San Antonio Birthday and Wedding
Man, San Antonio was pretty nuts... not nuts like off the chain, but nuts like lots happened. Kari and I drove down Friday morning (my birthday) to get to our hotel and Bre'anna's wedding rehearsal. It was obviously incredibly boring, but definitely necessary. Weddings are such a production. Especially in this mega-church. If it werent for the decorations on stage, you wouldn't know this place was a church - more like an auditorium of some sort. This was a huge huge complex. I think the place held 4,000 people. After the rehearsal was the rehearsal dinner where we ate, people gave toasts, and people cried. It was pretty funny, Chris's family had like 7 people toast, our side had 1, haha, we rule. After diner, Kari and I went out on the river walk with Juliet and Jeffrey. Their parents and Matthew and Vicki met us out for a drink also. We started out at this italian restaurant/martini bar. Then went to Dick's, which was like the Ed Debevic's of bars... quite annoying. When I asked for a Shiner draw, the freakin bartender drew me a picture of a Shiner bock. Later we had a margarita and a birthday shot at a Mexican restaurant and called it a night. I'm glad Juliet and Jeffrey were there to actually celelbrate my birthday in the midst of a wedding.
Saturday everything was a mess, everyone was running frantic until the wedding finally started. Girls were crying, people were fighting, guys were driving crazy, I walked around on the river walk, etc - insanity, haha. Anyway, the wedding was nice. Right afterwards, the pastor (Chris's dad) was like, "ok everyone needs to leave... a rehearsal is about to start for Sunday's worship." Then, boom, the curtains went up and there were like 30 people behind them all ready to start playing instruments. It was like a freakin pit at a play, haha. Then we took 3 limos to the reception which was weird - one for the groomsmen, one for the bridesmaids, and one for Chris and Bre'anna. The reception was pretty decent, I think this was the first good wedding DJ I've heard. Despite the completely dry reception, he managed to actually get people onto the dance floor. So basically the whole wedding/rehearsal went well. It was a little too sugar coated for some, and sex was definitely talked about way way way more than any other wedding I've been to or heard of, but still it was nice. After the reception, a bunch of us went out. I talked to my dad's buddy a lot about this book he just wrote. Hopefully I can help him promote that.
Sunday, Kari and I relaxed, walked around the river walk, and checked out the Alamo. The riverwalk is pretty cool. Not exactly my choice hangout, but it was definitely nice. There were a lot more people my age than I imagined. K, now I'm back in Dallas. I've got a lot to say about Texas drivers and other things... I'll write about that when I get home. For now I'm going swimming. I love hotel wifi and 24 hour pools.
Saturday everything was a mess, everyone was running frantic until the wedding finally started. Girls were crying, people were fighting, guys were driving crazy, I walked around on the river walk, etc - insanity, haha. Anyway, the wedding was nice. Right afterwards, the pastor (Chris's dad) was like, "ok everyone needs to leave... a rehearsal is about to start for Sunday's worship." Then, boom, the curtains went up and there were like 30 people behind them all ready to start playing instruments. It was like a freakin pit at a play, haha. Then we took 3 limos to the reception which was weird - one for the groomsmen, one for the bridesmaids, and one for Chris and Bre'anna. The reception was pretty decent, I think this was the first good wedding DJ I've heard. Despite the completely dry reception, he managed to actually get people onto the dance floor. So basically the whole wedding/rehearsal went well. It was a little too sugar coated for some, and sex was definitely talked about way way way more than any other wedding I've been to or heard of, but still it was nice. After the reception, a bunch of us went out. I talked to my dad's buddy a lot about this book he just wrote. Hopefully I can help him promote that.
Sunday, Kari and I relaxed, walked around the river walk, and checked out the Alamo. The riverwalk is pretty cool. Not exactly my choice hangout, but it was definitely nice. There were a lot more people my age than I imagined. K, now I'm back in Dallas. I've got a lot to say about Texas drivers and other things... I'll write about that when I get home. For now I'm going swimming. I love hotel wifi and 24 hour pools.