Wedding season has begun!
Well, surprisingly I only have 2 weddings to attend this year. I just went to one, and the next is in a couple weeks. The one I went to was for my cousin Alishan and his lovely bride Arpi.
Yes, I was in LA again. Hagop and Shoosh, I'm really sorry I didn't ring you guys up, but I'm sure you can imagine with a wedding in town, there was barely any time away from the family to breathe. Next time. Oh, but it was a great wedding. I was a brides maid, and the bridal party got along VERY well. The crowd was an interesting mix of LA and DC folks and some of Alishan's old college and high school friends I remember from back in the day.
So, it started at 10 am when the grooms family gathered at his uncle's house (other side of the family) where we were greeted with little cognac shots. The dancing began, and then we were off to take the bride's dress (shoe really since the dress was too big) to the bride's family's house. I guess this is tradition. I wasn't too familiar with it, but there were shots waiting for us there too, along with I think nearly a hundred family members... sounding very LA Armo to you? Yup. Photos motos, food mood, dancing shmancing, speeches shmeeches, you know the drill. Eventually the bridal party hopped in the limo and the rest followed... and the champagne began flowing.
To cut it short... there was hours of photo taking where margaritas came into play, the wedding ceremony was beautiful, and there was more champagne in the limo to keep us going until the reception, where the alcohal motherload awaited... open bar.
Oddly enough, I wasn't drunk through any of it because when one drinks that much in the time span of a couple hours, it'll hit you hard, but when you drink over a span of 15 HOURS, it loses it's effect. But that isn't to say it wasn't fun. I was drunk on joy from all the love in the room, the dancing, and the dancing, and dancing, some dancing, and more dancing. The bride and groom kept us going... they wouldn't stop.
So a lovely wedding indeed. I got back Sunday night... Monday morning at 1:30 and was back in the office hours later. Oh, my pillow is calling my name. Congrats again Alishan and Arpi, thanks for an amazing time and I hope your honeymoon is everything you both deserve for being two amazing people and two of my best friends.
Yes, I was in LA again. Hagop and Shoosh, I'm really sorry I didn't ring you guys up, but I'm sure you can imagine with a wedding in town, there was barely any time away from the family to breathe. Next time. Oh, but it was a great wedding. I was a brides maid, and the bridal party got along VERY well. The crowd was an interesting mix of LA and DC folks and some of Alishan's old college and high school friends I remember from back in the day.
So, it started at 10 am when the grooms family gathered at his uncle's house (other side of the family) where we were greeted with little cognac shots. The dancing began, and then we were off to take the bride's dress (shoe really since the dress was too big) to the bride's family's house. I guess this is tradition. I wasn't too familiar with it, but there were shots waiting for us there too, along with I think nearly a hundred family members... sounding very LA Armo to you? Yup. Photos motos, food mood, dancing shmancing, speeches shmeeches, you know the drill. Eventually the bridal party hopped in the limo and the rest followed... and the champagne began flowing.
To cut it short... there was hours of photo taking where margaritas came into play, the wedding ceremony was beautiful, and there was more champagne in the limo to keep us going until the reception, where the alcohal motherload awaited... open bar.
Oddly enough, I wasn't drunk through any of it because when one drinks that much in the time span of a couple hours, it'll hit you hard, but when you drink over a span of 15 HOURS, it loses it's effect. But that isn't to say it wasn't fun. I was drunk on joy from all the love in the room, the dancing, and the dancing, and dancing, some dancing, and more dancing. The bride and groom kept us going... they wouldn't stop.
So a lovely wedding indeed. I got back Sunday night... Monday morning at 1:30 and was back in the office hours later. Oh, my pillow is calling my name. Congrats again Alishan and Arpi, thanks for an amazing time and I hope your honeymoon is everything you both deserve for being two amazing people and two of my best friends.
posted by Arsineh at 1:48 AM
1 Comments:
Wow -- I didn't realize the wedding had been coming up. Ars, can you send pictures for the Weekly ... including the name of maid of honor/best man, where the couple were married, parents of bride/groom, and hometowns?
Congratulations!!!
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