Wedding in the City

Hey all,

So I'm currently on the megabus on my way back to Amherst where with any luck Anna will pick me up. It's been a pretty rad few days since I left Amherst. Deidre and I experienced hands down the coolest lightening storm as we drove down route 2. First it looked like we were in the aftermath of a nuclear explosion. The sky was pink but it was already past 8:30. Then we had the northern lights on one side and spider like lightening on the other. Meanwhile, my mother keep receiving updates along the lines of "the tornado are 20 miles ahead of you." The next day, Deidre was kind enough to help me run some errands before heading off to Paris, so we took a trip to the Concord Cheese Shop (http://www.concordcheeseshop.com/). Thursday night consisted of a delicious dinner, a seven year old teaching me how to use technology, and a pink and green snake, which the four year old Eleanor christened Sammy the Sheep (no, we don't know why). Friday morning we drove down to New York to begin the festivities for the weekend. The Rehearsal Dinner Friday night was a Chinese banquet down in Chinatown. There was a stuffed pig with pink bows! Then as a member of the under-21 set, I went home with the family, while other revelers started pub-crawl number 1 of the weekend. Saturday we had Brunch at Barney Greengrass (kippered salmon and nova: SCORE!) before I met up with one of my best friends from high school who is interning in the city this summer for Cupcakes. Saturday night was the wedding, which took place at the Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers. It was so beautiful and tons of fun! (http://www.nytimes.com/2011/06/05/fashion/weddings/renee-sekino-jonathan-wolfe-weddings.html?ref=weddings) At one point my cousin Nancy (Jon's sister) asked Josh and me to look after her two boys Benny and Danny. We failed miserably, but I did manage to stop Danny from jumping over the railing, so I guess that has to count as a minor success. Then I missed the apparently epic pub-crawl number two, sad times continue. But Jon and Renée were real troopers (haha) and still made it to the brunch in high spirits. Benny and I had a great time watching the ducks that congregated by the fountain, while Diana (David's (Jon's twin brother) daughter) and colored some amazing disney princesses. Sunglasses were worn by most even if the sun was barely visible, and before I knew it it was time to head out!

I guess this means that I really need to start working....

Mazel Tov!

Jenna