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Post by Julia, wrought iron-y on Apr 14, 2013 10:37:43 GMT -5
The only bookstores I got taken to in LA were in West Hollywood; I suspect this one is less than thirty years old since Patrice worked at the Central Library and Franklin on Spring Street back in those days and both are drawn to bookstores like moths to a flame. Julia, amazed I can type correctly when I am so very very undone at the moment. According to their "about" page, the bookstore started in a downtown LA loft in 2005 and has been in the current location since June 2011, so it's relatively new. On the other hand, I'm afraid most of the older bookstores in the LA area have gone the way of the dodo. Alas, alas, Acres of Books is no more... That's just tragic; at its best, it was almost as good as Powell's. Julia, awake earlier than any day this month, which is especially good since I fell asleep earlier and stayed there.
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Post by Sue on Apr 14, 2013 20:02:23 GMT -5
Tom and Sarah's wedding was lovely and perfect.
Allison and Andrew's wedding day over the top ridiculously perfect. Indescribably joyful and perfect. But I'll try to describe:
MOST MOST MOST excellent time.
Al and Andrew came in on Tuesday. Wed was a whirlwind of license, ring sizing, hair cuts, dress steaming, final printing chores (which involved me visiting both the bellevue and 100 oaks Michaels for the best shade of ivory paper. (cue rolling eyes).
Thursday was mostly "travel watch" due to the weather (and other last minute stuff with place cards and dried lavender into the pitchers). His family came in. His brother/best man had to fly in from Nicaragua. One of Allie's bridesmaids (and her groomsman husband) flew in from Dubai! (17 hours and she is 7 months pregnant. Her mother came from Olympia, WA to the wedding, mostly to see Danielle). Tom's in-laws flew in on Thursday and drove over to Gatlinburg to see the Smokies.
By Thursday night most of wedding party assembled to go partying and Andrew's family had dinner with us.
Friday morning 14 (14!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) women had mani-pedis. The men went paint-balling and Andrew's dad got hit hard just behind his left ear leaving a large, nasty wound, but is okay.
Rehearsal at 4, dinner at 6 (Sunset Grill), kids went to Bosco's afterward. We came home and crashed.
Saturday: the weather!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [68-70 degrees and bright sun]
We got to the church at 11 am (11 am !!!!) -- 11 bridesmaids, Allie and me -- we hired our regular hair lady and she did hair for 3 hours, we had lunch delivered. Pictures started at 1:30 (it takes a long time to corral that many people.) Allie was pumped and excited and joyful all day. Andrew is just wonderful.
The service was PERFECT. Extremely focused on the sacrament of holy marriage, which was what both of the them wanted. But still joyous and not overly serious. [Her longtime youth pastor was doing his first solo wedding at St. B's -- usually the senior pastor does them -- and in reading from the bulletin read her name as Allison Pi CH ert ("ch") and then laughed and corrected himself.] Tom's wife Sarah and both of his parents were readers. I did the "Prayers of the People" which is part of the Episcopalian liturgy which read:
Let us pray.
Eternal God, creator and preserver of all life, author of salvation, and giver of all grace: Look with favor upon the world you have made, and for which your Son gave his life, and especially upon this man and this woman whom you make one flesh in Holy Matrimony. Amen.
Give them wisdom and devotion in the ordering of their common life, that each may be to the other a strength in need, a counselor in perplexity, a comfort in sorrow, and a companion in joy. Amen.
Grant that their wills may be so knit together in your will, and their spirits in your Spirit, that they may grow in love and peace with you and one another all the days of their life. Amen.
Give them grace, when they hurt each other, to recognize and acknowledge their fault, and to seek each other's forgiveness and yours. Amen.
Make their life together a sign of Christ's love to this sinful and broken world, that unity may overcome estrangement, forgiveness heal guilt, and joy conquer despair. Amen.
Give them such fulfillment of their mutual affection that they may reach out in love and concern for others. Amen.
It was amazing that I did not choke totally up.
Wonderful, wonderful wonderful congregation of family and friends.
The reception was incredible. The cakes, the Loveless staff was exceptional, the food was .... perfectly fine reception food for large numbers, (didn't think it was out of this world, but having recently been at other weddings I was satisfied.) And appreciated that the DJ (whose name is JD) played low key music at low volume so conversation was easy during dinner. The Barn had its sides (garage doors) up and we had the use of the entire patio as well. The toast by Andrew's brother was long but exceptional in highlighting Andrew's strengths.
