the park is a sort of amusement park from the turn of the century that is now a state park so it’s a really cool place to have a wedding
the wedding party went over to have our photos taken at a couple of cool locations before arriving to the reception
this photo would’ve been really cool if my film hadn’t loaded all jenky. i had to retouch the shit out of it to make it even look like something. there were tears and cuts all through the middle.
we got up to this old gas station and snapped a few shots. at this point i think i noticed that because there was another photographer there i didn’t feel the need to take as many shots myself. i can’t wait to see what she got because she shoots film! woooo! yay to film photographers still keeping it alive!
janelle’s bridesmaids were rosanna, jill, antonella and kara. those girls (with the exception of jill) would stay at my house and torment me all through my adolescence! nah sike, they were cool… they only tormented me a little bit
we then got to the reception kick off. charlotte helped my sis by setting up a sort of photobooth thing up on the stage under this little red awning thing. it worked pretty well but had some issues due to the lack of responsiveness from the remote. i think a cable release on an old 35 mm would’ve worked a bit better because the camera kept “going to sleep” like a computer would and the focus would go off. the photos turned out cool for the most part
here’s one of me and charlotte
tim and janelle’s first dance
me and janelle right after the whole announcing thing and stuff. i have a ron donald haircut thanks to yosef the barber
tim and his mom
janelle’s photographer wanted to test out my camera.. i quickly tried to explain to her how to use it but she took her chances with what she knew. a cool photo of me and chuck came out blurry… oh well
my uncle dave and aunt yvonne
this is the carousel building
brian and danielle, cousin in law and cousin. now at this point i stopped shooting photos because i was too tired and too distracted. so there is a big lapse between moments. eventually night fell and charlotte and i got on the carousel
we took some jokey photos of us having a magnificent time before the ride even started
what a grand ol’ time!
i actually was a lot of fun. we rode along side my aunt diane and second cousin jack. jack was loving it. second cousin maggie seemed a bit concerned but seemed to enjoy herself too
this guy knew my name and told me to take a picture of him. i did
a few minutes later janelle and tim boarded and i watched from the outside. her film and camera crew boarded with her
i love this one. my sister loves that giraffe
my mom was having a blast on it too!
the little 8mm video edit that was produced from the footage on this ride, along with the rest of the day was so adorable i never threw up. i wish the two of them endless happiness because they really do go so well together and are a perfect couple