Daily Archives: July 12, 2009

Yesterday we took a trip down to Milwaukee to go to Julie’s cousin Paul’s wedding.  The ceremony was nice, in a cool Catholic cathedral, and Julie made sure I behaved myself during the entire thing.  We ate at a Wendy’s beforehand that had the air conditioner set on “Arctic Blast” -  it was wonderful.  Julie’s Aunt Jean tried to make herself sleeves out of napkins.

We spent some time handing around outside the church and then went back in as family groups for large family pictures.

The reception was at the Bavarian Inn (can’t get much more “Milwaukee” than that).  I went back to the hotel to check in and then went to the reception hall to help Julie set up her centerpieces of cake pops.   Julie made a little more than 500 cake pops to be used at the wedding, instead of a large wedding cake.  She also made a small carrot cake that could be cut by the bride and groom.  All were excellent.

Dinner was actually one of the best wedding meals I think we have had.  Beforehand they had sausage, cheese and fruit platters out, and then the meals started.  The beginning salad was average, but the entrees were much better than typical wedding fare.  Julie had a flatiron steak with rice that was very good, and I had the “Bavarian chicken” meal.  It was 3 huge pieces of chicken – a leg, a wing, and a breast.  The chicken was moist and really flavorful.

After dinner, they cleared tables out and fired up the dance.  I went into the bar and watched the end of the Brewer game and talked to Julie, her mom Carol, and her Uncle Greg and Aunt Ruth.  Julie’s cousins Allison and Laura and their boyfriends Brent and Jared were in and out depending on the song.  It was actually a pretty raucous dance, which was nice.   Sometimes wedding dances can lack energy and feel kind of “dead”, and this was definitely not the case.  Overall it was a great weekend.