And then the loud, fast music started and the dance floor filled with crazy dancing young people for 2.75 hours.
Pictures to come (not sure when).
Everything was truly amazingly wonderfully perfect. Of course we didn't really get to spend any quality time with family with so much going on and so many people there. But Tom and Sarah stayed with us and Carolyn. Then today we had a nice afternoon with Sarah's parents and Blaine as well (Sarah's dad has made it his mission in life to not too subtly needle Blaine into proposing!).
Exhausted. But in SUCH a good way!
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Apr 14, 2013 22:47:17 GMT -5
Bob and I have been making ourselves sewing forms. Mine is duct tape, his is paper tape. I wanted paper tape too but I can't stand long enough for it to dry, hence the duct. It collapsed the moment I took the form off and had me very worried. Today we stuffed it with two bags of polyfiber and a full can of expanding aero-foam. It needs more.
It's also very hard to see what my figure REALLY looks like. Photos to follow.
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Post by Julia, wrought iron-y on Apr 15, 2013 11:14:46 GMT -5
Tom and Sarah's wedding was lovely and perfect. Allison and Andrew's wedding day over the top ridiculously perfect. Indescribably joyful and perfect. But I'll try to describe: MOST MOST MOST excellent time. Al and Andrew came in on Tuesday. Wed was a whirlwind of license, ring sizing, hair cuts, dress steaming, final printing chores (which involved me visiting both the bellevue and 100 oaks Michaels for the best shade of ivory paper. (cue rolling eyes). Thursday was mostly "travel watch" due to the weather (and other last minute stuff with place cards and dried lavender into the pitchers). His family came in. His brother/best man had to fly in from Nicaragua. One of Allie's bridesmaids (and her groomsman husband) flew in from Dubai! (17 hours and she is 7 months pregnant. Her mother came from Olympia, WA to the wedding, mostly to see Danielle). Tom's in-laws flew in on Thursday and drove over to Gatlinburg to see the Smokies. By Thursday night most of wedding party assembled to go partying and Andrew's family had dinner with us. Friday morning 14 (14!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) women had mani-pedis. The men went paint-balling and Andrew's dad got hit hard just behind his left ear leaving a large, nasty wound, but is okay. Rehearsal at 4, dinner at 6 (Sunset Grill), kids went to Bosco's afterward. We came home and crashed. Saturday: the weather!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [68-70 degrees and bright sun] We got to the church at 11 am (11 am !!!!) -- 11 bridesmaids, Allie and me -- we hired our regular hair lady and she did hair for 3 hours, we had lunch delivered. Pictures started at 1:30 (it takes a long time to corral that many people.) Allie was pumped and excited and joyful all day. Andrew is just wonderful. The service was PERFECT. Extremely focused on the sacrament of holy marriage, which was what both of the them wanted. But still joyous and not overly serious. [Her longtime youth pastor was doing his first solo wedding at St. B's -- usually the senior pastor does them -- and in reading from the bulletin read her name as Allison Pi CH ert ("ch") and then laughed and corrected himself.] Tom's wife Sarah and both of his parents were readers. I did the "Prayers of the People" which is part of the Episcopalian liturgy which read: Let us pray.
Eternal God, creator and preserver of all life, author of salvation, and giver of all grace: Look with favor upon the world you have made, and for which your Son gave his life, and especially upon this man and this woman whom you make one flesh in Holy Matrimony. Amen.
Give them wisdom and devotion in the ordering of their common life, that each may be to the other a strength in need, a counselor in perplexity, a comfort in sorrow, and a companion in joy. Amen.
Grant that their wills may be so knit together in your will, and their spirits in your Spirit, that they may grow in love and peace with you and one another all the days of their life. Amen.
Give them grace, when they hurt each other, to recognize and acknowledge their fault, and to seek each other's forgiveness and yours. Amen.
Make their life together a sign of Christ's love to this sinful and broken world, that unity may overcome estrangement, forgiveness heal guilt, and joy conquer despair. Amen.
