Lauren's Wedding

This post is so long overdue I almost didn't write it...

On May 30, 2009, Lauren got married in Prospect Park. It was a glorious sunny day. A few white chairs were laid out in front of a table with sweetly sour red liquid. The ceremony was short but the happiness it will yield will be long.

The reception followed in the picnic house. Both bride and groom were radiant. The bar was open all night. I personally consumed at least a quarter of a bottle of Jack. The bartenders were two of the hottest I'd seen in recent memory.

I was seated beside Helen and Marcy at a table with Norman and his future wife. It was a mini high school reunion--still way more girls than guys. Somethings aren't meant to change. Marcy's little brother who is legitimately 1.5 feet taller than me asked for a dance and I felt my card was filled enough at that. Though I learned later in the night that Lauren's very cute, very young cousin, Matty had not in fact been humoring me when I dragged him onto the dance floor for the last dance. A fact I wouldn't have taken seriously if her brother-in-law hadn't made it a point to impress upon me. Strangely, last night at Karen's engagement party Lauren's husband made some joke about Matty and I recollected fondly just how doe-eyed and sweet he'd been oh so many Saturdays ago...

I was grateful Jo came alone. I know she didn't do it for me, but I felt her plus 1 duties would have fallen along the wayside if she'd had a man in tow. There was some circle dancing true single ladies style--even if the first of us was officially the farthest thing from single--each of us had inadvertently dressed in bright, solid colors creating a rainbow effect across the room.

After the reception we headed to a local bar in Park Slope. Lauren in her wedding finery and the rest of us forming a sea of flowers around her. I even have picture booth photos with Jo which sit on my mirror at home creating a high school TV show effect. Every time I fix my face I see the photo and think to myself that despite how badly my hair frizzed that night, I could never forget what a carefree night I had on Lauren's big day.

The newly weds have recently returned after spending 2 weeks in Croatia--tan and still very much in honeymoon mode.