But they come like this.
We can always use some customized handmade knifes from Belgium. Madou, come visit the knife!
Decompressing at the Stick
August 1, 2025
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After all of the planning, and then the actual event itself, we were ready to put our feet up. So we did.
The Stick with Göran, Anne, Noelie, Lisa, Rhine and April—hosted by the newly married McGraws! Late May is perfection at the beach. No people.
Oh yeah, the dogs came too. We rented a huge vehicle in Pittsburgh to cart everyone and all their stuff down.
Now back to those feet…
About the only complication was figuring out the state of the improperly-installed dishwasher. We built our own sign to signify state. It was good in theory. LOL.
As always, cooking was an important part of our beach time. Romey and Lisa made a delicious meal indeed.
The dogs felt left out.
The view from the porch leads to inner peace.
We did make a few cocktails.
Tranquility…unless you are a ball.
Just add more olives.
Starts like this…
Ends up like this. Thanks John and Joan!
It’s Official
August 1, 2025
Even though we did declare ourselves married during the ceremony we architected, we did allow the Commonwealth to make things all legal. We brought some friends along to the courthouse, from Norway, Germany, and the UK.
5.25.25 = The Big Wedding
August 1, 2025
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What an experience! Romey and Gary got married in Pittsburgh on 5.25.25 at the Andy Warhol Museum. We hosted 100 of our dearest friends from nine countries who all stayed at the Hotel Monaco Sunday evening. Hilariously, only one guest was from Pittsburgh (though nobody who came to the wedding lives in Pittsburgh now).
The grand 5.25.25 wedding picture repository lives. We have organized our pictures into nine salient chunks as follows:
0. baseball – a Pirates game on Friday night 5.23.25
1. spacebar – quasi-spontaneous fun and cocktails in Pittsburgh
2. warhol – excellent art with excellent friends
3. ceremony – the heart of the matter
4. rooftop – pre-reception cocktails with a piper and some kilts
5. reception – dinner and dancing featuring DJ Williams
6. side quests – before and after
7. kilts – yes, there were lots of kilts
8. primary colors – post ceremony people
See the 5.25.25 button above.