Give them such fulfillment of their mutual affection that they may reach out in love and concern for others. Amen.It was amazing that I did not choke totally up. Wonderful, wonderful wonderful congregation of family and friends. The reception was incredible. The cakes, the Loveless staff was exceptional, the food was .... perfectly fine reception food for large numbers, (didn't think it was out of this world, but having recently been at other weddings I was satisfied.) And appreciated that the DJ (whose name is JD) played low key music at low volume so conversation was easy during dinner. The Barn had its sides (garage doors) up and we had the use of the entire patio as well. The toast by Andrew's brother was long but exceptional in highlighting Andrew's strengths. And then the loud, fast music started and the dance floor filled with crazy dancing young people for 2.75 hours. Pictures to come (not sure when). Everything was truly amazingly wonderfully perfect. Of course we didn't really get to spend any quality time with family with so much going on and so many people there. But Tom and Sarah stayed with us and Carolyn. Then today we had a nice afternoon with Sarah's parents and Blaine as well (Sarah's dad has made it his mission in life to not too subtly needle Blaine into proposing!). Exhausted. But in SUCH a good way! Lovely! On the other hand, I am et up with teh envies that you are done with this megilah, and that Al was a nice normal Episcopalian; Anna is getting married by a pagan who wants paid in chickens. Julia,
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Post by beccaelizabeth on Apr 15, 2013 13:11:00 GMT -5
I handed in all the things. One dissertation, all done, all handed in.
I have no work to do. No more essays, exams, assignments, or even studying. Potentially ever.
*blinks a lot* ... woah ...
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Post by Julia, wrought iron-y on Apr 15, 2013 13:48:14 GMT -5
I handed in all the things. One dissertation, all done, all handed in. I have no work to do. No more essays, exams, assignments, or even studying. Potentially ever. *blinks a lot* ... woah ... So, sleep for a while and then have a quiet celebration? Julia, given that I got fewer than five hours of sleep last night, all my answers start with "sleep for a while"
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Post by Spaced Out Looney on Apr 15, 2013 14:09:34 GMT -5
Tom and Sarah's wedding was lovely and perfect. Allison and Andrew's wedding day over the top ridiculously perfect. Indescribably joyful and perfect. But I'll try to describe: MOST MOST MOST excellent time. Al and Andrew came in on Tuesday. Wed was a whirlwind of license, ring sizing, hair cuts, dress steaming, final printing chores (which involved me visiting both the bellevue and 100 oaks Michaels for the best shade of ivory paper. (cue rolling eyes). Thursday was mostly "travel watch" due to the weather (and other last minute stuff with place cards and dried lavender into the pitchers). His family came in. His brother/best man had to fly in from Nicaragua. One of Allie's bridesmaids (and her groomsman husband) flew in from Dubai! (17 hours and she is 7 months pregnant. Her mother came from Olympia, WA to the wedding, mostly to see Danielle). Tom's in-laws flew in on Thursday and drove over to Gatlinburg to see the Smokies. By Thursday night most of wedding party assembled to go partying and Andrew's family had dinner with us. Friday morning 14 (14!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) women had mani-pedis. The men went paint-balling and Andrew's dad got hit hard just behind his left ear leaving a large, nasty wound, but is okay. Rehearsal at 4, dinner at 6 (Sunset Grill), kids went to Bosco's afterward. We came home and crashed. Saturday: the weather!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [68-70 degrees and bright sun] We got to the church at 11 am (11 am !!!!) -- 11 bridesmaids, Allie and me -- we hired our regular hair lady and she did hair for 3 hours, we had lunch delivered. Pictures started at 1:30 (it takes a long time to corral that many people.) Allie was pumped and excited and joyful all day. Andrew is just wonderful. The service was PERFECT. Extremely focused on the sacrament of holy marriage, which was what both of the them wanted. But still joyous and not overly serious. [Her longtime youth pastor was doing his first solo wedding at St. B's -- usually the senior pastor does them -- and in reading from the bulletin read her name as Allison Pi CH ert ("ch") and then laughed and corrected himself.] Tom's wife Sarah and both of his parents were readers. I did the "Prayers of the People" which is part of the Episcopalian liturgy which read: Let us pray.
Eternal God, creator and preserver of all life, author of salvation, and giver of all grace: Look with favor upon the world you have made, and for which your Son gave his life, and especially upon this man and this woman whom you make one flesh in Holy Matrimony. Amen.
Give them wisdom and devotion in the ordering of their common life, that each may be to the other a strength in need, a counselor in perplexity, a comfort in sorrow, and a companion in joy. Amen.
Grant that their wills may be so knit together in your will, and their spirits in your Spirit, that they may grow in love and peace with you and one another all the days of their life. Amen.
Give them grace, when they hurt each other, to recognize and acknowledge their fault, and to seek each other's forgiveness and yours. Amen.
Make their life together a sign of Christ's love to this sinful and broken world, that unity may overcome estrangement, forgiveness heal guilt, and joy conquer despair. Amen.
Give them such fulfillment of their mutual affection that they may reach out in love and concern for others. Amen.It was amazing that I did not choke totally up. Wonderful, wonderful wonderful congregation of family and friends. The reception was incredible. The cakes, the Loveless staff was exceptional, the food was .... perfectly fine reception food for large numbers, (didn't think it was out of this world, but having recently been at other weddings I was satisfied.) And appreciated that the DJ (whose name is JD) played low key music at low volume so conversation was easy during dinner. The Barn had its sides (garage doors) up and we had the use of the entire patio as well. The toast by Andrew's brother was long but exceptional in highlighting Andrew's strengths. And then the loud, fast music started and the dance floor filled with crazy dancing young people for 2.75 hours. Pictures to come (not sure when). Everything was truly amazingly wonderfully perfect. Of course we didn't really get to spend any quality time with family with so much going on and so many people there. But Tom and Sarah stayed with us and Carolyn. Then today we had a nice afternoon with Sarah's parents and Blaine as well (Sarah's dad has made it his mission in life to not too subtly needle Blaine into proposing!). Exhausted. But in SUCH a good way! Congratulations to (you and) the newlyweds!!!
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Post by Spaced Out Looney on Apr 15, 2013 14:11:24 GMT -5
I handed in all the things. One dissertation, all done, all handed in. I have no work to do. No more essays, exams, assignments, or even studying. Potentially ever. *blinks a lot* ... woah ... What are you going to do now, go to Disneyland?
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Apr 15, 2013 19:09:32 GMT -5
The Bobman and I have made tailoring forms for our costumes. This is not a project to be taken lightly. It's more expensive than you might think and very time consuming. We still do not have stands for them. Mine is made out of duct tape, Bob's is paper tape. Each method has its own merits and problems. Both are filled with polyfill and spray-in insulation foam. You can see the excess oozing out of mine. Bob's needs an additional can or two of the stuff. His form is still too brittle. You need a major sense of humor and to be VERY secure in yourself when you see what your body REALLY looks like. One lady I talked to said her sister took one look at the form they'd both labored over and threw the thing out crying that she did NOT look like that.
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Apr 15, 2013 19:13:34 GMT -5
Tom and Sarah's wedding was lovely and perfect. Allison and Andrew's wedding day over the top ridiculously perfect. Indescribably joyful and perfect. But I'll try to describe: MOST MOST MOST excellent time. Al and Andrew came in on Tuesday. Wed was a whirlwind of license, ring sizing, hair cuts, dress steaming, final printing chores (which involved me visiting both the bellevue and 100 oaks Michaels for the best shade of ivory paper. (cue rolling eyes). Thursday was mostly "travel watch" due to the weather (and other last minute stuff with place cards and dried lavender into the pitchers). His family came in. His brother/best man had to fly in from Nicaragua. One of Allie's bridesmaids (and her groomsman husband) flew in from Dubai! (17 hours and she is 7 months pregnant. Her mother came from Olympia, WA to the wedding, mostly to see Danielle). Tom's in-laws flew in on Thursday and drove over to Gatlinburg to see the Smokies. By Thursday night most of wedding party assembled to go partying and Andrew's family had dinner with us. Friday morning 14 (14!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!) women had mani-pedis. The men went paint-balling and Andrew's dad got hit hard just behind his left ear leaving a large, nasty wound, but is okay. Rehearsal at 4, dinner at 6 (Sunset Grill), kids went to Bosco's afterward. We came home and crashed. Saturday: the weather!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [68-70 degrees and bright sun] We got to the church at 11 am (11 am !!!!) -- 11 bridesmaids, Allie and me -- we hired our regular hair lady and she did hair for 3 hours, we had lunch delivered. Pictures started at 1:30 (it takes a long time to corral that many people.) Allie was pumped and excited and joyful all day. Andrew is just wonderful. The service was PERFECT. Extremely focused on the sacrament of holy marriage, which was what both of the them wanted. But still joyous and not overly serious. [Her longtime youth pastor was doing his first solo wedding at St. B's -- usually the senior pastor does them -- and in reading from the bulletin read her name as Allison Pi CH ert ("ch") and then laughed and corrected himself.] Tom's wife Sarah and both of his parents were readers. I did the "Prayers of the People" which is part of the Episcopalian liturgy which read: Let us pray.
Eternal God, creator and preserver of all life, author of salvation, and giver of all grace: Look with favor upon the world you have made, and for which your Son gave his life, and especially upon this man and this woman whom you make one flesh in Holy Matrimony. Amen.
Give them wisdom and devotion in the ordering of their common life, that each may be to the other a strength in need, a counselor in perplexity, a comfort in sorrow, and a companion in joy. Amen.
Grant that their wills may be so knit together in your will, and their spirits in your Spirit, that they may grow in love and peace with you and one another all the days of their life. Amen.
Give them grace, when they hurt each other, to recognize and acknowledge their fault, and to seek each other's forgiveness and yours. Amen.
Make their life together a sign of Christ's love to this sinful and broken world, that unity may overcome estrangement, forgiveness heal guilt, and joy conquer despair. Amen.
Give them such fulfillment of their mutual affection that they may reach out in love and concern for others. Amen.It was amazing that I did not choke totally up. Wonderful, wonderful wonderful congregation of family and friends. The reception was incredible. The cakes, the Loveless staff was exceptional, the food was .... perfectly fine reception food for large numbers, (didn't think it was out of this world, but having recently been at other weddings I was satisfied.) And appreciated that the DJ (whose name is JD) played low key music at low volume so conversation was easy during dinner. The Barn had its sides (garage doors) up and we had the use of the entire patio as well. The toast by Andrew's brother was long but exceptional in highlighting Andrew's strengths. And then the loud, fast music started and the dance floor filled with crazy dancing young people for 2.75 hours. Pictures to come (not sure when). Everything was truly amazingly wonderfully perfect. Of course we didn't really get to spend any quality time with family with so much going on and so many people there. But Tom and Sarah stayed with us and Carolyn. Then today we had a nice afternoon with Sarah's parents and Blaine as well (Sarah's dad has made it his mission in life to not too subtly needle Blaine into proposing!). Exhausted. But in SUCH a good way! So glad all the work and the worry paid off. It sounds like it was truly wonderful. Can't wait to see the pictures.
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Post by Sue on Apr 16, 2013 15:57:26 GMT -5
The thing is, when you spend months getting ready for an event, and a week with 2-9 guests in house and then everybody scrambles and leaves in a day:
you can't clear the aftermath in 48 hours. MAYBE 4-8 days, maybe.
Currently I am making things worse because piles of stuff was at least sequestered on the dining room table and in the guest room and as I sort every hallway and stair in the house is now impassable with stuff going to a different location.
And, yes, Julia, I know what you are feeling: we went to a wedding only a week before Allison's and I was still "jealous" that they were done, every while looking forward to ours.
Andrew's younger sister is in Boston but fine. She had friends running in the marathon. Both Tom and Andrew ran in the Chicago marathon at one time, not that there was any threat but it just makes you think -- especially when so many of my family members are always flying places.
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Apr 16, 2013 23:51:38 GMT -5
Finished!
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Post by Sue on Apr 17, 2013 7:49:09 GMT -5
gorgeous! Even the body stand-in conveys both voluptuousness and regal-ness.
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Post by S'ewing S'cubie on Apr 17, 2013 8:48:00 GMT -5
gorgeous! Even the body stand-in conveys both voluptuousness and regal-ness. Problem. The bad news is my fitting buddy and I are not the same size. The good news is that I'm smaller. By about four inches in the waist. For an experiment I put my corset on the dummy--which fits perfectly-- and started pulling. I was able to reduce her to within 1 1/2 inch of my measurements. Any more will need Bobhands. She has crushed somewhat but if the corset can get down to my size she will work just fine. I then have two more options. One--I keep the corset on for a while and hope that she re-sets to the correct size. I can tape over the crushed places. Two--I leave the corset on her and have a perfect excuse to make another one for myself. All in all disappointment is minor.
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Post by Anne, Old S'cubie Cat on Apr 17, 2013 10:12:54 GMT -5
Sue, congratulations on a successful ceremony Diane, that's a very elegant dress form, I love the fabric (?) covering it, too. It'd make a nice display for jewelry and accessories when you aren't using it. I've been working on a silly little art project, with tigers. It's coming along...
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